FINAL ROUND: March Photo Contest. Theme: ARCHITECTURE

Here are the finalists in the March 2006 Photo contest. The theme for this contest is ARCHITECTURE.

This final round will only be up until around 8pm on March 27. So vote early and vote often!

And let me just say to all the photographers who participated, and especially our fab finalists

:yourock: :applause:


Chapel on the Rock


Arizona in Alaska


Galleria, BCE Place, Toronto


Grist Mill


Scraping the sky


Urban Blue


Red Barn


Patterson Park Pagoda


'60s Reflection (Experience Music Project and Space Needle)


Church

Great work as usual! :beer:

Great job, everybody!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

These contests keep getter better and better. DU photogs are the best!!!
:thumbsup:

And a big THANK YOU to intheflow for hosting this while juggling 100 other things right now.
:yourock:

I'm only juggling 99 other things at the moment. Piece o'cake! :rofl:

I suck at all the complex math stuff. It was 99? I stand corrected.
:dunce:

Still.....


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Only two days to vote. Let's keep this kicked so everyone can see it. Fabulous photos.

And you can be sure THESE votes will be counted!

the one I chose did a good job of showing how the structure interacts with its environment. I'm sure the architect considered the canvas on which his design would be painted. I like the composition too. The clouds are an essential element of the image.


to the photographer of the Gris Mill: I knew it would do well. Art is subjective. What you may find as a negative could be what hooks another viewer. It brings out the nine year old in me. The photo spoke to me, and it appears it has to others. Sometimes we are the worst judges of our own works.

received any votes yet. One smacks you in the face with form and color and is of National Geographic quality, the other has excellent composition and seems to understand the subject well. It's the photo, not the building.

That photo is very nicely composed and inviting.

It seems that more good photographers have joined in, and that we have helped each other to become better at photographers.

I've learned SO much by hanging out there, especially about digital photography. I'm still a film snob at heart, but can't resist the instant gratification of the digital. :)

higher for quality boxes, but over time they are much cheaper. If most of what you do it the internet or 8X10 or smaller, a 5mp is fine

I don't like the shutter lag. That's the only thing I don't like about digital. Of course shutter lag is no problem if shooting still life.

I've found that I can bypass that by setting the camera on continuous shooting mode. This has worked well in many of my bird shots, in particular. Great clarity of wing motion in flight.

have lessened the lag

for higher-end bodies

And if they can capture the stuff you see in SI digitally, you can capture a 2 year old :P

Nice job everyone! :toast:

:applause:

:kick:

It was especially difficult to make a choice from this group, because they are all great photos.

What a talented group of people DUers are! :yourock:

But, I did!

Great work, beautiful photos! :yourock:

buildings... but "new reflecting the old" is much more than just a picture of something nice. It showed intuition and reflection and a good sense of balance.

I guess of these here "60s reflection" will make it. These colours are always great, and everything else about this picture is good, too.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

Stunning bunch!

Beautiful photos, let's get this on the Greatest Page :kick:

Lounge posts cannot get on the Greatest Page. Too many abuses early in the life of the GP. Such is life! :)

:kick:

My top three are in the finals, it's going to be hard to pick one now.

They're all fantastic. :thumbsup:

Yea, I'm a Thread Whore. Not something I'm proud of, but it's a living.....
:yoiks:

:spray: :rofl:

Damnit! You just lost me my first sip of coffee this morning! :spank:

:kick: Well, there's one...

:kick:

More appropriate than a kick, I think. :dunce:

What if there is a tie?

:puke: I feel sick just thinking we'd have to rely on that evil man for anything! :puke:

...just like at the Academy Awards. This isn't an election for office, where only one person can be President, Governor, or Mayor.

The only question would be how the two "winners" would divide up the duties of running the next contest. But we've already seen one contest/challenge (December) co-run by two members, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

:) but my guess is a winner will emerge.

Could we stop referring to him as the big Dick? Psychically that mixes an image of human sexuality (:thumbsup:) with Dick Cheney (:thumbsdown:).
:yoiks:


And don't anyone dare repost that repulsive photo of The Evil One with something like a zucchini in his pants! :grr:
This thread is for original photography only. :hi:

:spank: It won't happen again.

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:kick:

:kick:

Just..... because.

:donut:

No, I'm not going to tell you which one. Decide for yourself.

Only 129 votes so far??? I tell you, the work ethic is too strong on DU. Where are all the office workers sluffing off on DU this Monday???

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8PM MT is the deadline to vote!

... :kick: .

First Place: regnaD kciN, with '60s Reflection (Experience Music Project and Space Needle)
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Second place: priller, with Scraping the Sky
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Third place: Blue In AK, with Arizona in Alaska
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:


Congradulations to all the finalists! :toast: Thanks for playing!


This contest was a pleasure to host! :hi:

;-)

...especially lakemonster11, F.Gordon, intheflow, and CC, for convincing me to enter a photo I thought was too abstract to qualify as "architectural photography"...

...and to superconnected, for introducing me to the Photography Group, and persuading me to enter the contests...

...and, finally, to paisley, for her love and support, and tolerance (most of the time) when I take the camera along to one place or another, knowing that she's likely to lose me for an hour or so.

And my congratulations to the other finalists, especially priller, for a stunning contest debut, and the always excellent Blue_In_AK and RadFemFL.

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Oops, the orchestra has already started the "get the **** off stage, you idiot" music, so I'll make my exit...

We've been talking about you behind your back.

Thank you for participating :)

(lock requested by intheflow)

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