2020-2021 Mono League 3 Results

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Full results from judge Kathy Chantler on 15 Feb 2021

Group	Rank	Score	Author	Judging sequence & Title	Comments
C	1	20	Peter Cotton	14 A Light In The Darkness	Dynamic and forceful, beach huts, benches & light dominate – well composed. Outstanding composition & courage with all the black.
	2	19	James McCracken	30 Ponte De Le Bande By Night	Enjoying wide angle view – variations in tones – steps lit, canal reflections – good not to place person – viewer can place self in scene – shadow of someone may have been quite spooky!
	3	18	Peter Cotton	32 Sand Impressions	Creative imagination – fossil effect, love the ‘eye’ plenty of detail to hold attention – check edges – a few strenuous bits better removed
	3	18	Ian Shaw	06 Hawthorn In The Meadow	All about shape & texture – lightning strike – uneven cloning right of lowest branch – sky good land a bit messy, superb composition
	5	17	Hilary Moore	12 The Eye Of The Rhino	Fantastic texture – eye not pin sharp, high pass filter? Brighten slightly to give illusion of sharpness & vignette; amazing detail on skin
	5	17	James McCracken	09 Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair	Interesting setting, windows very bright, posed demurely, need to see left eye, hair fantastic, position well in frame
	7	16	Hilary Moore	23 Frozen Memories In The Children’s Cemetry	Viewer has to bring knowledge & understanding – brighten teddy to emphasise its presence?  Snow wrapping grave like a blanket
	8	15	Lai Chan	11 Woofsa Daisy! It Wasn’T Me
	9	14	Emyr Williams	25 Just Kids	Cute faces, quizzical, detail in setting – fur of animals dark and lacks detail needs a bit more light – shame about tags on ears – worth the Photoshop – maybe tidy ground a bit
	9	14	Ian Shaw	21 Reed Reflections	Well seen – super distortion in water, water very messy – could be tidied, white speckled area?  Reduce noise in image – smoothness would be beneficial, check edges carefully at taking and processing
	11	13	Emyr Williams	07 Keen Eyed Mountain Guide	Need to see more of his keen eyes, hillside indistinct and noisy, maybe tidy face a bit, bring out some texture on fleecy top, white blob right – interesting character but background lets it down
B	1	20	Jim Turner	26 Winter Scene Lofoten	Plenty of detail – sharp all through – tonal range excellent, interest everywhere – eyes wander around but return to bright stones centre, sky perfect for the scene – sky & sea neutral balancing detail elsewhere
	2	17	Richard Anthony	18 The Strength Of The Web	Very wet – weighted down great mix of flowers & web – enormous strength evident
	3	16	Philip Byford	29 Lake Scene In Ir	Shape of water with swans leading in to people – detail in IR – very white and bright – rather a lot of image not adding new information
	3	16	Jim Turner	15 Hiding From The Big Boys	Blue tint works well – open and well posed – good to see reflection – rope on left distracting – remove! Or have more – good use of negative space.
	5	15	Brian Howard	20 Pelican	Photogenic, fantastic detail on body – head less well defined – distractions in background under beak & stone – well positioned in frame
	5	15	Mike Mitchell	22 Full Steam Ahead	Can smell the steam – engine well positioned – quite a few distractions – people on left, posts on right & left (part), crack repair on bridge – details  – you don’t have control; of what’s there so it’s harder work to repair afterwards
	5	15	Philip Byford	16 The Bell Tower	Northern feel to this with blackness on brickwork, bright sun from behind – white vignetting, good detail in flint – architectural detail shot
	8	14	Brian Howard	05 Medium Decorative Dahlia	Suits mono – enhances petal shapes, plenty of shadow & background context – insect or two would have added interest
	8	14	Richard Anthony	03 Rear Guard	Feels prickly, good lead in with focus on base  – lacks interest, these at their best with warm back-light
	10	13	Mike Mitchell	17 Snowy Track	Gates look as if they need replacing! Need to see more of the track – disappears off the edge 1/3 way up.  Capture of snow on trees good, bright patch top right  (crop down?) – lacks definition – next time – lower viewpoint and to your left
A	1	19	Sue Case	08 One Winters Morning	Plenty of detail in snow & trees, composition excellent with figures & dog, high key but not glaring
	2	18	John Humphrey	28 Havana	So much to see: detail everywhere – people set the scene, former grandeur evident, detailed and interesting – eye drawn back down to people on left – interaction there
	2	18	Rob Harley	04 Rebecca	Good pose & control of light, shapes made in pose striking & angular (see bottom half of back and legs)
	2	18	Vicky Sinclair	01 The Long Way Home	Atmospheric treatment, well composed. Picture postcard feel.
	5	17	Linda van Geene	31 Who’s There	Well posed – lamp detail ‘providing’ light bright eyes – maybe tone face down a little
	5	17	Sue Case	33 Cobwebs In The Frost	Like jewellery, DoF considered, strings of pearls!
	7	16	John Humphrey	10 Freesia	Flower looks 3D – well defined and plenty of detail – almost a bit dirty, bacground textured but is its weak point
	7	16	Rob Harley	27 Unknown Passer By	Portrait crop good, simple & effective subject – position model further back (you probably had control) opportunity well seen – texture in walls and ground
	9	15	Linda van Geene	13 Hopefully Woolwich Before It Rains	Looks very statuesque & driver’s face very bright, a bit of movement or someone doing something maybe; background less focussed would be better – so much detail to absorb – eyes going everywhere,
	10	14	John Marshall	02 Gated	Looks uncomfortable – profile good but like to see eye, light strange on body & top left, hue not right, grass stems intrusive.
	10	14	John Marshall	24 Double Hellibore	Square crop good – lacks feeling of depth – rather flat – leaf on left bright and pointing way out of image – ok at bottom – hard to do flowers well
	10	14	Vicky Sinclair	19 Bad News	Not much good news these days, dumped in puddle – large area of black & reflection on left – needs to part of a group to tell full story