I'd like to vote for all of them please.
Somerset - Skim.
Standing Water - DG55.
Snadge - Entry 3.
Somerset - Skim.
Standing Water - DG55.
Snadge - Entry 3.
December Photo Competition: "Weather"
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Dubber Dan
Systems Buster
Nice one, I'll take a looksiesnadge said:
exosculate
a stagger with a beat
Disappointed because i had a couple of lovely shots for this - and new year and all that stopped me getting my shit together to post em.
Anyway here are the votes from me
First - Snowy beach 2 - andrewdroid - I just love the abstracted nature of this shot. Wonderfully framed and with lovely form and curved shape. Very understated. Nice blended colouration too.
Second - Steam rining from a paper mill - kage - Nightshots are difficult to do. Some effort has been put into this and I like the juxtaposition of snow and steam - with the lights poking out. Lovely almost sepia like colour. Would like to see a bigger shot of this.
Third - Rain on the West Kirby promenade - disco_dave_2000 - Excellent curves moving off to a vanishing point. Evoking ordinary yet private moments. Shadows of the couple on the wet ground add somehow to the privacy of the moment. Like it
Anyway here are the votes from me
First - Snowy beach 2 - andrewdroid - I just love the abstracted nature of this shot. Wonderfully framed and with lovely form and curved shape. Very understated. Nice blended colouration too.
Second - Steam rining from a paper mill - kage - Nightshots are difficult to do. Some effort has been put into this and I like the juxtaposition of snow and steam - with the lights poking out. Lovely almost sepia like colour. Would like to see a bigger shot of this.
Third - Rain on the West Kirby promenade - disco_dave_2000 - Excellent curves moving off to a vanishing point. Evoking ordinary yet private moments. Shadows of the couple on the wet ground add somehow to the privacy of the moment. Like it
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
Ahh i forgot to enter my other two photos.... ah well ill get my arse in gear for this months!
The results of the Barking_Mad jury.........
Lots of great photos, the standard is definately increasing!
The results of the Barking_Mad jury.........
1. Entry 3 - Snadge. Superb photo, say no more
2. Makes for Stormy Weather - Firky. Lovely b&w
3. Covered - Mendho. Simple but very effective.
Lots of great photos, the standard is definately increasing!
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
ok, got the right day this time (voting ends tonight)... but now got no connection at home, so can people hold out until tomorrow morning?BiddlyBee said:I've been totting up votes as they come in, but my connection is really playing up tonight (can only get online for 30 secs at a time before it goes down) so is everyone ok if results come in tomorrow morning? Unless someone else fancies a bit of adding
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Author Title (votes)
snadge entry 3 (37)
mhendo Covered (34)
reallyoldhippy forest (18)
Firky Makes for Stormy Weather (17)
Paul Russell Summer weather (10)
atomik Fair Storm (9)
DG55 Standing Water (9)
Pingu Entry 1 (9)
Barking_Mad Sunlight (8)
disco_dave_2000 Rain on the West Kirby promenade (7)
disco_dave_2000 Storm over the River Mersey (5)
disco_dave_2000 Mist over the Mystery Park, Wavertree (5)
kage Steam ringing from a paper mill (5)
mauvais mangue A Very English Summer (5)
tom_craggs Rockpool reflections (5)
Tort Water Spout (5)
andrewdroid Snowy beach 1 (4)
Chorlton Striding Edge becomes Hiding Edge (4)
ill-informed Frozen Lake (4)
salaryman Leicester Square (4)
Skim Somerset (4)
alef Siberian train station (3)
andrewdroid Snowy beach 2 (3)
deep_thought raindrops on windscreen (3)
Firky Pissing it Down at Glastonbury (3)
fractionMan Entry 2 (3)
mauvais mangue Foggy Paris (3)
mhendo Breaking Through (3)
Robster970 sky (3)
Iemanja Highbury Fields (2)
lozmatic Painter with umbrella (2)
tom_craggs Kimerage Sky (2)
BiddlyBee carry on regardless (1)
Dubber Dan winter weather (1)
Here we go four seasons (1)
Iemanja Stalactite in Seven Sisters (1)
Iemanja Autumn at the park (1)
ill-informed Snowplough (1)
lizzieloo Going Home (1)
wiskey puddle (1)
45 people entered 103 photos in total.
