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bluesbassman

(19,379 posts)
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 03:56 AM Aug 2014

***August PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - POLL 1***

The subject for this contest is the definition of august: marked by majestic dignity or grandeur, having a formal and impressive quality.

The top two finishers in each round will advance to the finals, along with the next four highest vote-getters overall.

The preliminary round will run 72 hours, ending on August 20th.

Don't forget to vote and please feel free to share your comments! A HUGE thank you to all of our great photographers who share their work with us.

The other polls can be found here and here.


NOTE TO MODS: Skinner has authorized this contest to be run in GD.

Jumping humpback


Moreton Bay Fig Tree


My niece Xenia. She Rocks.


Old Money


A beacon


22 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
Jumping humpback
8 (36%)
Moreton Bay Fig Tree
4 (18%)
My niece Xenia. She Rocks.
1 (5%)
Old Money
0 (0%)
A beacon
9 (41%)
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***August PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - POLL 1*** (Original Post) bluesbassman Aug 2014 OP
k&r treestar Aug 2014 #1
Kick mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #2
kick pics!. . .n/t annabanana Aug 2014 #3
Jumping humpback a kennedy Aug 2014 #4
Kick alfredo Aug 2014 #5
Kick NV Whino Aug 2014 #6
K & R Liberal_Dog Aug 2014 #7
K&R! cyberswede Aug 2014 #8
~kick! -nt CrispyQ Aug 2014 #9
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #10
I know that tree Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #11
K & R femmocrat Aug 2014 #12
Kick Mz Pip Aug 2014 #13
Kick Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #14
Kick Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #15
k & r surrealAmerican Aug 2014 #16
Kick. nt Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #17
Kick! bluesbassman Aug 2014 #18
Kick Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #19
I really hate it when I CC Aug 2014 #20
The only way I could choose Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #23
You've got that right. Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #24
Kick mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #21
Kick Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #22
Kick CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #25
OMG this is so very difficult! FarPoint Aug 2014 #26
Kick Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #27
Kick! bluesbassman Aug 2014 #28
K&R Solly Mack Aug 2014 #29
Kick mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #30
K&R n/t unhappycamper Aug 2014 #31
Kick! bluesbassman Aug 2014 #32
Kick mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #33
Kick Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #34
Why I voted for the humpback... Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #35
Kick Mira Aug 2014 #36
Great pic! bigwillq Aug 2014 #37

CC

(8,039 posts)
20. I really hate it when I
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 01:29 AM
Aug 2014

have to go to technical stuff to choose between photos. Argh. Wonderful entries.


Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
23. The only way I could choose
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 12:09 PM
Aug 2014

was because I have really tried to get pictures of whales or dolphins jumping, and I know how hard it is to do. Beyond my personal experience with lots of empty water pictures, I don't know what I would have chosen.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
24. You've got that right.
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 12:34 PM
Aug 2014

We saw several whales last spring when we were down in Southeast, but the best I could do was a couple of tails. They breach, but they don't always jump all the way out of the water, and you never know where they're going to pop up. By the time you train your camera on them, they're gone.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
35. Why I voted for the humpback...
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 07:34 PM
Aug 2014

for whatever reason, the color adds a drama and scale which would otherwise be overwhelmed by a bluebird day, or by common overcast.

Very nice pictures.

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