Round 4 - DVXUser Photography Contest

[Jeremy Ordan]

DVXUser Photography Challenge: Round Four

Why?
Why is a filmmaking community doing something with photography? Simple... With photography you learn about lighting, composition, framing, blocking, and it is fun. Ask any of the 30 people who submitted for the first round to raise money for charity as well as participate in a community event and they will tell you, it was fun, plus:

It is very simple

The Rules:
*Take a picture, in the time period, that fits within the topic of the week on any camera with any lens that you want (D-SLR, Film, DVX, XL1, Cellphone)
*Post process the image in any way that you choose and see fit.
*Please do not post any images that are larger than 8" x 10" at 72DPI
*Email the image to DVXUser@stffilms.com along with any comments regarding the image
*Vote and comment on the images submitted
*The winner will choose the topic for next weeks photography contest.

Simple, right? Maybe too simple... So what's the catch? There is no catch! No cost. No one profiting. No one stealing your images and claiming them as their own. Nothing...

PRIZE:
*The winner chooses next weeks topic (example: landscape, macro, or anything) & if we exceed 50 entries I will make a $50 donation to Isara.com. If we exceed 250 entries, I will donate $250 to Isara.com which is an associates degree in Thailand (according to PK). Your participation can help give the gift of education.

This week's topic: City Life(completely open to interpretation) chosen by Week 2's winner Nobody356 (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=5902)
Due Date: September 6th @ 11:59 EST
Voting Period: September 7 - September 10rd @ 11:59 EST
Next Topic Posting on: September 6th (by winner of Round 3 - Addiction (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=68642))

Good luck everyone and I can't wait to see what you submit!

-Jeremy

EDIT

The 12 entries in this weeks contest are currently online and can be viewed at www.stffilms.com/Photos

EDIT:

This Week's Winners:

1. Untitled http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_anne-Loc2--001-small.jpg by Scharky (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=491)
2. Rats with Wings http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_Rats_With_Wings.jpg by Jeremy Ordan (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=7852)
3. Rusty Gateshttp://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_Rusty_Gates.jpg HorseFilms (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=232)
4. City Life http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_City_Life_Photo.jpg by MikeGrasso (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=3177)
5.Untitled http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_DSC_0050_copy_copy.jpg by JimtheJib (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/member.php?u=9486)

SPECIAL CONGRATS to Scharky for having the highest rated photo in DVXUser Photography Contest Challenge history with an average score of 4.1!

[mikkowilson]

What's the topic??


- Mikko

[HowDareMe]

city life

[mikkowilson]

"Exxxcelent" *rubs hands*


- Mikko

[Brandon Rice]

LOVE IT! THis will be fun!

[Steve_Arm]

Somehow I knew this subject would appear soon. Great, full of subject.

[Nobody356]

Umm didnt I choose the topic? :) or am I just so tired I'm making things up?

Chris

[Brandon Rice]

Umm didnt I choose the topic? :) or am I just so tired I'm making things up?

Chris

Upon further research, yes, you chose this topic :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Jeremy Ordan]

Umm didnt I choose the topic? :) or am I just so tired I'm making things up?

Chris

Yes you did, and that is exactly what the post says :)

Sorry...

-Jeremy

[PDX_DVX]

I'm In!

[CR_OPSO]

This may take some thought since I live in a fairly small city... I'll see what I can come up with.

Chad

[Jeremy Ordan]

I wanted to toss this idea out there to everyone:

Any participant who submits but does not comment on all the images (last night it took me not even 20 minutes to comment and I write a lot) should be DQ'd...

I believe that the purpose of these contests is to:
A. Get out there and shoot something
B. Take an idea and execute it
C. To improve
D. To participate in a community activity with other filmmakers

I think that if you submit and want other people to view and comment on your work then you should have the courtesy to do the same.

What is everyone else's opinion?

