COMMENT THREAD for the Seasonal Photo Contest. Theme: SCENES OF WINTER

[regnaD kciN]

Comment on the photos being submitted here.

[Mira]

1. I'm thrilled to see the photos trickling in

in never gets old, and as I got to "know" the photographers better it just makes it more exciting.
I love the diversity and the humor.
Keep them coming.

[hippywife]

2. I had a really hard time choosing

between the one I really liked and the one everyone else thought would make a good entry. In the end I just decided to go with the one I liked because I don't really want to win anyway. :rofl:

That made the choice easy. ;)

There are already some terrific shots up there. :hi:

[Mira]

3. That's just how I act in Vegas at the tables. N/T

[Cassandra]

4. There's been snow..

only one day here, and although I could have gone with holiday lights or windows, I decided to whip out the secret weapon..... and go with the dog. ;-)

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Cassandra, you are blessed.

Anyone who has a Golden is blessed, IMHO.
But I could be prejudiced, of course, since they are my favorite breed.
Hope you will share more photos of your fur baby....:hi:

[Cassandra]

8. The blessed one..

would be someone in my neighborhood, as I don't have a dog.
I wish, though, you could have seen how happy this dog was to be rolling around in the snow; muzzle in, tail wagging. He (?) gathered quite a crowd.

[Mira]

6. Better and better and better and the Ice Walker is

so damn stalky. I love it!

[Celebration]

7. It was fun to watch that guy walk across the frozen lake

very, very slowly..........

So get THIS!! So the herons went basically nuts when their normal ponds froze over at Shelby Farms, and they are NEVER at this lake--only during the big freeze. Now they are back hidden mostly at Beaver Lake.

I just saw in the paper a picture of a bald eagle at the lake where you pay to catch catfish called Catch 'Em lake (seriously!). The outdoors reporter happened to see him on his rush hour drive through Shelby Farms! He went crazy because I don't think eagles have ever been spotted there. I'd love to know where that eagle is now but I can assure you that it is long gone from Catch 'Em lake!

I had to enter this just because I had too much fun snapping those pictures.

I agree with you Mira that it is REALLY fun watching the pictures being submitted, one by one. I find myself nodding in agreement with all of them and saying "Yup, I get it."

[Cassandra]

9. You have completely outclassed the dog.

Fantastic shot!

[Celebration]

10. not at all

Anyway, herons don't lick you or let you frolic with them. :)

Edited to say "Thank you". We have to credit the heron for this shot.

[Xipe Totec]

38. The Ice Walker is my favorite! n/t

[Celebration]

11. WJMS

I'm so glad you entered that photo. It cracks me up. And it is just excellent. That combination is pretty rare.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

16. thanks, should be a solid 5th or 6th

at best

[Cassandra]

12. JeffR...

that's so cute. It looks like the wire poked up out of the snow and spelled NOEL while no one was looking.

[JeffR]

15. Thank you, Cassandra.

:)

[Mira]

44. I just scrolled by and saw your magnificent new OM symbol, gorgeous colors, too.

Very cool.
I have that on my truck, on the back beside the DU sticker, and in the front, on that "sneeze guard thing" across, in the middle.
People ask what it is. I say Ommmmmmmmmm with the hum. They say OH, and move on.

[JeffR]

53. Thanks, Mira.

I actually used that as my sig pic quite a while back, but it seemed appropriate to revive it.

Ommmmmmmmmm, OH... :rofl:

You must have a bit of an unusual reputation with some folks there.

[Mira]

56. ...

Those who might think I'm a wee bit odd, don't say so to my face.
:)

[Celebration]

13. the Texas thing!!

That's funny. Since I grew up there I know that winter looks like most every other season. Oh, a few pecan trees and hackberry trees lose their leaves.

These are LIVE OAKS, everyone. Yup, they don't lose their leaves in the winter.

I know Houston had at least one or two days of snow this winter (amazing!) but don't know about San Antonio.

It's a really nice photo, with the sun through the trees. I'm sure glad you referenced Texas in the title, or people wouldn't get it.

[Mira]

14. Yeah, I like the Texan entry, because it's beautiful, and

because (to me) it looks like it's about as cold as it gets there.
I also like humor. You could have entered a still life of tree ornaments......

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Ah, they're all wonderful, dammit.

We just don't really have winter here in SoCal...

*sob*

It's a good thing I'm staying out of this one.

It would just be humiliating...

I do have some pictures of snow on Mt.Baldy, but it's not personal the way these all are...

[Cassandra]

18. Someone else's dog...

is not as personal as you might think. Really.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Thanks, Cassandra...

More personal than snow-covered mountains over LA...

VERY cute dog, BTW!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. I just remembered that I had a picture that would work...

I am happy now...

Thanks for your encouragement...

[Mira]

21. I just this minute saw it,

and I'd say you do! I'm glad you found it and posted it. It's beautiful.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Thanks, Mira!

I appreciate it...

[Cassandra]

22. Beautiful colors!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. I appreciate your comments, my dear Cassandra!

[hippywife]

23. Tin! That frosting is beautiful! And, Peg! Glad you're in!

So, is the Ice Walker. And Blue! Those clouds in that B&W. All of the entries so far are worthy! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Glad I'm in too, my dear hippywife!

