>>> VOTE for the 2.1 (Moving Forward) winning photo!

DoctorIt · May 27, 2008

Congratulations to all entrants of the first round back in the DGrin Challenges!
:clap

Our judges, Vandana and Greensquared, have chosen the following finalists from which your votes will select the winner. I would like to note, that in their independent selections for ten best photos, they agreed on 5 - giving us 15 finalists!

This is an open vote, all DGrin members are eligible to have their say. The poll closes 3 days from now, go go go!!!

In order of entry, the best Moving Forward photos:

2 - pyroPrints.com - O, that way madness lies

5 - shatch - A change of heart

8 - davev - Moving on

17 - VelvtRide - Power of moving forward

18 - redkulas - Going home

20 – jvismara – All together now

21 – crayzphotography – To get to the other side

22 - eoren1 - Baby steps

24 - jeffreaux2 - Released

37 - NikonsandVstroms - Porter

38 – imax - Debt consolidation

39 – HoofClix – With full hind sight

40 - swintonphoto - Burning pain

41 - Karrie McD - One life

50 - Kubben - Paddling the high seas

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The entry thread was here.

The critique thread, including the critique on these finalists directly from your judges is here.

DoctorIt · May 27, 2008

Thanks to everyone who voted so far... remember, anyone on DGrin is eligible to vote. You don't have to be a Challenge regular.

DoctorIt · May 28, 2008

Still more than 24 hours left to vote... make your choice!

VelvtRide · May 28, 2008

DoctorIt wrote:

Still more than 24 hours left to vote... make your choice!

Where the hell is the nail biting smilie?

millerlisa · May 29, 2008

So Difficult
So difficult to pick just one, they are ALL wonderful!!!!

Lisa

DoctorIt · May 29, 2008

Less than 8 hours to go... VOTE!

seastack · May 30, 2008

My vote goes to ....

tsk1979 · May 30, 2008

seastack wrote:

My vote goes to ....

Huh

hung

VelvtRide · May 30, 2008

Holy cow!! I can't believe I won!

(I did win, right? I keep thinking something is wrong with the poll because it can't be me that won?!)

To be up against so many talented photogs with absolutely awesome images did wonders to my ego... I never, in a million years, would have thought I could win something like this.

All the images are beautiful! I wanted to vote for them all and had a hard time chosing. I hope this is a new begining for me in this field...

It's a great start, for sure.

Thanks to all who voted!

shatch · May 30, 2008

Congrats Vlvtride! Great photo very worthy of a win. And to everyone else...this was a great round of some very amazing photos. More than one winner in this group for sure. This is going to be a great year for photography!!

OK...what's next?

VelvtRide · May 30, 2008

shatch wrote:

Congrats Vlvtride! Great photo very worthy of a win.

OK...what's next?

Thanks, shatch! Your photo was absolutely fantastic! You're very creative.

And that's what I was thinking.... what's next?

Netgarden · May 30, 2008

Excellent photo Velvtride! You deserve to win!

Tell us more about the photo, it's awesome!

VelvtRide · May 30, 2008

Netgarden wrote:

Excellent photo Velvtride! You deserve to win!
Tell us more about the photo, it's awesome!

I only cropped it and did some very light contrast post processing in PS. I wanted the clouds to have more depth and lighten the truck up a bit. I took a bazillion pics and it was hard to choose the right one for this contest - it was a dream to shoot.

The background of the pic are not clouds - it's smoke generated from the engines. And it was an unbelievable amount, too. You just couldn't get a bad picture!

Thanks for the kind words!

pyroPrints.com · May 30, 2008

VelvtRide wrote:

Holy cow!! I can't believe I won! (I did win, right? I keep thinking something is wrong with the poll because it can't be me that won?!)

Thanks to all who voted!

Very cool =c) Good Job

VelvtRide · May 30, 2008

pyroPrints.com wrote:

Very cool =c) Good Job

I appreciate that... thank you! I loved the creativity of your photo - that's where I'll have the most trouble, I think. I'm not very creative, but I try to have a good eye!

crayzphotography · May 30, 2008

Good shot! and Congratulations

. Cant go wrong with lots of Fire and smoke IMO. I am happy to be in the top 15 on the very first round and eagerly await Round 2

!

-crayz

pyroPrints.com · May 30, 2008

crayzphotography wrote:

Good shot! and Congratulations . Cant go wrong with lots of Fire and smoke IMO. I am happy to be in the top 15 on the very first round and eagerly await Round 2 !