41 people voted, 11 of which didn't enter.
erm.. think that's it, congrats snadge
snadge entry 3 (37)
mhendo Covered (34)
reallyoldhippy forest (18)
Firky Makes for Stormy Weather (17)
Paul Russell Summer weather (10)
atomik Fair Storm (9)
DG55 Standing Water (9)
Pingu Entry 1 (9)
Barking_Mad Sunlight (8)
disco_dave_2000 Rain on the West Kirby promenade (7)
disco_dave_2000 Storm over the River Mersey (5)
disco_dave_2000 Mist over the Mystery Park, Wavertree (5)
kage Steam ringing from a paper mill (5)
mauvais mangue A Very English Summer (5)
tom_craggs Rockpool reflections (5)
Tort Water Spout (5)
andrewdroid Snowy beach 1 (4)
Chorlton Striding Edge becomes Hiding Edge (4)
ill-informed Frozen Lake (4)
salaryman Leicester Square (4)
Skim Somerset (4)
alef Siberian train station (3)
andrewdroid Snowy beach 2 (3)
deep_thought raindrops on windscreen (3)
Firky Pissing it Down at Glastonbury (3)
fractionMan Entry 2 (3)
mauvais mangue Foggy Paris (3)
mhendo Breaking Through (3)
Robster970 sky (3)
Iemanja Highbury Fields (2)
lozmatic Painter with umbrella (2)
tom_craggs Kimerage Sky (2)
BiddlyBee carry on regardless (1)
Dubber Dan winter weather (1)
Here we go four seasons (1)
Iemanja Stalactite in Seven Sisters (1)
Iemanja Autumn at the park (1)
ill-informed Snowplough (1)
lizzieloo Going Home (1)
wiskey puddle (1)
45 people entered 103 photos in total.
41 people voted, 11 of which didn't enter.
erm.. think that's it, congrats snadge
chriswill
Misbehaving!
erm......
Its kind of hard to explain.
Have you ever had the feeling that you are experiencing a certain situation for a second time, even though you cannot remember it happening the first time.
Wiki entry
Its kind of hard to explain.
Have you ever had the feeling that you are experiencing a certain situation for a second time, even though you cannot remember it happening the first time.
Wiki entry
According to so and so, in French Deja Vu literally translates into something like "already seen" or "seen before". I thought everyone got it sometimes. According to my psychology graduate girlfriend, if I remember correctly, neurologists believe that it's because of a difference in the time taken to process the sensory information in two seperate parts of the brain, or something. I think your subconscious processes it before the conscious part of your brain processes it, so by the time you realise what's going on in a certain situation, your brain has already processed it, so you think you remember being there before. Or something. 
snadge
metal alchemist
well thanks to everyone that voted for me.
As to the photoshopping I agree with the comments that have been posted, I took the photo on a abysmal day and although the original is a powerful image I felt that it was missing something, so I give it a bash.
I'm a novice at photoshop so, with practise I can only get better, this is a work in progress so the finished one may be different again.
If I use photoshop on any image I will always list what I have done though.
I think it only fair....
Is there a list of the competition themes so I don't start one that may have been done, I have a couple of ideas
As to the photoshopping I agree with the comments that have been posted, I took the photo on a abysmal day and although the original is a powerful image I felt that it was missing something, so I give it a bash.
I'm a novice at photoshop so, with practise I can only get better, this is a work in progress so the finished one may be different again.
If I use photoshop on any image I will always list what I have done though.
I think it only fair....
Is there a list of the competition themes so I don't start one that may have been done, I have a couple of ideas
hiccup
King of the Vagabonds
snadge said:...
