Reflecting On Self
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
This is totally awesome and very well done. The photo (I assume it's one and then flippled?) is wonderfully done in the lowkey fashion, and the border just adds to it. Very nice job here! I'm giving it my second -10- of the challenge

ojinika
by SatelliteSpeck

Comment:
What a sensual photo. The strands of hair at the side make this picture. I really like it. The soft feel of a not too sharp photo, which I'm guessing was intentional to go with what looks to be a kind and soft person. Simple and nice... a well done photo. Good luck! -9-

Dignity
by Paulk

Comment:
Interesting... hard to tell if this is an old man, or a mask. I really like it. The eyes kind of bother me, I wish I could see them more, they look so sunken and eerie. I think in this case I would have actually liked to have seen more of the left side of the face, it is almost too black, but I guess thats the challenge. Awesome texture here! -8-

My entertainment center
by camelotnorth

Comment:
I know that this was an open editing challenge, but what you did to this photo makes it, in my mind, appear to be overprocessed, and look like a drawing/water color or something. I'm not sure I really care for what you did here. I think that emphasis on a photography website should still be put on the original picture more than the editing, even in an free for all editing challenge. Just my opinion though.

Timeless Youth
by dodobird

Comment:
The thumb looks pitch black, the photo looks fricking awesome! Very cool usage of both low key photography and black on black. excellent job! I'm guessing quite a bit of this was done in photoshop, but it's just very well done. I like your use of negative space on the left side of the photo, makes you wonder what this kid is looking at. Once again... well done, this is the photo that first caught me eye, it's the first one I'm voting on, so it's definitely my first 10 :-) Good lucK!

Sports Illustrated
by RiderGal

Comment:
To everyone who commented on my image during and after the challenge THANK YOU! This was a very meaningful shot to me in a few ways...
1) It was my first pro game with a press pass
2) It was my first pro, championship game (with or without a press pass)
3) My first time getting to work with Bob Deutsch, a wonderful, seasoned photographer who is the main USA Today photographer stationed in NYC
4) My first ribbon on DPC
5) It's a part of history, the Spurs won the championships :-)
6) I managed to get it in the very short time I had to shoot because I was there to edit... 10 minutes!
Plus I just enjoyed shooting it... I LOVE SPORTS!

Let me just say, I am so pleased to have gotten a ribbon, let alone a blue ribbon, let alone in open against 231 other photos! What an honor because there definitely was some good stuff in there! This whole week I was on edge... and the last 30 minutes before the switchover I was seriously BOUNCING off the walls. When I found out I had gotten first there were so many friends from DPC there to support me and share in my happiness which made it all the better! Thanks to everyone!

A few more details for all of those who were so curious on how I got such good seats and got so close to the action

I dream of being a photojournalist, specializing in sports. I have worked for this dream for 5 years now and I have tried to make contacts throughout the profession. I just happened to make the right contact (Bob Deutsch) at the right time, when he was low on people to edit for him. He took me along to this game. I got an official press pass complete with my photo on it... we got to the game before 3 pm (8:30pm start) we set up all of his remote cameras and got everything ready. USA Today happened to have been assigned two spots so I got to sit in one for the first ten minutes of the game! Right on the floor on the left of the basket that the Spurs were going towards for the first part of the game, and directly in front of Michael J. Fox! I was so close to the action, and to give you an example of how close this shot was taken with a 55 MM MANUAL FIXED LENS! (it's an F1.2, no I didn't use a flash or strobes) it was truly awesome, and this shot is almost full frame! To make things sweeter I was sitting between two very experienced photographers 1 from Reuters and one from AP... pretty cool! The rest of the game I spent watching it from a television as I edited (cropped and captioned) Bob's photos and sent them directly out to USA Today. I was underneath with the rest of the press, and I sat next to the photo editor from NY TImes. This was an awesome event! Truly... thanks to everyone for making it that much sweeter by giving me my first ribbon! (exception goes to the one "troll" who gave me the 1 ) Thanks again!

Love,

Talya AKA RiderGal

P.S. In case you were wondering if I did ok with my editing... the answer is a big YUP :-) Bob actually invited me back for the next night THE STANLEY CUP!!!! I didn't get to shoot, but it was still just as cool :-)

Message edited by author 2003-06-18 03:48:42.

John³
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Yummy... look at my hot fiance Setz... LOL.. this cracks me up... it rocks! Very well done :-) The lighting here is so good... everything is wonderful, as usual in your photos :-) I also love the nae... hehehehe... good job!

Crazy Banker
by Jacko

Comment:
Hehehehe... Jacko... you do look pretty crazy here. This is GREAT! Wonderful use of negative space, excellent lighting... great juob of blending into the background.. this is so cool. I also love the cropping of it, and how skinny and tall it is, gives us an idea of how you think of yourself too ;-) A perfect 10 in my eyes. Love, RiderGal... when we meet you can touch my thingy ;-)

Sport Compact Car
by Refracted

Comment:
NICE JOB making this a vertical, it would have been so easy to make it a horizontal. Nice looking car. I like your lighting and your composition in this photo, it's very well done. The trees add a lot to this... as if to say, sporty in the country. Plenty of room for type. Very well done.

Digital Photography: DPChallenged... "The Mavica Gang"
by ISivic

Comment:
LOL... this is cute. Nice shot of the cameras.. good job making this a vertical. Not sure I would have put the border, most magazines don't have borders, and I'm not big on them, but thats just me. I think I could definitelly see this as the cover of the said magazine, but prolly not with that headline The shadow is kind of bothersome, but not too bad. Good luck!