Car Parks
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Car Parks

July 2023

Entry 15585165
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I’m drawn to this image as the main narrative is not captured, we are focused on the street lighting illuminating the car park with vacant spaces. Shadows suggest a depth here, especially in this environment where it lacks traffic. Clever suggestive narrative and take on this contest!

I want to highly credit this portrait for its aesthetic efforts, the colours here with the car park light link well with the tone of the sky. This really suits this direction of lighting. Great tonals’ and framing, continue practising this approach to capturing!

Entry 15586549
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Entry 15586972
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Thank you for entering this contest! I found your image very reminiscent of William Eggleston's work. Your framing is interesting, and approach to include and exclude certain details. Why this references Eggleston's work is how you’ve underexposed the whites and maintained the blue sky. Very good.

Thank you for entering this contest! This is an excellent entry, a great capture in a social documentary context. I suggest shooting again with a film camera, using black and white 120 film, especially for your square framing. This will create a more organic approach to your isolated subject.

Entry 15588818
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I appreciate the angle taken here, it feels such an experimental approach to landscape photography and a discussion with colour theory too. The yellow arrow is the main aspect here overall and dominated the image, featuring the red car makes this a successful shot!

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Entry 15837346
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I like the tones used here, and thank you for mentioning the production details behind this landscape. I read that this was shot on 10 mm lens? If so, you’ve balanced the frame well and use aperture, I'd suggest shooting more in this style!

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Crowd
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I love the cinematic value this landscape shows, heavy sun use featured with the shadows of all the car's fits really well in this contest. I’d suggest editing the contrast of the shadows slightly darker and the white cars brighter to balance this all out. Well done!

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Congratulations! This landscape immediately caught my eye, not only for its themes of the contest, but the narrative is so well portrayed. This image is framed with cinematic references, this could make a strong photo series about man and machines, see the work by Andreas Gursky. Well done!

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Entry 15590302
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Congratulations! This is a great perspective of an everyday location, you have an incredible eye for detail and this landscape has visual referencing too. I really feel this has a deep link with the Beatles' album cover 'Please Please Me', the layering is a major success here!

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Entry 15590359
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I would go to say you have mastered a technique here where you've captured a delicate texture within a traditional, rough building. The neutral tones of reds and yellows extract any harshness here, making it an approachable environment with warm highlights. Great editing!

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Entry 15903278
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Domino - Great title for this shot! It's definitely an abstract approach to this contest theme. The layering here is fantastic and gives a very graphic and defiant result, especially with the black and white edit too. Continue this skill in future shoots!

This is a sweet and conversational landscape that offers a lot within the narrative here. Both urban subjects that are in similar situations of sleep and / or hidden, with the car cover. I feel this was a special moment to capture!

Entry 16958694
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Entry 17030117
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Really fun portrait that focuses on both stillness and movement, you’ve captured your model styled very well within the environment. For a future shoot, I would propose shooting this style on ISO of 400 with flash lighting, the quality would be incredible.

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Entry 17132923
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This is a humorous take on this contest! Well done for capturing this unique moment. Beyond humour, the aesthetics are strong here, with colour tones and a well exposed overall light throughout. I'd suggest editing out the on looker for a stronger impact with the foreground.

Brief

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These are GREAT places to take pictures. Intricate but ordered spaces, lots of symmetry, lots of asymmetry, converging lines, twisting ramps, colourful ground markings, rows of cars, and often some proper urban grime and graffiti thrown in to make it all interesting. The usual caveats about making sure you don’t get run over apply, and they are often private property so you may need advance permission or a friendly smile and disarming chat for a security guard.

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