-Jeremy

[Steve_Arm]

That is correct.
My concern is that there are some images that have more votes than others. I think each voter should be allowed to log in and vote only if he votes on all the images.

[Jeremy Ordan]

That is correct.
My concern is that there are some images that have more votes than others. I think each voter should be allowed to log in and vote only if he votes on all the images.

I don't even know where to begin with coding for something like that let alone how to enforce it. The voting and winning thing is completely secondary, it is about the feedback in my opinion.

[CR_OPSO]

What is everyone else's opinion?

-Jeremy

Hmm... I don't know. I actually took the time to comment on everyone's photos in the first round, but didn't do it the second time. I did go through and comment on my favorites and those that I thought I could add something constructive. Sometimes I'm at a loss for words and I don't think a forced "Good job!" is worth anything to anyone. I'm also hesitant to comment if I don't like something... "if you don't have something nice to say...." I know we're all here to improve and constructive criticism is great (I know I appreciated it on my pictures), I just have a hard time dishing it out sometimes!

I didn't enter round 3 (again, I had a couple good ideas with coffee or M&M's, but I waited until the last minute and something else came up - oops), but I'll try to comment on them anyway!

Either way, I'm fine with it.

Chad

[mikegrasso]

I will be in the City this weekend.

[Joe Kras]

I've commented on all pics for all 3 contests.

I agree with Jeremy, though I sympathize with the opinion of not writing anything too negative, or just adding a "me, too" to others' comments.

[Jeremy Ordan]

There is a difference between negative, insulting, and blunt constructive criticism, in my opinion. If I submit something where it is: A. out of focus B. too soft C. non compliant with the topic D. stupid E. crap F. boring I want people to tell me and be honest.

As I said, I don't think it is about winning as much as improving week to week.

-Jeremy

[Blaine]

I really wanted to join in the fun this week, and I know it's a cop out, but I was buried with a screenplay I had to have finished by the 30th. I found it hard to wrap my head around getting a good idea executed and I wasn't about to repeat my mistake from week 1 where I threw something together a couple of hours ahead of the deadline.

I am looking forward to this weeks competition. I already know what I'm going to shoot tomorrow. :thumbsup:

Even though I didn't have an entry in round 3, I took the time to comment.

[Brandon Rice]

Even though I didn't have an entry in round 3, I took the time to comment.

Thanks man! Looking forward to seeing your shot next round!

[Steve_Arm]

Steve... wow!... they have a pretty complex system there. Here we are smaller and just getting started. It is mostly for team spirit and learning from each other.
We do keep it anonymous so rating isn't affected from knowing which image belongs to whom, although in time you can learn a user's style.

[Brandon Rice]

...although in time you can learn a user's style.

indeed.. like my style... CRAP!

[Steve_Arm]

LOL! Don't be so harsh on yourself.

[Brandon Rice]

LOL! Don't be so harsh on yourself.

so you're not denying it!!!! :furious3: :furious3: :kali: :badputer: :dankk2:

[Jeremy Ordan]

so you're not denying it!!!! :furious3: :furious3: :kali: :badputer: :dankk2:

http://us.inmagine.com/168nwm/brandxpictures/x190/bxp49518.jpg

Brandon... remember that talk we had about you setting people up to just knock one out of the park at your expense... you're doing it again :)

Couldn't resist, but hopefully the motherly voice came through.

[Brandon Rice]

HAHAHA! Dude, that's hillarious!

[Cryogenic Filmworks]

Steve... wow!... they have a pretty complex system there. Here we are smaller and just getting started. It is mostly for team spirit and learning from each other.
We do keep it anonymous so rating isn't affected from knowing which image belongs to whom, although in time you can learn a user's style.
I guess I'm missing something here with this. I have been back and forth in this thread the though this seems to reference something I'm completely lost as to what it is. Just curious that's all. :huh:

In regards to commenting, I think it is only fair to comment. If it's good say so, if not advise how to make better, if you have no ideas at least leave a general comment. Drive by voters don't really help the process of learning. :dankk2:

[JoshuaNitschke]

Commenting is nice and all but there's no way I'm gonna comment every single image if there are more than 15. I don't have that kind of time.

