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06/22/2004 04:43:41 PM · #1
Hmmmm...

We strive for photo-quality images normally, but should this challenge have a submission that "looks" like a newspaper had printed it?

To ruin an image or not (cringe).
06/22/2004 04:47:54 PM · #2
Good luck, people. I didn't enter this one (no creative juices here), but I think it will be a hard one for people to decide on their submissions and to vote on. Should be interesting at the very least!!
06/22/2004 05:05:42 PM · #3
Just try to think about how you'd vote. If, during the voting, you came across two pictures that were technically and compositionally similar, but one was photoshopped to look like the front page of a newspaper, which would you vote higher? I would tend to think the unaltered shot will do better.

Message edited by author 2004-06-22 17:06:17.
06/22/2004 05:05:53 PM · #4
I took mine as one that I would think would be good for a FRONT page in COLOR. I cropped it to be as it would in the paper. But I also made sure the photo told it's own story so that it could hold itself on it's own without a caption (which are a crucial part of any newpaper-published photo, title of the article or not).
06/22/2004 05:08:53 PM · #5
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:

I took mine as one that I would think would be good for a FRONT page in COLOR. I cropped it to be as it would in the paper. But I also made sure the photo told it's own story so that it could hold itself on it's own without a caption (which are a crucial part of any newpaper-published photo, title of the article or not).


You really know you are old when B & W first leaps into your mind as a newspaper photo!!! LOL
06/22/2004 05:13:07 PM · #6
I'm just vexed at the timing. Had this come out 1 week earlier I would have had image bonanza. :)

As of now-zip, nilch, nada.

Clara
06/22/2004 05:16:32 PM · #7
Originally posted by BradP:

We strive for photo-quality images normally, but should this challenge have a submission that "looks" like a newspaper had printed it?

Personally I'm going for the shot the picture editor would get - a full quality, borderless shot.
06/22/2004 05:55:49 PM · #8
Originally posted by blemt:

I'm just vexed at the timing. Had this come out 1 week earlier I would have had image bonanza. :)

As of now-zip, nilch, nada.

Clara

Hey blemt, why not just try to duplicate the front page of today's copy of your local newspaper? At least it will give you a place to start. Though, it might be too late. :S
06/22/2004 06:00:32 PM · #9
I lucked out getting a picture for this contest. I was at a stop light and just happend to have my camera on the passenger seat. I ripped it out of the bag and managed to get about 7 shots off before the light changed green and I had to go. After uploading them to my computer I discovered that I had a really good shot but I had to crop the crap out of it, so the pic isn't as sharp as what it could have been had I a zoom lens on at the time. This is only my 3rd entry to a contest and I am finding it so hard not to keep hitting update on the vote results! lol
06/22/2004 09:32:05 PM · #10
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:

I took mine as one that I would think would be good for a FRONT page in COLOR. I cropped it to be as it would in the paper. But I also made sure the photo told it's own story so that it could hold itself on it's own without a caption (which are a crucial part of any newpaper-published photo, title of the article or not).


That's exactly what I did, Ami. At least I hope it tells its own story! ;o)
06/22/2004 10:14:32 PM · #11
My entry is an attempt at humerous human interest. Wanted to snap something like a huge wreck or somebody getting busted but alas, NOTHING happens where I live. Gee, guess I have to be thankful for that, huh? :-)

Good luck everyone!
06/22/2004 10:22:35 PM · #12
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:

I took mine as one that I would think would be good for a FRONT page in COLOR. I cropped it to be as it would in the paper. But I also made sure the photo told it's own story so that it could hold itself on it's own without a caption (which are a crucial part of any newpaper-published photo, title of the article or not).


front page in color YES
tell it's own story NO (why read the article if you know the story)
grab the readers attention YES (make him/her buy the paper to find out what it is all about)

I'll just sit back and watch my score drop like a stone :)

06/22/2004 10:34:19 PM · #13
Originally posted by 1st-2-click:


front page in color YES
tell it's own story NO (why read the article if you know the story)
grab the readers attention YES (make him/her buy the paper to find out what it is all about)

I'll just sit back and watch my score drop like a stone :)


Well, not completely tell it's own story, but it connects with the title through it's contents.
06/22/2004 10:38:54 PM · #14
Ami
I agree with your first post

the yes,no,yes was for the picture I entered and is why it will not do well
06/22/2004 10:44:33 PM · #15
Lol, kay got it. ^_^
06/22/2004 11:07:54 PM · #16
This is my first submission to a challenge. I am hoping it will meet to my expectations but after reading some posts on the forums I think I will be thrown under the bus, so to speak. Oh yes please leave comments, good or bad.
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