Call For Nominees - Env. Portrait

05/22/2006 08:35:43 AM · #1

Open call to any DPCers. Here is your chance to be heard! Nominate people for the following awards:

First, the Oobie Sucker. Standing for "Out Of the Box," this award is granted to the most creative entry in a challenge. Remember, this is not for the technically best photo, which is what the normal voting seems to cover. This is for artistic inspiration and/or creative interpretation of the challenge. But please, nominate an entry that inspires you, NOT the entry you least understand.

Second, the Yappie Sucker. This award is granted to the best commentor in a challenge. If someone gave you a great comment, or if you happen to read one after the challenge is over, please nominate the commentor.

[b]Important Note:[b] When you nominate, please explain your reasons, as this might be all the judges have to go on. Other people can feel free to add their support for a particular nomination. When you are nominating a photo, please include the thumbnail! When you are nominating or seconding a commentor, please include the comment(s).

Team Suck will pick the winners from the nominees by vote.

05/22/2006 08:36:10 AM · #2

p.s. you can't nominate yourself!!! :P

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05/22/2006 08:54:17 AM · #3

I'll start things off by nominating Kronus for

Portraits are overwhelmingly associated with faces, so it was quite out of the box to have only a hand showing. Keep in mind though that a portrait is not a portrait of a face or a hand, it is a portrait of a person, and a lot about this person is revealed by showing just a hand reaching from a chaos of environment.

pawdrix

Nikon D700

05/22/2006 09:17:17 AM · #4

Originally posted by posthumous:

I'll start things off by nominating Kronus for

Portraits are overwhelmingly associated with faces, so it was quite out of the box to have only a hand showing. Keep in mind though that a portrait is not a portrait of a face or a hand, it is a portrait of a person, and a lot about this person is revealed by showing just a hand reaching from a chaos of environment.

DNMC...and I'm not a even a dnmc Nazi but this one fits that bill perfectly. No offense to the photog, it happens to the best. Calling that a portrait is a huge stretch in my mind...just my opinion.

Message edited by author 2006-05-22 09:18:13.

espy2

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Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon

05/22/2006 09:23:30 AM · #5

I nominate Susi's -

I think this is just like a Norman Rockwell. It has all the elements of a perfect environmental portrait, and should have definately ribboned without a blink of an eye. As Simon Cowell likes to say "the voters just got it wrong".

This may not fit the Oobie or the Yappie, but I just HAD to make this photo come up front as underrated.

Message edited by author 2006-05-22 09:25:48.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/22/2006 09:56:18 AM · #6

Originally posted by pawdrix:

DNMC...and I'm not a even a dnmc Nazi but this one fits that bill perfectly. No offense to the photog, it happens to the best. Calling that a portrait is a huge stretch in my mind...just my opinion.

Thanks, pawdrix. "Negative" comments are appreciated, too. The vote will occur without any discussion, so this thread is the only opportunity for discussion and debate over the nominees.

espy, thanks for your nomination. I love Susi's portrait, and it is certainly creative if it isn't out-of-the-box, per se.

glad2badad

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05/22/2006 09:57:44 AM · #7

Pick me! Pick me! ;^)

elru21

Canon EOS-5D

05/22/2006 10:17:19 AM · #8

I thought this one was wonderful and definitely used the environment to tell a story about the subject. It was my lowest ranked 'favorite' of the challenge. I think it wasn't considered enough of a portrait.

pawdrix

Nikon D700

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

05/22/2006 11:00:38 AM · #9

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by pawdrix:
DNMC...and I'm not a even a dnmc Nazi but this one fits that bill perfectly. No offense to the photog, it happens to the best. Calling that a portrait is a huge stretch in my mind...just my opinion.

Thanks, pawdrix. "Negative" comments are appreciated, too. The vote will occur without any discussion, so this thread is the only opportunity for discussion and debate over the nominees.

"Negative" or honest? Keep in mind, even though I do see it as fact, that I did carefully call it an opinion.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

05/22/2006 11:21:34 AM · #10

Originally posted by pawdrix:

"Negative" or honest? Keep in mind, even though I do see it as fact, that I did carefully call it an opinion.

By "negative" I only meant that your arguments would probably be construed as being against this nominee getting the award. It's a common misconception that quotes are used for emphasis. In actuality, quotes (when you're not directly quoting someone) are meant to put a word into question as perhaps not the right word.

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

05/22/2006 11:35:28 AM · #11

Originally posted by posthumous:

It's a common misconception that quotes are used for emphasis. In actuality, quotes (when you're not directly quoting someone) are meant to put a word into question as perhaps not the right word.

thank you thank you thank you! my grammatical nazi side is cheering quietly...

Rebecca

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Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

05/22/2006 06:20:13 PM · #12

by youngnova

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

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05/23/2006 07:28:12 AM · #13

bump, for the morning crowd in north america.

can i second both youngnova's and kronus' work? both wonderful, out f the box images. kronus should have placed much, much higher. while htere is no face shwing, the presence of the hand is a direct implication of a face, making it all the more powerful.

youngnova's is well done, and damned funny...

those are erally the only two i've found so far that are out of the box, yet still within the challenge.

scarbrd

Leica M10

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

05/23/2006 01:20:27 PM · #14

I would like to nominate posthumous for the Yippie for his comment on my entry:

This is THE environmental portrait of the century. 10.

Never before as anyone so captured the true essence of an entry with a single sentence as posthumous did. The insight, the sensitivity, the pure unadulterated truth in just 8 words. Well, 9 if you count the number.

Of course, the century is still quite young. This statement would have been more powerful in 1999. But still . . . .

The odd thing is - when his comment came across, and I calculated the score (you know you all do it!) I don't think it come out to a 10. So maybe posthumous was being sarcastic with his comment, like maybe my entry wasn't THE environmental portrait of the century . . . .NAH!

Sarcastic or not, it was my favorite comment! Thanks!

;-)

Bear_Music

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05/23/2006 01:37:18 PM · #15

I'll nominate this one for the Oobie:

Why? Because, in the most literal sense, this is "out of the box"; I totally love the way the shop assistant is completely enclosed in this incredibly cramped box of a space, totally inundated in detail upon detail. I love the the clutter and the intensity of this image, where it feels like the photographer is literally "outside the subject's box" looking in. I'm a sucker for this sort of thing.

Plus I think the image itself is lovely, beautifully framed and processed. So let's give a big hand to one of our newest members, Djarbordjarbor, who certainly put his brand-new membership to good use with this striking environmental portrait.

Robt.

Edit to add; I meant Oobie, not Yappie...

Message edited by author 2006-05-23 14:22:48.

scarbrd

Leica M10

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05/23/2006 01:46:58 PM · #16

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I'll nominate this one for the Yappie:

Why? Because, in the most literal sense, this is "out of the box"; I totally love the way the shop assistant is completely enclosed in this incredibly cramped box of a space, totally inundated in detail upon detail. I love the the clutter and the intensity of this image, where it feels like the photographer is literally "outside the subject's box" looking in. I'm a sucker for this sort of thing.

Plus I think the image itself is lovely, beautifully framed and processed. So let's give a big hand to one of our newest members, Djarbordjarbor, who certainly put his brand-new membership to good use with this striking environmental portrait.

Robt.

I really liked this one too, I gave it a 7. The only thibg IMO that would have upped the score is if the subject was a more engaged. Keeping everything the same, including the subject's expression (or lack of) but having the subject looking into the camera would have put this one over the top for me.

Still, well done.