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Joint Winner PDI – Set (Master) Intoxication by Anna Engelhardt
(30). My first thought when I saw this was ‘what fun’ – I love im-
ages that bring a smile to my face, and this image has a beauti-
ful energy that has come from the movement added to the im-
age to create the abstract effect. The tones, lines, composition
and crop are excellent. The limited colour palette adds to bal-
ance and harmonious feeling of the image. The abstract nature
of the image has been delivered through a post-production
technique and it has turned an otherwise obvious subject into
one that the brain can run with its own imagination, thus meet-
ing the ‘abstract’ brief perfectly. Being extremely picky – if I was
to make one suggestion – in the top right corner there is a small
point/triangle, it is the only shape of that sort in the image and
it is right on the edge of the frame, so caught my eye – very eas-
ily cropped out.

Winner PDI – Set (Beginner) Upwardly mobile by Joyce Gold-
schmidt (29). This is a lovely abstract image. The tones and col-
ours are sympathetic to the subject and have really helped to
accentuate the lines and structures rather than the subject mat-
ter. The exposure of the image is good, as is the choice of depth
of field and filling of the frame with the subject matter to make
this a good abstract study. My eye loved moving all over the
image and following the lines. For a higher score I would have
liked to have seen the uprights more vertical in the image and
the vertical poles on each side of the image and the lines lead-
Joint Winner PDI – Set (Advanced) Disturbed by Dieter Butow ing into the bottom corners of the image more balanced with
(28). This is a super image with so much vibrancy, movement, each other.
colour, depth and interest. The use of the bold colours has
worked really well, and the contrasts within the image are su-
per. An image with great exposure, interest, balance. Looking at
this image I felt I was dancing around it, moving with the reflec- “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be
tions. Even now, the abstract nature of the image means I am anything that will assert integrity of pur-
not 100% sure what the image is of, which adds so much inter- pose and imaginative vision against the
est and intrigue for the viewer, which ensures you dwell longer
on the image. One small recommendation is to check the edges play-it-safers, the creatures of the com-
of your frame for any tiny distractions – such as the small red monplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”
block bottom left and small yellow line bottom right. Because
they are points of strong contrast in the image and they are on – Cecil Beaton
the edge of the frame, they draw the eye.

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