| CAT |
NAME |
SURNAME |
STAR |
TITLE |
AWARD |
COMMENTS |
| OP |
Peter |
Charter |
4STAR |
Ship Against Sun off Durban |
S |
Perfect shot. What let you down is the fact that there is to much emty space around the ships. Give it a tighter crop and see how this image pops. |
| OP |
Peter |
Charter |
4STAR |
Glenashley Sunrise |
S |
Crop the image on the bottom near to where the water in the little dam is and some on the sides. As it is now one's eye goes to the lttle dam first and then to the rays of the sun. |
| OP |
Peter |
Charter |
4STAR |
Dew on Dandelion |
B |
The dandelion appears to be soft |
| OP |
Peter |
Charter |
4STAR |
Watching the sunrise |
G |
I would have like to sit and watch the sunrise with them. I like the crop and colours of the clouds and sunrise. |
| OU |
Peter |
Charter |
4STAR |
All thats needed in lockdown |
G |
|
| SS |
Peter |
Charter |
4STAR |
Yellow morning sun |
S |
|
| NA |
Shan |
Charter |
4STAR |
Terrible Twins |
G |
|
| NA |
Shan |
Charter |
4STAR |
Dinner |
S |
|
| SS |
Shan |
Charter |
4STAR |
Busy as a Bee |
G |
|
| NA |
Ishbel |
Cowan |
2STAR |
Stork |
G |
|
| NA |
Ishbel |
Cowan |
2STAR |
Buck |
S |
|
| NA |
Ishbel |
Cowan |
2STAR |
Giraffe |
S |
|
| OP |
Ishbel |
Cowan |
2STAR |
Swallow |
S |
Even though the image is sharp it lacks brightness in the swallows eyes. Use your shadow slider to bring the eye out. |
| SS |
Ishbel |
Cowan |
2STAR |
The Case |
G |
|
| CR |
Eugene |
Dey-van Heerden |
4STAR |
UFO |
G |
How to better this image is to turn down your saturation on the grass and add more contrast on the clouds and UFO. |
| OP |
Eugene |
Dey-van Heerden |
4STAR |
Garden Gate in Oil |
S |
Just to busy and the wrong time of the day. Crop the image a lot tighter to bring the gate out as a focal point. |
| OP |
Eugene |
Dey-van Heerden |
4STAR |
Firstlight |
G |
Beautiful image. The sun should have been on a third as it distract you from focusing on the rest of the image. |
| OP |
Eugene |
Dey-van Heerden |
4STAR |
Lastlight |
G |
A beautiful image. Nice and sharp and I like the tree on the third. |
| OP |
Jackie |
Gasken |
3STAR |
Cup Cake |
G |
Little bit on the dark side, but a good image |
| OP |
Jackie |
Gasken |
3STAR |
Coffee |
S |
I would have like to see more of the cup. That would have increase the visibility of the coffee |
| NA |
rob |
gasken |
4STAR |
Black Sparrow Hawk |
G |
|
| OP |
JANICE |
GASS |
5STAR |
Poser |
S |
Beautiful Woman. The letdown of this image is there is no or about no detail in the black jersey or the white pillow in front of her. Bit over exposed. |
| SS |
JANICE |
GASS |
5STAR |
Yellow Angles. |
S |
|
| SS |
JANICE |
GASS |
5STAR |
Butterfly resting |
J |
|
| SS |
JANICE |
GASS |
5STAR |
Mellow Yellow |
G |
|
| NA |
Michael |
Gill |
3STAR |
Fly |
G |
|
| NA |
Michael |
Gill |
3STAR |
Dragon Fly |
S |
|
| OP |
Michael |
Gill |
3STAR |
Ball Point Pen |
E |
No comment |
| OP |
Michael |
Gill |
3STAR |
Thems Tug |
B |
There are not much detail in the tug. |
| OP |
Michael |
Gill |
3STAR |
Splash |
S |
The splash is over exposed. |
| OP |
Dianne |
HALL |
3STAR |
Monkey got there first |
B |
The image has no focal point and is not sharp. |
| OP |
Dianne |
HALL |
3STAR |
Casualties of autumn |
B |
The image is to busy and is taken the wrong time of the day |
| OP |
Dianne |
HALL |
3STAR |
Cool easter eggs |
B |
The focus is on the mik carton |
| OP |
Dianne |
HALL |
3STAR |
Impressive entrance |
S |
I would have like to see both doors and and maybe a focal point. |
| OP |
Gerald |
Hall |
3STAR |
All fall down |
B |
The image is soft and there is no focal point. |
| OP |
Gerald |
Hall |
3STAR |
Hang in there |
S |
The bee is soft and the the focal point is not on the eyes of the bee. |
| OP |
Gerald |
Hall |
3STAR |
Autum fall |
B |
To busy and wrong tome of day |
| OP |
Gerald |
Hall |
3STAR |
Hero engen |
B |
No focal point and light source shows on the brass kettle. To busy. |
| OU |
Gerald |
Hall |
3STAR |
Pudding saved |
S |
|
| NA |
Brigitte |
Jordaan |
5STAR |
Looking for food |
G |
|
| NA |
Brigitte |
Jordaan |
5STAR |
So many eyes |
G |
|
| OP |
Brigitte |
Jordaan |
5STAR |
A bit messy |
B |
Not sharp annd too soft. No focal point |
| OP |
Brigitte |
Jordaan |
5STAR |
Just a Drop |
S |
There is no wow factor about this drop. |
| SS |
Brigitte |
Jordaan |
5STAR |
Belle |
G |
|
| NA |
Peter |
Lambert |
4STAR |
Hibiscus |
S |
|
| SS |
Peter |
Lambert |
4STAR |
Piper J-3-65 Cub |
S |
