Black and White Sky
Andrew Mason

Black and White Sky

March 2020

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Love the composition with the hint of the stone and chain in the foreground. Great shapes from the clouds and the way the bridge is worked into the shot is excellent. The long exposure works really well on the water and to emphasise the swirl of the clouds.

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Entry 5762893
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Simply perfect! Love the fact that this is so different from all of the other entries yet it perfectly meets the brief. Great contrast between the lines and the clouds. Perfect composition. It's odd, original and fun. Really made me smile.

500 Images entered

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Whenever you are outside the sky plays a huge role in the way you see and how your image turns out. There are so many different ways that the sky can appear in a photo, and lots of techniques you can use to influence its appearance. I am looking for the most striking black and white images, where the sky is an important element within the shot. Images can be taken day or night, urban or wild, long or short exposures. The sky can take up the entire shot, or be just part of it, but it must add interest to the final image. Please only enter photos in black and white, no colour images.

Entry 5762791
3rd
26

This was a very close second. Fantastic composition, brilliant reflections and the long exposure really works. The symmetry, both horizontally and vertically is great, like a total mirror image both ways. It almost feels like I am being sucked into the photo.

271 Photographers

Entry 5762704
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Entry 5762983
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Entry 5763646
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Perfect timing to get the bird there in the hoop. Great use of silhouettes to add shape and the geometry of the triangles, squares and circles works perfectly. Nice capture of the dramatic clouds . Overall a fantastic abstract shot and very original.

13,547 Ratings

Great use of a silhouette against the cloudy sky. I'm intrigued by the story of where this is an what is going on. All of the elements work really well together in the images and great timing to get the birds in the shot.

Entry 5762968
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Entry 5762996
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Entry 5763338
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