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Mira

(22,380 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 12:47 AM Mar 2013

Poll 2 *****March Photography Contest***** Theme: "A Photographer's favorite"

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Theme: "A PHOTOGRAPHER'S FAVORITE"

We who take photos sometimes end up with a shot we love and want to show off.
No rhyme or reason to it oftentimes, mostly it is just personal.

It may not fit into the theme of a contest, and we forget about it. So this month we dusted off our archives and pulled out a favorite to post for everybody to see and vote on.


We have 3 preliminary threads, as always. Please take the time to vote in all 3 of them. If the recommendations get to be numerous, I think the threads will come out to the front page, so please recommend and kick the threads.

Poll 1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022510372

Poll 3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022510403


We really appreciate your interest and participation, and we love having this opportunity to show off our passion/hobby/love as represented in our photographs.

The preliminaries will run for 3 days. The finals will start on the 21st and run for 3 days.
Then I'll announce the winners.

Skinner has authorized this contest to be run in GD.





View To The Barn



Bliss



The Three Amigas



Winter Range



Camden Hills State Park, Maine



Morning Light



Burghers of Calais



Youth




Misty Solitude



A Portrait of Intensity




60 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Time expired
View To The Barn
2 (3%)
Bliss
7 (12%)
The Three Amigas
0 (0%)
Winter Range
13 (22%)
Camden Hills State Park, Maine
3 (5%)
Morning Light
0 (0%)
Burghers of Calais
3 (5%)
Youth
3 (5%)
Misty Solitude
8 (13%)
A Portrait of Intensity
21 (35%)
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Poll 2 *****March Photography Contest***** Theme: "A Photographer's favorite" (Original Post) Mira Mar 2013 OP
Kick eom Th1onein Mar 2013 #1
Kick Mira Mar 2013 #44
A Portrait of Intensity and Misty Solitude. Wow. DevonRex Mar 2013 #2
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2013 #3
Some great pics. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #4
No Contest ;-) "A Portrait of Intensity" ReRe Mar 2013 #5
It looks like my kitty, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #9
I totally agree... ReRe Mar 2013 #12
Sometimes you just have to not CC Mar 2013 #6
Conflict of interest here in voting for Bliss Turborama Mar 2013 #7
Never had kids, but Bliss is now my wallpaper. ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #36
k&r HappyMe Mar 2013 #8
Wonderful photos ... tough to pick a favorite MichaelSoE Mar 2013 #10
Good ones all! Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2013 #11
A Portrait of Intensity a kennedy Mar 2013 #13
Kick Mira Mar 2013 #14
KNR alfredo Mar 2013 #15
k&r UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #16
Kick NV Whino Mar 2013 #17
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #18
WHAT is Burghers of Calais a photo OF????? benld74 Mar 2013 #19
It is a close up of a huge statue by Auguste Rodin Mira Mar 2013 #20
Oh I was. March contest I was only thinkiing springtime. At 1st I thought it was a tree, benld74 Mar 2013 #32
Kick Mira Mar 2013 #21
K&R! countryjake Mar 2013 #22
K & R Chellee Mar 2013 #23
kick n/t Celebration Mar 2013 #24
kickPics!. . . .n/t annabanana Mar 2013 #25
k & r - so hard to choose. MH1 Mar 2013 #26
k alfredo Mar 2013 #27
kickety countryjake Mar 2013 #28
kick! JohnnyRingo Mar 2013 #29
Kick Solly Mack Mar 2013 #30
kick rdking647 Mar 2013 #31
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #33
Kick Mz Pip Mar 2013 #34
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #35
KICK Mira Mar 2013 #37
Kick!! JohnnyRingo Mar 2013 #38
Kick! nt justiceischeap Mar 2013 #39
Kick! Turborama Mar 2013 #40
that cat. barbtries Mar 2013 #41
Kick Mira Mar 2013 #42
Kick Solly Mack Mar 2013 #43
kick countryjake Mar 2013 #45
Kick up Whoa_Nelly Mar 2013 #46
Kickety kick.nt justiceischeap Mar 2013 #47

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
2. A Portrait of Intensity and Misty Solitude. Wow.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 01:14 AM
Mar 2013

Commanding. They both command your presence in different ways. In Solitude you want to meditate in that beautiful, misty space. In Intensity, you simply cannot look away from the cat.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
5. No Contest ;-) "A Portrait of Intensity"
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 02:04 AM
Mar 2013
K&R

... because the kitty looks just like my Einstein. Smartest kitty in the litter, even though he was the runt. The resemblance is stunning. I miss him so much!

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
9. It looks like my kitty, too.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:09 AM
Mar 2013

It's an wonderful photo, and I'm not just saying that out prejudice in favor of the subject matter.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
12. I totally agree...
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 09:26 AM
Mar 2013

It's a contest winner, and not just on DU. It's Madison Avenue, if you get my drift. How on earth did the photographer get that picture? Probably someone holding it. There had to be allot of snapping of the camera going on. Really, I wonder how many views the photographer had to take to get this one that was absolutely perfect? It is a happy docile cat, is all I can say.
My cats would have been out of there on the first click!

CC

(8,039 posts)
6. Sometimes you just have to not
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 02:43 AM
Mar 2013

vote for one of your favs to catch up on (some know what I mean) or for the first one to just out at you and instead give your vote to the quiet one that keeps you coming back to look at again and again.



Very hard decision to make though.




Turborama

(22,109 posts)
7. Conflict of interest here in voting for Bliss
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 04:20 AM
Mar 2013

She looks just like my daughter and she loves the sea, so I totally got the emotional attachment to it.

Mira

(22,380 posts)
20. It is a close up of a huge statue by Auguste Rodin
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:15 PM
Mar 2013

Last edited Fri Mar 15, 2013, 07:08 PM - Edit history (1)

look here:

http://www.metmuseum.org/learn/for-educators/publications-for-educators/auguste-rodin-the-burghers-of-calais

Enjoy. It is a magnificent piece, of course.
I answered instead of the photographer, since we can't divulge identities.

benld74

(9,909 posts)
32. Oh I was. March contest I was only thinkiing springtime. At 1st I thought it was a tree,
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 12:16 PM
Mar 2013

then I saw the hands,,,,

MH1

(17,600 posts)
26. k & r - so hard to choose.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:11 PM
Mar 2013

Especially in this thread, even more than usual.

I finally chose "Morning Light" because it is a really wonderful composition of a landscape photo.

barbtries

(28,810 posts)
41. that cat.
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 09:43 AM
Mar 2013

i've had cats all my life and taken plenty of pictures of them but nothing close to as good as this picture.

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