Photographer Richard Cave takes his pick of the week's best photographs and tells us why he reckons they make the grade.

 

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Last Saturday St Mary’s Church in Cholsey held a balloon festival to raise funds for a bakery in Kenya and this is a great alternative view of the event by Greg Blatchford. I love the framing and the sense of scale as he contrasts the vastness of the balloon with the tiny folk visible through the gap as it is inflated. But take note, there is an element of forced perspective here – that is the things closest to the lens appear larger in comparison to those further away.

 

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Oh he’s got a lovely bunch of coconuts. Of the many fine pictures from Ed Nix and Mark Hemsworth of this year’s St Giles’ Fair in Oxford, I was spoilt for choice. This one from Mark is just a really nice documentary-style portrait of George Kemp on his coconut shy. Good colours, good composition, nice light.

 

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A clear difference of opinion here from last Saturday’s clash between Southend and Oxford United. I just like the way the eye flicks from one stressed individual to the next.

 

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Another difference of opinion as one particular U’s fan questions the eyesight of the ref in heroically comic style. Another shot from the Southend game by freelancer James Williamson.

 

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The phrase “Praying in vain” springs to mind as iced water lands on Dawn Collicutt, raising money for the Paediatric Cardiac Unit at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. To be fair, the outfit is fancy dress. Amusing picture by Mark Hemsworth at last Saturday’s Olde English Garden Party in Freeland.

 

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Shrouded in mistery, BMW asked us to be at the MINI Plant by 10.15am on Tuesday. They said it would be worth it but wouldn’t tell us what it was. It turned out to be the three millionth Mini to roll off the production line, as workers look on. Picture by Ed Nix

 

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Prince William was in Oxford on Monday to open a new university building at St Hugh’s College. A lovely moment here as he meets five-year-old Beth Barton, who hands him some flowers. Picture by Ed Nix.