***COMMENT THREAD*** June Photo Contest: "PORTRAIT OF A STRANGER"

Mira

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Sat Jun-13-09 08:12 AM
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Edited on Sat Jun-13-09 08:29 AM by Mira

Here is the place to comment on the photos we see or have posted in the submission thread. If there is something you want to say, go ahead and do so right here.
Submissions are http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x56602">right here

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Celebration

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Sat Jun-13-09 08:35 AM
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1. oh, no

Somebody please post a picture of a female. I can already tell it is going to be one of "those" contests.

Good first pic by the way, despite it being sexist. (LOL, just kidding). I have one of a security guard, too, but will probably use another picture I have of a MAN.

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Mira

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Sat Jun-13-09 08:41 AM
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2. For a minute you had me going....

because I'm still checking to see if I did this post properly.

Now I remember the non-sensical male/female controversy from the "people at work" contest. By the way, I also think that's a poignant first photo, I envision him at the head of the photos to come, guarding them.

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Celebration

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:05 AM
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3. I agree

Would be cool if the random number generator thingie came up with a "coincidence" like the World at Work did. It gave everyone a few laughs. If someone posts a picture of a person engaged in robbery, maybe you should cheat a bit and follow it up with the security guard.

I know the (male) entry that I want to make, but I am mulling over titles. None stands out as being the best. As I stated before I really have no choice of pictures, because after this one I decided--NO MORE STRANGERS, and you may see why.

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tekisui

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:11 AM
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4. I will take into condsideration females.

I am having a helluva time though. I have literally dozens of stranger portraits to choose from. I really don't know how to pick.

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Mira

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:18 AM
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5. Knowing your work - I'm in a cold sweat with you. I knew all along this would

be a tough choice for you specifically. I'm still laughing about your "friend of Bill's" photo from the Phish crowd. I just got home today, and my next door neighbors were returning from Asheville and asked me: Have you ever heard of Phish?
I had to laugh.

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Stevenmarc

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:23 AM
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6. It literally was a coin toss between my male and female pic, and then there was

my male dressed as a female.

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Celebration

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:26 AM
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9. But we COULDN'T have that

Unless we also had the same number of females dressed as males.

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Stevenmarc

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:43 AM
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10. LOL I have one

Edited on Sat Jun-13-09 11:08 AM by Stevenmarc

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alfredo

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Sat Jun-13-09 07:44 PM
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12. That's a great picture.

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Celebration

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Sat Jun-13-09 08:06 PM
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13. that IS a great picture I agree n/t

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Stevenmarc

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Sun Jun-14-09 08:11 AM
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23. Thanks alfredo & Celebration

I took it last weekend at a local Pride event.

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alfredo

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:22 AM
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7. there's a female dog in mine. I wanted to get a picture of a Barista at

a local coffee shop, but I never got to it.

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tekisui

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:24 AM
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8. Is this one going to be B&W heavy? I hope so!

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alfredo

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Sun Jun-14-09 10:16 AM
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25. Color can be a distraction in many portraits.

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Celebration

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:51 AM
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11. love the girl/pony

I actually took riding lessons as a kid, and didn't exactly take to them, so I definitely "get" it.

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Robb

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Sun Jun-14-09 04:24 PM
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27. Thanks!

Yeah, she looked thrilled. :D

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mth44sc

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:27 PM
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14. Itchinjim

DAMN!

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Itchinjim

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:02 PM
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19. mth44sc

Thanks.

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sandnsea

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:11 PM
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21. Ditto

Took my breath away, then I couldn't look away, then I cried.

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Celebration

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:17 PM
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22. stands out, doesn't it?

Sort of like the homeless guy with the dog in Street Scenes

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Mz Pip

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:32 PM
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15. Decided to go with

my female stranger.

I don't usually photograph people but when I was going through my archives I found a lot more than I thought I had.

This was a good choice for a contest (at least for me) since it made me take a good look at all the people shots I've taken. I end to dismiss them and to my amazement I found a few that weren't all that bad.

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Mira

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:38 PM
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16. Glad you feel this way. Beautiful depiction of your stranger, too. I have run across

the same thing looking for animal shots, which I don't usually do. And now suddenly I'm finding a lot of them.
The contests stretch us and I like that.

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Mz Pip

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:49 PM
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18. Actually the animals

are more of a stretch for me. I know I can't submit 10 pics of my cats for the calendar!

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Mira

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Sat Jun-13-09 10:09 PM
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20. Give them to Wanna Jump, he needs them badly. I think he even said so. N/T

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Tindalos

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Sun Jun-14-09 06:09 PM
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33. I'm the same way

Going through my photos, I found very few pictures of people and none of them were looking at the camera.

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Mira

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Sat Jun-13-09 09:41 PM
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17. General comments: I like how this is shaping up. We have a lot of beauty

accumulating in the submissions, all the sizes are good, and in spite of the tight subject matter the submissions run the gamut of "all over the place".
I hope you folks are having fun. I am loving this.

