Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:05:56 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg
Nice texture and mood photo, but I really like this one:

http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg

I liked that one too, but it needs more tinkering - I haven't quite
got the shading right.

I've got a few more from my trip to Mystic yesterday that I like.

Work on 'em when I've got some time.

--

"Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt.

RG's comment about black and white photos seems to be a universal
sentiment, you either love 'em or they do nothing for you. The entire
photo club membership voted on the best photos of the year last night.
Every photo that took a 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the monthly photo reviews
were included in the vote. There are always 3 categories every month.
Digital submissions (those projected on a screen), color and B&W prints.
At my table, I voted for 3 B&W photos, they all told a story or
highlighted a mood. Everyone else at my table voted for color wide
angle sunrise or sunset professional quality landscapes photos or
exceptional color photos of very interesting people or ones that told a
story of the person. The first place photo was a wide angle shot of
horses running through a mountain field and a patch of trees, with the
fog highlighting the red sunrise. I thought the photo was nice, but in
my mind, it was far from the best photo.

I didn't vote for my "artistic nude" horse, because I really didn't
think it was one of the best. It tied for 3rd place for the year, there
were enough people who like a different B&W image to give my over
photo-shopped horse a 3rd place over the other 108 submissions. With
about 60 people voting for their top 3 photos out of 108 submissions,
the first place photos, only had about 15 votes. I really don't know
how many votes my photo had, but it was enough for a 3rd.

As I said, I really take photos I like, but it is a plus when someone
else likes them.