-crayz

Top 12 even =c)

crayzphotography · May 30, 2008

pyroPrints.com wrote:

Top 12 even =c)

suits me just fine, had to tell all my friends and family not to try to vote for me. So 6 votes (5+me

) is excellent. I hope to have a brand new lens for round 2. Also I am getting married in 1 week, I hope i can get an entry in for round 2.

jeffreaux2 · May 30, 2008

Congratulations VelvtRide!!! ..and to all those who placed.

...and thanks to all of those who voted and participated. I am flattered that some of those votes were for my own photo!

eoren1 · May 30, 2008

Congratulations VelvtRide! Like I told you earlier... this felt like a very slow horse race with us changing positions repeatedly. Fun to watch though.
I still can't believe that my daughter's toes made it that far - never had a top 5 finish before! Thanks for all those that voted for the image. Yet another one of those image that I never would have taken had it not been for the dgrin challenges!
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VelvtRide · May 30, 2008

Thanks, eoren1, jeffreaux2, crazyphotography & pyroprints! I'm amazed to even be in the same catagory with each of you - and all the others as well. Amazing and talented you all are.

DoctorIt · May 30, 2008

Congratulations Velvt! Very nice photo!

And congrats to all the other competitors, and another big thank you to our judges, Vandana and Greensquared.

And all others, sorted:

Place - Photog-Title - #Votes - Percent%

1 - VelvtRide - Power of moving forward - 40 - 20.51%
2 - eoren1 - Baby steps - 35 - 17.95%
3 - jeffreaux2 - Released - 21 - 10.77%
4 - shatch - A change of heart - 13 - 6.67%
5 - davev - Moving on - 13 - 6.67%
6 - NikonsandVstroms - Porter - 13 - 6.67%
7 - Kubben - Paddling the high seas - 12 - 6.15%
8 - jvismara – All together now - 10 - 5.13%
9 - imax - Debt consolidation - 10 - 5.13%
10 - pyroPrints.com - O, that way madness lies - 8 - 4.10%
11 - redkulas - Going home - 7 - 3.59%
12 - crayzphotography – To get to the other side - 6 - 3.08%
13 - swintonphoto - Burning pain - 4 - 2.05%
14 - HoofClix – With full hind sight - 2 - 1.03%
15 - Karrie McD - One life - 1 - 0.51%

VelvtRide · May 30, 2008

DoctorIt wrote:

Congratulations Velvt! Very nice photo!

And congrats to all the other competitors, and another big thank you to our judges, Vandana and Greensquared.

And all others, sorted:

Place - Photog-Title - #Votes - Percent%

1 - VelvtRide - Power of moving forward - 40 - 20.51%
2 - eoren1 - Baby steps - 35 - 17.95%
3 - jeffreaux2 - Released - 21 - 10.77%
4 - shatch - A change of heart - 13 - 6.67%
5 - davev - Moving on - 13 - 6.67%
6 - NikonsandVstroms - Porter - 13 - 6.67%
7 - Kubben - Paddling the high seas - 12 - 6.15%
8 - jvismara – All together now - 10 - 5.13%
9 - imax - Debt consolidation - 10 - 5.13%
10 - pyroPrints.com - O, that way madness lies - 8 - 4.10%
11 - redkulas - Going home - 7 - 3.59%
12 - crayzphotography – To get to the other side - 6 - 3.08%
13 - swintonphoto - Burning pain - 4 - 2.05%
14 - HoofClix – With full hind sight - 2 - 1.03%
15 - Karrie McD - One life - 1 - 0.51%

Thanks Vandana and Greensquared!! A tough job, as I'm about to find out... your efforts are commended. Thanks for putting me on the top 10 list.

Greensquared · May 30, 2008

Congrats VelvtRide for a much deserving image!

The Curious Camel · May 30, 2008

A big Congrats to Velvet Ride. Awesome shot...

Thanks to Emily and Vandana and Erik. You Rock!!!

Peace, gail

Karrie McD · May 31, 2008

Congrats!
The winning shot is a very cool shot indeed!! Great job!!!! And Congrats!!!!

This is a lot of fun to participate in! I'm looking forward to the next challenge.

NikonsandVstroms · May 31, 2008

Congratulations Velvt!

And also thanks to everyone who voted for my photo, I'm still being shocked by the results that can be made from the ultracompact point-and-shoot and I'll see everyone next round

davev · May 31, 2008

Congrat's VelvtRide and to everyone else that entered.

Thanks to the judges and thanks also to the fine folks that voted for my shot.
You all have impeccable taste.

It's good to have the challenges back.

VelvtRide · May 31, 2008

Thanks for the kudos, everybody. I still can't believe it!

Winning feels pretty dang good for a n00b.

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