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Weekly Photo Contest, Oct 4 - 10, Pleasant Surprise
- Thread starter tizeye
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I clicked yesterday but only realised today
Cheers
Hugh
You get a bonus point for honesty.
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Looks like 6 days is everyone’s limit on that comment rule.
I think we did really well.
Oh, I am supposed to use points?
I thought I just had to put them in a hat and pull them out, leaving first for the last pull.
Winding down. Currently 5PM Eastern. Will close it down around 10PM Eastern.
What is this virtual bit? No final call, the bar is shut down. No more entries. Will post the results shortly, but first things first.
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TIME’S UP. All good things must come to an end. I want to thank everyone who participated. A lot of great entries as I thought I would try something a little different. It has always intrigued me when taking a picture had no high expectations for and it turned out so different.
@deep diver – Interesting unplanned shot in a very remote area closed off to the public. Very nice treatment in B&W and stopped down well to show the depth. Lighting is interesting and must have had a flood rather than your using a flash as the hot spot on the block and columns overexposed center back but nearfield correctly exposed. Chainlink fence shadow limits traffic, but if doing over would step up to the fence and try to frame eliminating the shadow.
@Strider64 – Squirrels are difficult to catch with their unpredictable movement and opportunistic moment nicely framed. Most of the squirrels around here are gray, to see that dark black really adds some contrast to the grass background.
@Hughmac – You had me until you said “manual focus” at which point my aging eye revolted. Invariably when I override for manual focus, I forget to switch it back to automatic much like you forgor to reset the shutter speed. Very niice getting black isolation on a sunny day. The nice part of the surprise is that you now have an agenda to shoot again. While the stopped water is great, just think how a flowing water would look.
@Darmok N Jalad – Nice chance taking in a couple respects. I like the expanse of the sky background as it enhances the depth. I am always tempted the crop aggressively bringing the subject in showing detail of the subject but losing the depth. The second is catching the wings open with the focus clarity and detail. Very well done.
@Indydenny – Those darn squirrels and their photo bombing! Nicely set up, and the squirrel may have actually improved the photo. Yes, much to the raccoon’s chagrin, three objects provides a level of balance vs two objects. Plus, their focus is on the squirrel invading their territory rather than off outside the photo.
@needfx – You definitely captured the essence of the theme, a pleasant surprise. Demonstrated great dynamic range as you pulled details out of the shadows as demonstrated in the final photo on your attached link. Very well done as you focused on the shadows without adversely other areas. Yes, that tree was distracting. Also, good to see your participation as technically this is a bye week for you with the recent rule clarification not to have back to back 1st place as you hosted last weeks.
@mollyc – The big question is…where are our doughnuts? I’ll take one on the top shelf with the chocolate and partially hidden by your daughter. Great T-shirt for a truly unplanned event and can understand the surprise as no one routinely has a T-shirt with that message in the wardrobe. As a street scene photo what could make it better? Obviously with their backs to you can’t see faces but had a chance with your daughter’s turned head. Take a couple steps back (or zoom out) to not cut off their heads when would have had a chance with the “Oh, I can’t decide. Decisions, decisions!” expression.
Now the difficult decision as each, while different, provided so much. Let me shake the hat to mix them up well as I pull them out. (Just kidding).
3rd Place - @mollyc
2nd Place - @needfx
And the leader for next week is….
1st Place - @deep diver
Thanks for the mention and congrats to @deep diver!!
For my image, I would have loved a bit wider crop but I was limited in space and by whatever lens I had on at the time (probably my 35mm). Sometimes you just make do with what you can, and honestly my story was more about the case than the expressions of the kids. They were probably arguing anyway. ?
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For my image, I would have loved a bit wider crop but I was limited in space and by whatever lens I had on at the time (probably my 35mm). Sometimes you just make do with what you can, and honestly my story was more about the case than the expressions of the kids. They were probably arguing anyway. ?
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Come on! Really?! What's a guy got to do to lose around here?! I think I'm going to pop open a real one to sooth the pain.
My parents always taught me to be polite, so thank you.
There was a flood light behind and to my left that was shining away from the tunnel to light up an old train car, but there was some reflected light. I agree about the fence but this was the closest I could get. I doubt I'll go back. They open the subway to the public one day a year and it is insanely crowded.
I'm going to see my therapist so that I can work through this new trauma and will post something later today.
Congrats to mollyc and needfx. Thanks to tizeye for taking the time to write these extensive comments.
Cheers Tizeye for extensive feedback and well done Deep Diver/Mollyc!!
Curious to see what DD will come up with next. "Beers of the world"? "Atlantis"?, "Reactions"?
ps last calls are so hmf
Curious to see what DD will come up with next. "Beers of the world"? "Atlantis"?, "Reactions"?
ps last calls are so hmf
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Okay folks. The new contest is up. Have fun.
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Weekly Photo Contest October 11-18 -- What’s That Doing There?!
What’s That Doing There?! This one is courtesy of a friend. His daughter likes to take pictures of things that are out of place. We are not talking about a table lamp being on the floor. This is about things that REALLY do not belong, such as the guy in shorts at a formal dinner. The images...
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Well done everyone. Been super busy with house moving stuff so photography is taking a bit of a back seat for now.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
Terrific topic for a contest, and very good judging, @tizeye.
Personally, I liked @Indydenny's shot - it actually raised a smile - and, as always, @mollyc brings an interesting and warm perspective to a theme.
Some excellent shots - @deep diver's was suitably unsettling and I also liked the composition of @Hughmac's image; very well done all.
Personally, I liked @Indydenny's shot - it actually raised a smile - and, as always, @mollyc brings an interesting and warm perspective to a theme.
Some excellent shots - @deep diver's was suitably unsettling and I also liked the composition of @Hughmac's image; very well done all.