[Steve_Arm]

I guess I'm missing something here with this. I have been back and forth in this thread the though this seems to reference something I'm completely lost as to what it is. Just curious that's all. :huh:

In regards to commenting, I think it is only fair to comment. If it's good say so, if not advise how to make better, if you have no ideas at least leave a general comment. Drive by voters don't really help the process of learning. :dankk2:
Indeed when I wrote it and hit the submit button the thred that I was replying had vanished! Wondering what happened I thought about editing mine to avoid confusion as obviously but.... Brandon had already quoted me and that would bring more confusion.

[oneinfiniteloop]

Cool topic, I plan on submitting for this one...first timer...

[scharky]

Just had a shoot tonight, I'm back in :)

[Brandon Rice]

I sent in my submission!

[scharky]

Submitted as well

[mikkowilson]

Shot off a few cards worth of pics around town today. Too tired to 'shop now, will get to them later.


- Mikko

[JimtheJib]

i just sent mine in...

[Jeremy Ordan]

Scharky I didn't get yours, I got Jimthejibs, Brandon's, & Horse's.

J

[Brandon Rice]

Glad you got mine... I really am excited about this round!

[Joe Kras]

Thought I was going to miss this round too, but went out and shot something today.

I'm in.

Submitted tonight.

[Brandon Rice]

submissions keep streaming in, keep em' going!

[scharky]

hmmmm, I'll send it again right now, actually I'll send you a link so the email is small and you can just download it off my server. Let me know that you got it ok.

[Steve_Arm]

Although I have acquired my images from Saturday, I'm stuck with sending them because they are like crap.
I had a roll start shooting junior and by the time I though of shooting for the contest there were only 4 exposures left. So all I got to capture was not good.

[Jeremy Ordan]

I'm still procrastinating until tomorrow night for this one...Haven't even begun to think about it yet...

Maybe I should do that at some point :)

-Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

When do they go up dude?

[mikkowilson]

Ugh, I have about 200 pictures to go through and pic a good, or at least the best, one.

Might get to it tonight, maybe.

- Mikko

[CR_OPSO]

I haven't had much luck so far and I actually took some time yesterday looking for an idea. I took maybe 3 photos... and they really aren't great for the topic. We'll see!

Maybe the next topic can be "country life". :)

Chad

[Jeremy Ordan]

Maybe the next topic can be "country life". :)

I can promise you, that is not the next topic, but it should be the most far out one yet... Trust me, I boggled my brain to come up with it and I think it will be fun :)

Tomorrow that will be posted and tomorrow night this weeks images will be posted.

[CR_OPSO]

I can promise you, that is not the next topic

I wasn't holding my breath! :D


but it should be the most far out one yet... Trust me, I boggled my brain to come up with it and I think it will be fun :)

Tomorrow that will be posted and tomorrow night this weeks images will be posted.

Can't wait to see what it is (and what everyone did this week)!

Chad

[Brandon Rice]

SWEET! Country life would be cool for me too... I live out in the country myself.

[Matt Grunau]

I live in the country too. And not like you Brandon, I mean in WV "country". AKA the anit-city.

The nearest "city" is Pittsburgh. I have a couple of nice view spots of Clarksburg, some that would be even scenic, but the city is so small, unmodern and delapidated it's almost embarrasing. And, theres a hell of a lot more forest than concrete. That's all supposing the humidity would drop to the point that I could actually have visability more than half a mile and could get some nice shots.

So I'm scratchin my head as to what I could submit.

[Brandon Rice]

hm.. get creative :) And I know, my country, country is lame... though there are cowboys and horses out here! :)

I LOVE your custom title!

