Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts

February 5, 2013

Photostuff challenges on deviantArt

Hey folks! Some of you may know deviantART (a.k.a dA) already -an art community- and photography is a major part of this community (among many wonderful others). And among all those artists, some of them created groups you can join (or create your own yours). #Photostuff is one of these groups managed by user =MarioGuti and he's doing a photography challenge each week based on themes. This is all done for free, nothing to win, just fun!
I took part in 2 of these challenges so far with the following photographs:

Challenge #6 - Silhouettes
Challenge #7 - In movement

° The first image for Challenge #6 (Silhouettes) has ended up ranked #5 on 47 submissions. You can see all submitted photographs here on dA website and the winner here.
° The second image for Challenge #7 (In movement) has ranked #3 on 28 submissions. You can see all submitted photographs here on dA website and the winner here.

Not bad uh... but not enough, hope to do better next time. I must admit though that the winners do deserve their #1 rank so congratulations to them!

How is the winner chosen?
Democratically, after challenge closing time (every friday), each photo is numbered and all users can vote for their 3 favorites during the week-end. Your first favorite will get 3 points, your second one 2 points and the third one 1 point. Results are given on mondays and next challenge takes place.
This week is Challenge #8 with theme "Yellow". I'll be participating as well so wish me good luck! :)

Challenges are good, they keep you in the loop and pushes you to get better and better each time, do participate as much as you can!

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September 16, 2012

A moment of loneliness

Sometimes you just feel this loneliness in huge open spaces, it draws you into deep thoughts.
This has been shot on the viaduct of Cheratte in Belgium. The bridge overhangs one of the main highway (E40/A3) in Belgium, 37 meters (+/- 121 feet) above the artery.

Special thanks to my sister for having the patience to pose while I was setting up the camera :)
(Wait wait, almost ready! Oh wait, no, now I'm ready. Ok sorry, one more second...)


UPDATE: entering FroKnowsPhoto Week-end contest

Jared Polin is having a contest each week on his FroKnowsPhoto YouTube channel where you can submit your photo and win a BlackRapid strap for your camera. I didn't make it to the Top 5 with my photo above, unfortunately. However, it's been selected for the photo critique (among some 300+ photos) and I'm happy that the critique was very good. My glorious 20 seconds photo critique starts at ± 6:10min. Thanks Fro! =)