>>> LPS#4 Semifinalists List!

**Shay Stephens** · Apr-30-2007, 08:28 PM

Congratulations are in order, the 10 dgrinners below are now qualified for the semifinal starting May 14!

Post 33 - Greensquared - Soil Sample

Post 10 - richtersl - I Just Want to be Human

Post 16 - Dalantech - Frozen in Time

Post 5 - bgaras2001 - new life

Post 18 - kingmamaof2 - I Saw Her Move

Post 32 - osoi - Off With Their Heads!

Post 30 - seastack - Morning Fog

Post 71 - JFreeman - Setting Lights During Tech Rehearsal for Dracula

Post 53 - ultravox - Evolution.

Post 25 - sherstone - "slice of life"

And a first for the Last Photographer Standing contest, A breakdown on the voting!

Position - Points - Photographer
1 - 32 - Greensquared
2 - 23 - richtersi
3 - 22 - Dalantech
4 - 21 - bgaras2001
5 - 16 - kingmamaof2
6 - 16 - osoi
7 - 15 - seastack
8 - 10 - jfreeman
9 - 10 - ultravox
10 - 10 - sherstone
11 - 9 - Povertybarn
12 - 8 - DRabbit
13 - 8 - sser
14 - 7 - JimW
15 - 7 - eoren1
16 - 6 - chertioga
17 - 6 - sunione
18 - 5 - vandana
19 - 5 - pyroPrints.com
20 - 5 - LiquidAir
21 - 4 - anwmn1
22 - 4 - speck26
23 - 4 - Annie222
24 - 3 - Aurora
25 - 3 - Tessa HD
26 - 3 - urbanaries
27 - 3 - heatherfeather
28 - 3 - shatch
29 - 2 - ristyz
30 - 2 - indiegirl
31 - 2 - annnna8888
32 - 1 - alex
33 - 1 - s.shinjin
34 - 1 - dizzy

Nikolai · Apr-30-2007, 08:32 PM

WTG, everybody!

Special congrats for seastack: 3 out of 4!

osoi · Apr-30-2007, 08:44 PM

Great Job to all who were selected... And to all try, there were some awsome photos in this round...

omg i made it....

Dalantech · Apr-30-2007, 08:45 PM

Wow -I'm humbled to be in the company of some really great artists! Thanks!!

padu · Apr-30-2007, 08:48 PM

wow... that was very humbling... not even one vote. and I even thought I had some chances judging from the unnoficial popular votes...

next time I promisse I won't forget the title

seastack · Apr-30-2007, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikolai

WTG, everybody!

Special congrats for seastack: 3 out of 4!

Ah man, you're keeping track ... thanks Nikolai. And thanks to Shay and the Tabulatron3000 for posting the rankings, helps give some insight into the judging. Very helpful.

Nikolai · Apr-30-2007, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seastack

Ah man, you're keeping track ...

Like you don't :-)

Of course I do, I wanna know who'm I competing with in May:-)

JFreeman · Apr-30-2007, 09:03 PM

Thanks guys, there's some amazing photographers there to be competing with come the middle of May

ChrisJ · Apr-30-2007, 09:10 PM

Great shots!

6 artificial, 4 organic. Again a pretty even split. I definitely had trouble with this theme. I think fewer entries showed that others did, too.

I expect a *lot* more shots for LPS #5!

lynnesite · Apr-30-2007, 09:21 PM

Great choices, wonderful entries, congrats to the ones now movin' on.

douglas · Apr-30-2007, 09:27 PM

Congrats everyone, great entries

**sherstone** · Apr-30-2007, 09:51 PM

I'm honored to squeak into the 10th spot.

Lot's of surprises in this round, many I liked didn't even get one vote.

Thank you Shay for the breakdown that is very valuable information.

A big thank you to all the judges and the time they took to bring us
this excitement!

ultravox · Apr-30-2007, 11:23 PM

OMG! Thank you v.much. I am still not beliveing this. To be selected amoung such wonderful semifinalists. For me, a day to remeber.

LE. original sized down with EXIF (just for the record.

)

thebigsky · May-01-2007, 01:31 AM

Oh dear, not a single vote, rejection I can handle, but delusion, that's a whole different can of worms.

Still looking at other entries that received no votes, I'm in good company.

Charlie

Greensquared · May-01-2007, 01:44 AM

Okay, I am shocked, stunned, humbled and totally ecstatic!

I was just so happy to have found this forum and be truly inspired by you all, and now this! Thank you, thank you to everyone who has offered me encouragement and support (especially Fashiznitsngrins!). Congrats to the other SFs too - awesome job!

thebigsky · May-01-2007, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greensquared

Okay, I am shocked, stunned, humbled and totally ecstatic!

I was just so happy to have found this forum and be truly inspired by you all, and now this! Thank you, thank you to everyone who has offered me encouragement and support (especially Fashiznitzngrins!). Congrats to the other SFs too - awesome job!

