Guildford Photosoc Digital competition No 1

Last week, I entered two digital images for this competition in the Club Class (the class for less experienced photographers). The judge, Don Morley, was very knowledgeable with a background in photojournalism.

Decorated Glass

He liked the concept of the composition, but felt that it could have been improved. He would have liked to see the position of the figure adjusted slightly so that more of the reflection in the floor was visible. He also suggested that rather too much coloured glass was included and that the golden coloured blobs in the upper part of the background were too much of a distraction. He gave the image a score of 7 out of 10, which in my understanding signified a technically satisfactory photograph, but one which had some weaknesses in composition.

Entrance to church, Italy

I took this photograph whilst on a tour of Milan and surrounding towns. Initially, I had chosen another photograph from this holiday, but my wife suggested that this image was better. Her judgement was spot on as the judge gave this image a 10 out of 10 score. The most important features that he liked were the framing and the depth of field. As a judge his most frequent comments were on cropping and framing, but in this case, he said that he would not change a thing in the composition. He did not think that the space behind the figure should be cropped, and he thought the area of door in front of the figure was sufficiently sharp.