>DSS #8 (Weathered or Polished) Feedback Thread

Greensquared · September 22, 2008

As soon as the judges have made their top ten selections, their critiques will be added to this thread. The voting poll will be posted at that time also. In the meantime, post your own personal feedback and favorites here.

The challenge theme was: Weathered or Polished
Your judges were:
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Karrie McD - Feedback

Entry #2, dlplumer, Dehydrated: I love this photo! It fits the theme perfectly and it is so dramatic and the composition and pp is wonderful. Great job!!

Entry #9, Travis, Splintered: This is a great photo! I feel like I am in a dream when I am looking at it. The leading lines are great…I feel like I am walking right down the pier.

Entry #22 jeffmeyers, Polished Poodle: This photo makes me smile. Great idea -doing it in IR. The white trees with black poodle and the beautiful blue sky really work well for me.

Entry #23, VisualXpressions, Time tu harvest that thar corn: This one just really hit home for me. The family and I went for a walk amongst the corn field just last night. It fits the theme perfectly and the processing you did makes it very dramatic and I love dramatic photos. The composition is great too. You really did a great job with this who would have thought corn could be dramatic J

Entry #24, jeffreaux2, Nearsighted: When I first looked at this photo I said “sweet!” Love it! I feel like I am sitting right there amongst the rust. I wish I could see a little bit through the window -but even still, it is an awesome photo!

Entry #36, thebigsky, Pride and Joy: This photo fits the theme to the tee! I can also feel emotion in this photo…like a sense of pride. Great job with the theme and making a great photo.

Entry #47, cmorganphotography, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: The composition of this photo is great. It is very eye catching and I love the colors of it. Fits the theme perfectly as well. Great job.

Entry #56, NeilL, Lucid Dream: Wow! I don’t really know what to say except I love it! Very thought provoking and emotional! My kind of art!!! Great job.

Entry #63, pyroPrints.com, Bridge to Nowhere: Very cool! I’m a sucker for old abandoned places. You got great composition, sharpness and clarity. I love looking through the water at the remains down there and then looking down the remains of the pier.

Entry #85, Halite, Antique Silver: I just think this shot is really well done. It fits the theme wonderfully and the composition is great. I do not get much emotion from the photo and I usually go for photos that give me some kind of emotion. However, I picked this in my top ten simply because it fits the theme so well and well…it is just a great shot.

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Greensquared - Feedback

#9 - Travis - Splintered
Lovely vanishing point and use of color at the focal point. Treatment gives it a surreal look. Very nice.

#20 - AaronNelson - Cooling
Nice composition, definitely polished. I keep looking for a smudge or fingerprint in there somewhere!

#23 - VisualXpressions - 'Time tu harvest that thar corn'
Excellent! Awesome texture and color. Totally works for me.

#24 - jeffreaux2 - "Nearsighted"
Another awesome one. Love the angle, comp, crop, light and texture.

#29 - PaulThomasMcKee - Turtle-waxed TT Tail at Twilight
Simple, sleek lines and gorgeous color. Very nice.

#36 - thebigsky - Pride and Joy
I absolutely love this one - pure perfection!

#40 - idiom - Retired...
Really, really nice. I love the unusual comp, the light and the texture here.

#46 - MrsCue - Weather the Storm
This one floored me too. Awesome.

#84 - vandana - "Braving it out"
Awesome leading lines to a vanishing point that pays off. Very dramatic!

#90 - Elaine - 1916
Total kudos for thinking outside of the box and keeping this rolled up. Makes me totally want to know the story behind it.

KevXman · September 22, 2008

Another challenging round.

Good luck to everyone!

— Kevin

WomanWithACamera · September 22, 2008

My Top 10
This was a fun and difficult round. At least for me. There are so many great pics in here. Here is my top 10. Great job everyone!

#4 Polished Off
#9 Splintered
#15 Well Worn
#34 Pins Up
#28 Ship Out Of Water
#36 Pride And Joy
#46 Weather The Storm
#63 Bridge To Nowhere
#84 Braving It Out
#92 Forgotten

Well done everyone!!

tlee · September 22, 2008

jeffreaux2 · September 22, 2008

Some of my favorites
Good luck everyone!

pemmett · September 22, 2008

My top ten favs in no particular order. Good luck.

ic4u · September 22, 2008

So many great images to chose from!..I narrowed my top ten down to the following, in no particular order.. Good luck everyone!

divamum · September 22, 2008

So many AMAZING shots! I have really enjoyed following this and learned so much...

I'm struggling to narrow it down to 10 (judges, I do not envy you!) but I really enjoyed the following shots (and, btw, my 10 year old daughter has come and peered over my shoulder as I've been looking at the photos and is absolutely glued to the challenge now, too - we're starting 'em young!)

