Holy lights and darks, Batman! (#18)
divamum
Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
Was just browsing the #18 gallery and :jawdrop
This is suuuucchhhh a high quality round of entries - just about every image is a winner!
The wealth of talent in this place is amazing. :clap:bow:clap:bow:clap:bow
This is suuuucchhhh a high quality round of entries - just about every image is a winner!
The wealth of talent in this place is amazing. :clap:bow:clap:bow:clap:bow
facebook | photo site |
0
Comments
At least you have an entry included. I haven't liked anything I've done this time. :nah
Sherry
I agree- plenty of great photos in this round. I'm proud of myself for finally working up the courage to enter. I'm going to try to do more going forward. I think it will definitely push me to become a better photographer.
Caroline
But: "to participate is more important than to win"
The challenge is still a great thing to do for me. It brings me over my limits.
Hello, :thumb Mi Smug :
http://erikgodderis.smugmug.com/
http://www.godderis.be
I feel the same way, I try to enter the challenge as early as I can so that there's less of the great talent on display to put me off, I think if I left it until now I'd feel really intimidated by the tremendous imagery on display now in the challenge gallery.
But I really like the challenges, they are making me think a bit harder about my photography, and I think it's making me improve a little too
Tim
The first dates back to August 2005 when the challenges were more relaxed and a lot less competitive. I don't even remember what the theme was for this particular photo, but I wanted to take a picture of a martini with lemon. It took me a couple of days to get it more or less right. The satisfaction was absolutely wonderful. (I don't even drink martinis!)
This is the photograph taken back in the days when frames were allowed!
I can see things I would do differently now (a revised version of this could be entered in the current challenge!), but I learned a great deal from the experience.
The second entry that has given me that sense of satisfaction is the one I have entered in the current challenge. I learned so much making the photograph. I spent the time to think everything through, then worked it until I got what I was looking for. I'm sure that 4 years from now I'll look back on the photo and think - I can do better than that now - but the sense of accomplishment right now has been very rewarding and there is no doubt in my mind it has made me a better photographer.
It is really true. You don't have to win the contest to be a winner.
So, yeah, the field is scarily impressive and there are more to come before the deadline. But what glorious company to be in.
Virginia
btw, Diva, do you think you could reenter yours so you aren't right next to mine?
"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know." Diane Arbus
Email
No disagreement from me! As anybody who's been around since I joined this little band knows, I got more or less prodded off my fly-on-the-wall position by accident, since I was convinced I was destined to be a permanent lurker. But I am SOOOOOOO glad that achambers and jeffreaux DID encourage me to stop lurking and join in because I've learned more than I ever would have just watching! It's kind of what started this photographic journey "for real" for me - I was more of a passive observer before that, but once I started working on the assignments for the challenges, it all started to make sense and each and every challenge has acted as a little lesson in some aspect of photographic technique propelling me ever forwards (and ever more enthusiastically). I absolutely love it!
Mutual admiration society, I'm afraid, as I absolutely LOVE your entry