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Andy · July 25, 2005

please choose the winner from these ten finalists. thanks to purified for helping to co-judge

amunsie - digital film

gubbs - man o'war, dorset

nir - holiday inn ashkelon

troy - "s" curve

lord vetinari - treble clef

imax - pg

pathfinder - Curves in Black and White

davidoff - dvd fields

rainforest1155 - rusty curves

lynnma - cool curves

Blue Snapshots · July 25, 2005

Glad to see my personal fave in the finals
All..... fantastic!!

Andy.. could not do what you do. Excellent mix of different curve shots.

Dan

Angelo · July 25, 2005

Congratulations to all the finalists.

snapapple · July 25, 2005

Great challenge!! I really enjoyed it. I learned a lot and had a great time with my new camera. This was a good topic. It allowed for landscape shots, people shots, studio shots, macro or really, anything.

The next challenge, Tasty, should do the same.

Congratulations to all the entrants for challenging themselves and participating and to the finalists. Good work all.

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skipandrew · July 25, 2005

Bravo!
This was my first challenge entry ... and a wonderful experience just focusing on a theme and learning more about my camera and the art ... my "Red Rose" entry didn't make it to the finalists, and I won anyway just for the privilege to learn and be a part of this community. Thank you to all!

--Skip

Andy · July 25, 2005

skipandrew wrote:

This was my first challenge entry ... and a wonderful experience just focusing on a theme and learning more about my camera and the art ... my "Red Rose" entry didn't make it to the finalists, and I won anyway just for the privilege to learn and be a part of this community. Thank you to all!

--Skip

awesome attitude

purified · July 25, 2005

Great entries everyone. I was really impressed and found it extremely hard to choose. Andy makes a much better Judge than I.

Annabella · July 25, 2005

Excellent challenge! I enjoyed "hunting" for curves this past week. Both frustrating and fun. Now every where I look I see curves....Congrat's to the finalists they are all great shots.

erich6 · July 25, 2005

Congratulations to all the finalists! Tough bunch to pick from! All very good.

Erich

Invective · July 26, 2005

Congrats to everyone! Excellent choices made by the judges!

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aero-nut · July 26, 2005

Congrats to all the finalists for sure! It seemed like an awsome amount of creativity came out for this one (raising the bar from an already high standard). It will be tough to pick just one of these finalists.

Anson · July 26, 2005

Congrats to all the finalists
...it really is a great learning tool to be able to compare ones work/photo, with the hotshots of DGRIN...

rainforest1155 · July 26, 2005

Congrats to all finalists and it's very nice to see my own in the TOP10!

The final field is very strong and diverse this time.

So come on people and vote for your favorite!

Higgmeister · July 26, 2005

skipandrew wrote:

This was my first challenge entry ... and a wonderful experience just focusing on a theme and learning more about my camera and the art ... my "Red Rose" entry didn't make it to the finalists, and I won anyway just for the privilege to learn and be a part of this community. Thank you to all!

--Skip

Hi Skip and Welcome,
I have to reiterate what Andy said "Awesome Attitude". You hit the nail on the head regarding what these challenges are all about. Glad you had fun with it and look forward to seeing more of your work. BTW, I liked your rose shot.

Chris

ginger_55 · July 26, 2005

I actually do not have a very good attitude. I cry when I lose.:cry Maybe not outside, but on the inside, I hurt. Sometimes I complain, outside of the forums.

But the one thing I have to do is realize how absolutely great the finalists are in this, and every challenge.

And I can say that, the entries have become so good that it is a foregone conclusion that the finalists will be great.

Here, well, all the shots are awesome! Some are in the finals, I voted!

Support your favorite, if you can pick one, vote! Even if you can't pick one, well, vote!

ginger, going off to sulk

some more over NOT being included in these awesome shots.
Congrats to all who were.

(Hey, don't say I am not a sore loser, I have a reputation to maintain here.):D
:photo

Andy · July 26, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

I actually do not have a very good attitude. I cry when I lose.:cry Maybe not outside, but on the inside, I hurt. Sometimes I complain, outside of the forums.

