Calling for submissions for the 3rd Photo Contest!

[intheflow]

The winning theme is CEMETERIES. Submissions accepted starting now. I'll accept submissions until I get 10 photos or February 25th, whichever comes first. The contest will post in the Lounge on the 26th, around 6pm EST. Cemeteries aren't my forte, so I'm really looking forward to what you all submit! :hi:

My apologies for the delay in posting for those of you in eastern and central time zones. It's still the 18th in intheflowLand. The delay was that I had to both find and scan in my own cemetery photos (of course!).

These first two photos are from a pet cemetery in Colorado Springs. (The bull dog's name was Gertie.)




This cemetery is in Monson, MA...................And this one is the oldest cemetery in my hometown, Wilbraham, MA.

[Longgrain]

1. Thanks intheflow for taking the time to host the next contest...

I'll be out, in all my glory tomorrow to get my shot!

:hi:

[Longgrain]

2. Thanks for those Mass cemetery ones...

and speaking of Massachusetts...

How would everyone feel about me entering something such as this under the them of cemeteries...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x500#1115

Otherwise, I have tons of them...

[TahitiNut]

3. Complex question.

I guess it depends on where the question of 'THEME' is applied. Is it only in the acceptance and not the judging/evaluation?

Further, is "Ghost Town" the same as "Cemetery"? I can understand how it might be an inventive approach to the thematic compositon that I proposed, if Cemetery+Building were the composition. But that approach gained virtually no support in here. :shrug:

[Longgrain]

4. I liked that idea

since that seems to be what I do best, tho I certainly can do cemeteries too.

[intheflow]

9. Again, if there had been a tie I would have ruled in favor of

"cemetery buildings" and I would think your "dead park" photos eligible. But since the clear winner was cemeteries, I'm thinking it means cemeteries. Sorry! :shrug:

Although perhaps this will force you to step away from the keyboard. What's your weather like today?

[Longgrain]

12. All right then, here's my official entry...

[TahitiNut]

13. (Oohhh) That's fascinating.

There's a mood to that one I don't think I've seen before. (wow.)

I should get off my ass and go see what I can do with my little digitoy.

[Longgrain]

16. I think I should also note the title...

Since we are to remain anonymous...

The title is "Two Graveyards".

[intheflow]

22. Nice shot!

Very vertical. And obvioulsy not taken in New England today.

[okasha]

5. Contest entry

Here's mine.

[Longgrain]

7. Good one...

I love black and white photos, great use of dark and lights.

I've seen a few others similar to that around here, which is why I thought the cemetery theme was approprate...can't wait to see what else comes up...

[intheflow]

10. Excellent first entry!

A very nice use of shadow and light. And more evocative shot from behind rather than a head-on shot.

[intheflow]

17. Do you have a title for this? n/t

[okasha]

19. Title

Just "Kneeling Angel, Laredo City Cemetery"

[outraged2]

40. I love that one

I was hoping you'd enter her.

[GOPFighter]

6. In addition...

Winner(s) of the previous month's contest are ineligible for this contest. And I think we agreed that the winner of each contest gets to host the next one?

Love your picture of the Wilbraham cemetery, intheflow!

[Longgrain]

8. They way I always thought about it was that the previous entries

could still post a photo, but priority will be given to those who did not enter the last contest...so if there are only seven "new" entries, the remaining three slots could be filled...or not, depends on how much interest there is in it this time?

[intheflow]

11. Winners are ineligivle to enter, true, but

I agree with Longgrain, we still want to see what you would have entered if you could have entered!

The Wilbraham cemetery is right next to my high school. It's where we used to sneak off to to neck and smoke illegal substances after school. It was a big party school, so a few of our buddies were buried there from drunk driving accidents; made us feel like we were still partying with them. (Who says the party crowd isn't spiritual?)

[alfredo]

14. I've only got one cemetary picture online.

I wanted to "paint" it in colors that are a cross between decay and a cheap whore.



This is the old section of the oldest cemetery in Lexington Ky. People are not allowed in this part of the cemetery, so I went there.

[intheflow]

18. Alfredo, I need you to resize your pictures.

They're too big and don't load on my dial-up connection. But your evocative description leaves me dying to see them! (Pun intended.)

