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HomeInMyShoes
Dec 5, 2006, 3:16 PM
Absolutely unbelievable turnout everyone. Every photo here is straight out of a magazine. Spectacular. I have no idea which to vote for. Happy voting and enjoy the eye-candy. #14 is a dual-photo entry

1) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_001.jpg

2) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_002.jpg

3) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_003.jpg

4)http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_004.jpg

5)http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_005.jpg

6) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_006.jpg
"HAKING'S"

7) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_007.jpg

8) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_008.jpg
"Noel"

9) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_009.jpg

10) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_010.jpg

11) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_012.jpg

12) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_013.jpg

13) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_014.jpg

14) http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_011a.jpghttp://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/PhotoContests/Contest0044/Contest0044_011b.jpg

Upward
Dec 5, 2006, 8:05 PM
Yep, this contest brought out some nice photos.

Thanks for spicing them up with the borders, too.

Ex-Ithacan
Dec 5, 2006, 10:56 PM
Amazing collection of pics. Seems these contests just get harder and harder to choose. I'm going with the urban/scraper theme of #7, but there's certainly many other I would be happy to see win.

MJPhilly
Dec 6, 2006, 4:15 AM
Damn, great entries here everyone.

Sacto
Dec 6, 2006, 4:56 AM
Great photos yo all!

1ajs
Dec 6, 2006, 8:05 AM
ya number 7 is prity good being this is a skyscraper forum it will probly win lol and it deserves it if it does

KevinFromTexas
Dec 6, 2006, 8:29 AM
10 really spoke to me. I like it.

LSyd
Dec 6, 2006, 4:38 PM
1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12...hell, these are all great. everyone's a winner this contest.

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BroncoCSU05
Dec 6, 2006, 6:46 PM
wow, #10 is sharp and lit well...


sometimes it's about what's actually in focus as much as there is out of focus and that one KILLS. there isn't a sharper image in the whole lot

Upward
Dec 7, 2006, 1:22 AM
Well, at least this time he's not going to win with more votes than all the other pictures combined...

Ninjatune
Dec 7, 2006, 4:53 AM
c'mon now... this ones far from over... i think this is the best group we've ever had... great work everyone.

svast
Dec 7, 2006, 11:08 PM
I had to look at the different pic's many times to pic the best :worship:

staff
Dec 8, 2006, 5:12 AM
Great entries everyone!

rockyi
Dec 9, 2006, 2:42 PM
I looked at them several times also, but for some reason #2 kept coming back to me.
Simple yet colorful.

dvstampa
Dec 11, 2006, 8:29 AM
No. 1 caught my eye because of my love of dance music and my interest in nightlife photos. But the winner in my eyes is No. 7. The composition, color and skyscraper theme is amazing!

gripja
Dec 12, 2006, 12:51 AM
I guess I don't understand the topic. In #7 the green in the stoplight is crystal clear but it would be better, I believe, if the out of focus part of the picture began elsewhere on the stoplight. The building and crane are so far away they should appear to be out of focus regardless.

I like 7 as a picture, the framing, color, very nice. But for this theme I would say 1,2,3,4,6,10,11 and 12 cover the theme better.

Upward
Dec 12, 2006, 2:11 AM
Those are pretty much my thoughts on this. #7 is a great picture, but it's not the greatest example of the theme. I really don't think people take the theme into account much when they vote in these contests.

Ninjatune
Dec 12, 2006, 2:47 AM
yeah.. i see your point... never thought about it like that..

i just thought heavy blur, f/1.4... bada bing bada bang - s-DOF

sorry :(

Upward
Dec 12, 2006, 5:43 AM
No reason to apologize for a great photo. I thought I had this one nailed with f/1.2, though ;)

HomeInMyShoes
Dec 12, 2006, 6:54 PM
Well, great round everyone. Really cool stuff and great uses of shallow depth of field. Congratulations Ninjatune for the winning entry. So what's next Ninjatune? As long as we close entries by next Tuesday, I can get the contest up without any problems, otherwise, I'll be disappearing for the holidays.

I'm disappointed my F1.4 pencil crayons didn't place better, but oh well.

Here's the list of participants. Great to see some new and less regular names:
1) BroncoCSU05
2) HomeInMyShoes
3) flar
4) gripja
5) i_am_hydrogen
6) 1ajs
7) Ninjatune
8) Plantboy
9) MJPhilly
10) fangorangutang
11) Lsyd
12) Upward
13) Architype
14) GR2NY

BroncoCSU05
Dec 12, 2006, 7:48 PM
woah, my pic jumped into 2nd place! coolness.

-GR2NY-
Jan 17, 2007, 3:33 PM
My stuff was good, but with the camera I was using I had no sporting chance against you guys.



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