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Merit. Great use of a limited colour palette. Subtle yet revealing. Found the tree in foreground slightly distracting. Loved the shallow depth of field.
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Honours. Elegant use of late afternoon light and exposure placement. Enjoyed both the rim lighting and strong use of shaddows. Only minor issue is the vignette is a touch too heavy.
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Accepted. Really enjoy the way the road as it meanders through the frame. Because of the harsh midday/afternoon light and the ageless subject, I think it would look great as a black & white.
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Accepted. Great subject and colour relationship. I do wish the composition had slightly more on the left.
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Merit. Simple and yet elegant use of light. A well seen image. Many would miss the beautiful yet subtle light quality.
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Honours. Great use of backlighting, a really strong capture! Excellent all round, only slight improvement would be to compose with a little more space in front of the land cruiser.
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Merit. Razor sharp where it needs to be and a lovely soft bokeh. Also enjoyed the cotrast in subject matter between the softness of the bird and the harshness of the barbed wire.
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Merit. Great use of the vertical format, it coveys the drama of the location. To improve I would have stepped closer to the edge and lost the scrub in the foreground giving an even greater sense of drama for both you and the viewer
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Merit Great use of leading lines and a intriguing point of view. The subbtle cloud are a lovely find.
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Honours. This shot is all about timing and light quality. Excellent handling of a tough lighting situation and keeping just enough information in the shaddows.
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Accepted. A good exploration of ICM through shutter speed. However the end result is quite jarring and a slower shutter and/or stronger pan would have given the image a smoother finish
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Accepted. A great doco shot of the photographer in action. Only improvement would be to wait for the subject to be not looking at (or so close to) the camera.
