2020-2021 Mono League 3 Results
02 Gated by John Marshall
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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 |