Photography General photo comp #2

[Zonda]

Congratulations to me for winning the previous photo comp.

Rules:
1. The entered picture must be taken by YOU and not just found on the net.
2. Only one photograph per person and per weekly contest allowed
3. You may NOT change your photograph once it has been entered.
4. There are 5 days to submit your photograph, a poll will be created after five days for people to vote on. (Voting from Saturday-Sunday then new thread on Monday with results)
5. Your image must be a resolution of 800*600 or lower. If it is not, your picture will not be in the voting thread.
6. Each photographer cannot vote for their own photo, they must vote for others
7. The picture should get submitted with: the subject matter, the date, and the type of camera.
8. Levels, Curves, Colour Balance, Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation, cropping, or anything else capable in the development process or with filters and common special lenses are allowed to use in Photoshop or other image editing softwares. Other adjustments and effects are not allowed to use in your picture.

 

[LaArtist]

Congrats

Here is my pic ( allthough they suck compared to you guys) for the next comp


Versaille Garden (Paris)
August 2004
Cannon Ixus

 

[NevadaJack]

Congrats to being the first winner...

Here is mine for this session:



Las Vegas, NV
June 2, 2006
Canon 20D - Macro

 

[MikeJ]

Congrats Zonda, and thanks to everyone who voted for my pic.
This time I'm going to go with my dragonfly pic:

Salla, Finland
July 30th, 2005
Canon Digital Ixus 430

 

[ree]

My picture...and congrats to Zonda for winning the first comb.

http://imageshack.us

sunset
Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
September 29th, 2005
FujiFilm Finepix F601

 

[Zonda]

Holy hell that picture is amazing Zorro! Good luck in the comp.

 

[notic]

congrats zonda. well deserved win. thats a terrific photo.

Flowers
August 15, 2006
Canon Rebel XT

 

[Osnabrueck]

El Zorro and Notic are making it hard on me this time around. Those are two splendid images.

 

[dOmInIX]

Ashtray
At restaurant
27/8/2006
Nikon Coolpix 5600

 

[El Zorro]

Very interesting and well-made pic, dOmInIX! I haven't seen a single poor quality pic in this thread yet! The overall level is very good!

 

[Michael]

Zorro I underestimated your abilities. Very good photo you have there.

 

[Matt]

I guess i'll submit this:

 

[NevadaJack]

Zonda...you may want to think about a category for each competition if you continue this. It is very difficult to evaluate photos in a variety of subjects. We are looking at the skills and techniques of the photographer to capture images related to the subject and having a sameness of subject matter makes that easier. Just a suggestion for a fine thread.

 

[Zonda]

Jack, I have thought about that. But if the contest had something like a theme each week I think we would have less contestants. I doubt many people would actually go out and take pictures soley to get a good picture for a photo comp on the internet. The way it is now pretty much everyone can enter as long as they have taken a nice photo at least once.

About a year ago or so we had rules on FCF that said that the pics had to have been taken within the last week. But the contestants were to few so the weeks became months and eventually the rule diappeared. It's best this way.

 

[SDNR]

Very nice photo Matt

Here is my entry for this week.

A portrait of a very dear friend of mine.

 

[Michael]

I have no idea what to submit. I guess I will put this up. This is of my best friend:

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[SDNR]

Such a gentle-looking dog BMWFREAK ...is he/she part Staffordshire Terrier?

..if you had not guessed already, I'm pretty crazy about animals.

 

[NevadaJack]

Jack, I have thought about that. But if the contest had something like a theme each week I think we would have less contestants. I doubt many people would actually go out and take pictures soley to get a good picture for a photo comp on the internet. The way it is now pretty much everyone can enter as long as they have taken a nice photo at least once.

About a year ago or so we had rules on FCF that said that the pics had to have been taken within the last week. But the contestants were to few so the weeks became months and eventually the rule diappeared. It's best this way.

The purpose of any competition is to generate an interest, in this case photography. If a person has an interest in entering and he does not have an image which fits the theme, then he goes out and shoots some pictures or doesn't submit that week.

It was just a suggestion and I can understand where you are coming from. I am impressed by what I have seen so far and felt a theme would provide a better method to compare the images.

 

[Michael]

Such a gentle-looking dog BMWFREAK ...is he/she part Staffordshire Terrier?

..if you had not guessed already, I'm pretty crazy about animals.

It is unknown who is father was but his mother was a Dachshund(spelling?)

He is a very good dog.

 

[El Zorro]

The purpose of any competition is to generate an interest, in this case photography. If a person has an interest in entering and he does not have an image which fits the theme, then he goes out and shoots some pictures or doesn't submit that week.

It was just a suggestion and I can understand where you are coming from. I am impressed by what I have seen so far and felt a theme would provide a better method to compare the images.

I understand your point NevadaJack: you're obviously a very passionate photographer, who does everything to make photos look even better, sharper, ... In this context, it would be a good idea to create separate theme-inspired competitions in which one can participate or not. This type of competition would be more objectif: photos could be judged on rational parameters, such as lighting, colour depth, framing, composition, etc.

However, I agree with Zonda that there would be less contestants. I think the big advantage of the current photo competitions is that they are easy accessible for everybody, making it much more fun to participate. I'm always eagerly waiting to see what kind of photos other members will be posting . I know, the resulting competition is much more subjective, but de gustibus non est disputandum .