<div align="center">All The Photos In This First Go Around Were Good
But I Think Everyone Had There Own Idea Of Random And I Am Sorry About That.
This Next Time Around I Went More Spacific.

<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Congrats To First Place:
Fintile - Shane Nicely Done </span>




<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Congrats To Second Place:
187sks - Floyd </span>




<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Congrats To Third Place:
ereeves116 - Edward</span>




<span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%">Nice Work Everyone And I Hope You Will All Participate In Photo Contest #2</span></div>

 

Yay for first loser!

 

[quote name='187sks' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:36 PM' post='133691']
Yay for first loser!
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Whats that suppose to mean sad.gif

 

maybe you should do something artistic instead bashing seals heads...maybe thats me.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ElectricTuscani @ Dec 10 2008, 10:08 AM) </div><div class='quotemain'>Whats that suppose to mean sad.gif</div>
I was congratulating myself for getting second.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ONLY1DB @ Dec 10 2008, 10:30 AM) </div><div class='quotemain'>maybe you should do something artistic instead bashing seals heads...maybe thats me.</div>
Well, a lot of setup went into my shoot, and I chose the two pictures I felt were best out of the 100+ pictures I took over 3 hours. Artistically, it's difficult (at least with my equipment) to simulate a larger scale with subjects that small. That was at least the effect I was going for, whether it was a success or not is questionable. Most of the pictures I took were of the rock crawler with it's suspension flexed crawling over different landscapes I set up for it. In the end I thought it told a story with these two pictures and I thought the story fit well with my interpretation of the project, which was randomness. Compositionally there were some other pictures I liked better, but without more than two pictures they would not have made any sense because too much of the picture was dark.

I looked at the assignment from the point of view that the more random the subject of the pictures were the better the points reward would be and the rest would be based on composition and creativity. As far as that goes I see it was not everyone's interpretation which is fine. I do however take offense to the statement that I "should do something artistic instead" because artistically the pictures are pretty good, and at least in the top half of the submissions. The subject may not be to some people's liking, but most people can appreciate the artistic value in something they don't particularly care for. But that's irrelevant.

I was inspired by this:


I thought it would be fun to do a miniature figure based version and for me it was and I was reasonably pleased with the result. I would explain what I feel the second picture in particular caught and what I thought made it a good picture, but I won't bother.

I'm still trying to find something worth taking pictures of for the next assignment. Considering that most of my ideas involve snow I most likely won't have a chance to take them before the deadline but possibly.

 

I had this Macedonian lady as an english teacher once (yea....like that makes sense) anyways, whenever she brought up the topic of appealing to readers' emotional needs, she would tell us to think of the baby seals, show us pictures of the cute fluffy ones, and then pictures of people bashing them on the heads. Nice lady...

 

Wow i guess I really messed this one up, I am thinking there will be no more photo contest.
I am sorry 187sks, you are more than welcome to delete the photo contest #2 thread cause it seems I really
messed this photo contest thing up.

WoW I Am In Shock

And ONLY1DB that was uncalled for

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ElectricTuscani @ Dec 10 2008, 12:07 PM) </div><div class='quotemain'>Wow i guess I really messed this one up, I am thinking there will be no more photo contest.</div>
No, you didn't mess it up, and I hope it doesn't sound like I'm being a sore loser because I'm not. I do think my pictures had some artistic merit and I wanted to explain that though. I am happy with second, my first post I was just being a smartass as usual. Hell, I didn't know if anyone at all would like my pics. I thought there was a good chance nobody at all would vote for mine and there were some really good submissions.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ElectricTuscani @ Dec 10 2008, 12:07 PM) </div><div class='quotemain'>I am sorry 187sks, you are more than welcome to delete the photo contest #2 thread cause it seems I really messed this photo contest thing up.</div>
Don't be sorry, and please continue the photo contests. I don't think you messed it up.

 

Well i never wanted my photo threads to ever turn out like this and now every time I open this thread I get sad

 

Well, stop feeling that way ET. smile.gif

By the way ereeves, your skull picture is phenomenal. Was that in the catacombs?