TiBB's Photography Contest >> Winner Revealed!

[Sam!]

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt116/samsmellsnice/photooto-1.png
For the final week the photographers had the themes of Emotion, Senses & also had to improve a past photo. Here is how they did..


bronaaaaa//
Emotion
Title: Love
Inspiration: I took this in Denmark during the summer, as it was incrediably cute. I actually forgot about about this, til my sister reminded me about the other day. Shows love, contentness etc.


http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt116/samsmellsnice/brona1.jpg

Improvement
Title: Untamed
Inspiration: I took this for the last TiBB contest, but never used it. I like this picture, it's natural, untamed and wild, and so follows my ideas for my previoys WIL photo, beautiful yet not perfect. .

OLD PHOTO
http://i45.tinypic.com/2d2io3l.jpg

IMPROVED PHOTO
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt116/samsmellsnice/brona3.jpg

The Sense Touch
Title: Strawberry
Inspiration: The other ideas I had came out pervy lmao, but yeah, pretty obvious the idea behind it! It's not the best represetation I knwo and I guess it could also be sound.


http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt116/samsmellsnice/brona2.jpg

Past Photos
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt116/samsmellsnice/bronaport.png
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GypsyGoth//
Emotion
Title: Love
Inspiration: I was sitting with my camera when Scooter Sprite confessed her love for Beachberry. Just before they kissed I got a shot.

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http://i45.tinypic.com/wmbcz.jpg

Improvement
Title: After The Rain
Inspiration: I wanted to show more of the scene than I did last time. After a slight downpour I went outside prowling for a photo.

OLD PHOTO
http://i38.tinypic.com/2czyskj.jpg

IMPROVED PHOTO
http://i46.tinypic.com/2w7322b.jpg

The Sense Taste
Title: Strawberry
Inspiration: I experimented with my lips and tongue, none of those shots worked, usually out of focus or just looked silly. So I remembered the egg shot I did previously. I wanted to capture a flavorsome image, one that evokes taste.


http://i50.tinypic.com/aue0z5.jpg

Past Photos
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt116/samsmellsnice/gypsyport.png
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Nate//
Emotion
Title: Sad
Inspiration: Tried to do something different, cool and funny.

http://i45.tinypic.com/1z2g3sk.jpg

Improvement
Title: Taps
Inspiration: Tried to better the last try found it difficult and tried a new angle.

OLD PHOTO
http://i47.tinypic.com/1zgan94.png

IMPROVED PHOTO
http://i48.tinypic.com/2w1w7z7.jpg

The Sense Sight
Title: Sight
Inspiration: Looked up sight in the dictionary and added the glasses for effect.


http://i50.tinypic.com/104kp5z.jpg

Past Photos
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt116/samsmellsnice/nateport.png
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Voting Details
Due to their being no public votes, there will be no public vote for the final.

Can the judges please rate the photos individually for the final.

1. [Best Photo]
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9. [Worst Photo]

and also rate the photographers on past photographs overall.

1. [Best Portfolio]
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3. [Worst Portfolio]

Can also Brona, GypsyGoth & Nate send me a u2u with the name of who they think was the best this week.

Once I have all the votes I will reveal who has won!

[Sam!]

bump.

[Shaun]

Well done to all for making it this far.

Brona:
1. Emotion - I love this picture. It's arty, it's cute, it's different, it's a great aesthetic, and impressive skills (happening to catch this was a coup). Well done!
2. Improvement - This is my least favourite improvement photo, mainly because I think there was little to improve upon. I like your second shot but much prefer the original.
3. Sense (touch) - a great idea behind this shot, and it's executed quite well too.

GypsyGoth:
1. Emotion - I like how simple this shot is, but I think I would have liked something from, either a person or animal, that CAN display emotion - though this is quite cute.
2. Improvement - probably the best improvement shot. I love the colours, the quality, the contrast in focus between the fore/background.
3. Sense - taste: probably the most difficult sense there was to capture on a photo, but you've again done very well - unfortunately I'm eating apple crumble at the moment and as such don't particularly want a strawberry right now, but at other times it'd make my mouth water :p

Nate:
1. Emotion - Well it's simple, and to me very 'emo' which I guess fits the bill. But I don't know. I think it could be better.
2. Improvement - again, like Brona's, I think this is the opposite to an improvement. The first is much better, I'm afraid.
3. Sense; sight- I really love this idea. The glasses and 'reading' elements capture how important sight is perfectly, and importantly, it's not a bad shot.

Best of luck to all 3 of you!

[Patrick]

Very good Pics :)

Alll of them are great, however looking back at the old photos I think GypsyGoth should win.

But best of luck to the 3 of you.

[\PJ/]

Nathan the emotion one is amazing it looks profestional
I think everyone in the final deserves to be here,well done.

[King Gizzard]

Look at my big dustbin lid hands

[King Gizzard]

I agrree about my improvement photo - It was basically impossible to improve it so I know lol.

[Princess]

I love all of those! Think my fav is Brona's emotion one.

