Camera Club Botanical Challenge - REDUX
May 4, 2018 20:15:59 #
rdrechsler
Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA
So, the consensus of opinion seems to be that the tulip is a looser....nobody voted for it. I'm thinking of substituting a whimsical image I created more as art than photography which I call, "Send In The Clowns." It will be pretty interesting to see how the judge reacts to such a heavily manipulated image. Do any of you with camera club experience have thoughts on what to do? I can only submit 3 images.
May 4, 2018 20:49:58 #
Hard to tell how a judge will react to a picture. I enter what I like or what I would like others to see without much thought as to what a judge would think. Lots of differing opinions in camera clubs (like here)! Good luck with whatever you decide to enter.
May 5, 2018 04:58:29 #
Best of luck Dick and the hell with judges! Please yourself and others will follow! 
May 5, 2018 08:42:42 #
I think Number 1 is the best - and lagging behind is number 4. For my taste, the tulip occupies way too much of the frame, without a (to me) reason to do so – and I really like tulips! Number 3 is OK, but nothing special for me.
Loren
Loren
May 5, 2018 09:04:10 #
May 5, 2018 11:01:27 #
May 5, 2018 11:55:43 #
I have zero Camera Club experience Dick, but I know what I like, and that would be #1 and #3. I agree with Lorin that the tulip doesn't have any breathing room. Good luck with whatever you decide to enter.
May 5, 2018 14:30:59 #
rdrechsler
Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA
SpyderJan wrote:
I have zero Camera Club experience Dick, but I know what I like, and that would be #1 and #3. I agree with Lorin that the tulip doesn't have any breathing room. Good luck with whatever you decide to enter.
Sorry many opinions. The original of the tulip was in landscape format with a lot more room around it. I got talked into turning it into a portrait format. Oh well.
May 5, 2018 14:33:00 #
rdrechsler
Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA
kpmac wrote:
I like them all. You choose, Dick.
Thanks. I decided this morning and axed the tulip. The other 3 have been submitted. Now we wait.
May 5, 2018 14:35:50 #
rdrechsler
Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA
Tazzy wrote:
The last one would be my choice
I’m glad you like that one. I find it so whimsical that it always makes me smile.
May 5, 2018 14:39:53 #
May 5, 2018 14:39:59 #
rdrechsler
Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA
rlv567 wrote:
I think Number 1 is the best - and lagging behind is number 4. For my taste, the tulip occupies way too much of the frame, without a (to me) reason to do so – and I really like tulips! Number 3 is OK, but nothing special for me.
Loren
Loren
It’s amazing how subjective art can be. Every respondent had a different take on each of the images. I guess the point is that the judge will be the same. I’m becoming a believer, since I’m not a commercial photographer, that’s what important is what I like. Thanks for taking the time to comment Loren.
May 5, 2018 23:24:42 #
They're all beautiful and well done, but the first one is my favorite.
May 5, 2018 23:41:20 #
rdrechsler
Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA
sailorsmom wrote:
They're all beautiful and well done, but the first one is my favorite.
Thanks Sue. Everyone seems to like that one, so hopefully it will be a winner!
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