Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

[byrt]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

congrats stephen and everyone else that participated

some great work there

have a great new year everyone

[Bearface]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Well done to Stephen for a deserved win

Thanks to Audrey for a really interesting Salon theme, and congratulations to George for being the runner-up

Oh and a Happy New Year to all

[Jocelyn Walker]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Well thanks Audrey, I am, frankly, suprised my photo won, and I nearly used a 'more conventional bridge' photo.

I think you used a pretty good system to arrive at your decision too, there were too many this time simply to scroll through and make a subjective choice so well done, also congrats to George and Tim.

Will try and get a new theme up today

Glad you used some lateral thinking & used the pic u did as it's great! Congratulations Stephen

[guymclaren]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Maybe, but being over modest about such a great shot needs "Rof"

[res31]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Excellent choices, Audrey - and congratulations to all the winners!
...ray

[Jocelyn Walker]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Balls, Yours was the one that set the standard from the get go.

'Balls' klink net 'n bietjie 'roff' miskien!?

[guymclaren]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Balls, Yours was the one that set the standard from the get go.

[Tom]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Many congratulations Stephen.

[Autumn]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Well done to all and, of course, particular congratulations to Stephen.

Autumn - you asked if someone could post the links to the top pictures - I've had a try, and let's see how it goes:

[4] - Josh Bear: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/597/...the_Thames.jpg

[4] - Tom: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/medium/Strings.jpg

[4] - Pol: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/bridges-sn.jpg

[3] Bearface: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/DSC_5999w.jpg

[2] Archangel: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/594/...rio_Bridge.jpg

[1] Stephen: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/511/Rainbow-Bridge.jpg

Carol

Thank you Carol

That is exactly what I wanted. I had it in "Word" where I first wrote the result, however, the links nor the formatting did not copy and paste.

Everyone time I tried to add it to my post, I went to the picture to get the url and couldn't find the post again.

I gave it up as a bad job.

Thanks again.

Audrey

I have now entered these urls into my post, so that people can see the winners immediately. Thanks

[Caz]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Well done to all and, of course, particular congratulations to Stephen.

Autumn - you asked if someone could post the links to the top pictures - I've had a try, and let's see how it goes:

[4] - Josh Bear: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/597/...the_Thames.jpg

[4] - Tom: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/medium/Strings.jpg

[4] - Pol: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/bridges-sn.jpg

[3] Bearface: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/DSC_5999w.jpg

[2] Archangel: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/594/...rio_Bridge.jpg

[1] Stephen: http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/511/Rainbow-Bridge.jpg

Carol

[Stephen]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Well thanks Audrey, I am, frankly, suprised my photo won, and I nearly used a 'more conventional bridge' photo.

I think you used a pretty good system to arrive at your decision too, there were too many this time simply to scroll through and make a subjective choice so well done, also congrats to George and Tim.

Will try and get a new theme up today

[Archangel]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Sorry George forgot to congratulate you and Bearface for your excellent entries. Congratulations to you both.

No problem Audrey,

You already have congratulate us, by honoring us with the 2nd and 3rd position.

Have also a Very Happy New Year!


Regards

George

[Autumn]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Congratulations to Stephen for his very nice natural bridge photo and also to all other participants who make constantly this competition very interesting.
Looking forward for the next Salon Competition.


Regards

George

Sorry George forgot to congratulate you and Bearface for your excellent entries. Congratulations to you both.

[Archangel]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

THE WINNER IS

STEPHEN
FOR HIS STUNNING PICTURE OF
RAINBOW BRIDGE LAKE POWELL UTAH


I have to say this picture had everything for me, correct exposure, composition, colour and presentation; it also appeared to be unadulterated. I just loved its natural beauty.

Congratulations Stephen

It is now your turn to be Curator and I look forward to the new theme.

Audrey

Congratulations to Stephen for his very nice natural bridge photo and also to all other participants who make constantly this competition very interesting.
Looking forward for the next Salon Competition.


Regards

George

[Autumn]

Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition No 7

Before you read the results, I prepared the following in Word with hyperlinks to all the photographs, but after copying and pasting here all the links have gone, and everytime I try to insert them within this, I can't find this message again. Sorry, but you will have to find your own way to the pictures - unless anyone would like to help me out and insert the links.

Thank you all for making this such an interesting salon. We have had 27 entries.
I am not sure whether this is a record, but it certainly gave me quite a task selecting the winner.

In the end I decided to download all of them and view them in Adobe Bridge. This was certainly easier than having to scroll through 4 pages.

I then selected the photographs by:

Meeting the Criteria
Exposure
Composition
Presentation/technical
Punch – what I like

Each rating had a maximum of 5 points making a total of 25.

By being objective, it did help me to
Select the winner,
The two runners up and
Three members that I felt deserved special mentions.

So … … IN REVERSE ORDER … …

I would like to mention those who did not quite make it but had very good entries - they came joint 4th.

Josh Bear for "Across the Thames"

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/597/Across_the_Thames.jpg

Tom for The Gateshead Millenium Bridge

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/medium/Strings.jpg

Pol for "The Bridge of Specs across the Bridge of Nose"

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/bridges-sn.jpg

Third place goes
TO BEARFACE FOR HIS
SCENE FROM VENICE

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/DSC_5999w.jpg

Second place goes
TO ARCHANGEL FOR
THE BRIDGE OF RIO-ANTIRIO

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/594/Rio_Antirio_Bridge.jpg

And Finally

THE WINNER IS

STEPHEN
FOR HIS STUNNING PICTURE OF
RAINBOW BRIDGE LAKE POWELL UTAH

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/511/Rainbow-Bridge.jpg

I have to say this picture had everything for me, correct exposure, composition, colour and presentation; it also appeared to be unadulterated. I just loved its natural beauty.

Congratulations Stephen

It is now your turn to be Curator and I look forward to the new theme.

Audrey