[Cynic821]

<---- wishes he had a custom title and his missing digicam to take a picture for the contest. :(

[Brandon Rice]

How many entries so far?

[mikegrasso]

Just sent Mine!!

[scharky]

Hey Yankee, did you ever get mine?

[Jeremy Ordan]

Hey Yankee, did you ever get mine?

I did, and it was the execution of my idea... so thanks a lot

[Brandon Rice]

LOL! sad... :( waiting till' the last min. again Jeremy?

[Jeremy Ordan]

Actually I was going to do a composite double exposure type thing and I have my model already shot but not the other part... but it's all for naught.

Plus, Scharky's is better than mine would have come out. I am going to reshoot something I shot a while ago because I know I can shoot it and process it to submit it in under an hour... and that is all that matters, so about 11pm I will get started on that :)

It's hard being this busy.

[scharky]

oh man, sorry about that :)

[Jeremy Ordan]

First to draw and better execution... yeah, I can really get pissed about that :)

Like I say in 50% of my comments, I have an unfair advantage because I see who submits what... I should DQ myself... yeah, I should DQ myself.

[RyanT]

Took a walk around trying to find something without much luck, just submitted it the best of what I had. I've been wanting to enter this for a while.

[Joe Kras]

Took a walk around trying to find something without much luck, just submitted it the best of what I had.

I've already figured out that if I wait around for the perfect shot, I'll never get it in in a week. So I go with what I get.

I figure it's better to be shot down, then never to have shot at all.

[mikkowilson]

Entry sent.


- Mikko

[Jeremy Ordan]

As of this moment we are exactly where we were last week with entries... PK will be upset.

-Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

crap! I tried PM'ing people too!

[Blaine]

Jeremy,

Just emailed my entry.

[CR_OPSO]

I tried to come up with something on Monday, but I didn't find anything I thought was worthy.

And wouldn't you know, today I got stuck in traffic... but I didn't have my camera to shoot the long line of cars.

Chad

[Jeremy Ordan]

12 minutes to deadline, 11 submissions and five of the usual suspects/participants are no shows...

Maybe everyone is waiting for the Ahhh, Ohhh, or Mmmm challenge :)

-Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

c'mon people, this was such a great topic!

[Jeremy Ordan]

Well since everything is hosted at the same site:

http://www.stffilms.com/Photos

It doesn't make sense for me to hide the domain every single week, but I do hide the album until the time is right. The contest is officially open, voting is open, submissions closed. 11 submissions this week...

Wait, one at the deadline.

12 submissions this week.

Alright, album is no longer hidden, voting is open and ready and waiting.

-Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

whoohoo... I gotta work out, but will be back later to vote!

[Jeremy Ordan]

Well I commented on every single one of them but haven't voted yet (someone went through and voted right away but didn't comment on a single one).

Because at this point only one person has voted and they didn't leave comments I'm going to vote before I call it a night. Some really interesting trends developed, some styles and habits were broken, and some amazing photographs were submitted.

Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

I have voted and commented on each one. Great week. Some really great shots again! :)

[Jeremy Ordan]

I know I did it this week on my comments and already I see the regulars doing it and I see nothing wrong with it because the overall point of these contests is to learn but there is a bluntness in people's comments (especially mine). I think that this is a good thing and I hope that everyone takes it to learn from and not as a personal attack. That being said, if ANYONE feels that something is inappropriate please PM me so I can take care of it, but I think there is a difference between honest bluntness and a rude personal attack. This is the sort of feedback that I think is best, for me at least :)

OK, just wanted to throw that out there.

Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

I agree Jeremy! GOod call!

[Jeremy Ordan]

After 4 weeks and a core of 5-7 people participating every week you can really see certain styles from certain people start to come out and you can identify who did which image...

Some amazing and diverse images this week but please wait until Friday before you say which is yours and the story behind it.

[Steve_Arm]

Well I had stated that my picture would be crap. That's why I was submitted it near submission end. It's the act that counts.

