!!** August Photo Contest FINAL **!!

[Solly Mack]

!!** August Photo Contest FINAL **!!

Theme: Panoramas

Welcome to the August Photo Contest Final! Be sure to vote for your favorite, and please help keep the thread kicked.

Don't forget to Recommend!

The Photographers always appreciate your comments!

The final will run for 3 days, followed by the results thread.

A special "Thanks!" to everyone for their support and kicks during this month's contest!

Thank you,

Solly Mack

1. In the Pines





2. Moondoggie





3. Honfleur, France





4. Sunrise Over the Tetons





5. End of the Road





6. Sleepy Ute Mountain






Thank you, again!

SM

87 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	In the Pines
	20 (23%)
	Moondoggie
	12 (14%)
	Honfleur, France
	14 (16%)
	Sunrise Over the Tetons
	15 (17%)
	End of the Road
	12 (14%)
	Sleepy Ute Mountain
	14 (16%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
Show usernames Disclaimer: This is an Internet poll

[CrispyQ]

1. Outstanding collection!!

I'd like to commit voter fraud & vote more than once.

[Solly Mack]

2. Go for it.

You just have to explain how it's done so everyone can do it.

We want fair and equal voter fraud.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. all wonderful

[TBF]

4. Would like to vote for them all. K&R

[Mnemosyne]

13. +1 A very tough decision here. nt

[Liberal_Dog]

5. K & R

[a kennedy]

6. OMGOSH....all are beautiful.......

but, I've got my favorite.....

[femmocrat]

7. K & R

Gorgeous photos!

[niyad]

8. k and r for all the beauty

[bigwillq]

9. Great pics!

K and R

[northoftheborder]

10. All very fine! Thanks for your submissions!

[NV Whino]

11. Kick

[Old Crow]

12. I vote for "Honfleur, France"

The houses, water, and boats are beautiful--but it's the cloud formation above that makes the photo extraordinary. Love it.

[Paper Roses]

45. Agree, Honfleur is amazing! n/t

[riverbendviewgal]

14. All were so good. It was Hard to choose.

K & R

[alfredo]

15. knr

[SoapBox]

16. Beautiful!

Virtually impossible to choose.

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I'm not usually a big fan of black and white,

but "End of the Road" is so moody, it just does it for me.

Everybody did a great job.

[OldHippieChick]

18. K&R

fer shure

[A Little Weird]

19. Every one of these entries is awesome!

Great job everyone!

[brer cat]

20. They are all winners!

K&R

[JimDandy]

21. All really excellent photos!

The close vote means others feel the same way.

[Chellee]

22. K & R

nt

[Mira]

23. Best race to the finish

I have personally witnessed! What fun!

[intheflow]

24. I had to vote for In The Pines.

That's a photo I've always tried to take (in other forests) and have never been able to pull off with any degree of success. I can feel the moisture in the air. I can smell the leaves turning to dirt. It's a visceral photo for me. I tip my hat to whoever took that shot.

[2theleft]

25. This was a VERY hard one for me!!

I loved each and every one of them! Decisions, decision! Excellent job to all the finalists!

[LuckyLib]

26. So lovely to see the talented efforts of these photogs!

Rest for a news-weary brain!

[ellisonz]

27. Sunrise Over the Tetons

[vanlassie]

28. Kick

[bluedigger]

29. Kick!

[alfredo]

30. kick

[Mira]

31. Kick

[Solly Mack]

32. Morning!

[handmade34]

33. Love them all!

[countryjake]

34. kickety (this is an impossible decision!)

Love them all!

[Curmudgeoness]

35. Kick. nt

[Catbird]

36. Beautiful pictures.

They make me want to pack up the car and go drive someplace.

[mnhtnbb]

37. kick

[Manifestor_of_Light]

38. All wonderful!

I have seen Sleeping Ute Mountain myself.

[surrealAmerican]

39. k & r ...

... sorry to have missed the preliminary round on these ...

[Mira]

40. Kick

[Dont call me Shirley]

41. Congratulations to all entrants. Beautiful scenes.

[Solly Mack]

42. Exciting!

Glad I'm not voting.

Well, unless there's a tie. In the event of a tie I'm going to run away.


Easier than voting for such great entries.

[lovemydog]

43. K & R

Beeeeeeaaaauuuuutiful photos!!!

[lovemydog]

44. Oh, comments & questions for all the photographers:

Where was it shot?

How did you obtain the wonderful composition?

What camera did you use?

Did you take a lot of other shots in order to get this one perfect photo?

[alfredo]

51. 1. In The bluegrass of Ky. 2. The trees posed for me. 3. Micro 4/3. 4. 10

The tree farm is a favorite place for me.

