Weekly Bluelight photography contest Round 8 POLLING

[chrissie]

The theme this round was Old

AlphaCharlieID

BA

animal_cookie

Mazey

Sun

johnmortons

panic_in_paradise

Survival0200

taneo22

RavenousBlonde

...

 

[chrissie]

Johnny1

protovack

MazDan

felixdahousekat

alasdairm

thujone

huntmitch

L2R
Disqualified: Image too large

chrissie

McLaren
Disqualified: Image too large

AmorRoark

Changed

purplefirefly

Archie Funker

 

[chrissie]

Discussion for this round is here

Previous rounds

Round 1: Macro
Winner: chrissie
vote | thread

Round 2: Reflections
Winner: chrissie
vote | thread

Round 3: Street
Winner: Dtergent
vote | thread

Round 4: Patterns
Winner: AmorRoark
vote | thread

Round 5: Landscapes
Winner: sushii
vote | thread

Round 6: Solitude
Winner: RavenousBlonde
vote | thread

Round 7: Seasonal Colors
Winner: pennywise
vote | thread

 

[MazDan]

Interesting to note that not one person went with a pic of some really elderly looking human being.

I suspect that a shot such as that may well have been a winner.

Personally I didnt have the balls to take one..........lol.

 

[McLaren]

nice... I got shafted again! what's this, the third time?

 

[fairnymph]

Beautiful pic Sun, you surely took the cake and you got my vote.

I also really liked panic_in_paradise's photo.

 

[chrissie]

5. Photographs must be no wider than 700 and no higher than 700.

Your image was 730px wide

 

[McLaren]

oh, I thought I had it right... thanks

 

[Akoto]

I voted for sun. That rust looks almost edible.

 

[MazDan]

I thought Alpha Charlies was just brilliant, it was the narly old tree behind that did it for me.

Ummm, Not sure I get why Sun is so far ahead..........but thats prolly cos i look at stuff different to most I guess.

 

[vibr8tor]

question, for all you photo knowledgeable people out there...

what do you look at when you are judging the pics? I like voting on these, but am frequently really torn between 2-3 pics, and they are often very different yet unique. I wish I knew something about photography which would help me determine which one should get my vote, other than "This one is prettier!" or "This one will be a wasted vote, so I'll go with the other one."

I try to look in general for flaws which could have been eliminated, such as shadows, lighting, angle... but what are some other basic things which can help me narrow it down?

 

[Mazey]

go Johnny1 go....
I like looking at old machines and dated equipment like trains,steamshovels,turbines and powerplants .....

 

[~*geNeRaTiOn E*~]

i took a picture of my great-grandfather just before he died; i couldn't convince myself to post it

 

[MazDan]

question, for all you photo knowledgeable people out there...

what do you look at when you are judging the pics? I like voting on these, but am frequently really torn between 2-3 pics, and they are often very different yet unique. I wish I knew something about photography which would help me determine which one should get my vote, other than "This one is prettier!" or "This one will be a wasted vote, so I'll go with the other one."

I try to look in general for flaws which could have been eliminated, such as shadows, lighting, angle... but what are some other basic things which can help me narrow it down?

Personally I firstly take into consideration the subject.........in this case, old.

I then keep that in mind and select what i think attracts me most about a certain pic taking the subject into account..........maybe it will have a certain feeling or revive memories for me or whatever.

Its highly personal.

And I dont think its right to eliminate someone because you think its a wasted vote.

And as for lighting and stuff like that............I couldnt give a shit, Im not critiquing someones work, im picking a pic that i like.

 

[McLaren]

gold: changed
silver: alphacharlieID
bronze: johnny1

 

[hebb22]

When it comes to who took the best picture Sun definatly beats everyone else. That picture is so cleanly taken as well as the angle it was taken from.

 

[alasdairm]

looks like i won't even get my usual pity vote this round

alasdair

 

[Sun]

Thanks for the positive comments people.

I was lucky with the focus on that shot because the camera got serviced about a month after and needed replacing due to a faulty 'focus-finder'.

Hooray for faulty equipment!

 

[Changed]

well, thank you all who voted for me. I'll be back next week.

 

[malarkey]

It was really close between chrissie and sun's for me, but I ended up voting sun because of that angle which it was taken from. Brilliant shot.