[alfredo]

25. I got back too late to edit it.

Sorry about that

I don't know how I got two copies of the images. I was being called to dinner when I was posting. It wasn't my night to cook :)

[TahitiNut]

27. Why not resize "homepage.mac.com/alfredo_tomato/.Pictures/TheCrypt.jpg"??

It's not the post that needs editing; it's the image that needs resizing for entry.

[intheflow]

28. Don't worry about re-editing post.

I can't tell you how many typos of mine are living on for posterity because of that expiring edit time. Just resize the picture and post again.

And send that person cooking for you over to my place to cook for me! :hi:

Edited--I kid you not--for typos! :eyes:

[alfredo]

31. I will knock it down a bit.

http://homepage.mac.com/alfredo_tomato/PhotoAlbum1.html

The .Mac site is running real slow tonight. Everyone is updating tonight it seems.

[Longgrain]

30. Here you go flow...

Will this do?

[intheflow]

33. Mui better!

Thanks, Longgrain! :hi:

alfredo, do you have a title for this photo?

[alfredo]

34. The Crypt

Or Let's see what this filter does.

[Rocinante]

15. My entry

I posted it in a thread about using black and white when this group was new, but what the heck, I'll use it again.

This may fall under "cemetary buildings" though.

[intheflow]

20. This is totally a cemetery shot.

And a beautiful one, at that. :thumbsup:

Does this photo have a name?

[Rocinante]

24. Thanks

I've never been much good at naming photos. The name of the church is Mt. Zion, you could use that if needed. :)

[Longgrain]

29. Nice one Rocinante

There is something about this one, the tombstones seem to form a circular base, in which every thing else seems to rise from...

Very cool...

[Rocinante]

Thanks

I really like what you've done with your photo. The tombstone up close and out of focus then yielding to the rest of the stones makes me feel like I'm there in person.

Very nice.

[electricmonk]

21. My entry

An old one from before I knew too much about photography but I still like it. Taken by the light of a full moon in a cemetery that me and my girlfriend at the time used to sneak into late at night. The original was in color but it was so faint that it worked better in b/w.

[intheflow]

23. That is one freaky picture!

Haunting, one might be tempted to pun. (And obviously, I give into temptation easily.)

What do you want to call it for the contest?

[electricmonk]

26. Title, hmmm...

Call it "At McBain's". That's the name on the mausoleum we used to hang out at and where we did the photo. Thing was bigger than some apartments I've had.

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[TahitiNut]

44. Sorry, Grovelbot. Self-portraits don't qualify in this contest.

:shrug:

[outraged2]

35. Is there still room?

Her name is Grief:

[intheflow]

37. Wow!

That'll rip a mother's heart right out! :cry: Glad you made it back in time to get in the contest--in plenty of time, as it turns out.

outraged, is the title "Grief" or "Her name is Grief"?

[outraged2]

39. Grief

I have never seen a more moving cemetery monument in my life. Frank had people who very clearly loved him very much.

[RagingInMiami]

36. Here is my entry

I call it "Family Plot".

[intheflow]

38. Cool!

I can't tell if this photo is playful or creepy (and am not sure I want to know). Coming from the north, the palm trees add an extra-surreal touch for me. Another excellent entry. Thanks, Raging.

[alfredo]

89. I love it!!

If I had a vote, you'd get it.

[roguevalley]

41. I have a great cryptic photo I'm trying to find. Its a small white

rectangle that says, "Lt. Colonel So and So
died May 3, 1926
served an ungrateful nation
died for an ungrateful people

[intheflow]

42. Ooh! I hope you find it in time to enter!

I count 7 entries so far.

[Samurai_Writer]

43. My entry

It's not a cemetary... but an etching off the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall. Clarence Brown was my first piano teacher. In 1969, he told a very tearful 8-year-old girl that he had been drafted and was going to Vietnam. He died in that war, but not before giving inspiration to that girl to become a musician and a progressive against violence.









I took several shots with different backgrounds... pick the one you like best.

[intheflow]

45. What a moving story, RadFemFL.

I'm sorry for your loss, but am grateful you had the wisdom to learn from Mr. Brown while you had the chance. :hug:

Niceties out of the way, each of these photos evokes a different feeling in me. So I feel like it's too much pressure for me to pick any of the photos, since I don't really know either you or him. Which photo moves you the most?

