Simple Faith
by StuckOnTheFarm

Comment by charmayne:
Congratulations on your 4th place! A beautifull scene in color as well as the b/w! love it! Very nicely captured and presented, a pleasure to view

Simple Faith
by StuckOnTheFarm

Comment by philup:
Congratulations on the 4th place


Message edited by author 2006-12-10 17:40:58.

Simple Faith
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Comment by graphicfunk:
A ribbon worthy charmer of a gem! Congratulations on your 4th place.

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Comment by owen:
Congrats on your 4th place with this nice scene Laura.

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Comment by Skip:

Originally posted by Cutter: Originally posted by skiprow: what a laugh! ...i guess we should ask shannon why he uses plotter prints all the time, or ask manny why he shoots portraits of beautiful girls all the time, or larus why he shoots landscapes and women all the time...thanks for providing some fodder for the b!+chbag ;-). That was a fairly rude remark. i happen to be one of the the dissenters on this one. This is nothing like Scalvert or Librodo or Larus. Those are unique works with similar techniques. This is the (basically) same shot. it is about the integrity of the site and the photographers. I don't believe it is about complaining, but more about the simple question: why? Raising concern is not the same thing as bitching. I would equally raise concern if it got a 4.5.

rude in the eye of the beholder. this has NOTHING to do with the integrity of the site. it's about how the voters react to images. simply put, THEY LIKED IT. there is no concern here, because if it had been the same shot, it would have been dq'd. and, if you don't like my examples, fine, but you're missing my point: those, and other winners, are here to COMPETE, and they do what they do to get high scores. if laura found a way that works for her, cheers to her.

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Comment by escapetooz:

Originally posted by Cutter: Originally posted by skiprow: what a laugh! ...i guess we should ask shannon why he uses plotter prints all the time, or ask manny why he shoots portraits of beautiful girls all the time, or larus why he shoots landscapes and women all the time...thanks for providing some fodder for the b!+chbag ;-). That was a fairly rude remark. i happen to be one of the the dissenters on this one. This is nothing like Scalvert or Librodo or Larus. Those are unique works with similar techniques. This is the (basically) same shot. it is about the integrity of the site and the photographers. I don't believe it is about complaining, but more about the simple question: why? Raising concern is not the same thing as bitching. I would equally raise concern if it got a 4.5.

Completely agreed. It's not just the same subject, it's the same angle and cropping. Essentially the same. My real question is what can you learn from just reapeating the same shot with no major changes? I'm not debating that it is a beautiful shot. It is.

Simple Faith
by StuckOnTheFarm

Comment by Cutter:

Originally posted by skiprow: what a laugh! ...i guess we should ask shannon why he uses plotter prints all the time, or ask manny why he shoots portraits of beautiful girls all the time, or larus why he shoots landscapes and women all the time...thanks for providing some fodder for the b!+chbag ;-).

That was a fairly rude remark. i happen to be one of the the dissenters on this one. This is nothing like Scalvert or Librodo or Larus. Those are unique works with similar techniques. This is the (basically) same shot. it is about the integrity of the site and the photographers. I don't believe it is about complaining, but more about the simple question: why? Raising concern is not the same thing as bitching. I would equally raise concern if it got a 4.5.

Simple Faith
by StuckOnTheFarm

Comment by Brad:
My initial thought was similar to some regarding using the same shot again, but it isn't the same shot, and you are right about why not use your best of the month again - it's been done many times before, and will be done many times after this.

I loved the b&w and now this color verison is equally as amazing.
Congrats on your high placings on both shots, as they are truly magnificent.

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Comment by gsal:
No reason to be offensive to Laura for entering the same shot. Even though we can find it astonishing I have to say that the voters respond is more surprising. If someone is to blame for the high score its must be the voters. Have to say I like the b&w better. Much better.

Message edited by author 2006-12-08 12:51:19.

Simple Faith
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Comment by Skip:
what a laugh! why enter the same subject again?!? i guess most of the voters didn't realize it until it was too late ;-)

i guess we should ask shannon why he uses plotter prints all the time, or ask manny why he shoots portraits of beautiful girls all the time, or larus why he shoots landscapes and women all the time...

my first reaction was holy smokes, he pulled it off with the same basic shot--and nobody noticed. well, nobody but the 8 that really took offense to it.

thanks for providing some fodder for the b!+chbag ;-). enjoy your well-deserved score.