>>> VOTE for the 2.1 (Moving Forward) winning photo!

DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
edited May 31, 2008 in The Dgrin Challenges
Congratulations to all entrants of the first round back in the DGrin Challenges!
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Our judges, Vandana and Greensquared, have chosen the following finalists from which your votes will select the winner. I would like to note, that in their independent selections for ten best photos, they agreed on 5 - giving us 15 finalists!

This is an open vote, all DGrin members are eligible to have their say. The poll closes 3 days from now, go go go!!!


In order of entry, the best Moving Forward photos:

2 - pyroPrints.com - O, that way madness lies
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5 - shatch - A change of heart
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8 - davev - Moving on
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17 - VelvtRide - Power of moving forward
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18 - redkulas - Going home
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20 – jvismara – All together now
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21 – crayzphotography – To get to the other side
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22 - eoren1 - Baby steps
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24 - jeffreaux2 - Released
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37 - NikonsandVstroms - Porter
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38 – imax - Debt consolidation
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39 – HoofClix – With full hind sight
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40 - swintonphoto - Burning pain
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41 - Karrie McD - One life
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50 - Kubben - Paddling the high seas
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The entry thread was here.

The critique thread, including the critique on these finalists directly from your judges is here.
Erik
moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

VOTE for the best "Moving Forward" photo 195 votes

pyroPrints.com - O, that way madness lies
4% 8 votes
shatch - A change of heart
6% 13 votes
davev - Moving on
6% 13 votes
VelvtRide - Power of moving forward
20% 40 votes
redkulas - Going home
3% 7 votes
jvismara – All together now
5% 10 votes
crayzphotography – To get to the other side
3% 6 votes
eoren1 - Baby steps
17% 35 votes
jeffreaux2 - Released
10% 21 votes
NikonsandVstroms - Porter
6% 13 votes
imax - Debt consolidation
5% 10 votes
HoofClix – With full hind sight
1% 2 votes
swintonphoto - Burning pain
2% 4 votes
Karrie McD - One life
0% 1 vote
Kubben - Paddling the high seas
6% 12 votes

Comments

  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 27, 2008
    Thanks to everyone who voted so far... remember, anyone on DGrin is eligible to vote. You don't have to be a Challenge regular.
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    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 28, 2008
    Still more than 24 hours left to vote... make your choice!
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2008
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Still more than 24 hours left to vote... make your choice!

    Where the hell is the nail biting smilie? lol3.gif
  • millerlisamillerlisa Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited May 29, 2008
    So Difficult
    So difficult to pick just one, they are ALL wonderful!!!!

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    Lisa
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 29, 2008
    Less than 8 hours to go... VOTE!
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    My vote goes to ....

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  • tsk1979tsk1979 Registered Users Posts: 937 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    seastack wrote:
    My vote goes to ....

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    Huh headscratch.gifhung
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  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Holy cow!! I can't believe I won! eek7.gif(I did win, right? I keep thinking something is wrong with the poll because it can't be me that won?!)

    To be up against so many talented photogs with absolutely awesome images did wonders to my ego... I never, in a million years, would have thought I could win something like this. wings.gif

    All the images are beautiful! I wanted to vote for them all and had a hard time chosing. I hope this is a new begining for me in this field...

    It's a great start, for sure. clap.gif


    Thanks to all who voted!
  • shatchshatch Registered Users Posts: 798 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Congrats Vlvtride! Great photo very worthy of a win. And to everyone else...this was a great round of some very amazing photos. More than one winner in this group for sure. This is going to be a great year for photography!!wings.gif

    OK...what's next?
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  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    shatch wrote:
    Congrats Vlvtride! Great photo very worthy of a win.

    OK...what's next?

    Thanks, shatch! Your photo was absolutely fantastic! You're very creative.


    And that's what I was thinking.... what's next? lol3.gif
  • NetgardenNetgarden Registered Users Posts: 829 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Excellent photo Velvtride! You deserve to win!thumb.gif
    Tell us more about the photo, it's awesome!
    .Linda's OCwildlife Galleries
  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Netgarden wrote:
    Excellent photo Velvtride! You deserve to win!thumb.gif
    Tell us more about the photo, it's awesome!

    I only cropped it and did some very light contrast post processing in PS. I wanted the clouds to have more depth and lighten the truck up a bit. I took a bazillion pics and it was hard to choose the right one for this contest - it was a dream to shoot.

    The background of the pic are not clouds - it's smoke generated from the engines. And it was an unbelievable amount, too. You just couldn't get a bad picture!

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    Thanks for the kind words!
  • pyroPrints.compyroPrints.com Registered Users Posts: 1,383 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    VelvtRide wrote:
    Holy cow!! I can't believe I won! eek7.gif(I did win, right? I keep thinking something is wrong with the poll because it can't be me that won?!)

    Thanks to all who voted!

    Very cool =c) Good Job
    pyroPrints.com (my little t-shirt shop)
    pyroPrints.com/5819572 The Photo Section
  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    pyroPrints.com wrote:
    Very cool =c) Good Job

    I appreciate that... thank you! I loved the creativity of your photo - that's where I'll have the most trouble, I think. I'm not very creative, but I try to have a good eye! lol3.gif
  • crayzphotographycrayzphotography Registered Users Posts: 68 Big grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Good shot! and Congratulationsthumb.gif . Cant go wrong with lots of Fire and smoke IMO. I am happy to be in the top 15 on the very first round and eagerly await Round 2clap.gif !

