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I’d have to read up on it, as I don’t understand how unprocessed film could last 6 months exposed without losing something of it’s photographic properties.

As I called in tonight (*cough. hack.*) maybe I’ll do a little reading…

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NBD Neva hoyd of it–but very very cool. *sigh* yet another thing I want to learn to do, if I ever have the time (and it seems that particular project would take lots and lots of time.)

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Noob question. On the last page of the contest, the 30 day exposure; I can see a fence, but exactly what is being taken in that picture? It’s friggin fantastic, surreal even (it should be in U-Man’s theme next week), but I’m too lame to know what it’s a picture of (but if it’s water–it gets my vote.)

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I’ll count on the Facebook post, “Buy this book–my pictures are in it” to carry my share of the load. If only myspace were what it was back in the day. I’d have done sold 100 copies back then, pretty easily.

p.s. Kes, this past weekend wasn’t productive, this next weekend I’ll be traveling across country, but I assure you I WILL get the form filled out as soon as I possibly can.

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I’ll take two. And my sense of humor went to the bathroom to drop some canons off at the pool. 😉

Two? I’d take 25 and network them into some astro-telescopic contraption (some adjustments would need to be done for proper curvature of light).

Reminds me of a sign at a friends house: “Welcome to our ool. Notice there is no ‘P’ in it. Please keep it that way.”

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That’s most excellent. Suck it, Nikon.

I agree that it’s most excellent, but was that last dig really necessary?

Necessary, no, but quite Fark-like based on the headlines I read. Where’s everyone’s sense of humor lately?

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I guess I’m not understanding what you mean by “landscape aspect” then. A desert landscape might not be very “scenic” either, but it obviously qualifies under either definition (though in this case, obviously a desert landscape had to have water in it, too). Ultimately vote for whatever you want, but it seems like you’re suggesting a lot of photos in the thread don’t qualify as landscape photos nor meet the theme requirements.

(and the others who’ve) I’m not saying they don’t qualify for the contest. They just didn’t get my vote. Tastes and interpretations differ, and that’s a good thing. I wanted something in the picture’s distance besides the line between water and sky. Boats, piers, something. That’s just me. I’ve voted (so far) for well over 100, probably closer to 150, of the entries. Had to draw a line somewhere or I’d have voted for all of them. There’s very few poor pictures in there this week.

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That’s most excellent. Suck it, Nikon.

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The term “landscape” doesn’t require a horizontally oriented image. It’s true that a lot of landscape paintings and photos happen to be horizontally oriented, but it’s not a requirement.

Per Wikipedia’s entry…et al.” .

True. And I didn’t rule out vertically orientated shots (I voted for many of them). But per Kestrana‘s:

For the inevitable question: landscape; (n.) 1. An expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view: a desert landscape. 2. A picture depicting an expanse of scenery.

My criteria emphasized on the ‘expanse of scenery’ aspect. I didn’t wikipedia the topic, or otherwise try to justify the multitude of ‘angles’ the theme could take (elsewise, I’d have selected different pictures.) An ocean is an expanse, indeed…but not very scenic, in my perception. I looked for background context, or at least foreground.

I’m just a lowly single voter, and gawd knows I may be/can be/often am wrong, but I tried to vote within what I perceived to be the theme, as stated here. If I’m wrong, then the voters will ‘say’ so. And indeed, for a number of shots in the top 10, I’m wrong. NBD. I was just sayin’, so to speak.

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*sigh* the voters hate me. I know, I know, the competition is fierce this week. Actually, I knew I was screwed before I finished posting my pix. *sigh*

I’m too stubborn to quit, even if 18 of my last 30 contests have been below my av points/entry evar. Suck suck suck. =( Oh well, as Dori says: just keep swimming, just keep swimming…

FWIW, the theme specified the inclusion of a ‘landscape’ aspect. As such, you totally got my vote with Lake Folsom, but not the other two, though they are fine pictures.

Voting is especially hard this week with so many pictures, and so many good ones; I have restricted my votes to those that presented a landscape aspect in the shot as Kestrana specified here (which meant, for me, a lot of seascapes didn’t get my vote, as the bare ocean in the background didn’t meet what I felt was meant.) Several shots in the top 10 per the voters also didn’t get my vote for the same reason.

And it’s early yet. Don’t count yourself out. That Folsom shot is a beaut’.

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Zero Exponent‘s waterfall is amazing, but I so would have saved that for upcoming V,M, & Waterfalls (if it were mine–but I voted for it just the same–lovely shot. There’s tons of lovely shots this time.)

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My B’s here. As always, I welcome input on selection choices. I was pretty solid on my first two, but waffled back and forth between the Chicago pic, the silhouetted Liberty Island, and the Epcot heron/pond.

Comments on other B’s:
rav: I think you made the right choices, although I may have gone with your first B over your last entry, depending on my mood at the time. I really like the red of the rocks there.

Funny you should say that; I was going to mention that I liked the Glen Canyon Dam shot, but then I’m partial to reds. 😆 I went with the other because there is only about 30 feet width visible in the b-side shot, and I didn’t feel that qualified as a ‘landscape’. I’ll use it somewhere else, to be sure, though. And that shot is a re-shot of one I took a few years before and used as the basis for a painting, of which you can see in this shot, from “All night long’:

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2010/jun/23/anlsm.jpg

It’s my plan to take that shot every time I pass by–it changes regularly, but it’s also very remotely located.

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Happy 1 year farktograversary to me!

Nice theme for it, too. ‘Epic’, indeed.

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kin i’s has contest?

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Decisions get harder and harder to make each week. My runnersup, or at least ones I considered before deciding they didn’t meet the theme:

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2010/sep/01/runnersup.html

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