Also, would you please name your entry? Thanks, RFFL.

[Samurai_Writer]

49. I think I like the first one best...

The one with The Wall sticker under it, resting on the stainless steel table.

Title? Needless Loss

[intheflow]

56. That's one of my favorites.

I liked that one a lot, and your title exactly reflects what was evoked for me. OK, you're Official Entry #8! :hi:

[TahitiNut]

47. CLARENCE BROWN

CLARENCE BROWN

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
USARV
21 year old Single, Negro, Male
Born on Apr 04, 1949
From ST LOUIS, MISSOURI
His tour of duty began on Mar 30, 1970
Casualty was on Aug 23, 1970
in BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was recovered

Panel 08W - - Line 132



http://thewall-usa.com/

[Samurai_Writer]

48. Yes, that's him.

I still remember him after all these years.

Thank you, Mr. Brown. And thanks, TahitiNut, for posting the info. Sad as it is.

Bella

[TahitiNut]

51. If I recall correctly, Binh Dinh was close to where I was stationed ...

... the prior year at USARV Long Binh Post. It may be the name of the province, actually, but I seem to recall a village with that name, too.

(Memory is the second thing to go - especially when you want to forget.)

[ralps]

46. I have 2 photos taken in a cemetery. I would like to submit

a photo for the next contest, I'm just not sure which one would be better, so here are both
Monument 1


Cemetery 2


Maybe you all could help me decide.
:hi:

[Longgrain]

50. That's hard too decide

I really like the panorama one a lot, tho it might be too long to view on the computer screen...

Of the monument ones, the middle one is my favorite of the three...

Hummm...anyone else want to weigh in?

[ralps]

52. The Monuments photo is all one photo although I could split it

up:shrug: Thanks:pals:

[Longgrain]

53. Really? I think it would be cool too summit it as three photos...

You might have to ask intheflow if it counts as one picture or three pictures. (Of course technically it's probally about twenty pictures ;) )

[intheflow]

57. Ooh! This is like a mini-contest within the submissions!

OK, I rule that the top picture can be entered as 3 views. After all, RagingInMiami accented his photo with color. Your piece is conceptual but still photography.

However, I prefer the second entry to the first. Since that already splits the vote, anyone else want to weigh in? I'll post majority rule in the contest. Unless no one else weighs in, then I'm going with my favorite. (Sorry, Longgrain.)

[Longgrain]

59. Actually I prefer the second to the first too

I just though it might be too long, and if you reduced the size it might be too grainy.

Either way it's up to you?

[Swamp Rat]

69. Good job!

;) :hi:

[RetroLounge]

54. Here's my entry.

I didn't have time to stop where I wanted, and when I finally did so today, the place was snowed in. This is an old cemetary and empty church. I don't think it's used anymore, and is ringed in on all 4 sides. There is a road in front, railroad tracks in the rear, and factories on each side. But it stuck me as something needing sepia, and I was going for the vintage postcard look.

So I will name this: Postcard

RL

[ralps]

55. Cool photo RetroLounge.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

62. Thanks!

RL

[intheflow]

58. What a lovely picture.

Too bad that church is empty. I think it would be cool to live there! Well, you're #10, RetroLounge. Congratulations. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

63. My friend used to live in a converted church

It was cool...

RL

[intheflow]

60. ****** Contest Closed ******

By my count, RetroLounge's entry made 10.

The photographers are

Longgrain
okasha
alfredo
Rocinante
electricmonk
outraged2
RagingInMiami
RadFemFL
ralfs
RetroLounge

Good luck to you all! :toast:

If you missed entering the contest, I still want to see your photos. I'll do what Longgrain did the last time and put them up in the Lounge in a separate post. :hi:

Again, I plan on posting the contest on Saturday, 2/26, around 6pm EST.
intheflow

[ralps]

61. Hi intheflow, I think you got my login name wrong, it's ralps

Thanks for your comments about my entry.
:hi: :yourock:

[intheflow]

64. D'oh!

This thread has obviously been invaded by typo imps... well, at least they've infiltrated my posts. :silly:

Name correction duly noted. I'll make sure it's right when it comes time to acknowledge all photographers.

[smurfygirl]

65. just for laughs...