[Jeremy Ordan]

It's all for fun, getting better, and getting feedback in order to get better.

The skills you gain as a photographer enhance the skills you have as a filmmaker

[Brandon Rice]

I have seen my eye improve over the course of this contest, and I am sure that will carry right over into my filmmaking. It's really helpful stuff!

[Mike McNeese]

I was just going to make a comment on that, Bman...I didn't have time to make an entry this go-round, but NONE of these shots are 'not good.' I didn't score one under a 3. A couple of these shots are some of the best I've seen in all of the photo contests. Can't wait till next week!!!

[HorseFilms]

This is always a fun exercise. I like seeing what other people come up with for each theme, and I agree that you can really start to identify everyone's styles.

[Brandon Rice]

did you have a submission this week Horse?

[HorseFilms]

Yes sir, I do.:)

[Brandon Rice]

NICE! I usually can spot yours... couldn't this week. Now I am gunna go look at them again, and see if I can find yours haha.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Yes sir, I do.:)

That's the thing... Horse completely changed his style this week and I think that's bad ass... it shows either growth or laziness... or maybe just a wicked blackout and that is what he woke up with.

[HorseFilms]

NICE! I usually can spot yours... couldn't this week. Now I am gunna go look at them again, and see if I can find yours haha.

Sweet! Feel free to guess.:) I made it tougher this week because there wasn't any booze in the shot.:thumbsup:

[Brandon Rice]

Yep, I think I know which one... But that is cool you changed your style man! I've been trying to change it up too. :) Nice work.

[Blaine]

Well, I didn't change no stinking style. You have to have some to change it...:grin:

[HorseFilms]

it shows either growth or laziness... or maybe just a wicked blackout and that is what he woke up with.
Or perhaps a combination of all those things.:huh:

[Brandon Rice]

Well, I didn't change any stinking style. You have to have some to change it...:grin:

heehee... I have two guesses as to which one you'rs is :thumbsup:

[Steve_Arm]

Well, just "came back" from voting. Actually I haven't slept almost all night and I had a hard time focusing my thought. It must be that adapter... anyway, I really like the one with the piano and the one with the pigeons and of course the first one.

Probably I should get some sleep...:D (22:00 here)

EDIT: I have to say that my sig would be the picture I would submit for city life but it's one year old and I'm an ethical dude.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Tomorrow be sure to post which photo is yours and reveal anything else you want about it... I'm curious if everyone knew who did which image... Please also place any comments here in the thread.

~J

[Brandon Rice]

Will do Jeremy :thumbsup:


I have to say that my sig would be the picture I would submit for city life but it's one year old and I'm an ethical dude.

That's one cool pic too man, nice work! :thumbsup:

[Jeremy Ordan]

Well it's after midnight, so here is my shot (although everyone knows which is mine because I use the same damned border every week and this looks almost identical in color processing to my Splash shot)

http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/normal_Rats_With_Wings.jpg

Story... My mother bought a computer and I went to set it up for her.. Then I just tried to get myself lost by driving the opposite way I would go from home and turning anytime I saw a street I knew... Took about an hour but I ended up in Monroe, NC... Sort of this suburb or Charlotte... Took this picture:

http://www.stffilms.com/Pictures/Monroe%20IR.jpg

I drove back to Charlotte and ended up downtown. I normally go to the top of a parking deck at night and shoot the sky line but this was 3:30pm and a parking deck that was taller and more centrally located (7th st. for anyone local, 15+ stories up). Well I took a ton of IR images of the city, buildings, horizon... Oh, important note: I left my super zooms (70-210) at home... that plays into my story

So I got bored... at this point I decided to see how close I could get to the several hundred pigeons on the other side of the parking lot. I got a lot of shots of these birds just sitting there and then caught the tail end of them taking off. I was happy but agree with the feedback about the angle of the horizon

The color correction was mild, just bluing up the sky

Ultimately I debated heavily about which image to submit... I chose the non IR bird one (obviously) because I thought it was more of a city vibe.

Now my original idea was exactly what Scharky did, I already had my model posing nude and was going to shoot my street shot until I saw his and knew I couldn't compete... I guess that really gives me an unfair advantage and helped make up my mind, but still... I didn't want to submit something that wasn't going to be original and then have it be so far inferior to the other similar concept.

So back to the birds, it was an opportunity shot, it's OK, not my best work but I had to participate and I think it has room for improvement but... either way, 'nuff said, it is a picture and I'm not ashamed but not glowing with satisfaction.

OK, so that's my story, that's my entry...

[Brandon Rice]

Here is my Image... Cinema Choices. When I heard we were doing "City Life" I right away knew I wanted a shot of someone looking up at a movie theatre. I always go "into the city" to see movies, so it jumped out at me. On Saturday a buddy of mine, and me went to see a flick, so I just grabbed several shots outside the theatre. Here's a before and after look at the photo. I do a lot of post-processing work, (mainly due to the limitations of my camera (it's all auto, all the time)) but I try to make it look as natural as possible. I do agree it would have looked EVER BETTER at night, but I am happy with how the shot turned out :) Thanks!

BEFORE

http://www.noariceprod.com/citylife_before.jpg

AFTER

http://www.noariceprod.com/citylife_submission.jpg

[Blaine]

Here's mine:

http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/528/Program.jpg

I'm a little disappointed in the problems I had with compression. It certainly softened it up. Here it is at closer to the original size. I believe it is a bit sharper.

I hate being busy and rushing to get something. Tim (Slimothy) and I were in at Cinema Secrets getting some FX apliances and as we came home, past Glendale, I stopped to get some shots. I took about 60 shots of tall buildings and such, but this is the picture that was different than all the rest I took and I liked the idea of all the different publications available to people in the city. I probably should have gone with a slightly slower shutter speed to give the cars in the background more motion but what the hey, it was spur of the moment. I was rushing because we have been trying to make sure we're ready to shoot our HorrorFest entry this weekend. Of couse, that'll put a crimp on next week, but I've got an idea...

[mikkowilson]

Mailbox is mine.
Another run & gun shot with very little planning. I didn't even seriously consider that one for entry untill I got back to the computer.

Sorry I don't have time to comment more than that this week due to IBC, etc... thoguh I have read all the feedback I got, thankyou.

- Mikko

[Jeremy Ordan]

Remember, voting is open until Sunday!

Comment away, vote away... I'm paying for the bandwith, use it.

[HorseFilms]

Okay, this one was mine:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/232/1157720832.jpg

I took it from my car using 35mm. The reason it looks a tad soft is because my scanner sucks. The original is crystal clear.

Here's the original:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/232/1157720906.jpg

You can see that I replaced the sky with a shot I took the next day. I took a cloud shot just to finish the roll on my way to the mall to get it processed. Luckily, I ended up using it. It was far more interesting.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Great sky replacement Horse... I never would have guessed it was touched up like that.

I really like this image and like I said in my comments, respect the different style you used for this submission. Great job.

[HorseFilms]

Thanks, Jeremy! I appreciate it. I really liked your shot, too. There's something about it that just makes me want to stare at it.

[Brandon Rice]

Great shot Horse! I had a sense that was yours! Nice nice sky replacement. I love the major touch-ups that are so natural they are undetectable! Nice work!

[mikegrasso]

Mine was the meters. I am not a city person, so my creativity drooped this round. I will try to Oooh and Ahhh you this next round.

[Jeremy Ordan]

I will try to Oooh and Ahhh you this next round.

That was awesome and made me crack up in the office

[CR_OPSO]

You can see that I replaced the sky...

Wow... I never suspected that. Great job!

Chad

[HorseFilms]

Wow... I never suspected that. Great job!


