Photo Contest #59 - church [voting]

[HomeInMyShoes]

Spectacular turnout everyone. It is definitely going to take me a few looks through to pick my choice. I hope I got everything right here.


1) untitled


2) Church of Decay


3) untitled


4) untitled


5)


6) Temple of God Temple of Commerce


7) untitled


8)


9) Interesting Angle


10) Westminster Presbitarian Gateway


11) untitled


12) untitled


13) untitled


14) Heaven's Above


15) Crane Valley United Church


16) untitled


17) Through the Cross


18)


19) Brophy Prep, Phoenix Arizona


20) untitled

[olga]

Oh my, this was tough.

I like the grit in #2, the motif in #5, the symbolism in #6, the colors and the building in #7, the reflection on the wall in #8, the craziness in #11, the light and composition in #13, the signs in #15, the contrast in #16 and the colors in #19. I think I'll go for #7 or #13 but I haven't decided yet.

[brickell]

very tought, went with 17 for the creativity of it.

[hackunion]

I would have chosen 7 if only something more was happening in the sky, but you can't really help that. So, I chose #2.

[olga]

if only something more was happening in the sky

Like God showing his face?

[hackunion]

Hahaha maybe.
A flock of birds, or a raincloud would have made it almost perfect though, no?

[KevinFromTexas]

Very hard choice. Easily the most difficult pick yet. Even if there were half the entries we had it still would have been very hard. All good entries. There was at least 13 that I considered, and narrowed it to 4. I ended up going with number 3. Very close, though. Some of the others were favorites of mine for their creativity, composition and interesting views.

[Aleks]

all so nice!! too bad I can only choose 1. Is there going to be another competition right after this one closes?

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Yes. The winner picks the next round. I usually give people a week rounding up a bit after the winner chooses and voting lasts a week so there's a new round to enter about every 15 or 16 days. The next one should be announced on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.

[BigBird9]

Wow, a bunch of good pics. But number seven stuck out to me.

[djvandrake]

#12 for me. Wonderful composition and technically the most difficult exposure. Very, very well done.

[KevinFromTexas]

I had a photo that I should have entered. I'm always so critical of mine, though and rarely think of them as worthy of being in the contest.

[plinko]

Oh man. Some of these are so exceptional.

I ended up going with #7.

[Eigenwelt]

Alot of nice images, but 15 really caught my eye. Not surprising, since it's so close to my own aestetic.

Good job all.

[rockyi]

Wow! That's the most entries I've seen in a long time.
I'm going to have to think about this one.

[HomeInMyShoes]

I thought long and hard and went with number 2. I really really liked a lot of them and I'm surprised a few of them like 5 haven't received a vote yet. It just had so many messages and meanings to me.

[Boris]

These are all very good. There are several that are stand outs.

[Connect]

I picked #3. Top to bottom these are all great!!!! photos!!!!!

[SomeFormOFhuman]

I didn't want to participate this competition anyway, I always get the feeling that my pictures aren't good enough for competitions and always have that sick feeling of loosing. So far I haven't entered in any contests at all. Call me sick if you like.


Here are my two pics that relates to the subject.





Also, you people have the nicest churches around, here in Singapore we don't have much to shoot for, (all of those huge Romanesque or Gothic Cathedrals you have) and well, certain photography isn't allowed in churches here. And most of the churches are all renovated with modern finishes which I hate it.

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Anyway back to the subject, I choose No. 5