Unofficial LPS17 Feedback Thread

Greensquared

Post your personal top ten here...and extra brownie points for adding comments!

Greensquared

Okay, here's my top ten, in no particular order. A lot of really great entries for this round!

fashiznitsngrins

In no particular order... (sorry about making a couple of them so small, it's not that I like them any less, it's just that I am pathetic at making a pretty picture with different size puzzle pieces ).

pemmett

In no particular order.

Ozone

Here are my likes:



A whole lot of great entries! Good job everybody!

NanaMo

Thank you!!!
How many times have you said "I don't care what they think....I am happy with my entry"? WRONG....we all DO care...

Thank you Emily, Fashiznitsngrins, and Pemmett....I was happy with the entry and you are all "regulars" and I appreciate your vote of confidence!! clap

(I will enter mine tomorrow when my ego settles down!!! )

Maureen

leaforte

Ten of my favorites.

Shudderz

My ten favs
In no particular order

The Curious Camel

leaforte Ten of my favorites

Thanks for counting me in your top ten. Encouragement appreciated.
Peace, gail

VisualXpressions

The portrait of the old man is wonderful in many ways…
I love both fish pics
One eyed jack, simply marvelous
The graveyard statue and 2 crosses, great composition and very powerful.
Love the feet
Bathtub and window is a very powerful image
The cracked face, very imaginative, nice composition.
The young pregnant couple is a great portrait, love the composition.
I am sick of bright sunflower shots… this one of the dying sunflowers is great!
The hook, simple, aesthetically pleasing, I like it
The only dead flower pic that I liked…
The dentist pic and bubble gum pic are both funny and very well done.

Good luck to all entries!
Winston

NanaMo

Thank you!!!
Leaforte, Shudderz....thanks so much for the support!

Ah, Winston, my family name.....did not make your list....

Thanks for all the support...it really is awesome!

Maureen

tlee

First--Thanks to those who included Pink Bubblegum II in their top 10!

My top 10

One eyed jack
Fractured
Wabi-sabi window
Return to the begining
Cavity!
Steppin up
Eyes that have seen much
I see new hair
Against all odds
Fall of man

NanaMo

tlee wrote:

First--Thanks to those who included Pink Bubblegum II in their top 10!

My top 10

One eyed jack
Fractured
Wabi-sabi window
Return to the begining
Cavity!
Steppin up
Eyes that have seen much
I see new hair
Against all odds
Fall of man

Thanks TL!!!!

Maureen

TylerW

Thanks for the vote of support, Shudderz!

Here's my pick of ten:

ChrisJ

My top 10, no particular order:

HoofClix

Hardly time to keep up with the round in this time of year for me, but always indie is in the back of my mind taking any and all excuses away..

A compelling round of entries. My picks in order of post:

6 One-Eyed Jack Greensquared
12 WABI-SABI Window PTM
16 Return to the beginning sherstone
41 Steppin'Up fashiznitzngrins
49 Piscine Spirit jwear
53 Salad in the Field MarkTodd
54 Death of a forest Aequitas
57 Still no life, with bathtub- 9th Ward Justiceiro
65 Against all odds... NanaMo
71 Fall of Man Travis

I will include what was for the most compelling image of the round, Eyes that have seen much Awais Yaqub, but it doesn't meet the theme to me.

But all of us keep in mind that these are all just opinions!

Mark

The Curious Camel

VisualXpressions
The young pregnant couple is a great portrait, love the composition.

Thanks to Visual Xpressions for including me in your top ten. I appreciate the comment and also the encouragment.

gail

Tango

no order here...it was hard enough trying to narrow to 12:oogle

pyroPrints.com

Soon to be three - that's a great shot.
Fall of Man - great processing/color.
Sunflower Sunset - nice shot. title fits very well.
Imprint - nice juxtaposition.
Death in a Nest - i had a skull too, so i like this one =c)
Eyes that have seen much- great shot. very "National Geographic".
Post-Season - nice colors.
He Loves Me Not - nice home made lighting. the best "dying rose" shot this round =c)
Brick wall biology - almost looks like graffiti. Love it.
tomorrows future - great lighting/background processing. very eye catching.
WABI-SABI WINDOW - love the colors, and the shot itself.
Return to the beginning - this shot is almost surreal. very interesting.

NanaMo

HoofClix wrote:

Hardly time to keep up with the round in this time of year for me, but always indie is in the back of my mind taking any and all excuses away..

A compelling round of entries. My picks in order of post:

6 One-Eyed Jack Greensquared
12 WABI-SABI Window PTM
16 Return to the beginning sherstone
41 Steppin'Up fashiznitzngrins
49 Piscine Spirit jwear
53 Salad in the Field MarkTodd
54 Death of a forest Aequitas
57 Still no life, with bathtub- 9th Ward Justiceiro
65 Against all odds... NanaMo
71 Fall of Man Travis

I will include what was for the most compelling image of the round, Eyes that have seen much Awais Yaqub, but it doesn't meet the theme to me.

But all of us keep in mind that these are all just opinions!

Mark

Thanks, Mark!!