[Sticks]

bronaaaaa

Emotion
The use of black and white gives it a good 1950's feel, as does the fact it is on a slope. The only thing letting this shot down is the focus.

As for the emotion it only just scrapes in.

Improvement
The original theme was What is Life. This image fails to convey that, and what is more, it would have been improved if the depth of field had been pushed. The flower in the foreground should have been more in focus than the background one. I'm afraid this one totally failed to make the grade.

The Sense Touch
This is also disappointing. The fingers in the foreground are soft focus as are the other fingers in the background. It does not speak to me of touch. Another clear fail.


GypsyGoth

Emotion
No! The bland expression on the horse dolls do not show love. Positioning them like they are in this shot, does not speak to me of love. On the technical front, it could have been made better with a fil in flash, or even a reflector to lighten the foreground.

Improvement
As a pure picture of undergrowth, it is marginal at best, again the depth of field needed to be pushed. As for the original subject, it does not indicate that at all.

The Sense Taste
Another near miss I am afraid. Starting with the technical side, this image is bleached. The flash may have been to close and direct. Sometimes with still life, you may have the luxury of not using flash. Also better lighting would have been a good alternative.

As for the subject, sorry but I would have thought a strawberry half would have been better than a whole one.

Nate
Emotion
For a simple idea, and in black and white this seems to hit the all the points. Well done on this one

Improvement
Close but no cigar. It would have been better if the C of the cold tap was more in focus as well, plus I would like to have seen the whole basin.

The Sense Sight
A good idea well executed. It makes it crystal clear what this is about.

[GypsyGoth]

Thank you for the comments Shaun and Sticks :thumbs:

I love the Touch and the Sight one.

[Sam!]

I'll post my comments in a sec, only waiting for Brona's vote now. It's very very close.

[Sam!]

My Comments

Brona
1. Emotion - I think overall it's a lovely photo and portrays the theme well.
2. Improvement - I think you had the hardest photo to improve and afraid the cobweb one was better but still I like the photo.
3. Sense - I like how the guitar goes into darkness and I like the idea.

Overall - I think your photos have been great from week one, your best was definitely the 'What Is Life' one and I personally think you deserved to come this far.

GypsyGoth
1. Emotion - It's certainly different Claudia, I love the idea and it made me laugh.
2. Improvement - I think you certainly improved on an already great photo, I think it's brilliant.
3. Sense - Not a fan of strawberries my self but I love how you used the white background to make it stand out, is a nice photo.

Overall - I think you've been strong throughout the competition, I thought your photos in the first week were the best and from then I thought you would be in the final, you deserve it.

Nate
1. Emotion - I don't know why but I love this photo, it's simple yet great.
2. Improvement - I personally don't think you improved with this photo, maybe if the water was running like in the first photo it might have been better?
3. Sense - I love the idea you used and you pulled it off well, great photo.

Overall - At the start I didn't think you would get this far but week after week you've improved and I think you also deserve to be in the final.

Good luck everyone :)

[GypsyGoth]

:blush: Thank you for the kind words Sam.

[Sticks]

What was the result?

[GypsyGoth]

What was the result?

Sam hasn't said.

[Jords]

Emotion - Love with bronaaa
Improvement - GG
Sense - Sight with Nate

[Sam!]

I'm going to reveal who has won as I need to go and do work...

I can reveal that the winner of TiBB's Photography Competition is...

[Sam!]

http://i46.tinypic.com/2w7322b.jpg

GYPSYGOTH!

Well done Claudia! I think you all did very well to get this far and did very well in the final aswell.

Just to prove you did here is the voting add up from the judges:

GypsyGoth:
9+6+3 = 18 + 3 = 21
7+6+4 = 17 + 2 = 19
5+4+3 = 12 + 2 = 13
53 + 3 [brona’s vote]
= 56

Brona:
8+2+4 = 14 + 2 = 16
9+2+5 = 16 + 3 = 19
7+2+1 = 10 + 1 = 11
46 + 6 [claudia & nate’s votes]
= 52

Nate:
7+1+5 = 13 + 1 = 14
8+3+1 =12 + 1 = 13
9+8+6= 23 + 3 = 26
= 53

Again, very well done Claudia and I think you deserved it! I will get you a award for your profile. :thumbs:

Thanks to everyone who took part, especially Claudia, Brona, Nate & Patrick who managed to send in every photo and also Sticks & Shaun who were really helpful in judging.

:thumbs:

[InOne]

Well done Claudia! :hug:

[Jords]

Very close, well done Claudia! Good job bronaaa & nate :)

[bronaaaa]

Yay well done GypsyGoth, most deserving <3 :hugesmile:

[King Gizzard]

Thanks Sam for hosting this

[Shaun]

Well done Claudia :)

[ChristmasNeeve]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Claudia!!!!!!!!!

[Sticks]

Congratulations Claudia

[GypsyGoth]

Wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you all!

http://i34.tinypic.com/24qqukh.jpg

My gratitude to everyone who voted for me :hug:

Thank you judges Shaun and Sticks. And cheers Sam for hosting :thumbs: