Hurrell's Starlet
by jenesis

Comment:
Berniece Abbott once said something to the effect, when shooting a picture the most importent part of the image of a person is their eyes. If the eyes are in focus that will be a great image. Thus the 9 on this one.
Between the eyes and the background lighting this is an amazing shot.

Changing New York Berneice Abbott
by slingshot

Comment:
I would have done this in B&W to tribute a great photographer like Berneice Abbott. Angles are nice and the crop is good but B&W would have made it a 10 as is I'll give you a 9 since I think the reason you didn't make it B&W was because it is a changing NY. Good image overall though.

Ansel
by drake217

Comment:
Ansel?.....Ansel who?


Kidding very nice.

Just playing with you since everyone else had to make the title his whole name, like I wouldn't know it was Ansel Goldstein. :) He was a great photographer wasn't he? So don't tell anyone but this got a 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.3(russin Judge) 9.9 (American Judge) and a 10 from me. Very nice.

Out of nowhere
by LalliSig

Comment:
This should have won. But 4th isn't bad higher then I have even been. Excellent job as I said in my post.

Oh, the pics I would take if I were invisible...
by notesinstones

Comment:
Wow this is so interesting and original. Love to learn someday how you got this.

Regurgitated Dreams
by JPR

Comment:
I don't know if this is within the rules but besides that, I think it is too dark and even with the help of the title it makes no sense to me. It isn't interesting but I know you put a lot of work into it and maybe if it was brighter. This is more of an artistic rendition of a photograph or photographs. I thought we didn't do that here? Maybe I am wrong. In another context you might find this gets a lot of approval.

Eye Contact
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I knew this would win. This was my only 10 in this challenge. I loved it. great job.

You Think You Know Me.
by MPRPRO

Comment:
I have a few comments to make on these results.

First and most obvious, for an image to have over 640 views while voting and only 270 votes I guess there are a bunch of masochists out there. If the picture wasn't worth voting on I guess you just like torturing yourself with mediocrity.

Or maybe it is a good photograph and you can't bring yourself to appreciate it with a better vote because of some misplaced puritan guilt. Who voted a one, please give me a break?

Now on the comments given during this challenge voting; I appreciate all of your words. I do not agree with all of them but I wanted to let you know nothing was a surprise. The people that gave constructive critique, you have no idea how much I appreciate it; thank you.

This image was taken while at a figure workshop in Philadelphia. I didn't shoot this image for this challenge. I shot this for the studio owner so she could show people how the workshop looked. When I got home last week and saw it I thought if there was ever an image that singled out someone that I took this was it. No there wasn't a lot of DOF and yes the light is more of what singles out the model. Oh and yes it is candid the photographers in the foreground didn't know I took the picture.

The reason the image was cropped as it was is; I wanted more then two photographers in the foreground. I didn't notice the need to rotate the picture until Bradp brought it up, I now see that TY Brad. I also would have cropped out the coat rack on the wall if I didn't want the third photographer in the image. However I did want the light stand and umbrella on the left in the image to show it was shot in a studio.

As far as the rules of a challenge, it amazes me how some people treat the rules as if they were written in stone and some would not hold you to them if it was a good image. I don't think I have ever seen so many different opinions on any of my images. From DMC to OMG awesome.

Bottom line, there is no accounting for taste, mine or yours. As far as I am concerned the 647 people who viewed this image during voting proved to me this was as good as I believed it was. Thanks for viewing.

BTW the image that won? That was my only 10 in this challenge. So yea I know what was the closest to the challenge suggestions and also what makes a great picture. I just chose to enter this one which I also think was a good one maybe not a 10 but come on it is not a one or two or three, you people must have some kind of hang up with the human body or something. I don't know, I still feel great with this and nobody can change that.

Oh and lastly (I promise I am done after this) the title was a commentary on the GWC's at the figure study. See there were some really great photographers who were polite to the models and had excellent skills and provided many much appreciated words of wisdom and advice to all who asked and would listen. However, there were many guys with cameras who snapped their fingers and whistled to the models as if they were pets and didn't have names. These people I distained. Ergo the title, maybe some photographers took umbrage at that. I hope not it was directed at the GWC̢۪s.

Be well all.

Mike



Message edited by author 2006-01-23 01:01:53.

Road Narrows
by bobgaither

Comment:
This isn't a great photograph however, it is a great image. Good job.

Just Let Her Cry
by KaDi

Comment:
Don't even hav a clue it's all blurry.