>Congratulations to Divamum - the DSS# 13 (Clarity or Diffused) Winner!

GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
edited December 6, 2008 in The Dgrin Challenges
Hi all! So many awesome shots! Some of my favorites were unfortunately DQ'd, so if you had to face that this round, keep trying! There's a lot of talent amongst you all, and I really had a tough time narrowing it down.

For this round, achambers and myself agreed on 5 images, leaving a total of 15 for you to make your selection from. The poll will be open for 3 days...so go, go, go!

Congrats to all of our finalists!!! :clap :clap :clap

#2 Gastrocnemius - Step away, please
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#3 mycaptures - Now I Can See
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#4 TheCuriousCamel - HazyDay
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#6 Divamum - Iced Foliage
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#7 Manfr3d - Winter Night
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#16 davev - Glowing
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#18 Flyinggina - Mesmerized
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#19 mtmillz - Clear as Mud
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#24 ic4u - Luminous
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#27 ilbcnu - from within
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#28 patrickbellair - Diffused an Clear love
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#31 fashiznitsgrins - In Your Dreams
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#36 sathya - Diffused
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41 Nikolai - I can see your future
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51 micalngelo - Morning Storm Clearing
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Emily
Psalm 62:5-6

What's the best "Clarity" or "Diffused" photo? 135 votes

#2 Gastrocnemius - Step away, please
0% 0 votes
#3 mycaptures - Now I Can See
11% 16 votes
#4 TheCuriousCamel - HazyDay
10% 14 votes
#6 Divamum - Iced Foliage
18% 25 votes
#7 Manfr3d - Winter Night
14% 19 votes
#16 davev - Glowing
3% 5 votes
#18 Flyinggina - Mesmerized
2% 4 votes
#19 mtmillz - Clear as Mud
8% 12 votes
#24 ic4u - Luminous
1% 2 votes
#27 ilbcnu - from within
4% 6 votes
#28 patrickbellair - Diffused an Clear love
1% 2 votes
#31 fashiznitsgrins - In Your Dreams
3% 5 votes
#36 sathya - Diffused
5% 8 votes
#41 Nikolai - I can see your future
0% 0 votes
#51 micalngelo - Morning Storm Clearing
12% 17 votes
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Comments

  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    eek7.gif Oh dear! This is going to be a difficult decision!

    Congrats to all the finalists for Lucky #13! clap.gif
    Linda

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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    for me this round........i had clarity within my vote
    Aaron Nelson
  • KevXmanKevXman Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    Can I vote 15 times?
    Enjoy today, tomorrow is not guaranteed.

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  • TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    Can y'all make it much harder???????? Congrats!clap.gif
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  • swintonphotoswintonphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,664 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    Great job everyone! I had a tough time deciding my favorite. Kudos to all!
    Jonathan
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  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    Congratulations everybody!
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    Congrats to all...and this is going to be ridiculously difficult to choose only one! ne_nau.gif
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    wings.gifWheee! Thanks for making my day and including my frozen leaves... !

    That said.... how do I choose who to vote for - they're all wonderful! Also, a couple of my favorites aren't there, so now I'm seriously flummoxed....headscratch.gif

    Congrats to ALL entrants - another terrific round!
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  • ilbcnuilbcnu Registered Users Posts: 311 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    Wow first time making it to the voting level!!:D Thank You!!
    I am honored to be in the running with these outstanding images - congrats to all clap.gifclap.gif
    Amanda
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  • cjmchchcjmchch Registered Users Posts: 222 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    congrats to all finalists, great images, it's a shame I could only vote for 1
    Canon - Manfrotto - Pocketwizard - Sekonic - Westcott - Hoya - Singh Ray

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  • GastrocnemiusGastrocnemius Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited December 3, 2008
    Very pleased to be included in the shortlist, amongst some beautiful images.

    Happy and inspired - that's me today.

    Thanks, Dgrin, for these challenges.
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  • AnnasPhotosAnnasPhotos Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited December 3, 2008
    Congrats to everyone! Great round! :D
    Photography is just not about taking pictures....
    It's a learning experience. :D
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  • TCEckelsTCEckels Registered Users Posts: 14 Big grins
    edited December 3, 2008
    I've just recently joined up with Smug Mug and Digital Grin (this is actually my 1st post!) and was getting my feet wet yesterday, wandering around the forum, when I came upon the photo "Winter Night "by Manfred in this competition.
    Now I know it would be a long shot to be right, but this photo seriously reminds me of a spot on the planet that I stood at a number of years ago. It looks like is was shot from my favorite vantage point overlooking the city with the huge church in the middle of the image.
    With that said I'd really like to know where this shot was taken, if that's info that can be given by the photographer I'd appreciate knowing.
    What city do I think it is?? to me it looks like it was shot from the monastery that overlooks the city of Fulda, Germany. I know it'd be a long shot to be correct, but it sure does look like it based on my memories of being there.

    Tc
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2008
    cjmchch wrote:
    congrats to all finalists, great images, it's a shame I could only vote for 1
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    Linda

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  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2008
    TCEckels wrote:
    I've just recently joined up with Smug Mug and Digital Grin (this is actually my 1st post!) and was getting my feet wet yesterday, wandering around the forum, when I came upon the photo "Winter Night "by Manfred in this competition.
    Now I know it would be a long shot to be right, but this photo seriously reminds me of a spot on the planet that I stood at a number of years ago. It looks like is was shot from my favorite vantage point overlooking the city with the huge church in the middle of the image.
    With that said I'd really like to know where this shot was taken, if that's info that can be given by the photographer I'd appreciate knowing.
    What city do I think it is?? to me it looks like it was shot from the monastery that overlooks the city of Fulda, Germany. I know it'd be a long shot to be correct, but it sure does look like it based on my memories of being there.

