>>> challenge 17 - comments and critiques thread <<

Andy

no worries, i'm sure

cmr164 wrote:

Andy was pretty clear about it in his 2 posts. My summation of those would be that changes to color and light that are applied to an entire image like levels and color correction are ok but changes to selective parts of the image are not. I guess the changes that are allowed could have been done with ND filters or 80b filters or some other filter while the things that are not allowed are things that can only be done in a darkroom. But please read what Andy wrote and/or PM him like he suggests. I really don't like the idea that I am upsetting you. I like you and would prefer not to upset you.

at what point does "basic" become advanced? we could argue for weeks on this (i don't want to) ... the bottom line is that ginger (and everyone, i hope) learned and grew over the past challenge. the winning isn't the point, though that's nice, to be the winner, for sure.... but let's all win, eh? this thread is good testimony to that, the entire group helping each other out.

next time we do a "no photoshop" challenge, i'll certainly be crystal clear in da rulez ....

thanks all

snapapple

How do the judges pick the number of finalists?
I noticed that there are only 8 finalists this time. A couple of my favorites did not make the cut. I am always baffled by the judges choices. But, I forgot how Andy explained the process. Each judge choses 5. If they both pick the same 5 then there are only 5 finalists, is that right so far? If they both pick completely different ones, we have 10 finalists? How do we end up with 8? Andy, could you explain how the finalists were selected?

winger

pathfinder wrote:

I think this setting has real potential - Can you reshoot this area again with a higher ISO if necessary? Was the ship blurry because of movement during a long exposure or was it out of focus? I think there a areally great image here that has just not been captured yet. Waht camera/lens was this shot with also?

I am not really sure, I didnt have my tripod cause I was in a hurry ( I almost missed the boat leaving, and had I gone around to the other side I would of been caught by the bridge traffic). I have a digital Rebel and this shot was with the kit lens that comes with it. I only have had the camera since January ( and I am new to SLR photography) it was only during this roadtrip I started messing with the settings.

I wish I could reshoot it, the photo was taken in Duluth MN, and as much as I wanted to stay, I had to go home. I have some other photos from that trip (boats a nigt were hard )

DoctorIt

who wants to stay in Duluth???

winger

DoctorIt wrote:

who wants to stay in Duluth???

I do!!!!!!
I made pretty pictures there.
Which is funny, cause I was only doing sports when I initially got my camera, but after hockey season I was lost!!!!


All thought softball was a good filler for a while.

But I want more shots like these:

rutt

This challenge is now a distant memory, but I came upon another of Fred Miranda's shots that I just had to share. This guy can sure capture a reflection!