Well done Greensquared, your image is in a different league to most of the other entries and I'm glad the voting reflected this.

I'm looking forward to following your progress through the competition.

Charlie

VisualXpressions · May-01-2007, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dalantech

Wow -I'm humbled to be in the company of some really great artists! Thanks!!

First of all congratulations to all semi-finalists this go around

"Soil sample" is especally noteworthy!

Dalentech... Very interesting shot, not one of my choices though; I guess because I don't understand what I'm looking at? Maybe because I haven't delved into macro photography... anyway someone please educate me? Is it artificial or organic? And what is the small flower? A reflection in a drop of water or a refrigerator magnet like my wife thinks?

Thanks
Winston

Dalantech · May-01-2007, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisualXpressions

First of all congratulations to all semi-finalists this go around

"Soil sample" is especally noteworthy!

Dalentech... Very interesting shot, not one of my choices though; I guess because I don't understand what I'm looking at? Maybe because I haven't delved into macro photography... anyway someone please educate me? Is it artificial or organic? And what is the small flower? A reflection in a drop of water or a refrigerator magnet like my wife thinks?

Thanks
Winston

I turned my kitchen sink into a studio for that one. It's a water drop falling in front of a flower and I used the flash to freeze its motion. The flower behind it (out of focus and in the upper left corner) is refracted in the drop. The real trick is getting the image of the flower in the drop in focus. I took that shot hand held and about a dozen frames before I got the drop where I wanted it. I was shooting at the minimum focusing distance of the lens (Canon's 100mm) so it is a true macro photograph (life size magnification).

Minimal post processing on the computer: I cloned out a small reflection from the flash and did a minor levels adjustment and bumped the highlights by about 5 percent. I also cloned out some of the flower in the background (odd reflection from getting damp). Spent all of five minutes in Photoshop Elements before I saved the RAW file as a jpg...

As for the theme: I looked up the word "organic" in the dictionary and one of the definitions is this:

"Fine Arts. of or pertaining to the shapes or forms in a work of art that are of irregular contour and seem to resemble or suggest forms found in nature."

So I went looking for a way to shoot something organic, to suggest the shape, but not to shoot it directly...

VisualXpressions · May-01-2007, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dalantech

I turned my kitchen sink into a studio for that one. It's a water drop falling in front of a flower and I used the flash to freeze its motion. The flower behind it (out of focus and in the upper left corner) is refracted in the drop. The real trick is getting the image of the flower in the drop in focus. I took that shot hand held and about a dozen frames before I got the drop where I wanted it. I was shooting at the minimum focusing distance of the lens (Canon's 100mm) so it is a true macro photograph (life size magnification).

Minimal post processing on the computer: I cloned out a small reflection from the flash and did a minor levels adjustment and bumped the highlights by about 5 percent. I also cloned out some of the flower in the background (odd reflection from getting damp). Spent all of five minutes in Photoshop Elements before I saved the RAW file as a jpg...

As for the theme: I looked up the word "organic" in the dictionary and one of the definitions is this:

"Fine Arts. of or pertaining to the shapes or forms in a work of art that are of irregular contour and seem to resemble or suggest forms found in nature."

So I went looking for a way to shoot something organic, to suggest the shape, but not to shoot it directly...

Absolutely amazing! I never would have guessed

Thanks so much for the explanation!

Winston

MaxThompson · May-01-2007, 04:03 AM

Congratulations to all - the "Soil Sample" is the best! These are all great shots!

Apr-30-2007, 08:28 PM	#1
Shay Stephens Artist in Residence Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York Posts: 3,162	>>> LPS#4 Semifinalists List! Congratulations are in order, the 10 dgrinners below are now qualified for the semifinal starting May 14! Post 33 - Greensquared - Soil Sample Post 10 - richtersl - I Just Want to be Human Post 16 - Dalantech - Frozen in Time Post 5 - bgaras2001 - new life Post 18 - kingmamaof2 - I Saw Her Move Post 32 - osoi - Off With Their Heads! Post 30 - seastack - Morning Fog Post 71 - JFreeman - Setting Lights During Tech Rehearsal for Dracula Post 53 - ultravox - Evolution. Post 25 - sherstone - "slice of life" And a first for the Last Photographer Standing contest, A breakdown on the voting! Position - Points - Photographer 1 - 32 - Greensquared 2 - 23 - richtersi 3 - 22 - Dalantech 4 - 21 - bgaras2001 5 - 16 - kingmamaof2 6 - 16 - osoi 7 - 15 - seastack 8 - 10 - jfreeman 9 - 10 - ultravox 10 - 10 - sherstone 11 - 9 - Povertybarn 12 - 8 - DRabbit 13 - 8 - sser 14 - 7 - JimW 15 - 7 - eoren1 16 - 6 - chertioga 17 - 6 - sunione 18 - 5 - vandana 19 - 5 - pyroPrints.com 20 - 5 - LiquidAir 21 - 4 - anwmn1 22 - 4 - speck26 23 - 4 - Annie222 24 - 3 - Aurora 25 - 3 - Tessa HD 26 - 3 - urbanaries 27 - 3 - heatherfeather 28 - 3 - shatch 29 - 2 - ristyz 30 - 2 - indiegirl 31 - 2 - annnna8888 32 - 1 - alex 33 - 1 - s.shinjin 34 - 1 - dizzy __________________ Creator of Dgrin's "Last Photographer Standing" contest "Failure is feedback. And feedback is the breakfast of champions." - fortune cookie

