Cameraderie Challenge #71: The rule of Odds - WINNER ANNOUNCED

@IanE Cricket:
As I don't know anything about this sport, I had to search Wikipedia to find what were each of the three characters in your image: a bowler, an umpire and a batsman, which I suspect are the three most engaged in the action of this sport. I guess it's a good documentary photo of this sport. About the composition, I tried hiding one of the three characters in turn, and I found that the image would have had much less impact with just two of them.

@MiguelATF Birds at feeder:
I like the almost monochrome colors and the rainy atmosphere of your image. The flying bird brings life and action to the photo, and a little drama: fighting for a place on the feeder. Again, I think the composition would not have been as good with only two birds.

@JensM Cylinders:
I like the idea of three subjects of the same nature while being different: although they are three cylinders, there is a plant box, a trash can and a red ashtray, three objects of similar shape but made of different materials and colors. And the chosen viewing angle presents them to us in a diagonal which improves the dynamics of the image.

@rloewy Ducks:
Again three birds here: what seems a couple and, a little further on, an intruder or a friend, or the third member of a love triangle, who knows? Here also the diagonal brings some dynamics to the image.

@Charzes44 Shoots:
I like the colors, the precision of the focus and the nice bokeh. I also like the placement of your subjects in the lower left corner of the frame.

@EdipisReks
I'm very, very sorry to have to eliminate your entries in this challenge. Since you broke rule #2 and haven't responded to my comment on this subject for almost a week, I have no other choice...

@ShipleyNW Silos and/or mailboxes:
What a nice composition! This is a perfect example of the expression: “fill the frame”. Nothing is missing and nothing is superfluous. The mailboxes clearly show the rural nature of the place, and without them the image would have been much less beautiful. Well seen and well done.

@IreneMcC Statues:
I like the colors and the framing of this documentary image which encourages us to want to know more about the history of the three characters and the end of apartheid in South Africa.

@wee-pics Greek word:
I like the originality of this image which presents us, out of context, a sign whose letters come from an alphabet that is unfamiliar to us, which is intriguing. I also like that we can seethe texture of the wood.

@5354photos Multiple exposure:
A very creative composition. The use of multiple exposure and black and white, as well as the arrangement of subjects in the frame makes this image very captivating, dynamic and abstract at the same time.

@donlaw Mannequin heads:
Here, the use of high contrast black & white and a slightly blurred background helps to stand out the three subjects from the whole. The precision of the focus and the lighting let us see the texture of the three heads .Intriguing image too because nothing allows us to identify the reason for their presence in this place.

@drd1135 Flowers:
A classic flower photo! I like the magnificent colors, the precision of the focus and the depth of field, the choice of the blurred green background allowing the flowers to be precisely cut out, and, of course, the beauty of the subjects.

@serhan Geishas:
I like the colors as well as the gestures of the geishas who seem to be engaged in a choreographed dance. I also like the exotic aspect of the image.

@Matero Abstract patterns:
Here, the presence of curved lines, angles, diagonal and the repetition of patterns gives a lot of life to abstract subjects.


And now, the difficult part... From my point of view, this challenge was completely composition oriented: "the art and way of arranging the placement of elements within the frame of an image". In addition, as specified in the first post, the images are judged considering originality, technical merit and artistic vision (according to my questionable personal tastes :)).

In this perspective, even if all the entries are beautiful and good images, I retain three which seem to me to meet all the conditions and stand out: those from @JensM, @ShipleyNW and @5354photos. All three seems to have required a special effort in composition and all three demonstrate originality and a great artistic vision. But, as I have to make a choice, I designate the image from @5354photos because of technical merit. In my experience, it is not easy to use multiple exposure so successfully.

So congratulations to @5354photos, your are now the ruler for the Cameraderie Challenge # 72.
Love your analyses Pierre. Thank you for an interesting Challenge.
 
Thanks for the kind words. I went to the site a few times, starting from no multiple exposures..I saw in this forum a ME photo and got inspired. I then try it but the effect of the secondary photo is too strong. Finally, I went to watch some tutorials in YT and saw that you can adjust the secondary photo.
 
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