But the one thing I have to do is realize how absolutely great the finalists are in this, and every challenge.

And I can say that, the entries have become so good that it is a foregone conclusion that the finalists will be great.

Here, well, all the shots are awesome! Some are in the finals, I voted!

Support your favorite, if you can pick one, vote! Even if you can't pick one, well, vote!

ginger, going off to sulk some more over NOT being included in these awesome shots.
Congrats to all who were. (Hey, don't say I am not a sore loser, I have a reputation to maintain here.):D
:photo

ginger - fwiw i loved your double egret ess curve that you had entered for a while....

wholenewlight · July 26, 2005

whoa, shaping up to be a tight race with a couple of leaders and some close-behind followers.

i wonder what the vegas odds are for each of the top ten ?
:pimp

ginger_55 · July 26, 2005

andy wrote:

ginger - fwiw i loved your double egret ess curve that you had entered for a while....

Thanks for the info, Andy. If I had entered it, and the contest had closed the same day, I would have left it there, but the longer it was there, the more I could see the flaws. I was going to enter nothing, finally, then I took the one I did enter. It was not up long enough for me to see flaws. It is a good photo, with fewer technical problems, but I will agree with you, the other one had a higher interest level.

Deciding what to enter can be a real problem sometimes. Often. Always. Well, once I KNEW, didn't win either. Another time, I KNEW, hands down, best photo ever, didn't make the finals that time. This is hard! On both sides.

The finalists are good. I am just not a good loser, so to speak, (not that I would consider myself a loser or anything). I whine a lot, as I have said, I have this reputation to uphold.

ginger:D

Thanks for the fwiw.

Now, I like both of mine more, I can go back to appreciating the Birdacious Curves, too.

Higgmeister · July 26, 2005

A very close race

wholenewlight wrote:

whoa, shaping up to be a tight race with a couple of leaders and some close-behind followers.

i wonder what the vegas odds are for each of the top ten ?
:pimp

With only about 15-20 more votes to go, it's too close to call. Both are worthy. Wonder what happens in a tie

?

Chris

rainforest1155 · July 27, 2005

Need for voters
We need more voters! There's still a tie between two in the first place. This applies even for the third, fifth and so on!

What a close-call challenge.

Thanks,
Sebastian

Nir · July 27, 2005

rainforest1155 wrote:

We need more voters! There's still a tie between two in the first place. This applies even for the third, fifth and so on!
What a close-call challenge.

Thanks,
Sebastian

"close-call"?! you guys are playing around with my blood pressure! I don't know about amunsie, but I'm at the dangerous age.

Will this go on for a lot longer?

Beautiful shots everyone! Really great entries! Don't know how Purified and Andy chose what they chose (but I'm glad they did

).

rainforest1155 · July 27, 2005

Nir wrote:

"close-call"?! you guys are playing around with my blood pressure! I don't know about amunsie, but I'm at the dangerous age.
Will this go on for a lot longer?

Hehe, poor Nir....one more day to go and then you're released.

Would feel the same if I would be in your place...checking dgrin every 5min.

Good luck for both of you!

Sebastian

amunsie · July 27, 2005

Nir wrote:

"close-call"?! you guys are playing around with my blood pressure! I don't know about amunsie, but I'm at the dangerous age.
Will this go on for a lot longer?

Beautiful shots everyone! Really great entries! Don't know how Purified and Andy chose what they chose (but I'm glad they did ).

Hey, I'm not at a dangerous age - at least I hope not

I feel like we're looking at the 2000 election. Don't worry, I won't be looking for any recounts...:D

All the entries deserve a shot. I'm honored that I made the top ten, let alone fighting it out for the pole position.

BTW - I voted for your's, Nir.

rainforest1155 · July 28, 2005

Awesome how many people voted so far! The tension is slowly reaching it's peak in the last 6 hours. Can't wait to see the final result.

Now let's go for 222 voters, because I can't get enough and like such numbers!

Orion · July 28, 2005

Aaaaw! The poll is closed. I just logged on to vote. Sorry, Nir, I was too late. You had my vote.
Orion

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