[Maia]

Welcome to the Final of the TiBB Photography Competition 2011! Two contestants remain - Jords and Shaun - who have given us some brilliant photos over the past 5 weeks, and have both done their very best this week in producing some top quality photos in the hope that one of them will win this award icon

So let's see their last photos of the competition!

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Jords
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Theme 1: Energy



Inspiration: Just 1 strike of a match creates a flame which gives out all of thermal, light and sound energy. But it’s just that slight burning flame that can cause a destructive blazing fire… quite amazing when you really think about it. I gave the photo a gothic edge to signal warning.

Theme 2: Chaos



Inspiration: I really struggled with this theme. A traffic congestion or a massive crowd first came to mind but you don’t get much of either around here; so I moved onto ‘mess’ but I didn’t really know what. Then I remembered the abandoned shed pictures I took for the Buildings theme down the road but ended up not using them. It’s dirty, falling to pieces and I lowered the brightness to help enhance the derelict feel of it. Id say it looked quite chaotic.

Theme 3: Animals (Contestant's Own Theme)



Inspiration: For my own theme I wanted to hand in a photo of something that I loved and 1 of them things are animals and especially my pets! This is our pup Herbie who’s a Basset Hound and I adore the pose he’s sat in - has right character!
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Shaun
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Theme 1: Energy



Name: Sparks
Inspiration: I was basically experimenting with lightbulbs, which is commonplace for me, when I managed to take this shot and I thought the hot wire in the middle was quite an interesting picture.

Theme 2: Chaos



Name: An eye-opener.
Inspiration: I think the true meaning of chaos is challenging others' perceptions and doing something totally unexpected, and when it boiled down to it, nuns looking up gay-porn was really the most unorthodox thing I could muster.

Theme 3: Life (Contestant's Own Theme)



Name: The Waters of Life
Inspiration: I was really struggling with ideas and went outside to find this old watering can. I thought it'd make a nice shot and decided that it represents life quite well... providing water and rusting away itself.

Voting Details

The contestants the forum members and judges will be voting for this week are:

Jords
Shaun

Forum members voting = For each theme, give the name of the contestant who's photo you preferred (e.g. Theme 1: Username | Theme 2: Username | Theme 3: Username)

Judges voting = Rate each photo out of 20, giving points to these 3 aspects of the photo - Originality (up to 5 points) Sticking to the theme (up to 5 points) and Overall quality of the photo (up to 10 points).

Votes must be sent to me via PM. Judges and forum members are welcome to comment on the photos here, but don't give away who you are voting for. Voting will close tomorrow evening at 7PM. Good luck!

[Shaun]

Jords your chaos photo

[Jords]

I your energy and pmsl cant get over the expression on the nun's face!

[Shaun]

-bumps-

[Kerry]

Just voted. Good luck lads Some cracking shots. Looks fun. Might play along if we have another some time

Great competition Mollie

[Jarrod]

It's so hard to decide the votes!

[Maia]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

Just voted. Good luck lads Some cracking shots. Looks fun. Might play along if we have another some time

Great competition Mollie

Thanks

I've had quite a few votes so far, but keep going everyone! Just over 3 hours left.

[Pyramid*]

Voted.

[Niamh.]

Good luck you two, both of you did a great job

[Maia]

8 minutes left!

[Jords]

[Maia]

Voting closed, results shall be announced shortly! Good luck to you both

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jords

Rooting for you!!

[MeMyselfAndI]

I'm rooting for Jords too

[Jords]

Thanks Pyra and MMI

But I hope its because you like my photos and not because you have issues with Shaun..

[MeMyselfAndI]

No i voted on the pictures

[Jords]

Cheers


Good luck Shaun!

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jords

Thanks Pyra and MMI

But I hope its because you like my photos and not because you have issues with Shaun..

Not at all..... I've rated Shaun's over yours a few times I'm afraid! Mollie will be happy to confirm if there is any dubiety.

I'm a big girl Jords.

[Jords]

That was aimed at MMI

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jords

That was aimed at MMI

I'm sure it would have been photographic preference. I happened to particularly like your Energy shot, esp in monochrome. Had a good effect.

Also thought your chaos shot was bang on.

Shaun's had some pretty good pics in earlier rounds, but personally - for me anyway - your pics this week were your best ones overall.

[Jords]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I'm sure it would have been photographic preference. I happened to particularly like your Energy shot, esp in monochrome. Had a good effect.

Also thought your chaos shot was bang on.

Shaun's had some pretty good pics in earlier rounds, but personally - for me anyway - your pics this week were your best ones overall.

Thanks Pyra, it was hard getting that energy shot done because I had to use the camera timer and light up exactly at the right moment but managed to pull it off alright eventually!

[Pyramid*]

Is there a vote on the best one single photograph throughout the whole competition...... that would be a wee idea?

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jords

Thanks Pyra, it was hard getting that energy shot done because I had to use the camera timer and light up exactly at the right moment but managed to pull it off alright eventually!

It was a particulary good shot - as you say: more than just a 'snap' - getting it prepped, trying it out and getting it just right to capture the theme - as I said, for my money - it was a fabulous shot, interesting, novel and right back to basics but with brilliant effect - with good thought put behind it.

[Maia]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Is there a vote on the best one single photograph throughout the whole competition...... that would be a wee idea?

I was thinking of doing something like that for the final, I probably will but maybe as like a public thing

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Is there a vote on the best one single photograph throughout the whole competition...... that would be a wee idea?

mine would be Jords summer picture from last week I think