Okay, here we are again.
Funny how being the judge seems to make the weeks fly by! Thank you to everyone who entered; I was struggling with choosing “winners” and asked my daughter to take a look and she was NO help at all…her help was: “They are ALL good.” Thanks, sis…I already KNEW THAT!
😀. So, onward and upward…
@kendallm : I had to zoom in to read the yellow sign and when I did I saw the humor in this shot! Nice catch! I like how you didn’t get closer (maybe there was a fence or some barrier, but it worked out) and caught the fire escape and the brick on the building that adds to the photo with interest and texture. I think the bare tree limbs also add to the overall aesthetic of this photo. The only thing that DIDN’T work about it, is that the sign is hard to read (or perhaps it’s just my failing eyes), which is the real focus point, but overall I really like the way you addressed it.
@oblomow : This is a cool photo. Why so many signs in a row? Is it at the entrance to an airport or something? I had Google translate the words on the first sign for me, but that didn’t help me at all. I’m anxious to hear more about this. What really draws me into this shot is the bright yellow/orange of the signs in an otherwise drab surroundings. The red stop light and taillights are also a nice addition and the way you shot it, at an angle, works so well as you can see the signs as they go down the road…a vanishing point. Very nice.
@cjsuk : I love this shot. I love the “vertical-ness” of it and the way you shot the focal point of the sign with the buildings in the background echoing the direction. Love the black and white as it wouldn’t have the same effect at all in color and the gray, cloudy sky. Even the (posts?) (antennas?) on top of the buildings tie into the horizontal theme. Really good photography.
@goldmac2006 : This is very interesting. At first I struggled with exactly what the sign was displaying and then today I “think” I got it. Was this in the beginning of 3-d printers? The bright colors are nice, but I wish you would have removed the two people in the background as I find them very distracting to the overall photo. (Perhaps you are a purist and don’t believe in using that technology and that’s fine, too).
@arkitect : Oh, as usual I love how you work with natural light. You really have a gift for it. I love the old buildings and the golden color that the light brings out in them. The angle of the shot is very interesting as well, with the clear blue sky making an excellent backdrop. Are those chimneys with what look like upside-down flower pots atop of them? As always, I hope you will fill us in on the story behind this shot, but either way, it’s lovely work.
@geta : First of all, welcome to our weekly photography contest here at MacRumors; I hope we will see you here again. I’m wondering where this was taken as it looks like a STOP or CAUTiON sign of which I have not seen in the United States before (that doesn’t mean they aren’t here!). It’s an interesting sign in itself; I like the way they displayed the man with his mouth open as if you should be able to HEAR and heed his warning. The sign (focal point) wouldn’t have the impact that it does at all without that little detail. It’s also nice the way you shot it…not head-on but at an angle showing the floor and building behind it. A very nice shot.
@Snowlover : This sign cracks me up…”No Outside Horses Beyond Here”…so are INSIDE horses allowed?
😉. The photo itself has a lot of interesting elements: the Airstream trailer, what looks like farm equipment, the building behind it; makes me wonder what kind of a place this is. Are those horse stalls in the back? Even though I live in rural America, I’m not a horse person so I have no idea. The greenery and the sunlight swath in the middle of the scene make it a really lovely photo. Love the sign.
@thirsty_monk : This is a beautiful photograph. I love all the different hues of blue. The blue lake or river, the blue mountains, the blue sky (with accents of pink), even the boat trailers are blue. I haven’t identified what the sign is referring to…It looks like a sign to point you to PARKING, but it’s not exactly pointing to any kind of parking spot. I hope you’ll enlighten me.Very nice work.
I know everybody says this at this point, but I REALLY am having a tough time choosing a podium. More so this week than any other week when I have been “the judge.” I’m going to have to take a minute or three and peruse these again…
Okay…here goes:
Third place:
@thirsty_monk
Second place:
@cjsuk
And
First place: (with apologies because I know how you feel about this):
@arkitect
Thanks again everyone!
