FINAL ROUND: March Photo Contest. Theme: ARCHITECTURE

[intheflow]

Poll question: 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

[blondeatlast]

1. Every one is a stunner. Thank you all for sharing your talents. Wow! nt

[usedtobesick]

2. Just incredible pictures! All of them well done!

Great work as usual! :beer:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Again, what a wonderful bunch of pictures!

Great job, everybody!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[F.Gordon]

4. Absolutely Ahhhhhhsome

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:

[intheflow]

5. P'shaw!

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

[F.Gordon]

7. My bad

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

Still.....


:applause:

[NV Whino]

6. Kick!

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

[Samurai_Writer]

8. Vote everyone!

And you can be sure THESE votes will be counted!

[alfredo]

9. tough decision.

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.

[alfredo]

10. I can't believe that two excellent photos have not

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.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. I agree with you.

That photo is very nicely composed and inviting.

[alfredo]

17. I'm impressed with the quality of the work across the board.

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

[intheflow]

19. I really like that aspect of the photo group, too.

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. :)

[alfredo]

20. Digital is the way to go for us poor slobs. The upfront costs are

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.

[intheflow]

24. Yes, shutter lag sucks, but

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.

[alfredo]

25. Never tought of that. I'm sure the higher priced machines

have lessened the lag

[DS1]

37. 65 milliseconds

for higher-end bodies

[alfredo]

38. Not fast enough to capture a 2 year old.

[ET Awful]

41. LOL . . . Well, most sports photography is shot digitally these days

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

[alfredo]

42. After they crash from a sugar high.

[bigwillq]

12. Voted!

Nice job everyone! :toast:

[fishwax]

13. kick

:applause:

:kick:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Incredible pictures, everyone!

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:

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. So difficult to pick just one!

But, I did!

Great work, beautiful photos! :yourock:

[neweurope]

16. My favourite didn't make it. Most here are photos of nice

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.

----------------

Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Robb]

18. Kicking

Stunning bunch!

[Catchawave]

21. K&R for the great talents !

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

[intheflow]

23. Unfortunately,

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

[SKKY]

22. That EMP and Space Needle picture kicks ass...

[Cobalt Violet]

26. Kick.

[intheflow]

27. A kick before I turn in for the night.

:kick:

[Nicole]

28. Great job everyone

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

[Blue_In_AK]

29. A late night kick

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. Unfortunately, I could only pick one.

They're all fantastic. :thumbsup:

[F.Gordon]

31. I get ten bucks everytime I kick this thread

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

[intheflow]

34. Thread whore!

:spray: :rofl:

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

[regnaD kciN]

32. How shall I kick thee? Let me count the ways...

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

[Cobalt Violet]

33. Kick.

:kick:

[TahitiNut]

35. >click

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

[Cobalt Violet]

36. Vote now!

What if there is a tie?

[Blue_In_AK]

39. We call in Dick Cheney??

[intheflow]

40. ...

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

[regnaD kciN]

43. I would think that, if there's a tie, there's a tie...

...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.

[Blue_In_AK]

44. I like that idea better than calling in the big Dick...

:) but my guess is a winner will emerge.

[intheflow]

45. Please.

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:

[Blue_In_AK]

46. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

:spank: It won't happen again.

[Cobalt Violet]

47. Kick.

:kick:

[alfredo]

48. kick

[intheflow]

49. Gratuitous kick-a-rooni!

:kick:

[Cobalt Violet]

50. Time for the 9:21 PM kick.

[JeffR]

51. kick

:kick:

[F.Gordon]

52. kick

Just..... because.

[PitbullTed]

53. kick

[Samurai_Writer]

54. Vote it up, people! *NT*

[Immad2]

55. Monday morning kick

[intheflow]

56. Kick for the Monday morning cube dwellers!

:donut:

[Immad2]

57. One more morning kick

[Blue_In_AK]

58. To the top

[Immad2]

59. Afternoon kick

[Samurai_Writer]

60. Vote vote vote!

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

[Immad2]

61. A kick

[intheflow]

62. Only a 129 votes thus far & only about 4 more hours until the polls close.

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???

[JeffR]

63. one more kick

:kick:

[intheflow]

64. Kick'n for the last evening.

8PM MT is the deadline to vote!

[regnaD kciN]

65. I guess I'll get in the final...

... :kick: .

[intheflow]

66. The Final Round is now closed. Congratulations regnaD kciN!!

First Place: regnaD kciN, with '60s Reflection (Experience Music Project and Space Needle)
:woohoo:

Second place: priller, with Scraping the Sky
:applause: :applause:

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:

[regnaD kciN]

67. I'd like to thank the members of the Academy...

;-)

...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.

:applause:

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

[Blue_In_AK]

68. RadFemFL and I KNEW you'd win, regnaD kciN

We've been talking about you behind your back.

[BigMcLargehuge]

69. Locked

Thank you for participating :)

(lock requested by intheflow)

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