DSS #20 un-official FEEDBACK thread

TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
edited March 15, 2009 in The Dgrin Challenges
here is the official gallery to give your C&C for DSS#20 : http://challenges.smugmug.com/gallery/7428778_P5r7A#480868234_2mMoL

This unofficial feedback thread is a catch-all of sorts, lets make it happen:thumb

(now somebody is going to need to start #21 (when its time) without me cuz i will be in the thick of many many issues)(volunteers anyone?:ear )

Anyway, Lets get #20 Feedback started!!

This thread is:
  • a place to post a list of your top ten favorites. (be heard, and let everyone know what images moved you.)
  • a place to post your "the making of my image"
  • a place to ask someone "how did they do that?"(for us all to see:D )
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Aaron Nelson
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2009
    Aren't you running a little early, you eager-beaver you?! :D
  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2009
    i wont be around during the period this should have been posted...
    it maybe some time before i might be back...... (it looks like your a great canidate to post #21 in a few weeks)thumb.gif
    Aaron Nelson
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2009
    i wont be around during the period this should have been posted...
    it maybe some time before i might be back...... (it looks like your a great canidate to post #21 in a few weeks)

    I hope everything's ok, Aaron, and you're simply busy - sending all good wishes your way.

    I'm sure somebody'll step up to the plate in 2 weeks, don't worry! :cry
  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    Awesome round!!! Glad I'm not doing the judging because I can pick more than 10! blbl.gif

    These were my faves. Yep, there were more than 10 nod.gif :

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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    All I can add at this point is, I am reminded of how much I still have to learn. Fantastic effort for all the entries. clap.gif
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    I'm still working my way through the gallery- man there were some great shots this round! Really interesting, too.

    Will post my faves ... if I ever manage to whittle it down to a manageable number!
  • AnnasPhotosAnnasPhotos Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    This was an excellent round. Congrats everyone, on fabulous work!clap.gif

    It was hard to narrow it down to just 10 favs, but here goes:

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    Photography is just not about taking pictures....
    It's a learning experience. :D
    My Blog
  • AnnasPhotosAnnasPhotos Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    richtersl wrote:
    Awesome round!!! Glad I'm not doing the judging because I can pick more than 10! blbl.gif

    These were my faves. Yep, there were more than 10 nod.gif :

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    It sure was hard to pick! Thanks for including mine in your favs. I sure would hate to be a judge for this one!
    Photography is just not about taking pictures....
    It's a learning experience. :D
    My Blog
  • darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    my top 5 (no particular order)

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    ~ Lisa
  • MikeKMikeK Registered Users Posts: 227 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    Some of my favorites, in no order...

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    484811261_jqJSC-Th.jpg485135305_DiGHn-Th.jpg486573817_WQmxY-Th.jpg486581399_ivAeo-Th.jpg
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  • ilbcnuilbcnu Registered Users Posts: 311 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    my favs is no particular order-
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    486573817_WQmxY-Th.jpg487957899_vstGp-Th-1.jpg487509594_fTE6p-Th.jpg484811261_jqJSC-Th.jpg483705576_VWDMD-Th.jpg487273455_ihoCp-Th.jpg

    Thank you to all who had me in thier favs!!
    Fun challenge
    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif Great images by all it was very hard to go through and pick out only few!!!
    Amanda
    It is never to late to become what you might have been.
    www.behindthezoom.com
  • DeuceFourDeuceFour Registered Users Posts: 350 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    WOW!! Lots of pictures this round! So many nice photos!! Here's my picks, Not gonna go technical, or on favorite's but... What I thought fit the theme BEST! Here we go!!




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    Good Job everyone!!
    ~Cheers
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    hey, wha' happened?! I can't get the links from the thumbnails by right clicking any more - have the settings been changed? I know that the main image is right click protected but... the thumbnails were working before (or have I simply gone completely loopy and in reality linked to those differently last round and I just don't remember it?!! headscratch.gifdunno)
  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2009
    Very nice entries everyone clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Sorry, for me it was easier to add the comments under each entry.
    Tatiana - Seeing the world through my camera
    TravelwaysPhotos.com ...... Facebook
    VegasGreatAttractions.com
    Travelways.com
  • DeuceFourDeuceFour Registered Users Posts: 350 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    divamum wrote:
    hey, wha' happened?! I can't get the links from the thumbnails by right clicking any more - have the settings been changed? I know that the main image is right click protected but... the thumbnails were working before (or have I simply gone completely loopy and in reality linked to those differently last round and I just don't remember it?!! headscratch.gifdunno)


    Just use the SHARE button at the top right of the gallery, click get link, then use the thumbnail link!! Piece of cake!! thumb.gif
  • RoadkillRoadkill Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    MikeK wrote:
    Some of my favorites, in no order...

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    484811261_jqJSC-Th.jpg485135305_DiGHn-Th.jpg486573817_WQmxY-Th.jpg486581399_ivAeo-Th.jpg
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    Thanks Mike for choosing mine as one of your fav's Believe me when I say Thank you, it is greatly appreciated.