Apr-30-2007, 08:32 PM	#2
Nikolai Darth SLR Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: La LA land Posts: 17,398	Congrats! WTG, everybody! Special congrats for seastack: 3 out of 4! __________________ "May the f/stop be with you!" StarExplorer: on Dgrin, home Dgrin Assignments, Dgrin Shootouts, My Facebook, @DarthSLR, #NiksTips member: NAPP, PPA, partner: Adobe Comprehending life, universe and everything - one pixel at a time*

Apr-30-2007, 09:03 PM	#8
JFreeman Big grins Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 56	Thanks guys, there's some amazing photographers there to be competing with come the middle of May __________________ http://www.joshfreeman.com http://joshfreeman.smugmug.com

Apr-30-2007, 09:10 PM	#9
ChrisJ Major grins Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,013	Great shots! 6 artificial, 4 organic. Again a pretty even split. I definitely had trouble with this theme. I think fewer entries showed that others did, too. I expect a lot more shots for LPS #5! __________________ Chris

Apr-30-2007, 09:21 PM	#10
lynnesite Horses of Courses Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lake Mathews, Calif Posts: 725	Great choices, wonderful entries, congrats to the ones now movin' on. __________________ Lynne Galleries here

Apr-30-2007, 08:44 PM	#3
osoi Playing with Fire Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lynnwood, Wa Posts: 23	Great Job to all who were selected... And to all try, there were some awsome photos in this round... omg i made it....

Apr-30-2007, 08:45 PM	#4
Dalantech No cropping zone... Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,518	Wow -I'm humbled to be in the company of some really great artists! Thanks!! __________________ My SmugMug Gallery Looking for tips on macro photography? Check out my Blog: No Cropping Zone.

Apr-30-2007, 08:48 PM	#5
padu Casual Photographer Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 190	wow... that was very humbling... not even one vote. and I even thought I had some chances judging from the unnoficial popular votes... next time I promisse I won't forget the title __________________ http://padu.merlotti.com http://padu.smugmug.com www.merlotti.com Sony dslr A100, Minolta Maxxum 7000, Voighlander Bessa R and Calumet 4x5 View Camera

Apr-30-2007, 09:27 PM	#11
douglas ShOoT tO tHrIlL Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 695	Congrats everyone, great entries __________________ Best regards, douglas

Apr-30-2007, 09:51 PM	#12
sherstone ½ here Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver Island, BC., Canada Posts: 1,432	Congratulations Everyone! I'm honored to squeak into the 10th spot. Lot's of surprises in this round, many I liked didn't even get one vote. Thank you Shay for the breakdown that is very valuable information. A big thank you to all the judges and the time they took to bring us this excitement! __________________ Sean Moderator of the Dgrin Challenges

Apr-30-2007, 11:23 PM	#13
ultravox Such a beginner... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bucharest / Romania Posts: 775	OMG! Thank you v.much. I am still not beliveing this. To be selected amoung such wonderful semifinalists. For me, a day to remeber. LE. original sized down with EXIF (just for the record.) Attached Images __________________ Cristian. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. - John Lennon. Last edited by ultravox; May-01-2007 at 01:54 AM.

May-01-2007, 01:31 AM	#14
thebigsky Cloudbusting Join Date: May 2006 Location: SE England Posts: 1,060	Oh dear, not a single vote, rejection I can handle, but delusion, that's a whole different can of worms. Still looking at other entries that received no votes, I'm in good company. Charlie __________________ thebigsky.smugmug.com Fine art flower photographs Last edited by thebigsky; May-01-2007 at 03:11 AM.

May-01-2007, 01:44 AM	#15
Greensquared Lost my lens cap Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cartersville, GA Posts: 2,102	Okay, I am shocked, stunned, humbled and totally ecstatic! I was just so happy to have found this forum and be truly inspired by you all, and now this! Thank you, thank you to everyone who has offered me encouragement and support (especially Fashiznitsngrins!). Congrats to the other SFs too - awesome job!

May-01-2007, 04:03 AM	#20
MaxThompson Red Rider Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 92	Congratulations to all - the "*Soil Sample" is the best! These are all great shots! __________________ Max*

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