General photo comp #5 *voting*

[Zonda]

Audiholic
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MikeJ
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NevadaJack
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audi_rudy
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dOmInIX
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Choleric
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El Zorro

notic
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Matt

Roberto

Good luck!

 

[Zonda]

This is probobly the best general comp so far. Fantastic photos guys!

But El Zorro's is just magnificent, there's no doubt in my decision!

 

[El Zorro]

Notic gets my vote this time, because of the nice composition, the amount of detail, the beautiful colours...
But it was very very hard to make a decision for a first place; dOmInIX deserves the price for most beautiful black-on-white picture ever, and the other pictures are very nice too! Congrats everybody

PS. Thanks Zonda, you make me blush

 

[Tumbo]

El Zorros pictures caught my attention. Voted

 

[Choleric]

No public poll?

Well, I voted for Roberto, his photo is my favorite of the lot, though they are all wonderful

 

[Michael]

This contest is truly a hard one, but I had to go with Roberto's because of the composition.

 

[notic]

i'm a sucker for bw photography. i voted for Dom

 

[dOmInIX]

I vote for notic, it's really great picture, and I like how you caught that bee!

Thanks for your vote also!

 

[SDNR]

Firstly, I must say I am amazed that people have really liked my photo -- thanks.

My final vote goes to El Zorro ...what a great photograph of such a beautiful church. It looks like such a peaceful place ...where exactly is it El Zorro? Do you know when the church was built -- my guess would be the 1940s ...it is a very nice.

Mike J's photo reminds me of a Monet painting ...very appealing.

I like NevadaJack's photo a lot too ...I don't like being critical, but I would have voted for it Jack, if the horizon was squared up.

I almost voted for yours Choleric -- I love the subtlety of the colours in your picture.

audi_rudy: interesting view you have there -- like what the world must be like for someone in a negative pressure ventilator ..... yeah that was in bad taste -- sorry.

 

[MikeJ]

Thanks for your kind comments, Rob, and congratulations on a well deserved win.

 

[NevadaJack]

I like NevadaJack's photo a lot too ...I don't like being critical, but I would have voted for it Jack, if the horizon was squared up.

I spent some time with that image Roberto and what is happeining is an optical illusion of sorts. The LV Strip is horizontal but the lights of the city in the background are on terrain of the foothills that raise towards the mountains. So the line of the city lights give the appearance of camera tilt. Those lights in the background are probably at a distance of close to several miles away.
I was able to correct the tilt (which I have a tendency to do) by a very little but too much and all the buildings on the strip then tilt the other way.

Thought you would like to know about that...we learn something every day. I had no idea this was the problem until you pointed it out to me since I just assumed it was my tilt tendency. Thanks.

Here is the straighened image and you can see the lamp post in the foreground is vertical but the city lights are still low on the left and high on the right, while the strip buildings are horizontal.

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[El Zorro]

Firstly, I must say I am amazed that people have really liked my photo -- thanks.

My final vote goes to El Zorro ...what a great photograph of such a beautiful church. It looks like such a peaceful place ...where exactly is it El Zorro? Do you know when the church was built -- my guess would be the 1940s ...it is a very nice.

Mike J's photo reminds me of a Monet painting ...very appealing.

I like NevadaJack's photo a lot too ...I don't like being critical, but I would have voted for it Jack, if the horizon was squared up.

I almost voted for yours Choleric -- I love the subtlety of the colours in your picture.

audi_rudy: interesting view you have there -- like what the world must be like for someone in a negative pressure ventilator ..... yeah that was in bad taste -- sorry.

Roberto, I'm not gonna pretend I know the history of the abbey, but I found this interesting website for you: http://www.orval.be/an/FS_an.html. They say the church was rebuild and used again from somewhere in the 1940s, indeed! It is really a beautiful place! The gardens and the buildings are maintained in very good condition; on the place there are also the ruins of the medieval abbey. The whole atmosphere is peace and quiet... I have other photos from the place, I'll post them if I have time... BTW, congrats on your victory in this photo competition. Well deserved

 

[NevadaJack]

Congratulations Roberto...nice win and very nice image...

 

[SDNR]

Wow, great! ...I finally actually got some votes

Thanks for explaining El Zorro and NavadaJack