Here we go again....

bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
edited October 14, 2009 in Street and Documentary
Okay, the first group was cut from 60 to 28, and now it's back up to 65. On orders from my daughter, the goal is now different. Instead of eventually ending up with 15-18 of my best family images, the idea is to end up with 15-18 of my best images.

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So here's the latest cut. Again, the question isn't your standards, but mine. (Which is not to suggest that yours aren't as good as, or better than mine :rofl).
So if you have time to kill, jump in again and just put your name or initials, with a "Yes" next to an image you want to see in the final 30. (And do not think that the white border around the subway photos means anything. :wink )

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Thanks again
bd@bdcolenphoto.com
"He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

"The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed

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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    B.D. - where/how do we put our initials? Some of us already had problems trying to leave comments.
    Sara

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited October 12, 2009
    BD,

    Hard to choose, there are so many good ones. Here's my list (according to the gallery numbers):

    3,4,8,10,13,14,16,20,23,26,27,32,33,37,42,45,48,49,51,53,55,57,65.

    Sorry if I didn't follow the rules--I was trying to think like BD. rolleyes1.gif

    I think we would all be interested in knowing what the final cut is.

    -R.
    My Pics
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    Richard wrote:
    BD,

    Hard to choose, there are so many good ones. Here's my list (according to the gallery numbers):

    3,4,8,10,13,14,16,20,23,26,27,32,33,37,42,45,48,49,51,53,55,57,65.

    Sorry if I didn't follow the rules--I was trying to think like BD. rolleyes1.gif

    I think we would all be interested in knowing what the final cut is.

    -R.
    Thanks, Richard - I will make two cuts - down to about 30, and then the final, and as I make them, will remove the losers from the gallery, so you'll be able to see.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    sara505 wrote:
    B.D. - where/how do we put our initials? Some of us already had problems trying to leave comments.

    Hi, Sara - If you go to the bottom of the page - depends on your monitor size - on the lower left you should see a place for commenting.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    OK - on a very quick look through…

    1,3,7,8,10,
    11,12,13,14,
    15,18,19,24, <----especially!
    25,27,38,30,
    32,33,34,40,45,
    53,54,55,58
    61,63,64,65

    …are the ones I wish I'd taken

    - Wil
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    Wil Davis wrote:
    OK - on a very quick look through…

    1,3,7,8,10,
    11,12,13,14,
    15,18,19,24, <----especially!
    25,27,38,30,
    32,33,34,40,45,
    53,54,55,58
    61,63,64,65

    …are the ones I wish I'd taken

    - Wil

    Thanks, Wil - And, yah, 24 is one of my all-time favorites. Found him by himself in an alcove in a hospital. He was just standing there, leaning over the isolate, besotted by his tiny new kid. Wonderful scene.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    Thanks, Wil - And, yah, 24 is one of my all-time favorites. Found him by himself in an alcove in a hospital. He was just standing there, leaning over the isolate, besotted by his tiny new kid. Wonderful scene.

    Did the numbering change? 23 is dude4; 24 is the one of the tiny hand holding the finger.
    - Andrew

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    FWIW (22 selected)
    2,3,5,7,8,15
    18,20,21,23,26
    31,32,38,40,44
    45,47,51,52,54,66
    - Andrew

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
    My SmugMug Site
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Did the numbering change? 23 is dude4; 24 is the one of the tiny hand holding the finger.

    Well, yes, because the first 55 got cut to 28, and then I added about 40. So the numbers changed.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    B.D., a question:

    Any particular reason that you reversed #5 (678437671_R2ZhM-XL) when you posted it at the top of this thread?

    …I just wondered (actually my question leads to another related to design, which we could discuss in another thread perhaps?)

    - Wil
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    Stuck in University Assignments :cry

    Image of Logan looking at his younger bro is just so amazing pic
    Thine is the beauty of light; mine is the song of fire. Thy beauty exalts the heart; my song inspires the soul. Allama Iqbal

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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    Hi, Sara - If you go to the bottom of the page - depends on your monitor size - on the lower left you should see a place for commenting.

    Hi, B.D. - I left comments on several in the last batch, but none of my comments registered. Is is fixed now?
    Sara

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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    #1 is oh so nice
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2009
    Wil Davis wrote:
    B.D., a question:

    Any particular reason that you reversed #5 (678437671_R2ZhM-XL) when you posted it at the top of this thread?

    …I just wondered (actually my question leads to another related to design, which we could discuss in another thread perhaps?)

