CCC: Season 3 - PDI 2

That time again - second PDI competition of the season....

Both images taken in RAW

Just Resting: Laying face down on the floor again, much to D's embarrassment but to much amusement to the people stepping over me.  A whole family came past - with mum and dad hissing at anyone getting close.  The little one just stopped and sat down, while the rest of the family moved along. Not much to edit in this image - just a quick tidy up on the background, and the usual shadows and highlights.

Just Resting: Final

Judges Comments: Nice pictures. Sharp all the way through the image. Score: 9.5

Early Autumn Colour: ICM with three exposures - in camera. ICM is when you intentionally move the camera rather than just camera shake.  I need to loose the light bits in the image and enhance the colours. 

Early Autumn Colour: First draft - light areas removed but colour still not vibrant enough for autum colour.

Early Autumn Colour: Final - added the warm sunset filter in Nik Colour Efex. Much better.

Judges Comments: Bags of colour, Good contrast. No part of the images is sharp in any way. Score: 7.5

What a very odd night..... considering the judge went on and on - he didn't actually make much comment on many images.  The judge just didn't seem to mark according to his comments - one images he got very excited about - saying that is should be sold to a magazine, only to mark it an 8.   I also felt there were some very odd images displayed tonight (although this is only my personal) - not up to the clubs usual standard.