You got favorites?

indiegirl

Post 'em here: your top ten favorites from LPS 6. Don't vote for your own, silly. We know you like yours best. Extra credit: tell us why you picked the ones you picked.

Extra good juju to those who post before the judges.

Ready? GO!

indiegirl

SO. Many. Good. Entries.

#15: Meandering Through the Valley
Photogmama

#17: Subtly Sensual Sinuous Sheets of Silky Shiny Saffron Steel
PaulThomasMcKee

#32: Under the Boardwalk
Tentacion

#34: Angles of an Orange
Quark

#36: Emulating Escher
richtersl

#45: Original Sin
Greensquared

#42: Sunrise
Mitchell

#79: Chevy
Nikos

#89: Fish Outta Water
Ristyz

#92: Windblown Dandelion
3phase

And here are my I-hate-to-cut-these list:

#6: A Bug's Life by DaveK
#14: Hunting Dragon by Dalantech
#49: Stairway by Robert
#61: Sexy by PyroPrints.com
#76: Cable Suspension Bridge at Night by ArtScott

richtersl

I hear ya, Indiegirl. There were a lot of outstanding entries!!! I had problems making my list too. But here are my top 10:

#5 Morning Sun - fashiznitsngrins
#17 Subtly Sensual Sinuous Sheets of Silky Shuny Saffron Steel - PaulThomasMcKee
#22 Archway - Strikeslip
#23 Spectrum - NanaMo
#45 Original Sin - Greensquared
#50 Zantedeschia - Sherstone
#65 The Cloudgate - vandana
#73 A Winding Climb - Shatch
#76 Cable Suspension Bridge at Night - ArtScott
#79 Chevy - Nikos

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My hate-to-cut-list is here:

#6 A Bug's Life - DaveK
#15 Meandering Through the Valley - photogmomma
#31 Helix - VisualExpressions
#32 Under the Boardwalk - Tentacion
#101 SFO Landing - jmearns

#84 Homecoming - Indiegirl. I didn't see angular or curvy here -- all I saw was a mother's love.

indiegirl

richtersl wrote:

#84 Homecoming - Indiegirl. I didn't see angular or curvy here -- all I saw was a mother's love.

The curvy heart thingy I was shooting through wasn't curvy enough, eh? Ah well. That'll teach me to do something last minute!

Jesse

Tessa HD

hopefully i won't be chastised for my following choices. it was very tough. don't worry about me voting for mine - it WASN'T on my short list!!!

5, morning sun - loved all the curves from the great lighting
12, bending the rule, the great lighting making all the angles, along with creativity, kept this one on my short list
17, subtley sensual, love the colors, curviness, and comp
27, take me home....says both themes to me, nicely executed
31, helix, great way of showing off a curvy bldg, perfect sky and colors
37, fallen, love the colors, comp, and curviness
49, stairway, like artwork to me, love the comp, angles, lighting
50, zantedeschia, beautiful lighting and comp to show off curviness of petal, i like the abstract-like dark and light areas
64, rain machine, love the angles of the jets of water, lighting and comp
89, fish outta water, creative view, nice contrast of colors, curvy

some other fav's:
6, bug's life
15, meandering....
21, around the bend
22, archway
23, spectrum
36, emulating escher
48, center pivot
56, erasmus
62, icelandic poppy
73, winding climb
76, cable suspension

richtersl

indiegirl wrote:

The curvy heart thingy I was shooting through wasn't curvy enough, eh? Ah well. That'll teach me to do something last minute!

Jesse

It was curvy. It was just superceded by what you were feeling.

indiegirl

richtersl wrote:

It was curvy. It was just superceded by what you were feeling.

Yeah, I'm a heap right now. I fully admit it!

Tentacion

So many great photos, not much time at the moment, will get to it as soon as I get home.. (hopefully).

PS: Indiegirl glad to see your little girl going home!! Hope all is well, and may the Great Spirit continue to protect you and yours from all 4 corners of the earth..

