Post your comments here (August Photo Contest)

[RagingInMiami]

[F.Gordon]

1. Blue' and Lake'..... awesome!!!

What the hell are you two doing up this late? Off to a kewl start.

Nite' all. Threw my snapshot in. Off to bed I go. Thanks Ragin' for kicking this off... hopefully it'll fill up quickly.
:hi:

[regnaD kciN]

2. Blue_in_AK...

...all I can say is that you really must enjoy hosting contests! ;-)

[kliljedahl]

3. Damn lakemonster11

I spent this whole weekend getting the perfect rear view mirror shot & lakemonster11 posted a perfecter one before me, LOL.

[alfredo]

4. It is hard to get rearview mirrors to look right

but L11"s works as a complete mind fuck. Love it.

The first four ( four pictures submitted before mine) really points to the talent of the people on this board. F Gordon, your picture is downright spooky. It would not have worked as a color photo. Smart move doing it in black and white. Blue, that's one of the better lake images blue great eye. It is otherworldly, beautiful.

ETA, the Trinity reflections is clear as a fucking bell. The colors could not have been better. You really portray the tension between the material and the spiritual. To me, it is the most thought provoking one of the four.



Nearly every environment has been exploited by the photographer. You'se guys have succeeded in keeping it fresh and interesting. The sense of wonder comes through.

[kliljedahl]

5. That's true, mine is chump change compared to that

I think I'll sit this month out.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Alfredo, I like your "Tea and Tiffany"

I was looking for it over the weekend, but I'm not that familiar with Smugmug and couldn't find you. Kliljedahl, post your picture -- you don't get away with wimping out around here.

[alfredo]

10. Thanks I don't know much about smugmug.com

I guess you can search the term photogroup.

See if this works

http://photogroup.smugmug.com/gallery/704532/1/30726540/Medium

[kliljedahl]

13. "Tea and Tiffany" was my favorite too

[alfredo]

14. Aw Shucks

<blush>

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Thanks ...

Not a lake but Cook Inlet (sort of a fjord-like thing that Anchorage lives beside). What was unusual about this photograph for me was that the inlet is very, very seldom this still. It's attached to the ocean and usually has small waves or whitecaps.

[alfredo]

8. Glad you had your camera with you.

It's a beautiful shot.

[lakemonster11]

9. Sorry!

:)

I almost posted this one instead:



But I wasn't entirely happy with the way it looked resized. It loses a lot of detail, especially in my brother's face.

[kliljedahl]

11. Don't you dare be sorry

It was an amazing shot


On edit; That's one seriously clean car

[Robb]

15. No kiddin'

Y'all must have concrete on yer roadz where you live. :P

Nice shot! :thumbsup:

[TahitiNut]

12. "Miss Honeychurch is on vacation ..." in Florence??

I hope she got a room with a view. :silly:

[smurfygirl]

16. I want to share a rearview mirror shot hubby took

of Sheba...God rest her soul.



I love these types of shots. I think they are always so neat.

[Robb]

43. RIP Sheba

There's no other dogs like them. I know. :)

[smurfygirl]

17. Great shots so far in the contest. I love the tiffany lamp

it is such an unexpected shot. I can't wait to see what else is entered. I was debating on using this shot but thought it was to out of focus and a little over exposed.

[kliljedahl]

18. Use it, very nicely done.

You can tweak the focus a little with Photoshop, but since it's a night shot it's not a real problem.

[Blue_In_AK]

19. RadFem, I'm not seeing your photo. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

20. Nor am I...

It must be a Lonesome Reflection, indeed!

;-)

[Samurai_Writer]

21. Right click and then "view image"

That should work.

[Blue_In_AK]

22. I tried that ... no luck. n/t

[Samurai_Writer]

23. I don't have anywhere else to host the photo

So I guess I'm out of the contest.

[Mr. McD]

24. I see you photo just fine.

:shrug:

[F.Gordon]

25. Yes you do

I'd hate to see such an excellent photograph not get in the contest. Nice to see ya' again RadFemFL.
:hi:

[alfredo]

26. Yeah, it is very nice.

Thanks for doing that.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. Thank you, F.

To the rescue once again. :)

[F.Gordon]

28. And I won't delete it this time

:dunce:

RadFemFL.... I'm guessing you don't have the group login info. I'll send it to you so you can setup your own gallery.

[Samurai_Writer]

29. Thanks alot!

I will post the new link on the other thread ASAP.

[BeTheChange]

38. Have you guys checked out www.tinypic.com

I like it alot since Im not a big fan of maintaining albumns and passwords and such.


These photos are amazing! Everyone is so talented. Seriously. ;)

[intheflow]

30. OK, I switched the photo I submitted.

I got back early from vacation and didn't really like that beaver lake shot... not for entry into this contest, anyway. I wanted to play with both meanings of "reflection", so I decided to reflect on war in my ancestry. That dual meaning probably isn't obvious to anyone but me, but... you know... I liked the effect.

I actually liked this photo better



because I think it shows the family resemblance, but I didn't like that you can see how messy my bedroom is in the reflection. :silly:

[smurfygirl]

31. oh I love it!!!!!