When I was a freshman in high school, my best friend and I watched Night of the Living Dead one day after school. We lived down the street from Zachary Taylor cemetery. So, she put on a sheet and took a butcher knife and ran around the cemetery while I took her picture...memories. How funny. We used to also go there and smoke cigarettes on the graves. We would pull up the sod and stick our butts under the grass..seems so stupid now, but it was our daily after school ritual.
Anyway, here is a picture from then. I didn't have any time to go shoot the cemeteries around here but will add it to my homework assignments.

[intheflow]

73. I like this picture a lot!

If I had gone to your high school, I would have loved smoking butts and running through the graveyard with you wild women. :hi:

[Duncan Grant]

66. To all the photographers: These are great! Good luck!

This is one of my favorite places to visit here at DU. :thumbsup: :hi:

[Longgrain]

67. Thank you intheflow!

This is shaping up to be an interesting group of photos...

All is good, can't wait to see who wins tho...

[Swamp Rat]

68. "Cemetério da Saudade" -

"Cemetery of Yearning" - Low res (under 1 MEG pix) photos from camcorder, deep in the heart of the sertão (desert) in North East Brazil (State of Ceará). 2003.

[ralps]

70. Wow, neat photos Swamp Rat!

:pals:

[Swamp Rat]

71. HA! I was just posting a comment on your post above.

:) :hug:

[intheflow]

72. Excellent collage!

The tomb stones are really neat. Like being buried in Tiny Town. :)

[Swamp Rat]

74. Thanks. I live about 100 yards from a cemetery, like the Brazilian one,

here in New Orleans - it was my playground during childhood. I have lots of photos (including jazz funerals) but I don't know where they are right now and they need to be scanned. If I had a decent camera, I'd take more of our cemetery and submit them.

... but I'm not a real photographer. I'm just a 'photo-vandal' who takes low res AP photos and draws on them. :D

[intheflow]

84. That's just all wrong in every way.

LMAO, naturally.

[Longgrain]

75. Here's another, just for fun one...

This is a color shot of the same cemetery from my entry in winter...almost the same exact spot too...



That's what it looks like right now...

[ralps]

76. Nice photo Longgrain.

It looks like at least a foot of snow.
:yourock: :pals:

[Longgrain]

77. Thanks, it's of my hometown, lot's of factories around here

and lots of snow this time of year...

[intheflow]

79. I think I like this one better.

I really like the deep red in the buildings. Very ominous. :thumbsup:

But it sure enough looks cooooold!!

[Longgrain]

80. Seriously, do you think I should switch 'em...

And enter this one in the contest instead? It's up to you I guess?

Another, which one do you like better post maybe?:7

[intheflow]

82. If you want to switch them,

I'm flexible. But don't make me pick one. It's too much pressure! :cry:

[Longgrain]

83. Nay I'll stick with the original...

Tho if there's enough demand, maybe I'll post another poll...}(

[Baclava]

78. Matanuska Valley Alaskan Native cemetery

[Longgrain]

81. Wow! Now that is good!

And what an unique looking burial ground!

Alaska huh? And I thought New England was cold this time of year...

[Baclava]

86. It's really more colorful than it looks...

I tread lightly here...don't want to mess with the spirits...

[intheflow]

85. That's an interesting shot.

But I'm confused as to the scale. Are the buildings full-sized, tomb-sized, or miniature?

[Baclava]

87. Grave-sized...I guess

Maybe my other pic helps?

[intheflow]

88. Yes, that's clearer.

I love that concept, building homes for their ancestors.

BTW, I love your tag line. "Do no harm, take no shit." I want the bumper sticker!

[Lefty48197]

90. Since it's too late to enter the contest,

I thought I'd enter this one for grins. This was taken behind an old Methodist church and cemetery in Ontario. I don't know if they were just storing the tombstone in the outhouse, or if there was some sort of terrible accident, or what.

[Longgrain]

91. Interesting to say the least...

I'm not sure what to make of the story behind it tho...:shrug:

[intheflow]

93. Reminds me of that Far Side cartoon

where archeologists find a cave man in an outhouse frozen in ice. The caption says, "There it is. Proof positive that the ice age caught these people completely off guard!" LOL!

