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timmyquest
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 11:23
Ok, so the contest was kind of a flop, and the winner gets nothing. That wasn’t my original intention but some things took place which made this kind of hard to finish off. I'm sorry it was run so poorly. None the less, I think we ended with some awesome photographs and one clear winner.

Congratulations SSIM with your photograph "Wind Farm"

This image has some amazing color and a very interesting subject. I love the way the green sweeps into the blue and the way the clouds sweep within it. I love the title, I love the fans, they are surreal as well as the overall look of this photo. Way to go.
http://www.questphotos.com/contest/1.jpg

Second place went to a photograph that almost got cheated out of the contest; again, I’m sorry about that. I'm very glad a sports photograph got to the final round and then did so well.

Eniac's photograph "Swimmer" is the ultimate in perfection. The timing is perfect, the colors are perfect, the contrast is perfect, the subject is perfectly sharp, the symmetry, framing, is perfect...right down to the water coming off his chin. I love this photograph.
http://www.questphotos.com/contest/2.jpg

There was a three way tie for third with 10 votes each.
The first was one of the first entered and one of my personal favorites.
RichieHatch's "Blue Dawn" is simplicity at its best. One color in different tones, a very simple subject. I look at the photograph and I’m not real sure what I’m looking at which works perfectly because it doesn’t force me to think, it's just soothing to look at. The title also adds to this effect
http://www.questphotos.com/contest/3.jpg

Buachaille Etive Mor...I don’t know what the hell that means, but I do know that lesmac's photographs is one of the best I’ve ever seen. I always say that if it looks like a painting and it's a photograph, of a scene at least, then it was done to perfection. Although I wish it was a little bit brighter, the colors and motion blur of this water...its just stunning
http://www.questphotos.com/contest/4.jpg

Wazza's photograph makes me want to move out of Illinois. I don’t think you have to be a surfer to dream of sunsets like the one in "Surfers Dream". Great composition, great lighting, and fantastic timing. I love this shot.
http://www.questphotos.com/contest/5.jpg

I congratulate all who were involved. I'm going to slowly identify all the photographs to their respective photographers, but please be patient. Some of you didn’t name the photographs as I asked so it's going to take a little longer. No worries though.

Again, congrats to all who entered there isn’t a photograph in the bunch that I wouldn’t be proud of taking myself (that includes mine :lol: ).

Now, go out there and take some more photographs...the year is young :-)

(and I can assure you, next year will be fun differently...that is a promise)

And a big thanks for meghan for posting everything while i couldnt.

Please feel free to critique and comment on your favorite photographs of the contest!

tommykjensen
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 11:24
You seem to have a problem with the imbeding of photos!

timmyquest
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 11:27
You seem to have a problem with the imbeding of photos!


Yeah, i found thta out with my other thread i posted.

Can you not remotely link Pbase photos?

I'll throw these up on my site...gimie a sec.

tommykjensen
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 11:28
Yeah, i found thta out with my other thread i posted.

Can you not remotely link Pbase photos?


Only on pay accounts, not free accounts. You need to put a .jpg in the link.

timmyquest
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 11:30
Only on pay accounts, not free accounts. You need to put a .jpg in the link.

I do pay for my account :confused:

We can talk about it in PM or another thread, this thread is for the contest ;-)

tommykjensen
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 11:49
And btw

Congrats SSIM

Wazza
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 11:55
Congratulations Sheldon, Eniac, RitchieHatch, and Lesmac.

Thanks also Timmy for setting up the competition, and thanks Meghan for keeping us all informed, and under control. :D

CyberDyneSystems
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 12:37
Fantastic photos! Congrats on such excellent work :)

Claire
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 13:20
Wow, great photos! I can't believe I didn't find this part of the forum earlier. :o Was wondering where the contests went.

IanD
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 14:24
Way to go! Should get that blown up and hang it on the wall.

gramps
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 14:41
All of those are GREAT!!!!

PacAce
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 17:12
Great job, Sheldon! Way to go!!!!!

And the same goes for the other winners, too! :D

Congrats, all, for a job well done!


BTW, Sheldon, don't let all this go to your head, OK? :mrgreen:

RJSorensen
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 17:59
Looks very good to me . . .

Mills
17th of February 2005 (Thu), 23:34
Congratulations SSIM!

Thanks Tim & Meghan.

cmM
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 09:41
ssim's picture should be the defaul wallpaper for the next version of Windows :)
Awsome shots, all of them.

And TQ, thanks for the effort.

belmondo
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 09:50
I am prostrate before the master. (Or is that prostate? I always get those two words mixed up :lol: )

Excellent work, Sheldon.

Conk
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 10:29
ssim's picture should be the defaul wallpaper for the next version of Windows :)
Awsome shots, all of them.

And TQ, thanks for the effort.

I totally agree. All these are exceptional shots but Sheldons is #1. Way to go! :D

gmen
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 12:20
Nice work one and all!

roanjohn
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 12:47
GREAT SHOT GUYS!!!

Thanks to TQ and Megan for hosting........!!!

Till next year!!!!

:-)

Ro1

sparker1
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 20:04
Congrats to all the finalists and to the winners. I was so impressed by all the entries, I could never have settled on one.

Many thanks to Tim & Meghan for their hard work and patience to pull this off.

timmyquest
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 20:11
I love opening this thread and seeing the collection of photographs posted up there :-D

Michaelmjc
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 21:31
The last picture of the people with the surf boards. Absolutely amazing! One of the best shots I've seen in a while.

Congratulations everyone,
Mike

boomer1959
18th of February 2005 (Fri), 22:28
WAY TO GO SHELDON :D :D :D Awsome shot

Wazza
19th of February 2005 (Sat), 01:09
The last picture of the people with the surf boards. Absolutely amazing! One of the best shots I've seen in a while.

Congratulations everyone,
Mike

Hey thanks.

Just wish I had a Canon last November. I used a Sony point and shoot for that one.
Was all about timing. No such thing as 5 frames per second. More like 2 seconds per photo! Lag to speed is incredible. I've gone from a Mini to a Ferrari. Recommend Canon DSLR's to anyone.

Rendezvous
19th of February 2005 (Sat), 01:15
Excellent shot Sheldon. It's that shot that motivated me to go out and take photos of the wind farms in Palmerston North. Unfortunately I haven't walked away with results yet! But I'll keep trying.

Congratulations

Big_B
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 11:26
Great work everyone. there were some truely stunning photos to choose from.

Thanks to Tim and his beautiful assistant for making all of this happen :D