LFGSS weekly photography challenge

My theme proved a lot more difficult in practice, which didn't help!

@moocher, you better start preparing your acceptance speech!

Checks watch. Paces nervously.

congrats :)

Thanks! Well done me. Am well pleased.

Some more participants would be good. I'm barely technically proficient, ( despite being reigning champion ☺ ), so no reason not to make a submission...

We spend too much time with our heads down: whether it's a striking roof, an intricate ceiling, the clouds or stars this week we should all #look_up

Well done @moocher a very deserved first victory :)

Edit: Ooh good theme too, no excuses not to get involved on that one!

Here's my entry

Well done mate, liking the new theme!

I see the pixels.....

Nice one @Moocher, good theme! The whole point of the competition is to try and develop / push peoples photography.

well done moocher, nice work. A good theme for encouraging everyone to participate too..

Cheers everyone. Looking forward (and indeed upward) to seeing this week's submissions.

ace..

New moon tonight so could be a good night for looking up!

Pfft. This is what the sky looks like down here:

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I kept waiting for the image to load......

I'm waiting for the sky to load.

I'm sure this got posted towards the beginning of this thread. Are we allowed to enter old snaps now? haven't been on in a while, gunna try and get back on the train this week.

Are we allowed to enter old snaps now?

no

A-OK brother

Yep, only photos taken after the theme is set!

this is the missing info you're after

http://petapixel.com/2016/02/01/nikon-and-photographer-apologize-for-photoshopped-prize-winning-photo/

banging pick tbh, whether its photo-shopped or not

#look_up

The BMW in the left image belongs to one of my former neighbours, your stereotypical 'roid-filled gym-n-drugs twat who last year brutally assaulted his long-suffering girlfriend in the street in the wee small hours. I received a courts summons to testify against him as a witness as my wife and I had to give evidence after the event, as well as placate his terrified other half who, at the time, told us "This has been happening for years. He has my passport and bank cards. He knows dangerous people." At some point yesterday he returned, only to find his car clamped, presumably since he was too busy juicing up to concern himself with tax, insurance etc. Somewhat depressingly, the case was thrown out, either for insufficient evidence or due to her not pressing charges.

The car lay clamped through Wednesday before he and his pals returned at 1am this morning, angle-grinding the clamp off. Whilst sparks flew into the muggy Edinburgh night, I ran out onto our balcony, sans pants or glasses, and he looked up at me briefly, shouting something in Polish. I did not have my camera, just as I did not have my camera on the night last year when he tried to strangle his partner, pulling her to the ground so forcefully that her breasts were exposed through her ripped top and her head smashed into a wall.

These photos were taken some 16 hours apart, hence the position of the sun making for different light.

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That's fucking crazy man.

The photos work really well as a diptych.

Hope his former girlfriend is ok...

Was worried it'd be a tad TL;DR but important context to an otherwise banal diptych. I genuinely hope she's managed to escape; he went off to The Big Hoose for a while, returning in a crapped-out Corsa towards the start of the year, clear plastic bag with clothes in tow. Who knows where she ended up.