shots worth sharing Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 <p>I won first place in the Landscape and Structures category in a photo contest! It's sort of a sandlot affair, sponsored by a local Friends of the Park group (of which, in the spirit of disclosure, I should confess I was once president.) I don't have any idea about how many submissions there were but I'm assured that the judges were "independent". Here's the photo (although I dampened down the red a bit in the version I submitted.) There were a couple of others I would rather have entered but they were 2:3 and the contest rules (grumble) required 8x10. Anyway, I'm now officially "an award-winning photographer." <br> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Places/Lanscape/IMGP7708casc1200/860955665_4kwrh-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_w2 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 <p>Dave, you have always been an award winning photog in my book. This just cements the deal. congrats!<br> Lee</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
personalphotos Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 <p>Darn, Lee stole my line :). Nice one Dave and congrats. I was expecting to see a bird in the shots when I opened the link :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB.Net Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Congratulations!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_elenko Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Congratulations Dave. There's a lot of soul in that photo.</p> <p>ME</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Congrats! Time to print new business cards!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukhov Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Please accept my congratulations!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorus Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>well I'm glad you still remember us, plain folks :)<br> And yes, it's nice to get such encouragement.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Evans Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Dave,<br> Congrats. The image is a worthy winner!</p> Tony Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shots worth sharing Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Thanks, everyone! And don't worry, dorus--I won't forget the little people who urged me on to this triumph ;~)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserere_mei Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>I'm happy to say that I knew award-winning photographer Sir David Hollander before he was famous. It was an honour, and a pleasure, and I congratulate him on his successes.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kuhne Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Exposure is perfect, and I love the symetry of the composition as well as the quite peacefulness this corner of nature conveys, which you captured so well. Excellent job!</p> <p>I know what you mean regarding being confined to an 8x10 crop. Was this shot with your K-5?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy_corbin Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>That's awesome! Congrats!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Well done Dave.. and well deserved! You captured the light beautifully.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shots worth sharing Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 <p>Thanks, again! It's kind of a "mini-" landscape--a genre what has definite appeal for me. I think it's the light that makes that photo. It was taken with a K20D & Tamron 28-75mm (@ 28mm), Michael, about this time last year. </p> <p>To my mind, the 8x10 requirement tends to support the "sandlot" characterization. I considered re-cropping some other shots but just couldn't bring myself to butcher them in that way. I think it's interesting that, somewhere along the way, I seem to have developed a sense of aesthetic integrity--whodathunk?. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob-c Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 <p>Congrats Dave, well deserved. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainvisions Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 <p>Dave,</p> <p>Congrats!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_marz Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 <p>Awesome Dave.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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