Unofficial LPS 13 Feedback Thread

indiegirl

Post your favorites here! Extra credit if you give feedback, too. Can you beat the judges? I think you can.

indiegirl

Here are mine, in ranked order from top left to bottom right.

Feedback will follow.

pemmett

Great entries. My favourites in no particular order

Heather U-K

My Fav 10

indiegirl wrote:

Post your favorites here! Extra credit if you give feedback, too. Can you beat the judges? I think you can.

I'd post the images of my favs but have no idea how you do that cool single image of all the ten at once.

So here's a list:

#3 - Safe Haven
#13 - Lonely Rays
#16 - In the Beginning....
#34 - Nature Remembers
#41 - Night & Day
#52 - Hatch
#55 - Into the Sky
#66 - Ripple
#72 - Let it Play You
#79 - No 5 o'Clock Shadow

Will offer up critique soon if I have time.

Heather

richtersl

In no particular order:
Man, this was a tough round!!!!

hawkeye978

My top 11 in the order of submission only...

13 - Lonely Rays
15 - Firestarter
16 - In the Beginning
28 - Night Vision
33 - Dawn at the Shoreline
35 - The Rise of the Urubu
41 - Night and Day
43 - Six Thirty
52 - Hatch
55 - Into the Sky
90 - Desert Morning Glory

Greensquared

Okay, so here's my top ten in no particular order, plus 6 more that I had a terrible time excluding. I could easily have added at least 5 more to this list! This was an incredible round with so many great interpretations.

My top ten ended up being those images that
1) Hit the theme for me,
2) Appealed to me aesthetically and
3) Had excellent technique.

fashiznitsngrins

In no particular order
not sure why these all came out b/w but it looks pretty cool! Too many to choose from - great round guys!!

pyroPrints.com

VisualXpressions

Some pretty spectacular shots this round! These 12 were the most emotionally and aesthetically pleasing to me, as well as being thematically spot on. In my haste I forgot to add several to my montage... #30 "No running in the street", #80 "harvest sun", and #25 "facing the day"

Winston

davalistudios

It was tough to narrow it down, but here are my favorites:

TPBinKC

My vote and feedback
Not that my opinion matters much, but you did ask.

My top ten or so... (in numeric order I think)

Firestarter #15
I love it. Good idea, good composition.

Ezekiel 25:17 #18
Classic shot. Very “in theme”.

Go! #22
Very cool, good idea

Facing the Day #25
Lovely…

Night and Day #41
I really like the balance

Glass #48
Great arrangement, well done

Waiting for a breeze #51
Beautiful.

Fading iris #57
Very pretty.

Guard the Dark #61
Great subject, I would have liked to see one eye brought out a little more

Somewhere in between (Light & Shadow) #65
I tried to do a photo like that and could not make it work. I have to keep trying…

Ripple #66
Pretty and a great idea.

No 5 O'clock shadow here #79
Nicely done and like the relationship with the theme


Honorable Mentions

Hatch #52
Well done and a great idea, just did not connect with me as well as some of the others

No running in the street! #30
Nice but I loved one of the others you did. When I saw the one you did not use, I knew the title should be longing before I read it.

The rise of the Urubu #35
One of my early favorites.

Felicia

Greensquared wrote:

Okay, so here's my top ten in no particular order, plus 6 more that I had a terrible time excluding. I could easily have added at least 5 more to this list! This was an incredible round with so many great interpretations.

Wow! Thanks, Emily, for including my shot in your 'Top Ten Plus." I appreciate your encouragement!

HoofClix

FIRST, what a round! I think it was my favorite to watch developing up until about Thursday afternoon when I had to depart for the weekend. I was not let down by the second half of the entries that I've had a chance to look over. Welcome to all the newcomers, at least they all seem so to me, as there are a lot of new names in the hat this time.

SECOND, welcome back to purist photography! Has anyone noticed the percentage of entries that were ideas composed in the camera, executed and presented? Hats off to all of you on that.

THIRD, especially to all of you newcomers, don't be fooled by this thread. If you see your photo in one of these collages, or eventually in this post, it's not likely to be what the judges decide upon. If you get selected, great, be humble, but if you don't, great job anyway, and where's your LPS14 entry?

So..... I had my daughter save all the photos labeled "## Title" and put them in a folder, sans artist handle, trying my best not to know who the entrants were. I then went on to move the ones that didn't immediately move me as "of Light" or "of Shadow" into a separate folder. Darkness not about the shadow, selected out. Just a silhouette? Out. One side of a subject that isn’t lit doesn’t speak “shadow” to me. 34 were left.