Maureen

Giphsub

Wow, I'm amazed to have been even included in some of these top ten (winter's chill)! Thanks everyone

Tentacion

Hey Ozone, thanks for the Vote..Much Appreciated.

davidweaver

My 8 Pics

jwear

Thank you all that picked my shot in the top 10, means as much as winning .Sorry but I am not computer literate so can not do the picture thing . FRACTURED -- clever idea

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RETURN TO THE BEGINNING --- EYES THAT HAVE SEEN MUCH --- you do people very well ---- SOON TO BE THREE – -- this is a very nice photo

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CIRCA 1859

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WABI-SABI WINDOW ---- SARCOPHAGUS

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PRIMARY DECAY –the theme of the decay

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ONE EYED JACK ---- AMBERCROMBIE’S WOOD

Ozone

You're welcome

Tentacion wrote:

Hey Ozone, thanks for the Vote..Much Appreciated.

That is a subject that is near and dear to my heart as per the PM.

Ozone

Thank you
Jwear, thank you for the mention.

renstar

Top 8
No entry from me this week, so here are my top 8 in order. The top three really spoke to me for some reason and seemed to hit the theme dead on.

PaulThomasMcKee

Here's the ten that most appealed to me:
(although I do relate to gefillmore when (in another thread) he said ..."hell, anymore, I think I like all freakin' photos")



My wife and I went to the Tacoma Museum of Glass a couple of weeks ago and in one of the interpretive displays it suggested that one way to begin to appreciate art is through the process of description. With that idea in mind...here are brief descriptions of why I like those photos included above:

#16 – sherstone - Return to the beginning
Wow. Who would have thought that I'd consider hanging a picture of a rotting fish on my wall? I'm not going to...but if I were, it would be this one. A graphic representation of decay with an artful flair. I love the dusting of powdered sugar snow on the fish and the streaks of falling snow flakes in the air.

#18 – ifocus - Santa Claus and the little boy
I am drawn to the colorful abstractness of this. Proof again that rust can be beautiful. I never did find Santa or the boy...although I did see some other things.

#32 – chandi - Post-Season
The end of the season. A forgotten baseball nestled in the fall leaves. While it doesn't scream decay - It is simply a beautiful image. The lighting is wonderful. The focus is perfect. The tones are pleasing.

#41 – fashiznitsngrins - Steppin' Up
Not contrived, not over thought, not over processed, not reaching for relevance.
Just a straightforward photo that subtly says "my little girl is growing up". Definitely captures the temporal element.

#45 – Awais Yaqub - Eyes that have seen much
Growing Old. A wonderful capture. For me, this image perfectly embodies the duality of the theme. I see both a wisdom grown of age and a body depleted by age.

#47 – Vandana - " I see new hair !"
Right on the money for the theme and it made me laugh! Nice crisp photo. B&W works well.

#49 – jwear - Piscine Spirit
I chose this image because to me it represents the furthest extreme of the process of decay - fossilization. All the organic matter has been lost to time and replaced with mineral. Nature’s enduring monument to a life once lived.

#51 – LiquidAir - Imprint
Just a beautiful image! I don't know if this has been selectively colored (it never even crossed my mind until just now) - but it works perfectly. I like the way the five points of the leaf mimic the five points of the crack in the stump. The growth rings drive home the finality of this tree's artificial demise.

#56 – The Curious Camel - Soon to be three
Growth. The beginning of a new family. A new human being. A small hint of contour suggesting the changes to come. The maturing of two young adults to take on a task that will last the rest of their lives. (EDIT: Removed comment re:vignette because it had been fixed before the close of the contest).

#70 – Nikolai - Circa 1859
This photo has a hook to the theme . The depth and texture of the rusting decay is what makes this one of my top picks. Once so strong…Now so fragile. It really speaks to the passage of time.

-peace

LiquidAir

PaulThomasMcKee wrote:

#51 – LiquidAir - Imprint
Just a beautiful image! I don't know if this has been selectively colored (it never even crossed my mind until just now) - but it works perfectly. I like the way the five points of the leaf mimic the five points of the crack in the stump. The growth rings drive home the finality of this tree's artificial demise.

Thanks! I couldn't quite bring myself to follow your JPEG out of camera lead, but all the processing except the output sharpening and watermark were done in Lightroom and (this is for you, Dalantech) I didn't even crop the frame. There was no need for selective color on this shot as it was taken the moning after a rain storm and the trunk was satuated with water turning it very dark grey. All I did to the trunk in post was push the WB a bit so it sat just on cool side of neutral. The reds of the leaf took a bit more work; the default RAW conversion in Lightroom often does bad things with saturated reds from my camera and I regularly find myself trying to sort the issue out by hand.

The irony to this shot is that the one thing I did do in Photoshop (my default sharpening macro) made a bit of a mess in the shadows which I didn't notice until I looked at it on my LCD at work today (I work on a CRT at home). It was too late for the competition, but I have since toned down the rather brittle feeling of my first pass at the shot.

fashiznitsngrins

PaulThomasMcKee wrote:

#41 – fashiznitsngrins - Steppin' Up
Not contrived, not over thought, not over processed, not reaching for relevance.
Just a straightforward photo that subtly says "my little girl is growing up". Definitely captures the temporal element.

Thank you for your appreciation! I really loved reading all of your comments - big brownie points for you sir!

Dalantech

LiquidAir wrote:

Thanks! I couldn't quite bring myself to follow your JPEG out of camera lead, but all the processing except the output sharpening and watermark were done in Lightroom and (this is for you, Dalantech) I didn't even crop the frame.