|
| OP |
Mary |
Landsberg |
3STAR |
Party for One |
G |
Remove the little white spots on the cheese and on the wine glass. Overall a beautiful image. |
| SS |
Mary |
Landsberg |
3STAR |
Sundowners |
S |
|
| SS |
Mary |
Landsberg |
3STAR |
Golden Glow |
G |
|
| NA |
Keith |
Marallich |
5STAR |
Female Impala Portrait |
G |
|
| NA |
Keith |
Marallich |
5STAR |
Just Lion Down |
M |
|
| NA |
Keith |
Marallich |
5STAR |
Flight of the Fish Eagle |
G |
|
| OP |
Keith |
Marallich |
5STAR |
V and A Harbour View |
S |
Reflectin is beautiful but there are not much detail on the side of the boats. |
| NA |
Merle |
Prinsloo |
1STAR |
Red gazania |
B |
|
| OP |
Merle |
Prinsloo |
1STAR |
Lamp post |
G |
A 1 stars image must be sharp as yours is. If your f stop was f/8 or higher you wood have got star burst out of the lights on the light pole. |
| OP |
Merle |
Prinsloo |
1STAR |
Geriep dam |
G |
Crop a third of the top and see how this image pop. Beautiful image |
| OP |
Merle |
Prinsloo |
1STAR |
sea crashing |
G |
Your image is sharp |
| SS |
Merle |
Prinsloo |
1STAR |
Yellow daisy |
B |
|
| CR |
Heide |
Smallwood |
G-HONORS |
cosmic rays |
M |
I like the colours and the lines that leads you to a focal point on the right hand side. Something different. |
| CR |
Heide |
Smallwood |
G-HONORS |
the lockdown blues |
M |
This is beautiful and traumatic. The emotions in this image tells me a story of sadness, scary etc. Well captured. |
| OP |
Heide |
Smallwood |
G-HONORS |
tranquility |
M |
This is a wow image. The movement in the clouds is beautiful and the clorours makes the image. The reflection in the water takes your eye right into the image. Well done. |
| OP |
Heide |
Smallwood |
G-HONORS |
dare to dream |
M |
The backdrop, the girl, the shoes, the lighting, everything works together. There is so much to say about this image. It is just striking, Beautiful. |
| CR |
Frederick |
Turck |
2STAR |
Deck Chairs |
S |
The crop is to tight on the right hand and bottom of the image, |
| MO |
Frederick |
Turck |
2STAR |
White Dune |
G |
|
| NA |
Frederick |
Turck |
2STAR |
Barney the mantis |
M |
|
| OP |
Frederick |
Turck |
2STAR |
Looking through |
G |
To better this image is to crop out the two windows on the right. |
| SS |
Frederick |
Turck |
2STAR |
Odd Six-pack |
M |
|
| OP |
Sandy |
van Heerden |
3STAR |
Aah its after 9 oclock |
S |
Your image is just to busy. Give it a tighter crop and get rid of most of the leaves. The monkey itself would have given you a gold/merit. |
| OP |
Sandy |
van Heerden |
3STAR |
Morning Ride |
M |
This is a beautiful image. The sun is a bit over exposed. Try and make it to appear more suttle/blurred. |
| OP |
Sandy |
van Heerden |
3STAR |
Blitz Bokka fan |
S |
Even though the fan is sharp the back ground is very disturbing. As this is open category you can make the back ground more blury for the main subject to stand out more. |
| OU |
Sandy |
van Heerden |
3STAR |
Reaching for berry deliciousness |
B |
|
| SS |
Sandy |
van Heerden |
3STAR |
Profile pollen |
M |
|
| MO |
Brian |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
Tanquility |
B |
|
| NA |
Brian |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
So Tired |
S |
|
| OP |
Brian |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
Mans best Friend |
S |
To much going on around the dog. It is distracting. |
| OP |
Brian |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
Fishing Boat Malta |
G |
The image is sharp and I like the fact that the boat is in colour and the rest in mono. |
| MO |
Joan |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
Ye olde Clapper Bridge |
S |
|
| NA |
Joan |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
Wild Dog |
G |
|
| NA |
Joan |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
Lookin at You |
G |
|
| OP |
Joan |
Widdowson |
3STAR |
BH 9 |
G |
Nice image. Sharp and the composition is good and the main subject is on a 3rd. |
| NA |
Mark |
Zunckel |
3STAR |
Masked Vlei Spider |
S |
|
| NA |
Mark |
Zunckel |
3STAR |
Beetle at work |
G |
|
| OP |
Mark |
Zunckel |
3STAR |
Monkey portrait |
S |
Crop the image on the right hand side a bit closer to the monkey as the leaves attract your eyes away from the main image. This category you can use your spot healing brush to erase those unwanted leaves. |
| OP |
Mark |
Zunckel |
3STAR |
Refracting drops |
S |
Crop the image just behind the first two drops as the rest is overboard. |