I took a break and came back to the ones that I pulled out. I looked to see if there were any that I had just not gotten on first pass to see if there was some point that I had missed. Didn’t want this to be totally snap-judgemental.. I pulled two back in.

Then came the hard work of deciding, and I can't pare it down beyond this list, nor am I obligated to! (in order of post):

06 Looking for the Answers mpaulie
The light here is just yelling at me to touch it, but dare I?

13 Lonely Rays Curious Camel
The softness of the morning makes me want to know what’s beyond. The picnic table conflicts me. Doesn't invite me to sit.

28 Night Vision Greensquared
The light coming alive as a genie would from a box of treasure! The eyes looking at me captivated me from the start. I respect the technique, and great stretching to learn about it!

30 No Runnin in the street! photogmamma
I love it. Why didn’t I think of this?.

41 Night and Day pyroPrints.com
Here the shadow speaks of light and dark in black and white, while the the leaf does the same thing in the color of the fall. I love the simplicity of the idea and how it fits the theme..

47 Beacon of Resurrection richtersl
I know that you “did stuff” with this image, but no matter, as in the end it’s about the light up there, almost like the light that supposedly greets us when we are dying. I think perhaps other cultures might not understand, but perhaps I’m wrong! Great job making me forget that the light is on the other side of the stones!

52 Hatch LiquidAir
Brilliant! This one certainly draws me into want to know what’s inside that egg. I can't see evidence that it's a composite. If it is, you've gone the extra distance to make it believable to me... I'm figuring we'll get your usual explanation...

55 Into the Sky annnna8888
Look at this in thumbnail folks, and it’s a very different abstract! All about allowing the light to come into a great space.

72 Let It Play You! Stuffjunkie
Crafty! It’s obviously not all “in-camera,” but I can’t see the seams, and it’s message is there.

80 Harvest Sun Indiegirl
The light that is so essential to our life, and what it produces for us. Very delicate message here to me, and Jessie, this is your strength IMO. You'll all just have to take my word that I knew it was Indie's entry when I saw it. Makes me feel like I’m there after a day of work in the trees. Or before going out to it!

83 Save Me Felicia
One of the ones that I pulled back in, as the subject “light” isn’t in there, but referred to by the composition. I’d like to see a bit less crop in the upper right corner to allow the hand to still go somewhere.

90 Desert Morning glory drdane
Simply beautiful! Reminds me of some of my days at 29 Palms. The texture of the layered haze is what makes it. I’d love to hear how you made this one.

Notables that got pared out:
04 Sourcery 101 MarkTodd
Man, you should’ a kept the original hand. The technique is fantastic, but the hand doesn’t look like a sorcerer’s. The original was gnarly and looked like it’d been used in battle. This one is just a hand about to touch the light.

17 It’s a Small World Tentation
Great soft use of light that makes it look like a very good painting. And besides, I saved a bunch on car insurance today!

24 Behind Door #1 davev
A really great photo and idea, and there are shadows, but in the end it’s more about the ghost. I really respect the technique.

25 Facing the Day RogersDA
Almost like a painting. Light everywhere, but eventually, it’s about the flower.

35 The rise of the Urubu ifocus
Mesmerizing! IMO, the best entry in the round, but when I look at it, I just don’t see either side of the theme as the subject. The light in the background enhances, but isn’t the subject.

65 Somewhere in between st33lz
This one is a great photo, and I really like it. To me it’s about the long shadow cast by the man on the cross. I just can’t get beyond my “no statues” mentality.

85 Untitled PaulThomasMcKee
It’s greatness is that I stared at it to see what it was, and in the end, it’s nothing at all but a shadow! Am I wrong, or did you title it?

Felicia

Thanks for the critique and encouragement by including my shot in your top picks, Mark!

MarkTodd

Thanks for the notable mention! You know, they were both my hand and they look totally different. In the original I thought the problems with the shadows wouldn't be good for the competition, but I was never able to recapture the odd angles in the later shots. Maybe it was the shadows that actually contributed to the look.

LiquidAir

HoofClix wrote:

52 Hatch LiquidAir
Brilliant! This one certainly draws me into want to know what’s inside that egg. I can't see evidence that it's a composite. If it is, you've gone the extra distance to make it believable to me... I'm figuring we'll get your usual explanation...

Thanks! After last round's controversy, I decieded to stay away from composites this time. I did put a short how-to description in Indie's behind the scenes thread, but in brief there is white LED inside the egg (along with a carefully controlled flash providing some extra light on my face). The package on the flashlight called the LED bright, but the camera begs to differ with an 0.3s exposure time at ISO 400.

richtersl

HoofClix wrote:

47 Beacon of Resurrection richtersl
I know that you “did stuff” with this image, but no matter, as in the end it’s about the light up there, almost like the light that supposedly greets us when we are dying. I think perhaps other cultures might not understand, but perhaps I’m wrong! Great job making me forget that the light is on the other side of the stones!

