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Weekly Photo Contest (June 5-June 11)
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OOPS!!!!!!!!!!
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I see what you did there...
Now where is our judge? Has someone PM'ed him? Last activity was 26 hours ago, the contest had finished by then (going off timestamp of Post 1).
9pm pst will be 48 hours. what happens if he doesnt show? just curious, as the rules say nothing about this.
Contest results
Oops, indeed. Sorry everyone, I had a deadline last night and have been recuperating ("sleeping") today.
Ordinarily, this is where the judge says it was so difficult to choose a winner, because there were so many fantastic entries. But I have to be honest -- it's not hard to pick this week's winner, and in retrospect I think it's because I chose a lousy contest theme. I'm not really sure what I was looking for, but I can definitely see why so many entries were (let's face it) snapshots of vehicle mishaps. Cars, boats, motorcycles, even a video game.
I love vehicle mishaps as much as anyone -- remind me to tell you about the time my mattress took flight on the Pennsylvania turnpike -- but this is a PHOTOGRAPHY contest, not America's funniest snapshots. So my main criterion was whether an image prompted me to look at it longer than the moment of "wow, check out what happened!"
So the winner is Mickbab's elegant shot of the crashing surfer. There's a simplicity to this photo that I really like, with nothing extraneous in the frame. I'm not usually a fan of gimmicky/trendy effects (fake tilt-shift, selective color, and many HDRs), but in this case it is subtle and works nicely, without drawing attention away from the main subject.
I'll anoint jrotunda85 as our 2nd-place entry, because the black and white conversion is terrific and the image makes me laugh.
And third place goes to mcavjame, because I like the lighting and totally frivolous use of dinosaur toys. Unless those are real dinosaurs, in which case the shot is even more incredible because you probably used film.
And just because I like to share my own opinions, I'll also give NeGRit0 the award for best automotive carnage... 01jamcon should have taken off the sunglasses to get a funny facial expression... I like to imagine that dmb70's guitar was smashed Pete Townshend-style, in which case the smashing would have made an awesome picture... I like the effect liljohnny51 captured with the police lights, though the bright yellow rectangle is a distraction... SiR cOoKiE's golf club is really weird and cool... PeteB, good timing posting this picture immediately after Sir Cookie's "stiff shaft" comment. Oh, and CK Williams, I hope your insurance company believed you that this fire was "accidental."
Anyway, thanks for playing everyone, and I'm sorry for the judging delay and that my poor choice of theme didn't allow for many people to post their finest photographic artwork.
Over to you, Mickbab!
Oops, indeed. Sorry everyone, I had a deadline last night and have been recuperating ("sleeping") today.
Ordinarily, this is where the judge says it was so difficult to choose a winner, because there were so many fantastic entries. But I have to be honest -- it's not hard to pick this week's winner, and in retrospect I think it's because I chose a lousy contest theme. I'm not really sure what I was looking for, but I can definitely see why so many entries were (let's face it) snapshots of vehicle mishaps. Cars, boats, motorcycles, even a video game.
I love vehicle mishaps as much as anyone -- remind me to tell you about the time my mattress took flight on the Pennsylvania turnpike -- but this is a PHOTOGRAPHY contest, not America's funniest snapshots. So my main criterion was whether an image prompted me to look at it longer than the moment of "wow, check out what happened!"
So the winner is Mickbab's elegant shot of the crashing surfer. There's a simplicity to this photo that I really like, with nothing extraneous in the frame. I'm not usually a fan of gimmicky/trendy effects (fake tilt-shift, selective color, and many HDRs), but in this case it is subtle and works nicely, without drawing attention away from the main subject.
I'll anoint jrotunda85 as our 2nd-place entry, because the black and white conversion is terrific and the image makes me laugh.
And third place goes to mcavjame, because I like the lighting and totally frivolous use of dinosaur toys. Unless those are real dinosaurs, in which case the shot is even more incredible because you probably used film.
And just because I like to share my own opinions, I'll also give NeGRit0 the award for best automotive carnage... 01jamcon should have taken off the sunglasses to get a funny facial expression... I like to imagine that dmb70's guitar was smashed Pete Townshend-style, in which case the smashing would have made an awesome picture... I like the effect liljohnny51 captured with the police lights, though the bright yellow rectangle is a distraction... SiR cOoKiE's golf club is really weird and cool... PeteB, good timing posting this picture immediately after Sir Cookie's "stiff shaft" comment. Oh, and CK Williams, I hope your insurance company believed you that this fire was "accidental."
Anyway, thanks for playing everyone, and I'm sorry for the judging delay and that my poor choice of theme didn't allow for many people to post their finest photographic artwork.
Over to you, Mickbab!
Oops, indeed. Sorry everyone, I had a deadline last night and have been recuperating ("sleeping") today.
Ordinarily, this is where the judge says it was so difficult to choose a winner, because there were so many fantastic entries. But I have to be honest -- it's not hard to pick this week's winner, and in retrospect I think it's because I chose a lousy contest theme. I'm not really sure what I was looking for, but I can definitely see why so many entries were (let's face it) snapshots of vehicle mishaps. Cars, boats, motorcycles, even a video game.
I love vehicle mishaps as much as anyone -- remind me to tell you about the time my mattress took flight on the Pennsylvania turnpike -- but this is a PHOTOGRAPHY contest, not America's funniest snapshots. So my main criterion was whether an image prompted me to look at it longer than the moment of "wow, check out what happened!"
So the winner is Mickbab's elegant shot of the crashing surfer. There's a simplicity to this photo that I really like, with nothing extraneous in the frame. I'm not usually a fan of gimmicky/trendy effects (fake tilt-shift, selective color, and many HDRs), but in this case it is subtle and works nicely, without drawing attention away from the main subject.
I'll anoint jrotunda85 as our 2nd-place entry, because the black and white conversion is terrific and the image makes me laugh.
And third place goes to mcavjame, because I like the lighting and totally frivolous use of dinosaur toys. Unless those are real dinosaurs, in which case the shot is even more incredible because you probably used film.
And just because I like to share my own opinions, I'll also give NeGRit0 the award for best automotive carnage... 01jamcon should have taken off the sunglasses to get a funny facial expression... I like to imagine that dmb70's guitar was smashed Pete Townshend-style, in which case the smashing would have made an awesome picture... I like the effect liljohnny51 captured with the police lights, though the bright yellow rectangle is a distraction... SiR cOoKiE's golf club is really weird and cool... PeteB, good timing posting this picture immediately after Sir Cookie's "stiff shaft" comment. Oh, and CK Williams, I hope your insurance company believed you that this fire was "accidental."
Anyway, thanks for playing everyone, and I'm sorry for the judging delay and that my poor choice of theme didn't allow for many people to post their finest photographic artwork.
Over to you, Mickbab!
Thanks apearlman!!! Will post a new contest tonight when I get home from work.
Congrats to runners up and all who entered the contest.
Thanks for the comment apearlman. Fortunately it wasn't my car. Just part of working for a FD. Definitely a tough category to work with and some outstanding entries. Nicely judged. Congratulations mickbab. That is a great shot. Looking forward to next week.
Thanks for seeing the humor in the image. It was fun to shoot, but a hard category to nail down. Congrats mickbab!