[Tindalos]

29. I'm just happy to have a winter photo

Usually I'm struggling to find something. Our winters are usually very wet, and wet isn't always very photogenic.


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[HappyCynic]

30. Glad you had more luck

I'm glad you had more luck than me (and from the quality of the shot, you had much more luck than me). The one day we had any snow here, I was feeling just good enough to walk to the corner store to grab some milk. I took a few shots but nothing remotely good enough to enter.

[Mira]

27. OK - folks - pull up a chair,

sit in front of your monitor, and post a submission for the "Winter" contest. Grab one of the 13 spots waiting for you and if you don't have a chair, use mine

[Celebration]

28. maybe we should advertise?

:shrug:

[Mira]

31. WOW = Alfredo

That is some kind of special!
Tell us (me) more about that, and also about the name.
I'm ignorant to all it depicts except it's icy beauty.

[alfredo]

32. It was just ice on the side of the road. I ran it through a

lomo filter with contrast jacked up a bit. A floe is actually a floating piece of ice, but I wanted to play with the word a bit because the ice is "floating" in isolation from its surroundings.

[Mira]

33. Oh thanks!

I was clueless, and love wordplay.

[alfredo]

34. the Lomo filter is a plugin for GIMP. Other editors should

have one or a detailed instruction to do your own. Or you can find an old Lomo camera and do it old school.

[alfredo]

35. Look at the repeating pattern in "Hushed." Good eye.

[begin_within]

36. Thanks

Not sure what pattern you are seeing, but thanks!

[alfredo]

37. Triangles repeated three times starting front center with the

snow on the rock, then the exposed rock. Behind that there is another dark triangle. There's beauty in threes.

A good eye is seeing something that makes you want to take a picture, and once you have it downloaded, you still see what attracted you. You may not be able to identify that attraction, but it works for you and others.

In this case it is triangles. There is something inside us that is attracted to triangles.

[Mira]

39. To Xipe Totec - with the beautiful Medusa photos

We would love to have one of them, but only one.
This is your first time submitting a photo, so what you did is reserve a space. That's a good thing. Look over the others, read the comments, familiarize yourself with the forum, and maybe even go back in the threads and see how the contests play out.

We have a contest every month, so you can just go back to the January contest.

After you are a bit more used to how it all works, chose a photo of your three, and title it and remove the others.
I'll send you this in a private message as well, so you'll be sure to get it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. I PM'd him too...

With the same points you made...

:hi:

[Mira]

42. Yup - I'm glad he posted, it's a very fine addition to the submissions, and we'll

get it all squared away. I like it when a new photographer gets to take part in a contest. It's so exciting and does not get old.

[Xipe Totec]

41. Done.

[Mira]

43. It's all perfect now. And a magnificent addition to the lineup. Thanks

for your submission, and thanks for being so responsive.

[JeffR]

45. Magnificent

:thumbsup:

[Mira]

46. No Snags - No Drama - the submissions trickled in over the last few days and

lo and behold
who's going to grab that last spot?

Inquiring mind wants to know!

[alfredo]

47. This has been fun. I wasn't going to enter, but decided

to do it when the submissions started to slow down.

[dashrif]

48. Thank you

for having this, all the photos look wonderful. just under the wire

[HarveyDarkey]

49. Finally 30, I was starting to worry.

on edit, VERY nice photo

[Mira]

50. These last ones were worth the wait !!!!!! Submissions are now closed.

Good luck everyone, thank you for your photographs, and keep your eyes peeled for the preliminaries.

[Mira]

51. Teamster 633 - your request is noted and consider it done. WHAT a photo!!! N/T

[Xipe Totec]

52. +1! n/t

[teamster633]

55. Thank you for your consideration and kind words.

That picture was one that almost got away. I had been out in the cold for way too long. I could see the shot, but couldn't figure out a way to get it. Just as I was ready to pack up my gear I twisted my trusty Benbo tripod into an extreme position and found that it might just reach. Some of the details would have been sharper, but at full extension, the steady wind had an effect due to the slow shutter speed required for the flowing water.

[Sheepshank]

54. In my very humble and ameture opinion

this is the finest collections of pictures I have seen since arriving here!!! I am amazed and the 'eye', the quality. I will vote but it will be painful to have to narrow down that vote to only 3 on this first round.

[Tindalos]

57. I really like Lomo Floe

It's not getting nearly the votes it deserves. Nor are Brother can I have a crumb or Frozen Curve.


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[Mira]

58. I fully agree on all three of those.

Lomo floe is dramatic to the max and has wonderful proportions, the ducks are about as pitifully hungry looking as the title suggests, and I dropped my jaw the minute I SAW Frozen Curve.
A real solid favorite.

[Celebration]

59. Frozen Curve

May be my favorite out of the whole bunch of pictures. It is at the very bottom, though. Sometime we should do a study to see if placement of the photo affects the results. It does take looking at it twice, and I think most people just take a quick glance at these things before voting.

But sometimes we are a bit like Lake Woebegone, where all the children are above average.

All of the photos in the final group deserve to be "above average", LOL.