CLOSED: POLL: Secret Santa Competition Week 7 - WINNER - ThaSyn

[Nato_777]

Further explaination of the theme in the words of CCShaft7.

"Just capture an image with reflections, be as subtle or abstract as you like. Use any surface
or feature like metal, glass, rims, headlights, puddles or wet surfaces, buildings or even other
cars in shot etc."

Cars: Any (and more than one in shot allowed)
Locations: Any
Phototravel: Yes
Unique Restrictions: None (would advise to be a bit more creative than just
photographing a 'chrome' painted car though).
Good Luck to everyone.

Please, ensure you read and understand all requirements for this competition. Failure to follow
the rules may result in disqualification. If you have questions, send me a Private Message.

This Thread will answer many possible questions you may have.

• Be reminded that only the best 10 entries will get through to each poll.
• Do not vote on your entry.
• Do not try to sway the poll.
• Do not reveal or hint at the identity of any entries
• In the event of a tie, a 24 hour poll is created.
• In the event of a second tie, Judge's vote is the deciding factor.
• Please, view each image in it's full size, before voting.
• If your entry didn't make the poll please feel free to post it in this thread.

 

[Nato_777]

You may notice that this week there are 12 poll entries. CCShaft7 and I felt this week the number and quality of entries warranted extending the poll limit a little.
This will become the norm if participation in this comp continues to grow.

 

[Mynock005]

I'd like to know why I wasn't considered good enough for the poll please.

 

[Crushed]

I like yours better than some others up there dude.

I think mine should be up there too.

But sadly its not our choice but the judge's choice and he may just have a different taste of pics

 

[TheDrummingKING]

I like yours better than some others up there dude.

I think mine should be up there too.

But sadly its not our choice but the judge's choice and he may just have a different taste of pics

If this is your entry for the secret santa comp...

FINAL ENTRY

"My Entry"

Full size- http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x415/ItsMeReally/Kyoto-Gion_19.jpg

Then why did you also enter it in the 2.0 comp? You can't do that anyway..

 

[Crushed]

Oh wrong entry, meant this lol

 

[DigitalBaka]

Some fantastic entries up there. That Beetle is sweet.

Mine for those curious. I think it probably ended up a bit dark on the bottom.

 

[MetalBeerSolid]

A lot of great ideas, but unfortunately many of them looked very blurry and low-res in full view.

Oh, and I'm in.

 

[bmxmitch]

second that with the blurry pics, but regardless of that, the Beetle just looks gorgeous with the sky on it!!!!!

 

[Jacob]

The idea on the Beetle and the full frontal reflection of the Cobra is extremely well thought out. I felt that the GT by Citroën Road Car is just amazing. Love the tone. All my comments here = Amazing work this week guys. 👍

Oh, and I just noticed. I think we should just highlight the 'no sigs' now that much more people are entering. We have one shot that has a tiny signature. I didn't notice it until my 4th look at it.

 

[nanabu]

i had so much hope in this week

 

[Mynock005]

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I'd like to know why I wasn't considered good enough for the poll please.

 

[CCShaft7]

apologies for taking so long to get back to answering some of your questions... real life gets in the way sometimes

@Mynock005 Your composition is fine but it kinda falls down in two places. The 'reflection' is a bit bland and subdued which leads me on to my second thing and it could be due to the fact its in a slightly underexposed B/W. Maybe another filter or no filter at all might have transformed it..... I hope this helps.

@Crushed The main problem I had with your entry was the 'helpful' advice I tried to set out in the theme description and it was to maybe avoid just photographing a chrome car, the Beetle shot worked because of its unusual angle, composition and clever use of the cloud features whereas yours is a very generic photmode shot I've seen dozens of times in the forums. Try to be more creative with focal lengths and angles to stand out from the crowd 👍

@DigitalBaka It wasn't really the dark area you mentioned that concerned me but the 'whiteout' between the sky and car. It looks over-exposed to me and detracted from the reflections you captured which at full size look good.... esp in the headlamps.

These are just my honest and truthful opinions and I hope you all take these on in a constructive way. A different judge on a different day would probably see otherwise so its just a preference thing

Standard was high guys and I enjoyed this one a lot, Good luck to everyone 👍

 

[Solo]

I know why I didn't make the poll seeing such amazing entries up there, but I'd just like to know your opinion on my shot please ccshaft thanks, I think this was the one (I've gotten a bit confused as I took so many that were basically the same )

 

[Mynock005]

@Mynock005 Your composition is fine but it kinda falls down in two places. The 'reflection' is a bit bland and subdued which leads me on to my second thing and it could be due to the fact its in a slightly underexposed B/W. Maybe another filter or no filter at all might have transformed it..... I hope this helps.

If you say so.

 

[DigitalBaka]

@DigitalBaka It wasn't really the dark area you mentioned that concerned me but the 'whiteout' between the sky and car. It looks over-exposed to me and detracted from the reflections you captured which at full size look good.... esp in the headlamps.

That was my other area of concern as I couldn't do too much with it. Thanks for the feedback! 👍

 

[TheDrummingKING]

If you say so.

That's rude..

 

[CCShaft7]

If you say so.

.... your welcome. Nice to see you in the spirit of things.

 

[TheDrummingKING]

^He can't take the criticism, tsk tsk. 👎

 

[Mynock005]

That's rude..

It wasn't meant to be.

.... your welcome. Nice to see you in the spirit of things.

It's a competition, I want to win one of them, hence why I try so hard and am disappointed in myself when I do poorly. It's nothing against you, I'm simply angry at myself for doing so badly this week.

^He can't take the criticism, tsk tsk. 👎

If I couldn't take it, I wouldn't have asked for it.

 

[TheDrummingKING]

If I couldn't take it, I wouldn't have asked for it.

Oh. Alright, sorry.

 

[bmxmitch]

only 38 votes here and 70 in the 2.0 comp!!!

What the.....?

 

[CCShaft7]

My guess is that its because its not a 'sticky'. Still shouldn't be too hard to find though

 

[Nato_777]

We usually get around 47-50 voters here. Not 100% sure why more don't vote. It doesn't matter if you don't enter, you can still cast a vote. As you say CCS7, it could be because the poll's not sticky'd.

 

[Nato_777]

Congratulations to ThaSyn - this weeks winner with his impressive reflections on the VW Beetle.

The Poll entries (in order of appearance) were by;

• MetalBeerSolid
• PureLogic
• rpanico14
• ashes619
• rev91
• nanabu
• Nato_777
• chrishan
• TheDrummingKing
• gt-detective
• ziggedzag
• ThaSyn

 

[ashes619]

Congrats on the win ThaSyn. 👍

 

[MetalBeerSolid]

Tied for 2nd with chrishan is good enough for me 👍

 

[nanabu]

thx for your vote zambuca

 

[ThaSyn]

Thanks all for voting on my beetle