[lovemydog]

52. Very cool alfredo.

For you:

[alfredo]

54. Thanks

But this is more my speed.

[Tom Kitten]

57. About Moondoggie

It was taken in Huntington Beach, CA, about three days after a big storm this past winter. There was good wave action that day, but not many surfers.

I originally shot it in a 16: 9 ratio (I like this ratio because the pictures fill up my computer screen without black bands on the sides). I then cropped it to a 3:1 ratio to make it more panoramic. I cropped off the bottom, it was just more sand. Photography is a hobby for me but I've been an artist all my life...I like to think composition is one of my stronger skills!

I used a Nikon D300, in fact this was the first time I used it!

I took about 40 pictures at this spot, you can see the pier, Catalina Island, and the city of Long Beach from here. But I only took 5 of the surfers and the dog. I named the photo "Moondoggie" because of her and the added surfing connection (Moondoggie was Gidget's surfer boyfriend). I found out Gidget and Moondoggie were real people, and both are still around!

[lovemydog]

58. Incredible shot with the doggie.

Thanks for telling the full story.

It's a gorgeous shot. I hope you can get it into a show.

[CurtEastPoint]

69. Honfleur was 2 shots, handheld and stitched together via Photoshop Elements

Then I used a filter to artsy it up a bit. It did turn out very nice, thank you!
Nikon D800, 28-300 zoom lens. I think I was using "P" (automatic) setting.

[lovemydog]

72. It's beautiful. Looks like a water color painting.

Not sure if that was the effect you were going for, but I do mean that in a very complimentary way. Thanks for sharing your technique.

[CurtEastPoint]

76. Exactly the effect I was going for. I use the Topaz plugs ins

and I believe the one I used for this was Impression. They make a whole suite and they're kinda $$ IMHO so I'm doing a trial and will purchase maybe just this one plugin. I already also have Simplify. Check out their site: https://www.topazlabs.com/store

[lovemydog]

81. You succeeded.

Bravo CurtEastPoint.

It's a gorgeous scene in and of itself. You enhanced it with your super cool techniques. So beautiful.

[mnhtnbb]

46. Kick

[Solly Mack]

47. Ouch!

[mnhtnbb]

49. .

[edbermac]

48. Kick!

[Sissyk]

50. K&R

Once again, it is hard to pick just one. They are all wonderful!

[2naSalit]

53. Great entries! nt

[Agschmid]

55. Kick!

100th Rec!

[Solly Mack]

56. Upward

[mnhtnbb]

59. Kick

[Mira]

60. Kick

[countryjake]

61. Kick!

[Solly Mack]

62. ^~^

[Mira]

63. kick

[alfredo]

64. kick

[countryjake]

65. Kickety kick

[Solly Mack]

66. Wheeeeeeee

[bluedigger]

67. A contest with something for everyone.

You have to like that.

[Solly Mack]

68. 22 hours to go! :o)

Vote!

Make your donations payable to: Solly Mack


Just to see if anyone reads my "kick" posts.

[KMOD]

70. I just sent a check.

[Solly Mack]

71. And I choose to believe that.

[Solly Mack]

73. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...

lived a DUer named Solly.

Solly scored 100% on the How Many 70's Bands Can You Name quiz.

The End.

[Tom Kitten]

74. Oh poor Solly!

You've done such a great job moderating this contest and nobody seems to notice! Let me just say GREAT JOB and you weren't even obligated to do it!

In appreciation...I know you like birds...here's a couple of pictures I took of an acorn woodpecker, in Modjeska Canyon (using my old blurry camera)...we had a woodpecker discussion in the past, and I thought of you when I took these!






BTW, I scored 100% too! Supertramp was the toughest (who remembers what those guys looked like, anyways!)

[Solly Mack]

75. Cool shots! I love woodpeckers!

Thanks!


I had forgotten how beautiful the members of Pink Floyd were. Well, some of them.

The quiz made me feel downright old(er).

[Mira]

77. (I noticed) and

your woodpecker shots are very nice. I don't often take photos of birds, but when I do, I think of Solly Mack.

[KMOD]

79. and I discovered Joy Division.

woot!

[Solly Mack]

80. It's a good day!

[Solly Mack]

78. Slight tap

[lovemydog]

82. Mildly irritating elbow bump

[Solly Mack]

87. Teehee!

[mnhtnbb]

83. It's a race for 3rd Place!

[KMOD]

84. You are a poet,

and I'll bet you know it.

[mnhtnbb]

85. .

[Solly Mack]

86. 8 minutes left to vote! Hurry! :)

[lovemydog]

88. Congratulations

to all the contestants. They are all damn good photos.

And to the winner.......

In The Pines

We await your acceptance speech.