[DS1]

112. Photodump indeed

:D

[TahitiNut]

113. Perhaps that's the site of the birth of the phrase ...

... "silent but deadly"? :evilgrin:

[Longgrain]

92. No point to this post...BUT seven more replies

and this just might be the first thread in the Photo Group (or any other group for that matter) to reach 100 posts...

Congrats flow! :party:

[RetroLounge]

94. Well, then, lets get it to 100!

:hi:

:kick:

RL

[outraged2]

95. one more for the cause

:)

[ralps]

96. 4 more to 100

:hi:

[intheflow]

97. What the hey.

1 down, 3 to go. :)

[Rocinante]

98. Ok...

:)

[Longgrain]

99. 100 post...way to go photography group...

:toast: :bounce:

[Longgrain]

100. Yeah!

Here it is...100.

Now to find something better to do with my time...

[RagingInMiami]

101. Now that we're on a roll

I'll add to this thread by posting another cemetery picture I was thinking of submitting. This is the section where babies are buried:

[TahitiNut]

102. Now, THAT one would be a contenduh! (I'd vote for it.)

Composition: Excellent. Textures: Very good. Thematic Value: Excellent. Use of color: Very good. The bonus values are its strong and complex emotional inferences.

[RagingInMiami]

103. Do you think I should switch it?

I wasn't sure and I ended up going with the other selection.

[TahitiNut]

104. I personally like it better than 'Family Plot' ...

... but I'm personally very, very keen on the ephemerals and place high value on provocative photos. That's just my personal take.


I try hard to NEVER imply that, when it comes to opinion and taste, there's some empirical 'best' or 'good'. I'm particularly conscious of this during "Oscar season" when so many folks get up in arms about what's, after all, an opinion. The Academy has every right to their opinion - without my argument. Conversely, so do I. I feel absolutely no threat to my own self-esteem that I happen to love 'Groundhog Day' as one of my very favorite movies, along with 'Shakespeare In Love.'

[RagingInMiami]

105. I was really torn between the two and the only reason I ended up going

with family plot was cause my photoshop froze up and I was really frustrated and did not want to wait for it to boot back up again so I just submitted it.
I also did not want to get left out of the contest.
But your opinion means a lot cause I know you have a tendency to really analyze photos, so if it's all right with Intheflow, I think I will change it.

[TahitiNut]

106. I appreciate your respect for my opinion ... but take care.

The very reasons I migh like it are reasons that others would react negatively. Such an opinion may be every bit as valid as mine. It's really yours that counts, in the final analysis - no matter what the vote is.

Indeed, I have a penchant for favoring art which provokes a response from me - even if that response is a negative one. I like shit-stirring, provocative art -- as long as it's still technically (i.e. technique) well-done.

I should also say it's likely (but not certain) that I'd also vote for 'Family Plot'. I like the 'Godfather-like' tone and theme - a theme that hearkens back to strong familial bonds, even to death.

[RagingInMiami]

107. Well it's not really a matter of life and death, no pun intended

It's a very informal contest meant to display our photographs to the rest of DU. But I do think babyland will strike a nerve with most people for the simple reason that these are babies we're talking about. None of them deserve to have died.
Family plot is just a random family, who by the looks of their graves, lead full and fruitful lives.

[intheflow]

108. Any photographer already in the running can change their entry until

Friday night. Does that sound fair?

I won't tell you which I like better, to remain neutral until such time as comes for me to vote along with everyone else. ;)

[RagingInMiami]

109. That's great to hear

I would like to change my entry to the babyland photo. I am titling it, "Too young too die."

[intheflow]

110. Really?

Not that you'd change your entry, but you don't want to call it "Babyland"? I thought that was a great title. But, of course, the contestant's wish is my command. "Too young to die" it is. :thumbsup:

[RagingInMiami]

111. I was thinking of babyland, but my only concern was that I'm not

sure if it's obvious that it is a graveyard for babies. But then again, it is a cemetary theme, so I will go with Babyland.
I should just learn to go with my original thought rather than think about it too much.

[randr]

114. A surprise awaited me

Went to the local cemetery this AM hoping to get a flower in the freshly fallen snow and was pleasantly surprised. Brought me to tears!

[intheflow]

115. What a great headstone.

But how tragic such a young person lost their life. Thanks for sharing this. I'll add it to the late entry pictures I'm posting in the Lounge around 5pm EST.

:pals: