Round 2 - DVXUser Photography Contest

Thanks, guys, for your comments.

My 'model' knows she's cute, and has no self esteem issues. Yesterday she was coloring something and thought she had done a good job with it. She stops, holds it up, and yells out exuberantly "Hooray for me!". I'm not looking forward to puberyty.

I hope no one was offended by my impromptu captions of their pictures that came in without titles or comments.

It was late, and I was in a funky mood.


I, too, am a Photoshop minimalist. It's probably because I'm also a PS idiot, but I rationalize my not using it because I want to capture what's actually there.

That being said, I really like what many have shown they did with PS with their pics. In many ways, it's similar to just being able to go back and put a different filter on the cam to improve the shot.
 
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I'll claim this one. I had a few other ideas, such as Road Work since they always want to work on the roads here in the summer. Also thought about the frying of the egg on the sidewalk gig. Went with the ballpark idea because it is America's summer activity. Unfortunately the Rangers were on a road trip so there were not many people milling about. As for the wider shot, I thought it would get too much junk. Part of living in 2006 is there are light pole and signs everywhere that tend to clutter the look of everything. I had some other shots, but then happend on this framing and liked it. I did some fixing and curve work in photoshop. I took used pattern and clone to take out the white rag string around the base of the one tree to the left. I used curves tool to change the look abit, but did not want to mess with it too much as I am color blind and that can lead to some really weird looks. I just thought it was a bit too bright for me.

Original
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Other shots.
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Jeremy Ordan said:
The 2nd from the bottom is awesome, but why not a super wide image from in the game?

-Jeremy
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Thanks Jeremy. Rangers were out of town for the contest. I could have gone into the restaurant there and take a picture from their window. Did not totally like the framing and there is clutter I don't like such as the signs. Had actually started to get rid of the signs, was going to use it until I got that last shot. I "work" about a block way across the street so pass by on my way every day which is why I had the availability to take the shots even with the Rangers out of town.
 
& this one is mine:
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Joe Kras said:
There are monks in Hinsdale?

Do they drive Lexus's?
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NO! They don't even drive a used 300 series BMW! :)

Thank you everyone for the feedback! Good job everyone, the pictures looked GREAT!
 
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Mike McNeese & Brandon Rice!

Mike McNeese & Brandon Rice!

Mike McNeese & Brandon Rice!

I loved your DOG pictures! They were 2 of my favorites, & I'm not even a HUGE dog person! or maybe I am! :) Kudos to the both of you capturing the beauty of the pup!

Brandon, did your dog make it into "Smugglers Ransom"? If not, that's wasted talent!

Does your dog have an agent? :)

oh yeah, thanks a lot Jeremy for the photo contest! Also nice picture!
 
Cryogenic Filmworks said:
Also thought about the frying of the egg on the sidewalk gig.
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That would have been great! (not that your entry wasn't, but the egg frying on the sidewalk would have gotten really high marks!)

Chad
 
bustak said:
Mike McNeese & Brandon Rice!

I loved your DOG pictures! They were 2 of my favorites, & I'm not even a HUGE dog person! or maybe I am! :) Kudos to the both of you capturing the beauty of the pup!

Brandon, did your dog make it into "Smugglers Ransom"? If not, that's wasted talent!

Does your dog have an agent? :)
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Sadly, my dog did not make it into Smuggler's Ransom. I tried. I really did. I was trying to get her to lie down and be in the flashback scene, but she was too nervous with the crew around and stuff... Next time though :) Glad you liked the picture!
 
Hey folks, cool new entries from all you.

I didn't get the chance to enter because I went camping.

Hope to have something for round three, dunno what the challenge is though. Maybe I skipped it in this thread or it hasn't been announced. Fill me in if I've been living under a rock!
 
My Pic

My Pic

Mine was the Ice Cream truck. It is kinda funny, I was out scouting a location for a photo shoot and was on my way back to my car and I heard the music. I turned around and snapped a shot. It was not what I wanted to submit, but I was running out of time and it was the summer pic I had.
 
Round Two Results

Round Two Results

Well... almost midnight on the east coast, so that means results time.

We had a total of 26 entries and I think that ultimately everyone enjoyed this round and enjoyed the process of voting and commenting. I could drag this on by typing a lot more, but here are the results:

Top 5

1. Beachfolk
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2. Splash
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3. Shred
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4. Life’s a Beach
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5. Untitled
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6 - 10

6. The Retrieve
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7. Summertime
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8. Summer in Oceanside
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9. Two Thai Monks Enjoying an American Summer
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10. Dog Days of Summer
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Congrats to everyone who entered and will the number one person please go ahead and PM me to pick the topic for week four.

-Jeremy
 
Mike McNeese said:
6th? Whoohooo...wait till I tell my mom. Bman, this doesn't mean that my dog's cuter than yours though.
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Sooner or later 'Pets' will have to be a topic... and I am dreading that day (my 5lb poodle is hardly the most mannly of animals)

-Jeremy
 
Jeremy Ordan said:
Sooner or later 'Pets' will have to be a topic... and I am dreading that day (my 5lb poodle is hardly the most mannly of animals)

-Jeremy
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Charlie's getting ready...:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
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