Flower Power
by MrYu

Comment:
nice backdrop you've got there. if anything this photo is TOO yellow, over qualified for the job :)

balls
by toivo

Comment:
yes, you got some balls to post that :)

Stroke of Brilliance
by JCDean

Comment:
good title. the photo is not so interesting and since it does not spark my interest I have no suggestions on how to do it better. On a technical note: you could try to set the WB on your camera to the paper (to effectively remove it - or at least that's what I think will happen) and a second lightsource to the L and Down to remove the darker L side. Good luck. /5 for meeting the challenge.

Fresh Squeezed
by smokeditor

Comment:
very nice except for the splinter (of seed?) in the R one.

Sun Voyager and the Moon
by Gauti

Comment:
Thank you all for great comments.

When I was shooting I had no idea this would turn out this well. I was actually trying my new tripod mount for moon shots and this was a convenient location. Just snapped off a few of the sculpture for fun. I didn't like the colours in the original so I did a colour cast removal, and then the sky turned a funny colour. Grayscale to the rescue, but lost a lot of details in the BG/sky because of all of the above.

What I really like in this photo are the rays from the moon (effect of 14.1 aperture) and metallic shine on the sculpture itself.

This was the full frame, no crop, so the image couldnt be any larger. If I had move further away (to get the whole sculpture in) I'd lose the moon from it's nice spot and get in a lot of distracting elements (pavement, steps, lights etc). Same goes for landscape orientation.

As some mentioned, Arngrímur, did a shot of the same. Here it is:


The sculpure is called Sólfarið which I'd prefer to translate as The vessel of the Sun but the artist himself translated as Sun Voyager. The artist is Jón Gunnar �rnason (1931-1989) who has created many beautiful sculpture out of stainless steel. This is one of my fav. I think this one is from 1971 but I could easily be wrong

Edit: verified, 1971 is right.

Message edited by author 2005-01-11 22:14:31.

Moonrise Over Stonehenge
by EddyG

Comment:
Congrats EddyG
You know you're awfully close to a DQ on this rule:
Artwork. Literal photographic representations of existing works of art (including your own) are not considered acceptable submissions, however creative depictions or interpretations are permissible. This includes, but is not limited to paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, computer artwork, computer monitors, and televisions. A literal representation is one which is composed in such a way as to compel the voter to rate only the work of art represented and not the artistic decisions made by the photographer (e.g., lighting, composition, background elements, etc).

probably with 2 different artworks, you're OK

Edit:
just out of curiosity, what happens when a SC is req for DQ?

Edit #2: you should probably rename it to TV Moonrise of Styrofoamhenge :)

Message edited by author 2004-12-13 10:33:19.

Can Be Seen From Everywhere..Just Not Like This
by spydr

Comment:
cool, finally an IR shot close to a ribbon

Impact
by Malachi

Comment:
well this fits the chalenge description right on:
Details: Photograph your interpretation of the color yellow. The color yellow must lead to the impact of the photo
the only nag I have is that for such a dynamic subject the photo seems to be very static. motion blur on the hammer/nail might be worth looking into

Cat Scan
by Brad

Comment:
Ok, 2nd try. I wrote quite a long post about 1 1/2 2 hrs ago but it disappeard during post. so now I copy and paste into notepad before posting.

First: congrats Brad,
you ribbon hog :)

Second: I think I can see both sides of this debate.
Like Apollo2077 and jonr said the photo is a bit "flat" If you look at it from an kinda artsy perspective you see what I mean. It's very centered (L/R and T/B), the light is flat and not interesting and the BG is featureless (almost non-existent).
BUT: for this challenge this photo is perfect - well we already knew that from the blue ribbon :) - it's to the point, easy to understand if you've ever heard of a Computed Axial Tomography scan (actually the title of your photo should be CAT scan) and the BG does not interfer with the punch line.

You post:

Originally posted by BradP: ...snip... If you have suggestions, please offer them. I have no way to better my photographs without your help.

OK, I have some on the BG:
Make it look medical or like a hospital. Use a white (sterile looking) BG with medical props: needles, syringes, stetoscopes etc. Have some lab technicians - no not the ones CJ had doing the lab test :) - in the BG, preferably OOF unless you get DrJones to lend you a hand with models. If the scanner has a button to push, have a gloved (white latex gloves) hand pushing the button.

Of course the problem with a BG like that is that is becomes cluttered and draws attention from the main subject, so maybe the black was the best choice. BTW how did you make it so completely black?

I did not enter this challenge since I couldn't think of anything that would work. My sense of humour is more verbal (puns, one-liners, wordplay etc) but not so visual and I had problems with that. But you showed me the way: classic one-liners, just like a cartoon. So if I can visualise something that could be in The Farside then it'll probably work. (or simply photograph something out of the farside, hmm..... interesting idea).
Now I have one idea that could work, except it's about 2 weeks too late :(

Congrats again
and keep up the good work

ps sorry about the long post

Tall and Proud
by Artan

Comment:
something shouts: too much PS