    Tc

    Welcome!

    Hopefully Manfr3d will respond personally...but his location is Germany. mwink.gif
    Emily
    Psalm 62:5-6

  • annnna8888annnna8888 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 936 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 3, 2008
    It might be Aachen, Germany. ne_nau.gif

    Ana
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  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2008
    Congratulations and good luck to all of the finalists!
    Thank you AChambers for including me in the voting round,
    I am honored!
    BTW- in answer to your wondering of the image, the grasses are blowing, in my back yard....34 degrees with 15-25 MPH winds! And now we are covered in snow!
    Karin


    "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain
  • Manfr3dManfr3d Registered Users Posts: 2,008 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    TCEckels wrote:
    I've just recently joined up with Smug Mug and Digital Grin (this is actually my 1st post!) and was getting my feet wet yesterday, wandering around the forum, when I came upon the photo "Winter Night "by Manfred in this competition.
    Now I know it would be a long shot to be right, but this photo seriously reminds me of a spot on the planet that I stood at a number of years ago. It looks like is was shot from my favorite vantage point overlooking the city with the huge church in the middle of the image.
    With that said I'd really like to know where this shot was taken, if that's info that can be given by the photographer I'd appreciate knowing.
    What city do I think it is?? to me it looks like it was shot from the monastery that overlooks the city of Fulda, Germany. I know it'd be a long shot to be correct, but it sure does look like it based on my memories of being there.

    Tc

    TC you are not 100% right. It IS in Germany but it's the city of Aachen (Aken, AC)
    seen form the viewing platform of the Lousberg hill which is slightly north to
    the city center. The building in the middle is actually the town hall. The church is
    somewhat hidden behind it. One of the commenters in the gallery got the place right,
    but I wonder how he knew that not being German. Ana was also correct :)
    “To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.”
    ― Edward Weston
  • TCEckelsTCEckels Registered Users Posts: 14 Big grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    Manfr3d wrote:
    TC you are not 100% right. It IS in Germany but it's the city of Aachen (Aken, AC)
    seen form the viewing platform of the Lousberg hill which is slightly north to
    the city center. The building in the middle is actually the town hall. The church is
    somewhat hidden behind it. One of the commenters in the gallery got the place right,
    but I wonder how he knew that not being German. Ana was also correct :)

    Thanks Manfr3d for responding. I guess I'll be happy that I at least got the country correct<G>. Sure did remind me of Fulda though and that's a good thing.
    I never got as far over as Aachen when I was there, I pretty much ran in a North / South line from Ramsbeck to Fulda and down to Wurzberg.
    I did get to make a trip to Eisenach while I was there (Summer 1990) to visit the castle where Martin Luther did much of his writing. I don't think I'll ever forget, coming over a hill on our way there, the sight of machine gun armed guards and barbed wire fencing as far as the eye can see as we entered East Germany. According to my escort, who failed to mention it until we were back home again, americans at that point still weren't welcome in that part of the country and I had the honor of being one of the first american citizens to ride on newly built roads between East and West Germany.
    I'd love to visit the country again someday, I'm sure many things have changed in the last 20 years. I'm working right now on scanning all the slides from my stay in Germany and will eventually have them up on my SmugMug site....stay tuned.

    http://tceckels.smugmug.com/

    Tc
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    They’ll tell you where to go
    But until you get there yourself, you never really know
    Where some have found their paradise, others just come to harm.

    Ameila – Joni Mitchell 1976
    ==================================================
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  • micalngelomicalngelo Registered Users Posts: 20 Big grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    I feel privileged to be amongst these wonderful images.

    Thank You and "Congratulations" to the Finalists ! clap.gif
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  • WolftepWolftep Registered Users Posts: 67 Big grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    Very, very tough to decide. Congratulations and good luck to all of the finalists.
    Tom

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  • HumpreyCogayHumpreyCogay Registered Users Posts: 55 Big grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    Congratulations
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    Great Entries Everyone. Congratulations to the finalists =)

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  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    A huge Congratulations to Divamum for the winning Clarity or Diffused photo! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    The following photographers are now eligible to play in Mega-Challenge #3!

    Divamum
    Manfr3d
    micalngelo
    mycaptures
    TheCuriousCamel
    Emily
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  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    Congrats
    Congrats DIVAMUM, you deserve it. Awesome photo.
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  • KevXmanKevXman Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    Yea divamum!!!!
    Enjoy today, tomorrow is not guaranteed.

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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    Woo-hoo! Sing it loud, sister! cheerleader.gif
  • PaulThomasMcKeePaulThomasMcKee Registered Users Posts: 429 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif Standing O for divamum!clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Congrats to the top five! A great bunch of pictures!
  • TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    clap.gifbowdown.gif Congrats!!!!!!:ivar wings.gif
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  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    clap.gifclapclap.gifWay to go Divamumclap.gifclapclap.gif
    Karin


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  • sathyasathya Registered Users Posts: 84 Big grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    Congrats Divamum,
    u had one great shot thumb.gif
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