Have a Great Day Everyone!!

dlscott56

#5 Morning sun
#7 Hotel sculpture
#12 Bending the rule
#22 Archway
#34 Angles of an orange
#36 Emulating Escher
#50 Zantedeschia
#73 A winding climb
#79 Chevy
#92 Windblown dandelion

explorish

my top 19
here's my top 19 and the reasons why i liked them / they stood out to me.

# - because it is / it has / of its
5 – fun
14 – just an out-standing shot
15 – so naturally curved
27 – minimalist style
34 – creativity
41 – execution + title
47 – idea
49 – halucinating effect
62 – that very subtle curve
64 - beautiful
65 - surreal
67 – meaningful
73 – curvy
75 – so cool
79 – looks like it used to be alive
82 – colors
84 – because she deserves it
100 – idea
101 – colors

a pleasure to watch this, folks.
cheers!

DaveK

Tough job to narrow down to just 10. I pity the judges. Just some of my favorites but I could not keep it to just 10 Good luck to all, terriffic work!

Morning Sun - Fashiznitsngrins
Bending the Rule - Liquid Air
Subtly Sensual - PaulThomasMcKee
Archway - Strikeslip
Angles of an Orange - Quark
Fallen - pemmett
Center Pivot - nelsonstuff
Stairway - Robert
Zantedeschia - sherstone
Abstraction - sunita
A Winding Climb - shatch
Scissor Arch - SimonTalm
Rain Machine - drdane
Chevy - nikos
Windblown Dandelion - 3Phase
SFO Landing - jmearns

GaryBakker

It might just be me, but I think that curvy subjects are more emotionally "grabbing" than angular subjects. The ones that are my favorites are all curvy.

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that 7 of the 10 entries chosen as finalists will be the curvy theme.

Of course, the odds are with me. By my subjective evaluation:
51 entries were predominantly curvy
32 entries were predominantly angular
20 entires were either ambiguous, or had both elements

Selina

#6 - A Bug's Life (amazing contours)
#15 - Meandering through the Valley (such a classic shot, don't you think?)
#43 - Spring Fresh (i saw spring in that shot, and spring makes me happy!)
#47 - Sunrise (i love how bright the yellow looks against the black)
#64 - Rain Machine (i can't quite decide why i like this shot, it just looks so fresh and original)
#79 - Chevy (i love the motion in the photo)
#90 - Before the Judgement (such a philosophical shot. i wonder where it is)
#102 - One Step at a Time (can't help loving it!)


i don't have a top 10, but here are my maybe's. really amazing shots, but i had a little doubt.
#22 - Archway: i really really like this, it's an amazing place. i just wish it wasn't an angled shot
#99 - GameSetMatch: would have been a perfect curvy shot for me if it was taken within the courts. i guess the idea was to capture angularity of the fence, but i would have thought the player's motion was an interesting twist to curvy.
#100 - Ticonderoga Venti: i'm not sure about the shadow, but the mug and pencils make an interesting shot.

NanaMo

Indiegirl,

Welcome back and we all hope your daughter improves every day! Having had 5 of my own...been there, done that, got the tee shirt! Started out with 2 premies...2# 13oz and 3# 4oz (and probably your age) ....when they did NOTHING for premies. The first has run 13+ marathons (Boston [top 10%], NY, Chi, etc etc) and x # of 1/2 marathons and the other little one is 6' 4" and the proud papa of 3 beautiful girls. clap

Each of us has had challenges with the growth and develpment of our kids and we thank you for what you did pictorally that made many relate and know that there are others out there who will support them through the difficult times. Thank you.

It was great fun to see I have made it on 3 of your lists so far and it gives me great pride to make that with my peers. We are all up against such wonderful, experienced photographers and it is great fun to be pushed to our limits by them!! This was a challenge as many of us had the same idea. .....and #7....OHMIGAWSH!!!....how cool are the judges for pushing us? Bet many of us have the same idea and we have to be better than someone else with the same idea!!

Best Regards,
Maureen