What a great idea. I was going to try and get a reflection of me in my dog's eye but...I figured out that was extremely difficult. Is that your grandfather? Great pic

[smurfygirl]

33. oh now I feel stupid...it's your father...well girl

you just look so young...I could only guess that was your grandfather...:loveya:

[intheflow]

40. I was a suprise baby.

10 years past my father's vasectomy! Good thing I look so much like his family, or I'm sure my mother would have been in trouble! :P

[Blue_In_AK]

32. That's a beautiful shot, ITF

and certainly appropriate for the times. :applause:

[Touchdown]

34. ET Awful. What a suprise! Uncany, really.

I took this in 1994.



WIERD!

[ET Awful]

39. Hehehe, I have shots from all angles :)

It's such a cool looking church.

It's been undergoing extensive rennovations for the past year or two. They've been cleaning, re-roofing, etc.

[Ms. Toad]

35. I decided to post Mr. Nibbles' eye

Hope it doesn't gross anyone out.

I wasn't finding any reflections I liked other than pretty standard horizon along the lake/river/gorge shots (one of which you can find here: http://photogroup.smugmug.com/gallery/681553/2/29766955 )

[F.Gordon]

36. OMG! You drugged Mr. Nibbles!!!!

Mr. Nibbles looks waaay stoned. I was just kidding when I made that suggestion.
:rofl:

... kewl shot. I'm blown away by the creativity of everyone this go round'. Well... all except that weird sick dude that trespasses in Mausoleums.
:evilgrin:

[Ms. Toad]

37. Drugs...

I should have thought of that when I was trying to get a better reflection in the cat's eye. Even though she's 16+ she still wouldn't sit still. That's why I ended up with Mr. Nibbles - Guinea pigs rarely blink. Or move.

[Immad2]

41. Mr. Nibbles? I thought Mr. Nibbles was a pretty kitty cat with beautiful

eyes.? Boy, do I feel dumb. :blush:

[Ms. Toad]

42. Mr. Nibbles is a very handsome

guinea pig, although his eyes are not particularly beautiful. I'll post a picture of all of him when I find it - it is temporarily in hiding. His name comes from his tendency to nibble people's hands.

The kitty with the beautiful eyes is Peedunk, or more often Ms. Peedunkitty. She came to us 16 years ago with her sister, as an abandoned kitty when she was about a week old - far too young to have a personality. We started calling both of them Peedunk until they developed personalities. Peedunk was my father's term of affection for little kids. We decided one of the sisters should keep the name.

The rest of the menagerie includes Patience (Peedunk's sister), Butterskotch (another cat), two goldfish (don't ever give feeder fish an aerator unless you want BIG goldfish), and as of Tuesday - Winnie (a rabbit).

There will be a test tomorrow....:evilgrin:

[F.Gordon]

44. Quiet Night

Ahhh.... the joys of yute'. No perty pictures or witty missives. Yute' out partayin' and elevating their level of carnal knowledge while us old folk' (me!!) are home doing old folk stuff.
:silly:

Only 24 entries!!! Bummer. Where are some of the faithful "regulars"?
:shrug:

[regnaD kciN]

45. Maybe they're all on vacation...?

And can afford a longer one than I could?

[F.Gordon]

48. That's my guess

Vacations. School starting. Things quite foreign to me.

Or...out and about... enjoying the last unofficial days of summer. Which I think I'll do. Tired of biz-stuff work. Think I'll go take some snapshots.....

BTW: Noticed you pulled a switch-a-roo with your entry. (from your poll options). Very nice.
:thumbsup:

Well, I'm out of here. Later.
:hi:

[Ms. Toad]

46. I noticed a while back

that Friday night through Saturday late day seems to be a very slow time in this forum.

Tis a shame, since Friday night/Saturday early afternoon is generally when I get to slow down and I'm more likely to be surfing.

[F.Gordon]

49. Me too.

since Friday night/Saturday early afternoon is generally when I get to slow down

[bvar22]

47. Maybe its just the "Dog Days".

I had nothing until yesterday. I almost just passed on the August contest, but felt compelled to run out and get something at the last minute. (For me)It felt like shopping for a last minute gift on Christmas Eve, or writing a term paper the night before it is due.....

Is it just me (probably), or does it seem like every month may be too much?
Where did the time go?

/whining

[F.Gordon]

50. Something?

If your entry is a "rush job".... you should wait until the last minute every month. Looks like we have two "Movie Themes" in this group. Your title works very well.

Mine? It's funny. When I show friends my series and tell them they are based on the Movie Phantasm they all look at me like I'm crazy. They never saw or heard of it. :crazy:

Where did the time go indeed. I didn't realize there were responses to my post... I really should head out now ... go on a walkabout and look for something to point a camera at. :P

Have a great weekend all!!!
:hi:

[Blue_In_AK]

52. Hi, F -- I was WORKING today....

and didn't even have a chance to get on DU at all until tonight.

[BamaGirl]

51. Great pics entered

I love "rearview". It's similar to the one I put in lol!