Scavenger hunt week 10

February 8th, 2006 - 11:06am

As they say, “There’s nothing like the last minute.” Two days before this week’s scavenger hunt ended, there were nine photos; one day before, there were fifteen for the week. A big jump considering the number of participants this week. After last week’s stellar performance in regards to participation, this week is a bit of a let down.

My Light photo this week turned out quite well, I think. I’d originally uploaded a closer version of the shot but wasn’t happy with it; I much prefer the second one, due to the way the shadows work.

The Cable shot gave me a good chance to flex my macrophotography muscles and I think it came out well; could probably be improved but not bad.

Lastly, the Contre-jour photo worked out well but I would have preferred to see the fly a little bit closer to the sun for a tighter crop.

Choosing both Light and Contre-jour as topics in the same week was, I think, a bad move and if I notice things like that in the future I will swap the topics around, regardless of the number of votes.

Light: Torch Light by neofitou
I don’t really like the “beer bottle” windows, but the lighting in this shot works pretty well, I think.
Cable: Cables by innercreation
A pretty boring topic really, though a few of the shots ended up quite good. This is by far the best of the cable shots in my opinion. Probably because of the colour and the fact that I see these things all day long.
Contre-jour: Palm by stardust96
Excluding the tiny little helicopter that popped it’s head into the shot, I really like this shot. The tree is obviously being blown at the time and the plain background seems to work well to emphasise the shot. Probably would have worked well with clouds too but it’s fine as is.