Symmetry

I think that this is delightful: a meditation on colour and shape and also on the natural and the man-made. The symmetry of the wall and window is mocked by the spindly and irregular tree that bisects it. The yellow brings warmth that breaks up the cold, hard lift of what looks like the midday glare. Well seen and a brave composition.

This is a really, really good idea that almost works. I like the shapes and the contrasting monochrome that give an alternative view to a well known monument.. I especially like the attempt to capture some of the random life within - but annoyingly that composition is too confusing. This might have worked so much better with perhaps just a single person viewed through the glass for example. Never mind - it's the idea that works and perhaps it's possible to repeat?

Glorious. I really like the regularity of the upper frame contrasted with the irregularity of the lower frame. Additionally, the diagonal slope of the rail and the stairs immediately made me think of a Mondrian painting. It just goes to prove that the ordinary can be extraordinary with a closer inspection.

Simple but effective - a really nice balance of colour and shape. Graphic without shouting about it. I like the straightforwardness of this which reveals the small things that often pass us by: the rather wobbly hand painted details and the tarnish on the lesser-used door knob. Nicely exposed and nicely framed.

I really, really like this - in spite of and including its relevance to the category. It's a glorious image that combines the ballet of sport and a good command of technique to produce a cinematic frame whose two sides echo a near-symmetry and the capture of a decisive moment.

This is such a sensuous, beautiful abstraction, its symmetry is a very distant second to its detail and gorgeous colour palette. I really like that one has to read the caption to see that it's a feather and I love the shallow depth of field that draws us into the heart of the frame. If I had any criticism, it's that I think it might be stronger by excluding the bottom curve of the feather - but this works.

There's an almost alien quality to this image that signals to violence - and I really like it for that. Nicely exposed and tonally rendered, the decision to photograph from an odd angle gives us the opportunity to examine the everyday in a new light. It reminds me very much of both the Russian Constructivist, Alexander Rodechenko's work shooting upwards and Germaine Krull's studies of abstract architecture. Nicely done.

A lovely frame that combines a graphic interpretation of the theme with rather excellent touch of humour. I like that the framing is off-centre but I do wish the bird was facing the other way... sometimes waiting is the only thing we can do. It does look like a bit of a pull as well - quite a lot of chunky grain although that doesn't detract from a strong image. Well done.

What really strikes me about this brutal image of an often, but well photographed bridge is the tonal range. Cleary the structure has symmetrical elements within in and that's echoed in the partial and irregular reflection in the water but the angularity and the detail are lovely. A more realistic and graphic cousin of Nadav Kandar's own image, "Humber Bridge III, 2001".

There are two things that I like very much about this image which both fulfils the symmetry brief on several levels (shape, contrast, light and shadow). One is its exactitude, and the second is its subtle tonal range. Although the uncorrected verticals are obvious, it has a charm and simplicity that is entirely pleasing and, as opposed to the many complex entries of vaulted ceilings and church interiors, this remains a rather calming frame that is worthy of prolonged examination.

I think that this is rather stunning. An ethereal, majestic image that commands attention by its subtlety in hue and tone. It's very simply composed but the quality of light is superb and its central feature, the bridge, is contrasted with the unsymmetricality of the cloudscape. Wonderful.

I think that this is both beautifully elegant and, for such a simple image, entirely engaging. I like the minimum depth of field and I like the very low-key exposure - but mostly I think, I like it's subtle un-symmetricality: the 'read' pages that spoil the evenness of the image. Nicely done.

There are so many tricky framing decisions to make in an image like this that it seems churlish to criticise. However for me, I wonder whether the exclusion of the detail of wall and post on the left hand side might have made a stronger, more engaging frame. Ditto a slightly lower angle that might have excluded the red (wall?) at the very end. All that said, this is a very well thought out image.

A delightful image that ticks both the boxes of the theme and humour in a colourful and engaging way. I like that the frame really concentrates on the birds as both colour and shape and that they dominate the frame to the exclusion of the background. The plumage is well captured but it's the eyes that suggest both a beauty and a playfulness that this composition has in spades.

The joy of images like this is that you're never entirely sure what you're looking at - and that's no bad thing. Although this frame clearly has flaws - the left hand side is certainly not as sharp as the right - the lines and the colour signifiers are engaging and are worth the close attention one is inevitably drawn into.

I really like this not least because although some form of a decisive moment has been captured, it's clear that (as often is the case) anticipation and a good amount of luck has been captured. I like the multiple shadows and the (almost) symmetrically of the birds, but it's the diagonal of the fishing floats that (imperfectly) screams 'compose around me'. Nicely done.