PHOTO DISCUSSION THREAD 2016

Good morning @Sheal and @Jack McHammocklashing and all our other members

Mow I am trying to be King Solomon here so please bear with me,and this a tricky situation as the last thing I want to do is to cause any offence to anyone of oir friends

When I stepped in to our good friend @Marley Farley's shoes and trust me they were big shoes to fill,I hope that at least I have partly filled them

@Marley Farley used to put this statement in the guide lines.but it was taken out (my fault) for which I apologise to you all
I have now added it to our guidelines

Interpret the months theme as widely & imaginatively as we can..... without editing enhancement! So good luck

This is only Woos personal oppinion and if you disagree please let me know and it will be open for discussion as you all know I love Gardeners Corner and the monthly photograpic
competition and we want as many entries as we can get

So on following this advice I think that we should allow any image that you our friends enter in good faith

Maybe some of you will say what's the point of having a theme then,I find the theme challenging and it gets yours truly out ,when I can get out and will use the theme as part of my process when looking for a winning Photo

 

I like that the original statement has been reinstated. That, then, leaves it to all of us as judges to decide if the contestant fulfilled the brief properly.

I was once on holiday when they had a fancy dress competition entitled 'Holiday Spirit'. As I don't try to exert myself too much in these sort of things I did very little in the way of fancy dress but won a prize (a bottle of Scotch) for ingenuity. I walked on stage dressed in my normal clothes and had taken a walking sick from the boot of my car and stuck condoms all over it. When asked how this fulfilled the brief I said that I had come as Johnny Walker!

 

I actually think that they fit the title of the theme very well and are a good interpretation. I like it that we all have different opinions and long may we do so. That's why the voting shows the wide range of thoughts on the entries for each month.

 

Hi @David K that is some part of the monthly theme to creat a challenge,as far as I am aware the majority of members who vote do use photographic merit in their judging as well as other aspects

 

I do

 

I hope that's an empty bottle by the time you use it as a Loupe.

Or did you mean this type of lupe?

 

That's why we've discussed this a number of times in the past and always come to the conclusion that we can take the widest interpretation of the topic.
There's no way that I can enter the competition at the moment as there are no Christmas lights or decorations around me and we don't even have any spirits in the house.

I'm trying, I'm trying!!!