#4 Polished Off
#8 Rusted Blue II
#13 Weathered reflections while polishing a bowl
#15 Well Worn
#21 Old Glory
#29 Turtle waxed TT tail
#34 Pins Up
#36 Pride And Joy
#40 Retired
#44 The House of Last Resort
#46 Weather The Storm
#58 Climbers Trust
#62 Weathered by Time
#80 Teachers Pet
#86 Turbo Shell Polished

Thanks for letting this beginner play along!

thebigsky · September 22, 2008

Wow, I'm thrilled to be included in so many people's top tens, thanks guys

One day I'll work out how you do those fantastic montages, good luck everyone

Charlie

Grly · September 22, 2008

What a wonderful group of photos! I had a blast participating in this round. Here are my top ten in random order:

MrsCue · September 22, 2008

Woohoo! I see mine has been chosen a couple of times. Thanks guys.

JFYI - That was actually a lovely sunny day there. I used my flash and settings to create a stormy sky

richtersl · September 22, 2008

My faves in no particular order:

richtersl · September 22, 2008

pemmet and divamum -- thanks for including my pic in your favorites.

JAG · September 22, 2008

Thank you to those who have added me to their favs. There are so many great entries!

MarkR · September 22, 2008

Wow, got mentioned by a few ...
Very honored and humbled to have my pic liked by KevXman, WomanwithaCamera, divamum, Grly ... and anyone else I missed.

Thank you!

mtmillz · September 22, 2008

Fun round and great entries. Thank you to those that have included me in your favs!

Here are mine in no particular order:

VisualXpressions · September 22, 2008

I like these 6 best...

Winston

slpollett · September 22, 2008

Here are my favorites in no order. I chose a few that several others have chosen, but many different ones. Interesting how my tastes are so different.

Polished...off -- Grly
Rusted Blue II -- tlee
Riverside -- douglas
Pin Ups -- VelvtRide
Countless Yrs of Service -- Quark
Teacher's Pet -- achambers
Precision -- SherwinJames
The Old Boat House -- Sam's Place
Antique Silver -- Halite

There were lots of great shots to choose from. Good luck everyone.

Sherry

Jwill · September 22, 2008

Some great images this round. Thanks Jag for including me in your tops. Here are some of my favourites.

pemmett · September 22, 2008

JAG, thanks for the inclusion

Good luck.

knapph · September 22, 2008

Our picks
Thanks to all who have picked one of our pictures.

We enjoyed having a mission to go out and take some shots. We had a very pleasant afternoon walking along the Portland, Maine waterfront looking for shots. We discovered Portland has a lot more weathered than polished. This probably has to do with the weather here and the age of the town. You can see some of our other shots from that afternoon in the end of the Maine section of stonecoast.smugmug.com.

Our picks; not in any order.

7 Finishing Touches
9 Splintered
24 "Nearsighted"
31 Pitch Perfect Performance
34 Pin Ups!
36 Pride and Joy
54 Precision
58 Climbers Trust
74 Liquid Wharf
75 Can I Park Here?

knapph and KisaKat
Knapp and Ella Hudson

pemmett · September 22, 2008

knapph wrote:

Our picks; not in any order.
31 Pitch Perfect Performance

Knapp, thanks for the inclusion

Good luck.

pyroPrints.com · September 22, 2008

Karrie McD · September 22, 2008

Sorry about the long wait!
Hey all I just wanted to say I am sorry about the wait today for the results. I thought I had sent my top 10 in to Emily around 3:30 this afternoon but apparantly that message never got sent. I'm not sure what I did because I thought I had sent it.

I'm sorry :cry

Results should be out soon now!

Travis · September 22, 2008

Thank you to everyone that included "Splintered" in their selections.

This was another unbelievable round and I feel for the judges. Here are 11 that stood out to me. There were several others that I loved but they didn't meet what I interpreted the themes to be. Great job to all!

idiom · September 22, 2008

Man, some fantastic entries to choose from here. I had 15 that i really wanted to put on here, and had to cut a few from my list for minor little photo details.

Thanks to everybody who has included my photo in their top ten, it means a lot to me, also thanks to everybody who made suggestions to improve my image, including the PM I got about it, thanks!

Here is my top ten, and I had a hard time limiting it to ten.

cmkultradome · September 22, 2008

So many great entries, I loved a lot of the differenct interpretations. Hard to narrow down....but my ten favorite below

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Stephanie

MarkR · September 22, 2008

What I liked ...
Some unbelievable images this round. Here's what I liked best:

#17 Riverside
#23 Time tu harvest ...
#24 Nearsighted
#34 Pin ups
#40 Retired
#62 Weathered by Time
#75 Can I Park Here? (made me smile.)
#85 Antique Silver.

dlplumer · September 22, 2008

My Favs in no particular order

ilbcnu · September 22, 2008

Thank you to richtersl, mtmillz and cmkultradome for including me in your favs!! I am truly honored as the talent in these challenges and on this site is amazing

jeffreaux2 · September 23, 2008

I appreciate those of you who thought that "Nearsighted" merited a place among your favorites. I must admit that I had trouble narrowing down 10 choices. I could have nearly picked 2 top tens!

Best of luck to everyone!

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