Re: JPEG Photo Marathon
I said I’d post on here if I bothered the judges and to my great surprise I was informed yesterday on the website that my name was one of 5 commended after awarding the first 3 places.
I was thrilled and looking back at my 12 pictures decided it had to be one of two conventional but goodies- pictures that had fairly zinged off the screen thanks to bright sunshine and L lens. Or perhaps my fisherman hammering had been forgiven for his shady face.
Today I was sent an email with further details … No! it was the one posted below – unretouched.
IMG_8824 orig small.jpg
Make no mistake I’m chuffed to have been judged in the top 8 from 360 submitted photographs and will most gratefully accept any humble applause coming my way. But in my view this was just a snap of someone’s graffiti ….. . and yet it was judged by 2 photographers from the parent and a distant club, an expert photographer, an artist and a Town Hall representative. 5 folks no less! And judged in total anonymity so no favours given.
Any comments on my picture by you folks would be most welcomed. Feel free to be as puzzled as I am....
The winning pictures will be displayed publically in 10 days time. My next surprise was to be told I could tweak the image and resubmit- they will print all winners and HC’s
So I won’t be able to see what the winners achieved straight out of the box after all. We’ll all have had a little tweak which almost negates the basic rule on entering.
I said I’d post on here if I bothered the judges and to my great surprise I was informed yesterday on the website that my name was one of 5 commended after awarding the first 3 places.
I was thrilled and looking back at my 12 pictures decided it had to be one of two conventional but goodies- pictures that had fairly zinged off the screen thanks to bright sunshine and L lens. Or perhaps my fisherman hammering had been forgiven for his shady face.
Today I was sent an email with further details … No! it was the one posted below – unretouched.
IMG_8824 orig small.jpg
Make no mistake I’m chuffed to have been judged in the top 8 from 360 submitted photographs and will most gratefully accept any humble applause coming my way. But in my view this was just a snap of someone’s graffiti ….. . and yet it was judged by 2 photographers from the parent and a distant club, an expert photographer, an artist and a Town Hall representative. 5 folks no less! And judged in total anonymity so no favours given.
Any comments on my picture by you folks would be most welcomed. Feel free to be as puzzled as I am....
The winning pictures will be displayed publically in 10 days time. My next surprise was to be told I could tweak the image and resubmit- they will print all winners and HC’s
So I won’t be able to see what the winners achieved straight out of the box after all. We’ll all have had a little tweak which almost negates the basic rule on entering.
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