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“This is on a neighbours car she had no idea it was flat and had driven about a mile to walk the dogs and then back home .”
Brian Cartwright made a comment on ANOTHER STATIONARY WHEEL 16 hours 16 min ago
“Now thats what you call a flat Brian. Dont think it's worth repairing.”
John Gerhold made a comment on ANOTHER STATIONARY WHEEL 20 hours 5 min ago
“I've finally just got the link ... D'oh!! :)”
Catrina Webb made a comment on Exhibition poster 1 day 18 hours ago
“Sorry not the best image but we were singing "The Christmas Bells are ringing" which seemed to match the previous title :)”
Catrina Webb made a comment on Singing Ringing (Abbey) Belles 1 day 18 hours ago
“So had I, only came across them by accident and thought they might work. Was expecting " A Lone Tree" but it didn't happen.”
John Gerhold made a comment on The pipes of the Singing Ringing Tree 1 day 19 hours ago
“Nice one John I had forgotten about those pipes.”
Brian Cartwright made a comment on The pipes of the Singing Ringing Tree 1 day 20 hours ago
“I can guess what's coming next.”
John Gerhold made a comment on The pipes of the Singing Ringing Tree 2 days 16 hours ago
“David Henderson's Oak TreeThis is an interesting image with good texture and colour. I like the idea of the branch forming a leading line from the bottom right corner, but the foreground of the branch appears to be out of focus, or at the very least soft. Because the branch is so dominant, I think you need to have this in sharp focus. I wonder if it might have been worth going in with a closer shot, maybe square crop, retaining the leading line branch but reducing some of the foliage and upper branches which tend to create a degree of confusion, at least from my eye. David Henderson's Phone Wires ThixendaleI like the angles and lines created by the poles and wires. There is a lot of empty space in the image, which might be helped by more interesting sky. Is that a dust spot in the bottom right quadrant? Once I saw that I couldn’t help keep looking at it! I wonder if a little more space to the top and right-hand side might position the dominant pole better in the frame”
Leigh Foster made a comment on Showcase for May 2020 3 days 9 hours ago
“I like the way that you have managed to make the reclining boatman the lightest part of the image, and the focal point. My eye is naturally drawn to this location. Despite its “dark” exposure, detail can be seen throughout the image. It did take me time to see through the dark tones, and I’m still trying to decide if that’s an owl on the fence just to the left of the 1st post from the right. I like the idea of the curved railing in the foreground, but I’m not sure it works particularly well. You have positioned it to start at the window and hit the bottom of the 1st post on the left, which is great. Then it leads my eye straight out of the frame to the right-hand side, albeit you have darkened the edge. I wonder if it might be worth trying to crop the horizontal rail element out of the image. This would remove a barrier, and reduce the “negative space” at the bottom of the image. If it was my image, I would try leaving the curved rail coming in from the left-hand side. Increase the overall exposure/brightness a little – recognising your wish to go down the dark road – so that more of the interesting details in the image could be easily seen. By the way you can upload an image 1600 x 1200 pixels (same as competition size) into the showcase. I’d be interested to see this with that resolution.”
Leigh Foster made a comment on The Boatman 3 days 10 hours ago
“Nice one Kevin, very clever play on words. And there was me thinking we would get loads of beach scenes.”
John Gerhold made a comment on Exhibition poster 1 week 4 days ago
“David Henderson's Phone Wires There are some very interesting shapes and lines here. The lines are placed well and form a diagonal. The balance is achieved well by smaller, but more detail in the bottom left corner and the lager single post with the intricate globes. I wonder if the tonal quailty overall is too flat? Perhaps jsu a lift in tone and clarity in the sky would help more to knit the sgot together? Would a move to the right ave provided a feeling of more depth?”
Robert Helliwell made a comment on Showcase for May 2020 1 week 5 days ago
“David Henderson's Oak Tree This has some impact owing to the good control of tone and colour. The lighting has brought out the interesting texture os the trunk very well. Visually, is the  dominant branch too powerful and tending to block our way in to the good detail elsewhere? Would a different viiew-pont have helped? Perhaps to the left and looking upwards?”
Robert Helliwell made a comment on Showcase for May 2020 1 week 5 days ago