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Contest Results: Time

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Ended 03/14/12 3:15 AM GMT
Winner: LynEve (See the full results)

1st place
Time In A Bottle by LynEve

casechaser: Congrats Lyn!

LakeMichigan: Very creative and well done . Good luck in the contest.

Roseman_Stan: Congrats on your contest win Lyn!!! Happy for you!!

nanadoo: Congrats on the win! I love it!

purmusic: Really nice, Lyn.

Caveats?

Undecided, really.. as to whether the crop is a tad tight.

And it has not gone unnoticed by me, that you were working with the physical constraints/size of the wood top. Just can't quite shake the thought of a bit more breathing room to the right of the rose might be an improvement.

That said..


Good good control and handle on the technical considerations. Lighting is nice, too.


p.s. Then, it hits me.. the size of the sides of your border/framing.

See if the following joke reference makes sense..

As an added punishment for prisoners.. jail house authorities are considering placing the bars on the prison inmate uniforms.. horizontal.

('Cause.. then the prisoners would go around thinking that they are 'fat'. :oP)


To my eyes, and mind.. with the border width/size at the sides as presented.. kind of, sort of ... fights with the vertical lines of the bottle and the hanging watches.

Downloaded and cropped on the above thought(s) ... looks better?

LynEve received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

2nd place
Time Passing by coram9

Digital_Angel: Chris,

I like this image a lot, from the muted colors to the composition.

I do have two crits though:

1. Not sure if you could do this, but if the DoF were a little longer into the clock from the 12 towards the center I think it would cut a little into the mainly blurry image, creating a little more depth and visual interest.

2. The area in focus could be sharpened a little, which helps with crit #1

Just my opinion of course :)

coram9 received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

3rd place
A Month in the Life of the Moon by Akeraios

captaindrewi: A great concept this should do well in the contest.

100k_xle: Outstanding Entry.....Best of Luck!

rvdb: Congrats on your win.

Rob

LakeMichigan: Congratulations on the Time contest.

purmusic: Really nice work, Hannah.


If I may.. composition.

In my humble opinion, think you could make some 'minor' (on the notes of your concept and overall presentation) changes.

Moon ... smaller.

Allowing for the Xaos fractal to provide stronger leading lines within frame, prodding your viewer's eyes to look into your piece.. deeper. As they are a nice touch.

Add some more depth, in short.

And in turn, knock down the moon's prominence (visual weight), too.


Will summarize my thoughts here.. in a popular phrasing..

'+favs for me.'


Best of luck in the contest with this very strong creative contender. :o)

5th place
A Time to Remember by johindes

LakeMichigan: Lovely tribute to these Soldiers and your Grandfather Jo.

zunazet: Congrats on placing in the contest. A very fine tribute to all.

Dunstickin: A wonderful sombre moment of remembrance!

Thank you for this!

icedancer: What a touching and beautiful tribute to the fallen soldiers that lost their lives in Afghanistan.