Photo Competition Results
Nov. 24th, 2008 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spicedogsI had my photo competition meeting today. The judge was a photographer from the National Geographic Society. Boy, was he good, and I learned a lot. One thing I learned is that I will definitely take classes at our photography school not far from my home. It is an accredited and respected school. Brian was informed and we will budget time and money for my photo education.
I submitted 5 photos and won 2 honorable mentions. Not bad for a woman who only took pictures to record family events. And, even that, I started doing after Meghan was born. Meghan in 8 months old. So, yes, even if I have to say so, I am proud of myself.
What makes me feel supergood is the critiques that I received from the judge. He didn't know who took what picture. But when each picture was presented in front of him, he told us what was good and what was bad.
Anyway, here are the pictures that didn't make it:
He said that he loved the composition and the colors were superb. What he didn't like was that the background was quite prominent and it took away your total focus. You are supposed to look at the tree only, but the eyes tend to focus on the houses as well and that makes the shot not as strong as it should be.
I took this shot with a point-and-shoot camera. I didn't have much to work with. I still like what I see and he did, too. But he said that it just wasn't strong enough to win.
He loved the shot and the idea. The problem with this picture was that the main focus was way to the side. (However, he doesn't recommend centering your subject.) And the items on the left distract the eyes and avert the focus off of the dog sitting on the bench. In fact, he recommended that I crop the grill as well.
Here's what he thought the picture should have looked like. (Once again this picture was shot with a point-and-shoot camera.)
He said that the girl was gorgeous. The picture's flaw was the flash. It gave a shadow and took away the strength from the picture. I guess that I could have PhotoShopped the shadow that the flash made. (Once again, the picture was taken with a point-and-shoot camera.) I am beginning to see a trend here.
The winners were both honorable mentions. I am pleased. This man was a great judge, who had high standards and to win two honorable mentions was amazing.
Here are the winners:
His first reaction upon seeing this picture was to say this: "Sweet. This is a photographer's dream: Buzzards on a rooftop." Whenever, he had to eliminate a picture to get it down to first, second, third, and two honorable mentions, he kept saying that he wanted this picture to remain. He really liked it. He said it was sharped, well focused, and great composition. (The photo was taken with the Nikon.)
When he saw the crab, his first words were "Oh, let's have fun. I love it."
He loved the colors, the sharpness, the composition. It was also taken with the Nikon.
Yep, the Nikon seems to be the camera to use if I want to win some ribbons.
So, all in all, I had a great evening.
I submitted 5 photos and won 2 honorable mentions. Not bad for a woman who only took pictures to record family events. And, even that, I started doing after Meghan was born. Meghan in 8 months old. So, yes, even if I have to say so, I am proud of myself.
What makes me feel supergood is the critiques that I received from the judge. He didn't know who took what picture. But when each picture was presented in front of him, he told us what was good and what was bad.
Anyway, here are the pictures that didn't make it:
He said that he loved the composition and the colors were superb. What he didn't like was that the background was quite prominent and it took away your total focus. You are supposed to look at the tree only, but the eyes tend to focus on the houses as well and that makes the shot not as strong as it should be.
I took this shot with a point-and-shoot camera. I didn't have much to work with. I still like what I see and he did, too. But he said that it just wasn't strong enough to win.
He loved the shot and the idea. The problem with this picture was that the main focus was way to the side. (However, he doesn't recommend centering your subject.) And the items on the left distract the eyes and avert the focus off of the dog sitting on the bench. In fact, he recommended that I crop the grill as well.
Here's what he thought the picture should have looked like. (Once again this picture was shot with a point-and-shoot camera.)
He said that the girl was gorgeous. The picture's flaw was the flash. It gave a shadow and took away the strength from the picture. I guess that I could have PhotoShopped the shadow that the flash made. (Once again, the picture was taken with a point-and-shoot camera.) I am beginning to see a trend here.
The winners were both honorable mentions. I am pleased. This man was a great judge, who had high standards and to win two honorable mentions was amazing.
Here are the winners:
His first reaction upon seeing this picture was to say this: "Sweet. This is a photographer's dream: Buzzards on a rooftop." Whenever, he had to eliminate a picture to get it down to first, second, third, and two honorable mentions, he kept saying that he wanted this picture to remain. He really liked it. He said it was sharped, well focused, and great composition. (The photo was taken with the Nikon.)
When he saw the crab, his first words were "Oh, let's have fun. I love it."
He loved the colors, the sharpness, the composition. It was also taken with the Nikon.
Yep, the Nikon seems to be the camera to use if I want to win some ribbons.
So, all in all, I had a great evening.
