Congratulations divamum for the DSS #51 (yesterday or tomorrow) Winning Photo!

sherstone · May 31, 2010

I bet you thought you would not be seeing these until tomorrow.

Your time interpretors ghinson and Smithy, agreed on six images, giving you 14 finalists to choose from. Congratulations to all of you! :clap:clap
The poll will remain open for 72 hours, and any previously registered member of DGrin may vote.

Angela Davis - Time Flyer

jestoos - Window to the Past

liflander - 2 and 96

divamum - Past, Present, Future

sweetharmony - Gentle Kiss of Yesterday's Rain

Froch - Honoring Yesterday's Heros

johnloguk - "Time Traveller"

Kidzmom - Class of 2027

Rocketlily - The Telegraphist

dls - night shall yield to a new day

Rteest42 - To Know From Whence We Came

DsrtVW - Unchecked Growth will lead to a final collapse

BeachBill - World of Tomorrow

Tlvodra - Footloose and Fancy-free

Go ahead make someones day, VOTE!

rteest42 · May 31, 2010

Wow! That's some stiff competition!!! Thanks for choosing me... I still want to choose at LEAST three of these as first placers!!!

Smithy · May 31, 2010

Agreed. Picking only one, when there's 3 or 4 I want to win, is really tough. Good luck, and great job everyone!

WhatSheSaw · May 31, 2010

Congratulations, finalists! Excellent images all! As always, it is tough to choose only one.

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DsrtVW · June 1, 2010

Good luck to all the finalists. Thank you to the judges for doing dealing with the task at hand. Time to play with the Alphabet

fotoeffects · June 1, 2010

Congrats to all the finalists!
Wow! Fantastic group of finalists, all of whom who deserve accolades. Tough decision on which one will get my vote. Congrats to you all!

kidzmom · June 1, 2010

Oh my gosh, what a lovely surprise this morning to see my photo made it to the voting round (*heart racing wildly).

Speaking of hearts...I really did put my heart into this shot and I'm so happy it was liked. I had such a struggle with getting him to wear that hat, but my determination paid off I guess. Thank you ghinson and Smithy for taking the time to judge. Your detailed feedback and critique is so much appreciated. Congrats to all those who made it to the vote...as well as those who didn't. The gallery is beautiful and I'm always amazed at the creativity and beauty captured my my fellow dgrinners. You all impress me. Thanks again!

DeuceFour · June 1, 2010

Whoooo!!! Congratulations Finalists!!! Amazing Entries!!

johnloguk · June 1, 2010

Great to have made it through in such wonderful company, this is going to be really tough. Congrats to all the other finalists

TLVoDra · June 1, 2010

Congrats to all finalists and thanks to those who have taken time to comment on so many of the images. There are a couple of images I would have liked to see make the final round that were't picked. I will list my favs in the unofficial gallery. Tough challenge. I know I struggled to find the right balace of adherence to the theme, composition, and subject matter, and found it interesting that it was much easier to portray yesterday than tomorrow. I have many visions of "tomorrow" but struggled with getting that through in my images. I'm so grateful to have made the final round as I have been working really hard to create better quality images. Now on to challenge #52!!!

ic4u · June 1, 2010

Congrats to all the finalists

Made my vote, but it was tough! Amazing talent in this group, proud to be a part of it

Froch · June 1, 2010

Congrats to everyone who submitted. I can honestly say I found something I liked in each image which kept me engaged. It was a great round with so many quality entries.
Good luck finalists!

travelways · June 1, 2010

Congratulations to the finalist!

divamum · June 1, 2010

Thanks for including mine, judges! There are some truly beautiful images in this round, and I'm honoured to be included. Tough to vote, that's for sure..... !

BSGreen · June 1, 2010

Fantastic job by all! Congratz and gl to all the finalists!!

SeascapeS · June 1, 2010

Congratulations everyone! This was a good round.

liflander · June 1, 2010

Excellent entries this round. Kudos to everyone. Feeling honored to be selected as a finalist. Thanks!

Angela Davis · June 2, 2010

WoW to all the Awesome photos this challenge, really great job everyone! So cool to land with such talented photographers, again really sweet photos by all this go around. A big thank you to the judges

~Does The Happy Dance~

liflander · June 2, 2010

Thanks to Smithy and PaulFrocchi for leaving thoughtful comments for every single image that was entered. You guys rock!