Thanks, Chad! I actually did it just to mess around, but I ended up liking it, so I stuck with it.:)

[Steve_Arm]

Here is my boring image:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13838/1157731577.jpg

Now I need to rest this weekend to see what I will shoot for contest 5, I don't want to dissapoint people again.
Maybe a landscape showing the beauties of Greece.

[Steve_Arm]

It must be the beers but I just spiced up my boring image... now can I choose the topic? LOL
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/13838/1157736531.jpg

[scharky]

The following is my image. . .
http://www.stefweb.net/anne/Loc2/anne-Loc2--001-small.jpg


Most of you probably already new that since I did have a shoot with the same model, and it just so happend that we wanted to do a downtown night shoot.

Here is how it was done.

http://www.stefweb.net/BTS/Anne.jpg

http://www.stefweb.net/BTS/backgrround.jpg


Here are the original images that were then later combined into the above composition.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Brilliant great work Scharky!

[HorseFilms]

Yeah, that's one hell of a shot, Scharky. Well done!:beer:

[Brandon Rice]

Nice work! I KNEW it was a composite... nothing is THAT perfect :) Great great image man!

[JimtheJib]

this is my image....it was over cast that day. Maybe thats why it seems blown out. I also need to work on my PS skills.

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/9486/1157763967.jpg

[Joe Kras]

I loved the piano shot. It just screamed "the city" to me.

[Joe Kras]

This one was mine:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7683/1157770414.jpg

I just saw this portrait being taken, and quickly asked the parents and the artist if they minded if I took a picture (I told them I was taking a photography course-not such a stretch, really).

It was taken with my aging (5 or 6 year old point and shoot Olympus digital), so don't know what the settings were.

The other two pics I considered submitting were this one of an aging hippy:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7683/1157770481.jpg
which I didn't use because I didn't like the garbage can in the shot,

and this one of a cop car:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7683/1157770540.jpg
which I kind of liked, but my wife said was stupid.

The best thing that this contest has taught me is to really know the limitations (and possibilities) of the cam that I have been forced to use for this contest. It is an aging point and shoot digital with no control over anything, and an interminable shutter lag. But it can do a reasonable job with certain types of pics, which I am learning.

Am hoping to post comments tomorrow on everyone's pics. I'm riding 100 miles on my bike in a charity ride tomorrow (the MS 150), and expect to be totally wiped tomorrow evening. But I will try to post.

[Jeremy Ordan]

Last day to vote people... c'mon, let's get them votes in!

[Jeremy Ordan]

This Week's Winners:

1. Untitled http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_anne-Loc2--001-small.jpg
2. Rats with Wings http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_Rats_With_Wings.jpg
3. Rusty Gateshttp://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_Rusty_Gates.jpg
4. City Life http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_City_Life_Photo.jpg
5.Untitled
http://www.stffilms.com/Photos/albums/userpics/10002/thumb_DSC_0050_copy_copy.jpg


Congrats to everyone, and especially Scharky for winning and having the highest score in DVXUser Photography Contest Challenge history!

Also a big congrats to Horse for breaking into the top three.

Great job everyone, now let's move onto week 5, Oooh, Ahhh, or Mmm!

Jeremy

[Brandon Rice]

Great round everyone! Looking forward to the next round! :) Nice job Horse, and of course Scharky!

[HorseFilms]

Also a big congrats to Horse for breaking into the top three.


Thanks, Jeremy! Congrats everybody. This was a good round.:thumbsup:

[^faldo^]

I know this is a little late, but what the hell. I took this a few months ago, and it's been my wallpaper ever since. I didn't know these forums moved at this kind of pace. Anyway...

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/faldex/Bondi_Junction.jpg

This is Bondi Junction. Don't be fooled by the trees on the left, they're mostly for show, because behind them is the Harbour Bridge and the rest of Sydney. On the right is the biggest mall in the southern hemisphere.

-DAVE.