Photo Challenge 10: Judging

rymus

13 entries, all on display here -> http://photos.hotshotireland.com/thumbnails.php?album=12

Vote for your favorite.

evilhomer

Oh, looks like I just made the deadline

rymus

yeah I was thinking that myself.. You couldn't have cut it much finer

Progen

rymus wrote:

yeah I was thinking that myself.. You couldn't have cut it much finer

Argh if I read the rules right!! I thoguht it had to be straight photo... I would have entered this version (at a bigger size obviously) if I'd have only read correctly!:

Ah sure, will know for next time

Shrimp

Some v nice ones there.

evilhomer

rymus wrote:

yeah I was thinking that myself.. You couldn't have cut it much finer

I'm lucky like that

Where is your entry rymus?

rymus

didnt bother this month.. I knew what I was going to enter but never did cos of the whole organising the holidays thang.. ah well

eas

Shrimp wrote:

Some v nice ones there.

yep well done all - my favs are Shrimps, Dalks, and edunons - very nice.

good luck

440Hz

Spent so long trying to decide which to submit that I forgot all about the deadline... ah well. Well done to all on some great shots.

Shrimp, that is a fantastic capture. I love the contrast of the empty space. Something very haunting about this shot. Well done.

dalk

Yeah, some very nice pics.

My top three is Esavoie's, Shrimp's & Edunon's..

Shrimp

Thanks for the compliments guys!

captain P

I forgot to enter! whoops, ah well. Anyway, some really cool stuff there.

edunon

dalk and eas, thank you for the compliments!!!

It's my first entry here.

My favorites are esavoie and shrimp.

Shrimp

thanks edunon

Progen

Shrimp wrote:

thanks edunon

Great photos, Edunon got my vote... Looks great.. something I'd expect to see in "Hotshots" of DC Mag.

brianjg's is also good - only downside imo is the background, but all in all great photo.

rabbitinlights

@ shrimp, what post processing did you do? Very nice shot.

Shrimp

rabbitinlights wrote:

@ shrimp, what post processing did you do? Very nice shot.

ok, well bassically, this was a matter of finding a dark enough area with one scource of light. A soft diffuse effect was added to enhance the angelic look in his eyes. Of course then conversion to B&W + Contrast.

eas

Shrimp wrote:

ok, well bassically, this was a matter of finding a dark enough area with one scource of light. A soft diffuse effect was added to enhance the angelic look in his eyes. Of course then conversion to B&W + Contrast.

looks like theres a fair bit of dodging and burning in there as well?....like along the bridge of the nose,upper lip and top of eye brow? I may be wrong tho, the lighting just seems bit odd to be completely natural.

Shrimp

dodging and burning = contrast...

eas

Shrimp wrote:

dodging and burning = contrast...

not in my book.

Shrimp

What???

Do you even know what the word contrast means?

eas

Shrimp wrote:

What???

Do you even know what the word contrast means?

funny, I'm thinking the same thing about you....

contrast adjustments are used to increase/decrease the TONAL DIFFERENCE between light and dark areas of a photo.

dodging and burning is for adjusting EXPOSURE on specific areas of a photo.

I can understand why your confused thinking they are the same thing, the results can be similar, but they're different processes all together.

Shrimp

The end results are the same.. by darkening the black, and lightening the white I am creating contrast.. your argument is fruitless anyway..

eas

who's arguing? All I did was explain the differences between adjusting contrast and dodging and burning.

If I told you aperture and shutter speeds where the same thing because they both effect the amount of time light hits the film or sensor surely you'd correct me?

rabbitinlights

The skin looks very strange in the photo. any chance at a look at the original?

Shrimp

eas wrote:

who's arguing? All I did was explain the differences between adjusting contrast and dodging and burning.

If I told you aperture and shutter speeds where the same thing because they both effect the amount of time light hits the film or sensor surely you'd correct me?

thats a terrible comparison.. aperture controls DOF too..

Shrimp

rabbitinlights wrote:

The skin looks very strange in the photo. any chance at a look at the original?

Diffuse..

eas

Shrimp wrote:

thats a terrible comparison.. aperture controls DOF too..

adolescence.

Shrimp

What?

Gordon

Jesus, shut up you two.

eas

Gordon wrote:

Jesus, shut up you two.

yep.

Zillah

Shrimp wrote:

The skin looks very strange in the photo. any chance at a look at the original?
Diffuse..

Yeah I second that. It looks very manipulated, I'd love to see the original for comparison.

rymus

wayhay, congrats to Shrimp (1st place), esavoie (2nd place) and edunon (3rd). Your prizes are in the post

Shrimp

Thank you!

Zombrex

Shrimp wrote:

Thank you!

Great shot Shrimp, great atmosphere

Shrimp

thanks!