    I enjoy these challenges because it makes me work on something specific, which is always a learning process for me.
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    DeuceFour wrote:
    Just use the SHARE button at the top right of the gallery, click get link, then use the thumbnail link!! Piece of cake!! thumb.gif

    Er... I knew that. Er.... just testing? :D. (Actually, it's because there was a lot of text at the top of the page and I'm on a laptop - I couldn't actually SEE the "share" button. Big. Fat. Duh. rolleyes1.gif)

    I find it interesting that there were a lot more serene images than chaotic ones - I guess chaos is more difficult to depict in many ways! Also, I find it intersting that this round produced SO MANY fantastic shots - when the theme was first announced I was a bit ho-hum about it, and didnt' really expect it to take off as some others have done, but boy was I wrong! Great images. In a round with this many wonderful shots I always feel slightly guilty picking "favorites", because there are SO many more images than these that I really enoyed, but fwiw (or not), in no particular order....


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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    My attempt at a top 10. Again, absolutely no order of any kind.

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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited March 10, 2009
    This was a particularly tough round that at first in my mind I had underestimated how hard it was! Superb work by everyone as usual and difficult to pick favorites! I have been really busy of late and haven't had time to tell everyone a cc on their pics ...sorry. Maybe things will slow down for me (ha! when I'm dead!) and next round I will have more time to spend here.thumb.gif

    PS...thanks all who have added me to your favs. I appreciate it!
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    JAG wrote:
    This was a particularly tough round that at first in my mind I had underestimated how hard it was! Superb work by everyone as usual and difficult to pick favorites! I have been really busy of late and haven't had time to tell everyone a cc on their pics ...sorry. Maybe things will slow down for me (ha! when I'm dead!) and next round I will have more time to spend here.thumb.gif

    That's because your life is way too CHAOTIC (lol):D
  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    That's because your life is way too CHAOTIC (lol):D

    rolleyes1.gif
  • KevXmanKevXman Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    Wow! So many great shots! Here are some of my favorites. There easily could have been twice as many, had to resort to "One Potato, Two Potato".:D Seriously, I had a hard time making my short list short. Even those that didn't make it on to the short list to start with were near misses. Either a great image with a so-so (IMHO) conversion or vice-versa. This group just continues to improve and never fails to astound me with what is delivered. (Proud to call myself one of the gang!)

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    I'll try to make comments in the gallery when time permits.
    — Kevin
    Enjoy today, tomorrow is not guaranteed.

    My Site, My Book
  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    :D I just wanna thank the couple of people that listed me in their top picks! Seriously! I am honored!
    You are all a great group! I'm so glad I found this forum
  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited March 10, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    That's because your life is way too CHAOTIC (lol):D

    so true so true!eek7.gif
  • MUDDOGBOBMUDDOGBOB Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    Live in the Moment
    Since I'm new here I haven't figured out how to post my favorite picks to my posting yet. ( Maybe I'll have it figured out by the next round ) So that being said I don't know if there would have been enough room for them all. Everyone here does such wonderful work. Great insight, Lots of thought to their projects, wonderful PS work, and great photographers. Everyone here is a winner in their own rights. Great work, and congrad's to all.wings.gif
  • slpollettslpollett Registered Users Posts: 1,215 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    First off...I want to thank everyone who picked my shot as one of your faves. I appreciate the little boost! I was really happy with the way this picture turned out and also appreciate all the feedback and tips I received that helped me make it better.

    I had a hard time picking my top 10. There were a couple that I truly loved from the beginning, but after that it was almost like eenie meenie miney moe. They are just too many great ones, it really was difficult to just pick 10. I think I picked something like 25 or 30 my first pass through. (Yikes!)

    Anyway, here's my picks:

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    Honorable Mentions to:
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    I haven't had a chance to put very many comments in the gallery yet, but I will try to work on that this week. I really liked way more than 10 shots and I just want to say that everyone did a good job. I noticed that my picks leaned toward the 'Serenity' part of the theme. Hmmmm. I guess 'Chaos' must be something I try to avoid even when the pics are great.

    I sure learned a lot about b&w conversion and vignetting this week. I enjoyed working on this week's challenge and want to thank everyone again for the wonderful feedback and tips I received.

    Sherry
  • AnnasPhotosAnnasPhotos Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    Thanks to all who included me in their top faves. All the pics were great in this round. I almost didn't put that moon shot in, I kept changing my mind, then going back, and changing my mind again. I probably changed my mind 100 times or so, and finally decided to go with the moon shot. I didn't like the way the moon looked in the first shot, so I grabbed my camera, and took some more shots of the moon, and started again. Thank you all for the feedback, which helped me 200%!!!clap.gifclap

    Congrats to everyone, all are wonderful pics.
    Photography is just not about taking pictures....
    It's a learning experience. :D
    My Blog
  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    Anna, ya done real good with that moon shot! thumb.gif
  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    I truly enjoyed each and every entry for this round, so much talent to be found here! I have been pondering on my faves with great difficulty, so the ones I've posted are the ones that had the most affect on me with direct relation to the theme...so in no particular order here are my faves
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    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
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2009
    Hey all thanks for the great comments and positive remarks.
    It's always good feeling to see your work well received. thumb.gif

    A special thanks to Dan (dplumer) for pushing me to convert shot to B&W
    and enter.

    As far as my favs, well that's easy for me.
    I like everybodys except mine, cause I never allow
    myself to get to comfortable with my own work.
    Makes me Lazy :D

    Thanks Again All and Good luck to those that
    will be choosen thumb.gif
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