Our
Forty-seventh Bi-monthly Contest netted us a wide variety of
images of fences. The quality of the vast majority of them were
excellent, so it was once again hard to choose among them. We
decided on "Farmer's Wall" by Matt McKee as the Grand Prize Winner.
The soft warm colors of a late autumn day creates a nostalgic
feeling. Summer has past and the cold days of winter are almost upon
us. The old wall built generations ago reminds us of the passing of
time. I liked the intentional blurring of the image around the
corners and what appears to be a slight edge burn, or perhaps that
was just the scene. Regardless, the effect of the two is to draw you
to the fence, which in turn pulls you into the picture. McKee wins a
copy of Compic Pro from
Photodex Corporation.
This time's First
Runner-up is Donna Barne's image of a fence in a field among
wildflowers. I liked the composition and also the feeling it
produced. The way the fence was placed within the picture created a
strong graphic element. Barnes wins a year's subscription to
PhotoTechniques magazine.
Our second runner
up was the image by Adam Roscoe. Beginning photographers often
forget the importance of shadows. They have weight and mass within
the photograph. Here is an excellent example of just that. It is the
shadows of the fence that are the subject of this image. Here they
show us the shape of the fence at the same time have a character of
their own.
Roscoe wins a one year subscription to
The Art List.
Congratulations to the Honorable Mentions in this
contest. Your images were also marvelous.
Once again
please note!!!:
If
you are a MAC user, please remember you must save your images with the
proper extensions, i.e., .jpeg or .jpg. Send them as attachments to
your e-mail. And everyone please remember to send us your submission
form.
Before sending in
your images, please be sure to read over the submission
guidelines at: http://www.apogeephoto.com/contest.shtml
Thanks again to
Power Retouche Photoshop plugins, PhotoTechniques and
Photodex Corporation. Please make sure to visit
them online.
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