Wednesday C&C * Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #910 / Revived #130 on 2025 09 24*

Welcome to the Wednesday Comments and Critique (No Theme & No Brand) thread!

We are dedicated to continuing the great tradition of this C&C thread because we are convinced that looking at, and talking about images is vital for better photography.

Our tried and tested concept (almost 17 years and running!) is a weekly "peer-to-peer" photo comments & critique encounter, in which you GIVE and RECEIVE.

The idea is simple: you post a photo or photo-based image that you have made and get critique on it. And in return you give other people your honest but constructive opinion of their images.

Any Theme, Any Camera, Any Style, Any Subject.

We are still figuring out how to create the convenience of threaded view on this new forum.
For now, let us agree that you post an image or essay with a title and short explanation, and that all comments include the image as a quote.
Replies to comments may or may not include quotes.

THREAD GUIDELINES – THE SHORT & SWEET VERSION
• This thread does not care about brands. It’s not about the tool, but the image.
• Post one image or essay that you have made and would like to get comments on.
An entry can either be a single image or a short essay. With an essay we mean not a collection of random images without any connection, seeking C&C on more than one of them. We mean instead a limited number (3 to 10) of connected images that together try to tell a story, create a fuller picture of a situation, event or location, etc.
• Add a clear title to your post to distinguish your entry.
• Look at the other images/essays and give your comments on at least one of those.
• For comments, try to go beyond a simple pat on the back or a short dismissal.
• Do you like an image (or essay) ? Try to explain WHY it appeals to you.
• Negative or critical feedback is OK (we all want to learn), but be polite and constructive. Try to explain why the image (or essay) does not appeal to you and how it might be improved.
• Please stay on topic, i.e. concentrate on the image and the photographic comments, without getting into politics or other distractions. No non-photographic arguments.

The critique you give is vital.
What was your first impression? What catches your eye about an image? Why?
What do you like, and what distracts you? What would you change?

Fiddle with the image in your head - composition, perspective, color balance, exposure.

PLEASE NOTE CLEARLY:
Unless the original poster specifically states (for every individual posting offered for C&C) that they do not want their image(s) to be downloaded, altered or reposted, it is understood that within the context of this thread, other participants are free to download and alter the posted image and repost it in a reply for C&C purposes. That reposted image may remain permanently within the week's thread, or you may remove it after a short period of time if you prefer. The downloaded and altered images are not to be used for any other purposes nor uploaded anywhere else than within the context of the C&C in this thread. No copyright disputes here!

Encourage - it is a scary business putting your work up for other people to judge!

More general feedback is also welcome.
Do you know something about taking the same sort of image that would make matters easier - share your own as an example in your reply.

Have fun, be respectful and let’s stick together!

SAHARA SUNRISE

Once more back to a cold April morning, 16 years ago, in the rocky Sahara of South Lybia:

Tools of Trade
The small cube is a click counter to keep tally of the number of sheep shorn. The pockets on the leather have spare, sharp shearing heads. You don't want to know about the needle and thread.

This is a really interesting series; a view to a process we don't usually see.
The belt, hanging from the ceiling, that the guy is using to presumably avoid most of the back pain, is a good idea!
It reminds me of a mobile sheep shearing station that I saw in Scotland. I'll post those photos :-)

Sheep shearing week

Inspired by Mike's post of Australian sheep shearing, here's something similar from Scotland from 10 years ago.
It's a mobile sheepshearing station. These guys were really fast!

First the sheep were rounded up and guided though those pen fences, so that they climbed up the ramp, one at a time

When the door opens the guys took the next sheep and it didn't take long to remove all of that wool. The power came from a small petrol generator.

These guys were really fast!

The sheep didn't seem to mind too much.
I bet that guy would have loved the support belt hanging from the ceiling that Mike showed in his photos!

Wool goes in the bag

Job done, wool gone , sheep runs off !

When they were done for the day the whole thing was folded up onto the trailer and they drove off to the next customer.
I like the look of the sheep, top right, peering over the door, thinking perhaps "Oh, I'm next"

Yes, that is what the belt is. There are substantial springs in the device as well to give some vertical movement assistance while allowing movement from side to side.
This is a very old shearing shed. Newer facilities look more like your Scottish pens.

Time to Walk With Me -

The house behind a field of light and thousands of webs if you look closely enough.

Wild morning glories have established their home on the garden fence and look quite nice with dew necklaces

Spiders do artwork while I sleep

Fungi are rampant in early fall

Zeke and I take the 4 wheeler through the old cotton fields. I ride while he barks. Perteet will cut the fields soon but for now we are enjoying them as is.

Great clumps of yellow and purple stand here and there in the fields, attracting butterflies and bees.

One long sweetgum leaf has transitioned to fall colors.

Spiders have decorated the ironweed too.

We have successfully conquered the mile long walking/riding trail through our forest. Took all summer but finally it is done.These deformed limbs were markers for old trails through the land before Mississippi became a state.

Rear Views

Random selection of various vehicles from the rear angle while attending 2025 Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance - premier car show in Canada for the automobile aficionados. To me, it's bygone era.

No pp, except file size reduction.

Ford, Jag, McLaren, Austin Healey

1938 Steyr

1934 Lagonda

1961 Alfa Romeo

1937 Arnold

1954 MBenz 300SL

1956 Jensen

1963 Porsche

1927 Bugatti

1932 Duesenberg

1930 Packard

These 2 would be my choice, with colour one as #1. I like tighter crop. There is something to say about b&w shot, more drama and stonework is more visible...

There is life in most unlikely places. It's a metaphor for survival. Excellent.

There is a mystic atmosphere here. I could sit on that beach and watch the sun go down every night. Wonderful.

You have given us a wonderful view into you r surroundings. Fabulous, just Fabulous.
Great series and all captures resonate with natural environment you must enjoy daily.
It's a treat to witness all this world.

Great series with so much details. It's like being there. Lots of hard work, I reckon.

Someone was very busy. I did not realize it takes such an effort and manpower to perform this task. And it's all for us to be warm, among other things...

All nice car (rear) shots, but this is by far the most interesting and best in my opinion. It works very well in terms of composition, has good colors, and provides a lot more than the regular classic car convention shot I‘m used to see. Well done!