[BillLee]

1.) Predawn cloud formation by dcstep


2.) The Chalet by UdubBadger


3.) Dark/Light by BSME90


4.) Fire dancer by Chewy734


5.) Twisted Light by Seminole


6.) The shadows by BillLee

[Seminole]

Bump! Voted.

[BMW F22]

I'm confused as to whom I should vote for as there's just one, maybe two, that IMO fit within the theme.

[Chewy734]

Vote for that one (or two) then.

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

Vote for that one (or two) then.

I voted for 3 because 2 of them are similar.

[remmib]

Close race.

[BillLee]

Originally Posted by remmib

Close race.

+1!

[TL]

voted

[UdubBadger]

two horse race still....

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by BMW E90

I'm confused as to whom I should vote for as there's just one, maybe two, that IMO fit within the theme.

really? I think they all fit the theme pretty well... why do you say most didn't?

[Chewy734]

FYI, if Seminole wins, no doubt the next contest will entail something related to boobs

[UdubBadger]

...or penguins

[Chewy734]

fortunately I went to the zoo a couple weekends ago and have pics of some real penguins

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

FYI, if Seminole wins, no doubt the next contest will entail something related to boobs

Vote for me and free boobies for all!!! Oh, wait, this isn't a political race.

Actually I have a good idea for the next one.

[Chewy734]

so... how long is the voting period?

[UdubBadger]

look at the top of the poll... says it closes 9/18 at 9:30pm

[Chewy734]

Got it... thanks

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

really? I think they all fit the theme pretty well... why do you say most didn't?

yeah I thought most of them didn't fit the theme but that's my opinion. While I'm not claiming to be an expert or think I know it all, I'm going to be very straight forward here. Again it's MY opinion so please take it with a grain of salt and no hard feelings.

Dcstep's picture- I tried to think of it as a light and darkness picture but saw like 95% light so that didn't work. If it's about contrasting lines then I didn't see that either. It was a picture of cloud formations so I'm not sure where the contrast was in that. There were so apparent lines and what not. If I was going for lines I would take a picture of one of those swirly candy lollipop and put it up next to a rail road track. That would have been contrast.

Udubdager- I didn't get how that picture fit the theme. I mean where was the contrast? The light and darkness? The lines? I just thought it looked more like a snap shot than a "photograph". I mean in that sense I could have took a picture of anything and say that it has contrast. Like DC's picture, I wasn't sure where I was supposed to look at to find the contrast. It all seemed too busy.

BillLee- I guess that kinda fits the theme but I didn't feel like it did. I think the contrast should be apparent. So if you're going to do light and darkness perhaps take a picture of a dark room with the door opened half way. Thus all you see is some light coming in while the rest is darkness. That would also provide the cut off/shapes/forms/etc. and would make it more "apparent".

I voted for the other 3 pictures because they were all similar. However, I only felt one fitted the theme more than the other 2. I mean I've had shots where only the subject was lit while the background was completely black but IMO that's not contrast. Contrast should be something like: curves vs straight lines, big vs small, modern vs classy, etc.

Overall I thought it was a great theme but it was short lived so we didn't get as many entries this time around. I wish it was extended another week or so to get a few more entries in but it's not my contest.

[Seminole]

Man, I was up by 1 vote yesterday but a bunch of people just came and blew it up

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by Seminole

Man, I was up by 1 vote yesterday but a bunch of people just came and blew it up

Lol. I was looking at the poll yesterday and thought "looks like Seminole is gonna win this one." Then I realized that it ends today so I checked earlier today and...well you know the rest.

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by BMW E90

Dcstep's picture- I tried to think of it as a light and darkness picture but saw like 95% light so that didn't work. If it's about contrasting lines then I didn't see that either. It was a picture of cloud formations so I'm not sure where the contrast was in that. There were so apparent lines and what not. If I was going for lines I would take a picture of one of those swirly candy lollipop and put it up next to a rail road track. That would have been contrast.

I couldn't figure this one out.

Originally Posted by BMW E90

Udubdager- I didn't get how that picture fit the theme. I mean where was the contrast? The light and darkness? The lines? I just thought it looked more like a snap shot than a "photograph". I mean in that sense I could have took a picture of anything and say that it has contrast. Like DC's picture, I wasn't sure where I was supposed to look at to find the contrast. It all seemed too busy.

I think Udub's was hot/cold

Originally Posted by BMW E90

BillLee- I guess that kinda fits the theme but I didn't feel like it did. I think the contrast should be apparent. So if you're going to do light and darkness perhaps take a picture of a dark room with the door opened half way. Thus all you see is some light coming in while the rest is darkness. That would also provide the cut off/shapes/forms/etc. and would make it more "apparent".

I believe BillLee was going for straight/curved. The left most part is a straight while the twigs are all twisted.

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by BMW E90

yeah I thought most of them didn't fit the theme but that's my opinion. While I'm not claiming to be an expert or think I know it all, I'm going to be very straight forward here. Again it's MY opinion so please take it with a grain of salt and no hard feelings.

Dcstep's picture- I tried to think of it as a light and darkness picture but saw like 95% light so that didn't work. If it's about contrasting lines then I didn't see that either. It was a picture of cloud formations so I'm not sure where the contrast was in that. There were so apparent lines and what not. If I was going for lines I would take a picture of one of those swirly candy lollipop and put it up next to a rail road track. That would have been contrast.

Udubdager- I didn't get how that picture fit the theme. I mean where was the contrast? The light and darkness? The lines? I just thought it looked more like a snap shot than a "photograph". I mean in that sense I could have took a picture of anything and say that it has contrast. Like DC's picture, I wasn't sure where I was supposed to look at to find the contrast. It all seemed too busy.

BillLee- I guess that kinda fits the theme but I didn't feel like it did. I think the contrast should be apparent. So if you're going to do light and darkness perhaps take a picture of a dark room with the door opened half way. Thus all you see is some light coming in while the rest is darkness. That would also provide the cut off/shapes/forms/etc. and would make it more "apparent".

I voted for the other 3 pictures because they were all similar. However, I only felt one fitted the theme more than the other 2. I mean I've had shots where only the subject was lit while the background was completely black but IMO that's not contrast. Contrast should be something like: curves vs straight lines, big vs small, modern vs classy, etc.

Overall I thought it was a great theme but it was short lived so we didn't get as many entries this time around. I wish it was extended another week or so to get a few more entries in but it's not my contest.

Originally Posted by Seminole

I think Udub's was hot/cold.

ding ding ding! Winner

mine was hot and cold... cyan colored photo and a warm orange fire. thought that would be pretty obvious.

thats also what i took DC's photo to be (like warm and cold fronts) but light and dark woulda worked too.