I have found the idea behind the current photo competition quite inspiring, so although this isn’t an entry I thought I’d share.
We had a trip to the Oxford Botanic Gardens on Sunday:
This is a black pine: a detail of the trunk formation
Category: Competition
Protected: Bliz – Score here (A&E)
Protected: Bliz – Score here!
11th Photo Competition.
Crop It, or Move Closer!
It’s always difficult to set the theme for this competition. Does one aim to inspire greater efforts of photographic brilliance or keep it fairly open?
Since most of my better efforts are achieved more by luck than judgement – I usually know what I’m trying to photograph, but don’t always think about the composition – I’m a great believer in Cropping! It can change the composition and the focus of the picture wonderfully and usually for the better. You have to start with a reasonable number of pixels in the first place, or the results can be disappointing. It’s sort of the reverse of the Devil is in the detail.
Protected: Bliz a novel prize (A&E)
Protected: Bliz – a novel prize
Protected: Bliz-Cry ‘Havoc’
A New Contest? – Creative uses for Corn Cobs
Well, even the natives looked a little askance at this item in our local paper today.
After a strenuous session of Corn Holeing (sp) on a hot spring day, I would say refreshments are certainly called for.
Well, what is it? A caption or two could help, or a creative description of the rules for the contest, in terms designed not to offend the delicate sensibilities of the Charioteers (or as suitable for mixed company, as my mother used to say).
No prizes for this, just the smug satisfaction of knowing what the country folks get up to on a Saturday afternoon.
Boadicea's Chariot 
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