    - Wil
    Yes. I realized that I had scanned it flipped, so I flipped it back the way it was shot. What's the design question?
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    Yes. I realized that I had scanned it flipped, so I flipped it back the way it was shot. What's the design question?

    My very favorite is #51--the "older brother" with his own pacifier looking at his new baby brother/sister in the incubator---Wow!

    so 51 and 51 again 2,6,7,9,11,13,19,26,25,27,36,40,42,64 and 67.

    Thank you for sharing these images.

    Also the first subway image with white border of the crowded train and in particular the woman. The look on her face is priceless.clap.gif
    Liz A.
    _________
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    lizzard_nyc wrote:
    My very favorite is #51--the "older brother" with his own pacifier looking at his new baby brother/sister in the incubator---Wow!

    so 51 and 51 again 2,6,7,9,11,13,19,26,25,27,36,40,42,64 and 67.

    Thank you for sharing these images.

    Also the first subway image with white border of the crowded train and in particular the woman. The look on her face is priceless.clap.gif

    Thanks, Lizzard - That woman on the subway really reminds me of...Carmella Suprano! rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    Thanks, Lizzard - That woman on the subway really reminds me of...Carmella Suprano! rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

    Funny because it made me do a double take when I first saw it.


    EDIT--and holy smokes--I missed photo 51 that I love so much. Is that a photo of the baby's older brother inside his incubator as his older sibling looks on? oh man that is so sweet. Vote for 51 AGAIN.
    Liz A.
    _________
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    lizzard_nyc wrote:
    Funny because it made me do a double take when I first saw it.


    EDIT--and holy smokes--I missed photo 51 that I love so much. Is that a photo of the baby's older brother inside his incubator as his older sibling looks on? oh man that is so sweet. Vote for 51 AGAIN.

    The older brother is looking into the warmer - in the neonatal icu. Thanks!:D
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    Possibly of the whole set, but of the NICU shots, 24 is the most powerful. The father's stare, the touch, the wondering, the darkness around... Speechless.
    - Andrew

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
    My SmugMug Site
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Possibly of the whole set, but of the NICU shots, 24 is the most powerful. The father's stare, the touch, the wondering, the darkness around... Speechless.

    We're getting different numbers - is that the mirror shot?
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    Yes. I realized that I had scanned it flipped, so I flipped it back the way it was shot. What's the design question?

    My question (more of a comment actually) was to do with the use of flipped photos. I realize that sometimes a graphics designer will prefer a shape or the way a graphic will point or lead in to another part of the overall design, and so the flip makes sense, but occasionally the flip is done inadvertently and makes no sense whatever (for instance reversed musical instrument).

    - Wil

    BTW: when I looked at your gallery, #24 was the tiny hand & finger (great shot! thumb.gif )
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    bdcolen wrote:
    We're getting different numbers - is that the mirror shot?

    http://www.bdcolenphoto.com/gallery/9926595_ZnRtH#677108335_6vgCs

    I can't copy/link your images, but that's the URL when I'm seeing 24 of 71 in your gallery (which seems to have grown since last I saw it was at 69 shots).
    - Andrew

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
    My SmugMug Site
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    The tiny hand & finger is now #25… ne_nau.gif

    - Wil
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    http://www.bdcolenphoto.com/gallery/9926595_ZnRtH#677108335_6vgCs

    I can't copy/link your images, but that's the URL when I'm seeing 24 of 71 in your gallery (which seems to have grown since last I saw it was at 69 shots).

    Gottcha - "Dude." Love it! :D
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    Wil Davis wrote:
    The tiny hand & finger is now #25… ne_nau.gif

    - Wil

    I cut the number of images down to about 28 after my daughter made her initial cut, and then added a big bunch of images. So now it's back up a little bigger than it was originally. Just wade in any time and keep voting. rolleyes1.gif
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    Vote early! …vote often! clap.gif

    - Wil
    "…………………" - Marcel Marceau
  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2009
    My comments didn't seem to get added, so here is my list (FWIW :D )

    BenchWomenbw
    13
    28 - the yawn makes it for me
    12
    LiliaButtonsbw
    646970624_maggie_090609_0574
    Chloe4
    Chloe6
    Chloe7
    Dude4
    LaffingSara
    Huston17
    LOD209 20a
    PattyMcailah1
    HockbergIsoleteKidBW
    BabyVert
    NAN13
    Detroit14
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