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Kestrana
ParticipantYeah if the links are posted, I can OBO again
Participantagh. I meant to think about doing that this year. Maybe next year.
Participantolavf, I definitely want to be purist on this contest. Brown is not monochromatic in the sense that was intended for this (imho). For the sake of participation we may want to stretch the limit, but I think the closer you can get your color photo to looking like something from the “Color Popping” contest, the more successful you will be in voting and growing your eye.
ParticipantI’m not the mod but in general, effects that apply evenly across the entire image are okay as long as they don’t produce unnatural results. And to answer your other question about inversion, plenty of people used inversion in the original Color Popping theme so I’ve no reason to think you can’t.
Participantmmm donut…
ParticipantDoesn’t mean we’re not out to get you…
ParticipantGremlins
ParticipantOnly thing I’ve noticed was some long submit times too. That’s been going on for quite awhile, I figured it was cause I was talking too much…
ParticipantIt doesn’t do it automatically, someone has to move over the votes once voting closes.
ParticipantYeah you’re right that I shouldn’t bend rules in one place and then the other. The difficulty can stand as it was originally designed and I don’t personally care if you make a lego scene of a rainbow 😛
ParticipantWhat do you have in your house that is black/white/grey & interesting that you could put on a colorful backdrop?
I hadn’t thought of the inversion concept–I have some beach-worn flat grey rocks that I’ve just been itching to get into a contest; nifty idea!
Or even put them on a white/grey/black background and add one colorful item like a seashell, driftwood or a desert flower!
Whenever I get frustrated and feel like I have nothing for a contest I walk through my house and in my neighborhood for maybe 30 minutes and usually I either come up with something or find something that will work. Sometimes the idea tanks but at least I’ve shot something new and maybe learned something in the process.
ParticipantFWIW I’m planning on using 3 different types of weather anyway, but I feel for people like olavf and kat because I used to live where they lived and yeah there isn’t much variation.
Maybe change it to “Suggested: each entry should have a different type of weather” that way most will read it as a requirement but if people aren’t feeling frisky they can post the same type more than once.
ParticipantI see the point that you’re making about narrowing the field and the spirit of the theme, but at the same time I don’t want to start tailoring themes to fit the pictures we’d like to use – to me the point of farktography is to push us as photographers and if you don’t have anything in the archives, well there’s 2 weeks to get out and shoot something new and try to get creative with it. Just a few ideas I didn’t use:
Oreo ice cream, whipped cream with a cherry
White face makeup, dark eyes, red lips or black lips and bright eyes
Dark hair, colorful ribbon or conversely platinum blond and ribbon
Bright colored candle on dark background
Black roses on a white background
What do you have in your house that is black/white/grey & interesting that you could put on a colorful backdrop?ParticipantYou know, we all have weeks we suck. My last place picture this week is one of my favorites that I’ve taken EVER. But I knew going into this contest it’s too subtle for most of the fark audience.
Look forward to the challenge of next week and forget about this one if it’s bothering you.
ParticipantOkay, the next time we’re about to be eaten by a cyclops or something, we’ll make sure you’re included in our gristley fate.
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