Cheers,
Mark

ic4u · June 2, 2010

liflander wrote: »

Thanks to Smithy and PaulFrocchi for leaving thoughtful comments for every single image that was entered. You guys rock!

Cheers,
Mark

Ditto what he said

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sweetharmony · June 3, 2010

Another great round with many excellent submissions, creative approaches, and a positive environment....

sherstone · June 3, 2010

Last minute voting.
There is just over one hour left to Vote. If you have not voted yet, please get your choice in soon.

The results will be delayed a few hours tonight because I have been invited out for a birthday dinner (not mine).
When I get back from dinner I will compile the results and announce the winners.

Let the nail biting continue

Smithy · June 3, 2010

sherstone wrote: »

There is just over one hour left to Vote. If you have not voted yet, please get your choice in soon.

The results will be delayed a few hours tonight because I have been invited out for a birthday dinner (not mine).
When I get back from dinner I will compile the results and announce the winners.

Let the nail biting continue

You tease, you...

sherstone · June 4, 2010

Congratulations divamum for the DSS #51 Winning Photo.
It is not yet tomorrow and certainly not yesterday.
And now the results you have been patiently waiting for...

A big congratulations goes to divamum for:

Past, Present, Future

The following photographers are now qualified to participate in the next Mega-Challenge:

divamum
liflander
Froch
BeachBill
johnloguk

Congratulations Everyone!

WhatSheSaw · June 4, 2010

Congrats, divamum! The juxtaposition of yesterday and tomorrow with the classic processing made for an exceptional photo. Well done!

Congrats to the other Mega qualifiers! Excellent work!

DsrtVW · June 4, 2010

Way to go divamum

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Glad to see you back in the game.

TLVoDra · June 4, 2010

Congrats Divamum!! It's a beautiful image and well deserving! Congrats to liflander, Froch, BeachBill, and johnloguk for a top 5 finish. There were so many excellent photos this round!!!!

divamum · June 4, 2010

Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What fun news to wake up to!

Thank you all so very, very much.

Since a few of you have asked: the processing was actually pretty simple. The original shot had the soft, Vermeer-ish windowlight look I wanted (thank you, living room windows + Photek Softliter - LOVE that thing!) which was half the battle for "the look"; I had a very clear idea of what I wanted, and lighting was a primary element. I then ran it throuh the "watercolours" filter in PS. It still wasn't quite enough though, so I pulled it back into LR and just started playing with my presets and the WOW Antique 5 one did exactly what I wanted without any tweaking at all.

There were two things about it that I wasn't happy with, but I decided to let them go and see if they bothered anybody else. Thankfully not! :giggle I think I mentioned in my feedback thread that I had wanted to capture the apps screen to further juxtapose the old/new feeling, but she kept getting interested in the music she was playing and fiddling around with the screen and this shot caught it when it was blank. Maybe it's better like this? Dunno.

The other thing - and I'm relieved nobody commented on it! - is the cropped sleeve on the rh side. Sadly, that's how the shot was framed in camera, so I had NO width-crop choices at all!! I almost cropped more in from the top so that the hat would also have a smidge out of it and it might look more intentional

but I liked the proportion otherwise so decided to leave it

Lastly, there's an added piece of "yesterday" in this shot, too, which makes it a special one for me: the costume was once mine. I had to remake the bodice since the original - made by my own mother out of felt - had disintegrated over the years! Here's me in the same costume (give or take the remake) just a year older than she is now. The colours are actually just as bright IRL now as then - it's the treatment I used which makes it seem faded.

Thanks again for all your encouragement!

lust

Flyinggina · June 4, 2010

Congratulations Diva!!! Love the back story. Thanks for sharing it.

Congratulations to the other top 5 finishers and to all who entered. I was amazed at how wonderful and creative the entries were.

Virginia

PS - I hope that you have some special plans for thanking your model!

JAG · June 4, 2010

Congrates Divamum and all the runners up!

Superb work!

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dlplumer · June 4, 2010

Big congrats Diva. I have been looking for a way to create a renaissance look for some time, but to no avail. Good job

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