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 12/21/2005 11:35:31 AM · #76
Thanks very much, especially to those who, even where the image might speak for itself, had a go at sharing why it speaks so strongly to them!

Some great images and great reasons!
 12/21/2005 11:49:03 AM · #77


I found this image during voting for 4-5 and I immediately wanted to point it out as my favorite in this thread, but had to sit patient til voting was over. This is THE most emotive piece I've ever seen on DPC. It makes me feel this child's torment. This is damn near NAtional Geographic quality here.
 12/21/2005 11:53:01 AM · #78
Originally posted by viajero:
One of my top picks:



A beautiful model to start with, and the lighting is nearly perfect. The soft light produces gentle gradations from the bright white of the window to the dark shadows. It looks like a perfectly captured candid as something (sunrise? jealous husband? or just a bird in a tree?) caught her attention.

As much as I like the image itself, it's the Photographer's Comments that put it over the top. Part of why I'm on DPChallenge is not just to look at pretty pictures, but to learn how and why they were made, from how the idea came about to how the shot was set up to the settings on the camera to the post processing steps.

It was very helpful to me to read her detailed comments, and see how much work went into making this candid-looking shot. She explains everything from how she felt taking the shot to the details of how she did it.


Oh thank you! I was completely surprised to open this thread and read this!!! You've just made my day. :) I'm doing dismally in challenge after challenge lately and am really beginning to wonder if I have any business at all operating a camera. Thanks so much for the kind words, they are really helping soften the blow of current scores. ;)
 12/21/2005 12:02:40 PM · #79
Some of my favs have already been covered but this one by Larus I found great.



I find it hard to come up with a composition with a few people in it that is more than the usual blah blah stuff. This one keeps the connection between the 3 people in each frame while clearly highlighting the individual. While each shot is good as a seperate thing the set of 3 just work well together and I loved the idea. It really does convey the friends theme between the 3 girls.
 12/21/2005 12:32:52 PM · #80
I'm sick (temp over 100), so I'm feeling too lazy to go and look for these pics. But, the photographer is Rscorp. I really like his use of light and shaddow and tight composition.

I should do a self-portrait for "Oops," and title it, "Oops! I got out of bed!"
 12/21/2005 05:05:17 PM · #81
Originally posted by vtruan:
To me it is a once in a lifetime shot that can't be reproduced easily.



Man, I so remember looking at that shot almost 2 years ago! I just remember the sense of awe I had when I first saw it.
 12/21/2005 05:12:31 PM · #82
This is one of my very FAVS too. This is an awesome shot(s) and clearly took a lot of work and time. Kudos to Larus on this one!

Originally posted by robs:
Some of my favs have already been covered but this one by Larus I found great.



I find it hard to come up with a composition with a few people in it that is more than the usual blah blah stuff. This one keeps the connection between the 3 people in each frame while clearly highlighting the individual. While each shot is good as a seperate thing the set of 3 just work well together and I loved the idea. It really does convey the friends theme between the 3 girls.
12/21/2005 05:26:50 PM · #83


The first time I viewed this shot it was on a cruddy little CRT 13" (a bad CRT). The second time I opened it on a friends 24" LCD. I was overwhelmed; such a simple photo, but it carried some much weight and emotion.
12/23/2005 05:56:02 AM · #84


Not a 'showy' image or one that 'pops' (to use a DPC term) but one that is nevertheless very visually engaging. Hard to describe what goes on in my head when I see it but this is close: I mentally compare the motionless 'cross' in the right-hand side window with the spinning fan on the left and it almost seems as if one has metamorphosed into the other in some bizarre evolutionary step (or maybe Intelligent Design, who knows ;-) ). Anyway, the contrasting forms appeal to me greatly. Bucket, RKT, JPR and Messerschmitt seem to be developing a genre of their own with similarly styled images that deserve a considered viewing...
 12/23/2005 06:16:57 AM · #85
This is wonderful - it's great to be exposed to some images I might not otherwise find and also to learn what it is you all love about these images, not just on a technical level but also emotionally - how and why they resonate with you!

Thanks for sharing!
 12/23/2005 08:51:59 AM · #86
Every image in my favorites is very special to me in some way, it's very hard to pick only one up, so I'll pick two randomly and try to convey what I like about them.


Lifepulse by Taterbug

This image is so full of rich texture and color I just keep going back to it, also the leading lines are captivating. To know it is a living thing makes me wonder how all this beauty comes from God's creation.


Forgotten People by BrownT

This image made me gasp when I first saw it. A powerful message in a very strong image, made me think about my own attitude towards this kind of situation in everyday life. Am I one of the blurred people that carry on with their lives disregarding what happens to a fellow human being right beside me?
 12/23/2005 08:26:15 PM · #87


I like shots that make me think..



or are in some way unique..
 12/23/2005 08:40:07 PM · #88

I find this shot remarkable. It's a silhouette and yet it conveys so much emotion and says so much without being 'in your face'.

I especially like the way the baby is taking a footstep forward.

And compositionally I think it's excellent, really good colours and tones.
 12/23/2005 10:56:24 PM · #89

The colors, unusual angle.
 12/24/2005 12:14:37 AM · #90
Sometimes a good laugh is... therapeutic.

