Characteristics
by Paige

Comment:
Nice use of monochrome and great expressions. Well done.

Thoroughbred Park
by RLS

Comment:
I like the brusjstroke treatment

Flowers In The Rain
by pinback

Comment:
Thanks to all for the kind comments. Can't believe I got second!

OK, I'll come clean - the rain isn't real, it was produced by a garden sprinkler. Hope that doesn't spoil it for anybody.

The blurring of the rain is due to the shutter speed of 1/125. The slant on the rain is largely due to the wind, though - it was a pretty breezy day and I had a few shots spoiled because the flowers were moving.

The 'rain' shows up well because it's backlit by the sun - I think this would have been even more effective if I'd shot it early in the morning (which I'm going to try soon). I used an Olympus B-300 1.7x Teleconverter and my camera on maximum optical zoom to avoid getting wet :-) The camera was positioned on my tripod.

Message edited by author 2003-04-29 16:56:40.

Duckie!
by irae

Comment:
Ahhh. Wins the cute vote hands down.

Goose Chase
by Quadrajet

Comment:
But is it wild? :-) Great capture. Right combination of stillness and movement. I like this one a lot. Well done.

Oscar the great
by timburdett

Comment:
Nice use of (lack of) colour.

Have Yak Will Travel
by yusuf

Comment:
Great colours and clarity. Would like to see a bigger version.

Spring Tulips
by mjf999

Comment:
oops. wrong challenge?

Horsepower
by willtata

Comment:
Nice rural shot. Good job.I might crop out some of the green grass in the foreground.

Aerial Combat
by zeuszen

Comment:
Nice catch.