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Weekly Photo Contest - 17th to 23rd May - Contrast

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Contrast - Light and dark, good and evil, happy and sad, up and down, life and death, hard and soft, order and chaos... :cool:

Photography loves visual and metaphorical contrast so let's see your visual interpretations of contrast.

Rules are the same as always -

· The photographs must be your own work.

· Be creative and have fun.

· You may only submit one photo per contest.

· Please do not comment on photos until after the judging has taken place.

· The contest runs for a week and starts now!

· At the end of the week, last week’s winner will choose a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place photo, providing as much feedback as possible.

· If the winner is unable to complete the selection within 48 hours of the deadline for close, then a vote will be carried out to select a winner. This will be based on the number of "likes" each image has. In the event of a draw, the second place winner from the previous week will choose the tiebreaker.

· The 1st place winner will start a new thread with the topic/theme of their choice, and act as the judge for that contest. (Winner has 48 hours to create new theme, after that it defers to 2nd place).

· Please update the Weekly Contest Master List when you post a new contest.

I look forward to all your entries.
Have Fun!
 
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I trust that the topic has encouraged folks to spend some time thinking about contrast in a pic and that some awesome entries will soon be uploaded.

I trust, I hope, I dunno :D
 
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Happy to be the first victim.
 
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Some great entries - I'll close it up at Midnight tonight Eastern US Time and come up with a winner tomorrow by 6pm Eastern US time. Thanks to everyone that entered!!!

Update - Sorry, I'm running behind today - I'll have it done by 9 pm Eastern US time.
 
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Thanks to everyone that was brave enough to enter a kinda vague concept of a theme. You all hit the mark.
Side note - Flickr is still not being nice (as of tonight) but it hasn’t kept me from seeing 100% versions of pics linking over.

Darmok N Jalad - Bonus points for going first - Thanks! There’s nice leading lines, contrast and detail in the bench slats.

deep diver - The light trace abstractions are really cool. Nice.

Apple fanboy - A classic black & white, rule-of-thirds compo with leading lines, fog, tonal contrast and sharpness/softness…very nice.

Foogoofish - A beautiful long exposure waterfall shot.

Hughmac - IR done really well with well rendered foliage and bonus swimming geese.

mollyc - A really nice motion study contrasting with static objects.

tizeye - Full-size viewing reveals the alligator just beyond the bench-sitter’s calm perception :eek:.

Somepix - Winter vs. all the other seasons :cool:.

Laird Knox - Small aperture stars and a beautiful tonal range, nice composition, contrails and a wide range of textures...

jagolden - “Lots of color contrast” - Indeed :D.

AllegyDoc - So many textures :cool:.

And the winners...

Third places go to AllergyDoc, mollyc and Foogoofish.
Second places go to jagolden, Hughmac, deep diver and Apple fanboy (my runner-up first place choice).
First place goes to Laird Knox.

Thanks again to everyone sharing their pics! It seems that this contest subject was a little intimidating given the low number of entries. I apologize for limiting the level of engagement this time around. It was the opposite of my intent.

I look forward to Laird's contest subject for next week,
Ed
 
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redshifted said:
Thanks to everyone that was brave enough to enter a kinda vague concept of a theme. You all hit the mark.
Side note - Flickr is still not being nice (as of tonight) but it hasn’t kept me from seeing 100% versions of pics linking over.

Darmok N Jalad - Bonus points for going first - Thanks! There’s nice leading lines, contrast and detail in the bench slats.

deep diver - The light trace abstractions are really cool. Nice.

Apple fanboy - A classic black & white, rule-of-thirds compo with leading lines, fog, tonal contrast and sharpness/softness…very nice.

Foogoofish - A beautiful long exposure waterfall shot.

Hughmac - IR done really well with well rendered foliage and bonus swimming geese.

mollyc - A really nice motion study contrasting with static objects.

tizeye - Full-size viewing reveals the alligator just beyond the bench-sitter’s calm perception :eek:.

Somepix - Winter vs. all the other seasons :cool:.

Laird Knox - Small aperture stars and a beautiful tonal range, nice composition, contrails and a wide range of textures...

jagolden - “Lots of color contrast” - Indeed :D.

AllegyDoc - So many textures :cool:.

And the winners...

Third places go to AllergyDoc, mollyc and Foogoofish.
Second places go to jagolden, Hughmac, deep diver and Apple fanboy (my runner-up first place choice).
First place goes to Laird Knox.

Thanks again to everyone sharing their pics! It seems that this contest subject was a little intimidating given the low number of entries. I apologize for limiting the level of engagement this time around. It was the opposite of my intent.

I look forward to Laird's contest subject for next week,
Ed
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Great feedback! Thank you for the coveted second place.
No need to apologise for challenging subjects. It’s good to push the boundaries. I like how we always get so many interpretations on a theme.
Well done everyone and a well deserved win for @Laird Knox
 
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I sent a PM to Laird Knox. If he doesn't respond in the next 24 hours then the pleasure and pain go to AFB.
 
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I've spent many a happy shift around Canvey, Benfleet, Leigh on Sea, Southend and Thorpe Bay :)

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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