12/24/2005 01:59:20 AM · #91

"Sun Break" - by Zoomdak

This one inspired me to join this photo community.

I really like the composition where the branches delicately framed the huge rocks in the water. The contrast of the tones and the colors are wonderful. And the image is full of things to look at.

12/24/2005 02:23:29 AM · #92
I agree with Mavrik: this shot of librodo is the very best for me.



It's a perfect one: light, subject, composition. It was my first favorite of DPC and still is.
 12/29/2005 04:17:00 PM · #93
Have found a few new favourites and some new insights about many images I have viewed many times before. I am really enjoying reading what it is that makes each of you admire your chosen images so much.

Thanks again for sharing.
 12/29/2005 04:33:23 PM · #94
I accidentally posted this to the "other" favorite thread - so, sorry everyone for duplicating and cross posting - but I'm going to copy it where it belongs...

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Whew! Ok, now that all the company has left, I'll browse through my favorites to unwind. Thanks, this is a GREAT thing...


One of my all time favorite pictures on this site, and was my favorite in the last Free Study Challenge. The textures are incredible - the scratchy wool look of the sleeve, well worn hands, the dogs fur, the pure ice blue of its eye. Then the emotion it evokes - the eye contact that the dog has with the viewer holds you with his look, but there is a feeling of BOUNDARY. The Dog is in possession of the scratcher and in possesion of this moment and you are being held away for one more moment.... just one more moment... with that gaze alone. Yet, hes smiling, so its still "OK". Its not a threatening distance, its just a private moment. :) Then the colors - dark, rich and slighltly cool to bring you in and hold you, but also give a feeling of not being invited to be scratched too. This photo is pure genius.


I want my daughters to marry someone who has a laugh like this. The white on white highlights the pure laughter, the smile and the hair. Hair thats totally carefree and a smile that echoes this (mmm, also the scruffy shadow of beard). The loss of the eyes in the squinch of the smile is perfect. The warm tone of the Tshirt - makes the wearer of the shirt seem warm too. The wall is rough, yet the skin is smooth. All of the contradicting tones and colors and textures work to completely highlight the mood and personality of this portrait. This is the type of work I try to capture when shooting people, its beautifull.

and finally:

The colors are rich, the abstract pulls you in lines that bring you in a motion that reminds one of blossoming - its UP and OUT and makes the "tulip" that was shot seem clear. The colors and the smooth transition in the blur also evoke one of those base emotions that makes you want to lick the computer screen because it seems like it might taste as smooth as it looks. This is a photo where the abstraction is perfect because it evokes all of my other senses in its composition and tone - I hear a warm breeze in grass in the greens and dusty blue, I feel velvet petal textures, I smell a summer at dusk. You forget your LOOKING at a photo because you are so busy EXPERIENCING it. Absolutly what an abstract should try to entail. :)

Theres a bunch more, but these are some of the ones that havent been mentioned and deserve to be.... :)

Jenn

12/29/2005 04:50:04 PM · #95
All my favourites are great to me, but these two in particular, every time I look at them I raise a chuckle, thats what makes em great to me, the pleasure they give.

12/29/2005 05:23:48 PM · #96
Originally posted by goinskiing:


I absolutely love this one! I really like the monochrome and the lighting. The lighting fits it wonderfully and I think it best fits the mood, and the lights and darks are well distrubuted. The pose doesn't look like a "pose." It has a very natural and real feel. I feel I can perceive the subjects personality. This has been one of my favorties on the site ever since I was here.


And she had an even better one (imo) of April in her portfolio. That was my favorite, but it is gone.

Another fav was the Burning Man ribbon winner, sadly it was disqualified, but I loved that one.
 12/29/2005 05:37:25 PM · #97


A perfect slice of time. The photo gives a part of an unfinished story and gives a feeling of 'what's on her mind, where is she going to with those bags? '. It has a classic quality.



Documentary, perfect, a 'culture' captured in one shot.



It's not the nudity, it's the feminine power of this photo. It's like wonderful classic master paintings, I could stare at it for hours. Especially the face and hair.


12/29/2005 05:56:46 PM · #98
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Another fav was the Burning Man ribbon winner, sadly it was disqualified, but I loved that one.


was that a challenge? is it still on the site, I'd like to see it!
 12/29/2005 06:16:26 PM · #99


It has a cool perspective and I love the way the rounded corners on the staircase conflict with the re-ocurring theme of hard corners. The supurb exposure and outstanding composition just beg to be browsed.

Message edited by author 2005-12-29 18:30:51.
 12/29/2005 06:40:51 PM · #100
Originally posted by biteme:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Another fav was the Burning Man ribbon winner, sadly it was disqualified, but I loved that one.


was that a challenge? is it still on the site, I'd like to see it!


I cannot remember what the challenge was about, just that the photo was shot at Burning Man. And that was the problem, because Burning Man fell outside the challenge dates. :(

Looked it up trough Google;

It was redmapper's "Dream of the Past", shot back in 2003.



DPC still has the thumb, but when you click on it it will not show the large photo. This small one doesn't do it any justice. :(

His site doesn't work anymore, cannot find any link to that person.

The favorites page is still intact, this was until the photo was taken down: //dpchallenge.com/favorites.php?IMAGE_ID=36869


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