Is there a list of the competition themes so I don't start one that may have been done, I have a couple of ideas
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/entries.html
EDIT: Actually, that's not all of them, but you can see the themes if you click on the thumbnails here:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/thumbs.html
alef
Needs to take more photos
Congrats Snadge!
Here's the most complete list I know of:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/sitemap.html
Here's the most complete list I know of:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/sitemap.html
alef
Needs to take more photos
thedyslexic1 said:
It's an interesting debate. But I like how the rules work now -- we have to say if there's major photoshopping (as Snadge very clearly did) and then it's up to the voters to decide. I suspect if it hadn't been (known to be) heavily manipulated then it would have won overwhelmingly, rather than just beat mhendo's beautiful shot.
It's not surprising that "weather" is the theme to win with lots of photoshopping since many of the entries were about texture.
Skim
Well-Known Member
thedyslexic1 said:
Mastery of Photoshop is a photography skill, imo. Snadge has been been upfront about what he did to the original photo, and he's done a really good job with it – why shouldn't he win the competition?
This isn't turning into some kind of Photoshop competition. Most people haven't Photoshopped their images that much – as far as I can see, heavily manipulated photos aren't the norm in this competition, so I don't see what there is to worry about.
this not an attack on Snadge.
Skim
Well-Known Member
From the rules:
That line has always been in the rules as long as I can remember. There is nothing to specify the extent to which you can manipulate images – as long as people are honest about how much retouching they've done, there shouldn't be a problem.
Photoshop editing is part and parcel of digital photography. Images are retouched and enhanced all the time. To say you shouldn't edit photos after taking them is a bit limiting. I mean, what about cropping? Sometimes an image can be changes dramatically by cropping it.
Before I submit an image to the competition, I'll often do something like auto levels and a crop at the very least. I can't imagine not using Photoshop – it makes my photos look the best they can. I don't think that's worth mentioning when I submit photos, because it's pretty routine.
That line has always been in the rules as long as I can remember. There is nothing to specify the extent to which you can manipulate images – as long as people are honest about how much retouching they've done, there shouldn't be a problem.
Photoshop editing is part and parcel of digital photography. Images are retouched and enhanced all the time. To say you shouldn't edit photos after taking them is a bit limiting. I mean, what about cropping? Sometimes an image can be changes dramatically by cropping it.
Before I submit an image to the competition, I'll often do something like auto levels and a crop at the very least. I can't imagine not using Photoshop – it makes my photos look the best they can. I don't think that's worth mentioning when I submit photos, because it's pretty routine.
alef
Needs to take more photos
Don't think the rules have ever changed, I always remember them saying "if you edit the picture then tell us what you did" or words close to that effect. Guess the issue arrises when it's felt the image has changed from being a slightly manipulated photograph into a piece of graphics, but that's up to the voters rather than any rules.
On the whole I don't think heavily photoshopped images have done well in these competitions. At the other extreme, this shot managed to win the abstruse theme of "palimpsest":
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/comp017.html
On the whole I don't think heavily photoshopped images have done well in these competitions. At the other extreme, this shot managed to win the abstruse theme of "palimpsest":
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/comp017.html
Photoshoppery has always been allowed on this competition as evidenced by the reference in the competition rules to saying if you had done any then discribe it. I tend to crop my pictures a bit but am not into manipulating them in a major way but if someone wants to, I see no problems.
Perhaps it would be fun to have another competition where the result is produced by 'photoshopping' and where the original untouched image is presented alongside the finished project.
No I am not volunteering to run this as it is not really my 'bag' . There are already 2 competitions a month running in any case so it would have to be a very occasional event or even a one-off.
Hocus
Perhaps it would be fun to have another competition where the result is produced by 'photoshopping' and where the original untouched image is presented alongside the finished project.
No I am not volunteering to run this as it is not really my 'bag' . There are already 2 competitions a month running in any case so it would have to be a very occasional event or even a one-off.
Hocus
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