Casting a Shadow
Kim Ayres

Casting a Shadow

October 2021

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Congratulations on placing in the top 10 of my Casting a Shadow challenge! It's rare to see Stonehenge without large crowds of people. Great lighting and shadows, and sympathetic editing enhancing the mood. I don't see the roped barriers that were there when I visited a few years back. Would be interested to know if they are no longer there, or you removed them in the editing.

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Congratulations on placing in the top 10 of my Casting a Shadow challenge! Wonderful shadows and lighting, and a great colour palette too! It really has that "Cabaret" feel. easy to imagine being on the other side of that light, seated in the audience.

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935 Photographers

Entry 10705172
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Congratulations on placing in the top 10 of my Casting a Shadow challenge! I'd prefer it if the image was tilted anti-clockwise by a degree or so, but I love those shadows - it put a real smile on my face!

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Congratulations on placing in the top 10 of my Casting a Shadow challenge! Perfectly cropped and edited, and timed just right to get the shadows skimming across the walls like that. A little earlier or later and it just wouldn't have been the same!

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Entry 10705512
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Congratulations on winning the Casting A Shadow challenge! I kept coming back to this one - it's very simple yet strikingly powerful. The sense of scale is beautifully captured, while the editing helps to enhance the height and isolation. Excellent composition.

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Congratulations on 2nd place in my Casting a Shadow challenge! The very simple lines and colour palette make for a very painterly, almost abstract image. This image grabbed my attention straight away and remained among my favourites throughout the judging process.

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Congratulations on 4th place in my Casting a Shadow challenge! Wonderful composition and editing to create a deceptively simple image, that's harder to capture than anyone might think. Perfect balance between light and dark - creating an almost yin-yang feel.

Entry 10733978
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Congratulations on 3rd place in my Casting a Shadow challenge! Beautifully captured, photo with the tall, arched windows creating a sense of scale, while the light between the shadows contributes to the sense of isolation. It is a lovely composition.

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I would like to see your photos of interesting and creative shadows. You can decide to include the subject that is casting the shadow, or not. Shadows are often distorted versions of the object that cast them. The light source, and the surface they fall on can change them quite dramatically. Sometimes shadows overlap to create something new. Photos can be in colour or black and white.

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