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alfredo

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Sun Jun-14-09 10:16 AM
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24. I had a lot of old portraits from the sixties, but I decided to try a

new one because I have been reluctant to approach a stranger and ask to take their picture.

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Mira

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Sun Jun-14-09 04:44 PM
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28. For me the subject of the contest presented the photographers with a potential stretch

beyond our comfort zone.
I think that is possibly evidenced by the unusual number of undecided folks asking for help chosing with polls and queries.
I'm having fun watching.

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alfredo

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Sun Jun-14-09 04:51 PM
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29. I think I am projecting my desire for privacy onto others.

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Mira

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Sun Jun-14-09 05:05 PM
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30. I get it. I had only one time in recent memory where a stranger to me asked me

if he could take my picture. It felt really funny, but he was a pro with lenses the length of my arm, and I'm vain, he probably thought I was cute.
:rofl: :rofl:

(the occasion was the mall in Washington, the inauguration of our President Obama)

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alfredo

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Sun Jun-14-09 05:14 PM
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31. People who spend a lot of time behind the camera seem to be shy

in front of the camera.

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Mira

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Sun Jun-14-09 06:14 PM
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35. HA! You're the one who used the word "projecting". It could easily work the other way.

Until my neck started to sag, and my hair turned darker (though no gray which is weird), I had no problem being in front of a camera. What's funny is that most candid photos of me show me taking a photo, since this is a decade old reality, why don't I know more about photography?

I used to be quite a poser if called on...

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alfredo

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Sun Jun-14-09 06:29 PM
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37. I know a couple pro photographers and they don't like their photo taken.

My sister in law is an avid photographer, but shies away from the camera when pointed at her.

Me, I feel that I am not photogenic.

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Cassandra

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Sun Jun-14-09 06:16 PM
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36. I usually don't take pictures of strangers...

and was tempted to use a shot from a live model shoot, but while I was in Times Square sitting with some friends, this little girl was hiding from her brother behind us. I said, "If you're going to hide here then you have to let me take your picture." She gave me a wonderful smile.
BTW Mira, you're doing a great job running the contest.

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Celebration

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Sun Jun-14-09 07:09 PM
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38. Yeah, in the case of the Japanese

A lot of them were performers or hawkers of some type. In that case they are asking for their pictures to be taken, as far as I am concerned. Just one was a random crowd shot, but taken with the pocket camera.

The one I entered I was taking as we pulled away from the boat dock in the boat. I thought he wouldn't notice that I was taking his picture, but I think the evidence is in the picture. That may be the last time that I purposely take a picture of a stranger that is not performing in some way. Maybe I should have entered the Elvis impersonator. Hmmm.

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Tindalos

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Mon Jun-15-09 10:00 PM
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41. Mine was at an anime convention

It was a fairly safe place to get photos of strangers because people are happy to show off their costumes. Mostly, I took pictures of people standing around posing for other photographers and I didn't have to ask them. However, when I saw the subject of my picture walking through the crowd, I had to stop and ask for her picture because she's so beautiful.

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Celebration

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Tue Jun-16-09 07:03 AM
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43. That is an AMAZING picture

I love the woodsprite picture--love it, love it, love it!!!

I would say that people dressed up as anime characters in public are asking for getting photographed.

And sny public performer or sales person on the public streets is asking for the same thing, as far as I am concerned.

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Tindalos

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:57 AM
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45. Yes, I agree re the street performer thing

If people are performing in some way, then I feel more comfortable taking their picture. At the con, the cosplayers put a lot of time and effort into making their costumes. They appreciate the positive feedback.

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sandnsea

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Mon Jun-15-09 10:21 PM
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42. It is fantastic

One of the best yet.

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tekisui

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Sun Jun-14-09 01:27 PM
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26. I went with Nat and Sadie.

It was between them and "Matthew Don't You Dare Call Me William". I chose the ladies for a bit more context and more subject matter.

This is a great contest, all of the entries are great.

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Stevenmarc

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Sun Jun-14-09 05:15 PM
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32. I'm glad you did, they tell a story

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Tindalos

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Sun Jun-14-09 06:13 PM
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34. I like that one

I didn't get the other thread in time to comment, but I was going to say Nat and Sadie or the boy on the beach.

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FlyingSquirrel

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Mon Jun-15-09 03:14 AM
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39. "Howdy, Stranger!"

:D No, it's not a submission. I think I recognize this joker!

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Mira

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Mon Jun-15-09 08:33 PM
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40. Meant to click this thread - kicking it - hoping for more submissions.

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Mira

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Tue Jun-16-09 07:14 AM
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44. Miss Honeychurch: As you wish - I will be happy to accept your second submission instead.

It's all fluid until the cut-off time at Noon today, and good luck to you and all.

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Mira

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:59 AM
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46. Hey----Wanna Jump----glad you jumped in too.

Dazzling and dizzying, we needed that shot!

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