    -crayz
    Nikon D90
    Tokina 12-24 4
    Tamron 28-75 2.8
    Sigma 70-200 2.8 II
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  • pyroPrints.compyroPrints.com Registered Users Posts: 1,383 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    crayzphotography wrote:
    Good shot! and Congratulationsthumb.gif . Cant go wrong with lots of Fire and smoke IMO. I am happy to be in the top 15 on the very first round and eagerly await Round 2clap.gif !

    -crayz

    Top 12 even =c)
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  • crayzphotographycrayzphotography Registered Users Posts: 68 Big grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    pyroPrints.com wrote:
    Top 12 even =c)

    suits me just fine, had to tell all my friends and family not to try to vote for me. So 6 votes (5+methumb.gif ) is excellent. I hope to have a brand new lens for round 2. Also I am getting married in 1 week, I hope i can get an entry in for round 2.
    Nikon D90
    Tokina 12-24 4
    Tamron 28-75 2.8
    Sigma 70-200 2.8 II
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  • jeffreaux2jeffreaux2 Registered Users Posts: 4,762 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Congratulations VelvtRide!!! ..and to all those who placed.

    ...and thanks to all of those who voted and participated. I am flattered that some of those votes were for my own photo!
    Thanks,
    Jeff
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  • eoren1eoren1 Registered Users Posts: 2,391 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Congratulations VelvtRide! Like I told you earlier... this felt like a very slow horse race with us changing positions repeatedly. Fun to watch though.
    I still can't believe that my daughter's toes made it that far - never had a top 5 finish before! Thanks for all those that voted for the image. Yet another one of those image that I never would have taken had it not been for the dgrin challenges!
    E
    Eyal
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  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Thanks, eoren1, jeffreaux2, crazyphotography & pyroprints! I'm amazed to even be in the same catagory with each of you - and all the others as well. Amazing and talented you all are. bowdown.gif
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 30, 2008
    Congratulations Velvt! Very nice photo!

    And congrats to all the other competitors, and another big thank you to our judges, Vandana and Greensquared.
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    And all others, sorted:

    Place - Photog-Title - #Votes - Percent%

    1 - VelvtRide - Power of moving forward - 40 - 20.51%
    2 - eoren1 - Baby steps - 35 - 17.95%
    3 - jeffreaux2 - Released - 21 - 10.77%
    4 - shatch - A change of heart - 13 - 6.67%
    5 - davev - Moving on - 13 - 6.67%
    6 - NikonsandVstroms - Porter - 13 - 6.67%
    7 - Kubben - Paddling the high seas - 12 - 6.15%
    8 - jvismara – All together now - 10 - 5.13%
    9 - imax - Debt consolidation - 10 - 5.13%
    10 - pyroPrints.com - O, that way madness lies - 8 - 4.10%
    11 - redkulas - Going home - 7 - 3.59%
    12 - crayzphotography – To get to the other side - 6 - 3.08%
    13 - swintonphoto - Burning pain - 4 - 2.05%
    14 - HoofClix – With full hind sight - 2 - 1.03%
    15 - Karrie McD - One life - 1 - 0.51%
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Congratulations Velvt! Very nice photo!

    And congrats to all the other competitors, and another big thank you to our judges, Vandana and Greensquared.
    clap.gif


    And all others, sorted:

    Place - Photog-Title - #Votes - Percent%

    1 - VelvtRide - Power of moving forward - 40 - 20.51%
    2 - eoren1 - Baby steps - 35 - 17.95%
    3 - jeffreaux2 - Released - 21 - 10.77%
    4 - shatch - A change of heart - 13 - 6.67%
    5 - davev - Moving on - 13 - 6.67%
    6 - NikonsandVstroms - Porter - 13 - 6.67%
    7 - Kubben - Paddling the high seas - 12 - 6.15%
    8 - jvismara – All together now - 10 - 5.13%
    9 - imax - Debt consolidation - 10 - 5.13%
    10 - pyroPrints.com - O, that way madness lies - 8 - 4.10%
    11 - redkulas - Going home - 7 - 3.59%
    12 - crayzphotography – To get to the other side - 6 - 3.08%
    13 - swintonphoto - Burning pain - 4 - 2.05%
    14 - HoofClix – With full hind sight - 2 - 1.03%
    15 - Karrie McD - One life - 1 - 0.51%


    Thanks Vandana and Greensquared!! A tough job, as I'm about to find out... your efforts are commended. Thanks for putting me on the top 10 list. clap.gif
  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    Congrats VelvtRide for a much deserving image! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    Emily
    Psalm 62:5-6

  • The Curious CamelThe Curious Camel Registered Users Posts: 943 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2008
    A big Congrats to Velvet Ride. Awesome shot...

    Thanks to Emily and Vandana and Erik. You Rock!!!

    Peace, gail
    www.curiouscamel.net
  • Karrie McDKarrie McD Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Congrats!
    The winning shot is a very cool shot indeed!! Great job!!!! And Congrats!!!!

    This is a lot of fun to participate in! I'm looking forward to the next challenge.
    "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right."
  • NikonsandVstromsNikonsandVstroms Registered Users Posts: 990 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Congratulations Velvt!

    And also thanks to everyone who voted for my photo, I'm still being shocked by the results that can be made from the ultracompact point-and-shoot and I'll see everyone next round :D
    http://www.jonathanbeckley.com/
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Congrat's VelvtRide and to everyone else that entered.

    Thanks to the judges and thanks also to the fine folks that voted for my shot.
    You all have impeccable taste. :D

    It's good to have the challenges back.
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2008
    Thanks for the kudos, everybody. I still can't believe it! eek7.gif


    Winning feels pretty dang good for a n00b. :D
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