Thanks!

Nomanizan

fashiznitsngrins and davalistudios,

Thanks for including my shot in your tops! #40

That was my first entry ever.

The Curious Camel

Thanks
indiegirl, pemmett, Heather, Ritchers, haweye978, Greensquared, pyroPrints, Hoofclix

Thanks, to all of you for feeling my shot note worthy on your lists.

So many beautiful shots I just can't choose.

Good luck to all of you!!!:D

Peace, gail

SunsetSailor

Thoughts About This & That

[FONT=&quot]My selections are all about the exploration of the meaning of light and shadow – the shapes of shadows and graduations of light. Then there’s the question of what is light? Is the sun our only source? Artificial light even from oil is extracted from organic masses nurtured by the sun’s rays the placed under tremendous pressure. Or is light something else? Is it creative or soulful human traits? Is it the sparkle of human personality? Is shadow the darker side of personality? I tried to pick images that were fresh and not familiar. (Even an excellently executed trite image is not worthy of honoring as our best examples of art.) Finally I have chosen images that have made me think these thoughts. In our pop culture and mass media I have been dulled by the easy and quick visual messages and this contest has allowed me to explore thoughtfully its themes. These photographic artists have provoked my thinking and that is a very good thing indeed.









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indiegirl

Thanks to every single one of you who participate in this fun little ditty. I love reading what people liked and why and it's always nice to make a few lists. I appreciate you, each of you, who make this a community rich with inspiration.

Jesse

The Curious Camel

Ditto to indiegirl
Absolutely, I agree, I apologize for not thanking everyone. I enjoy reading all of your comments about each picture. Most of the time they are thought provoking and and learning experience in themselves.

Thanks to everyone.

MarkTodd

Yay, I made someone's list! Thanks much!

It really doesn't take much to keep me going.

fashiznitsngrins

Nomanizan wrote:

fashiznitsngrins and davalistudios,

Thanks for including my shot in your tops! #40

That was my first entry ever.

You're welcome! I really liked it from the minute I saw it and it definitely fits the theme - that and it looked really cool in my b/w little display thingy

Wonderful first entry... I'll be expecting great things from you!!

Greensquared

I just went back over all the entries and I really am not sure how I managed to narrow my list down to 16. Honestly, there are so many in there that are just awesome shots. I am really impressed with this round.

A huge thank you to everyone who put my shot on their list. It is truly and deeply appreciated!

Emily

Flyinggina

Here are my top 11 picks, although I must say that there are at least another half dozen that I love. Great work everyone. The entries just get better and better. Good luck to everyone!!

Virginia



P.S. As I post this, my copyright notice is showing although I have turned it off in my gallery for this photo. I'm too tired to wait up any longer to see if SM has removed it as I have asked it to do about 4 times now, but rest assured that I am not claiming the copyrights to any of the above photos, although I wish I had the right to claim some of them (maybe all of them) as mine!

leaforte

Congratualtions to all the winners. And those that didn't...it's all subjective. That's whats cool about this whole affair! Sweet but not so tender. "craggy vs smooth" will errupt, i'm sure.

saurora

Well this is late........or the judges are early!!!! But I thought I'd post it anyway! As usual, it was a tough selection. If your shot is not represented here, no doubt you were in my first cull because I loved so many of them!!!! Congrats to those who won and for those who didn't........keep on trying!

rwells

Flyinggina wrote:

Here are my top 11 picks, although I must say that there are at least another half dozen that I love. Great work everyone. The entries just get better and better. Good luck to everyone!!

Virginia



P.S. As I post this, my copyright notice is showing although I have turned it off in my gallery for this photo. I'm too tired to wait up any longer to see if SM has removed it as I have asked it to do about 4 times now, but rest assured that I am not claiming the copyrights to any of the above photos, although I wish I had the right to claim some of them (maybe all of them) as mine!

Virginia,

Thank you for including my entry in your top picks. So many great photographs! I'm glad that my picture had some meaning for you.

And thank you, and all the others for taking the time to post a list.

rwells

saurora wrote:

Well this is late........or the judges are early!!!! But I thought I'd post it anyway! As usual, it was a tough selection. If your shot is not represented here, no doubt you were in my first cull because I loved so many of them!!!! Congrats to those who won and for those who didn't........keep on trying!

Saurora,

Thank you for your previous comments on my entry, and I'm happy that my photo made your list. Even though the judges didn't include it, I still feel it was a successful photograph for what I was trying to accomplish.

Thanks again.