Weekly Photo Contest November 24- December 1 Topic: The Big Picture

Rules:

1. You may only submit one photo per contest.

2. Please do not comment on photos until after the judging has taken place.

3. The contest runs for exactly one week, starting NOW! (see time/date stamp at the start of this thread)

4. At the end of the week, The Judge (last week's winner) will choose a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place photo, providing as much feedback as possible. (Judge has 24 hours to make decision)

5. The 1st place Winner will start a new thread with the topic/theme of their choice, and act as the Judge for that contest.
(Winner has 48 hours to create new theme)

This week's topic: The Big Picture

To follow up last week's Low and Close competition, the topic this week is much larger in a literal sense: capture the whole scene, either through panoramas, wide angle shots, or just a picture from a unique perspective removed from the action.

As always, the topic is completely up for interpretation, and the suggestions above are merely ideas to get your wheels turning.

Good luck to everyone! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

A Few More Hours

I'm headed to class for the day, so I'll keep the contest open until around 5pm EST. I'll close it as close to that as I can, and try to have the judging completed this evening.

Thanks everyone!

Contest Closed

The contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone for their entries. I'll begin judging and post the results soon.

The Winners Is...

There were some awesome shots this week. Thank you to all who participated!

Chappers said:

I'll go first

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I really like the way that this picture moves across the frame. This is a great idea and cool interpretation of the topic.

flosseR said:

i'll go second with an old shot of mine.. nothing too recent that would fit this contest

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This is a great panorama of a beautiful area. I wish the highlights weren't as blown out on the left side, but its a gorgeous image.

fireman32 said:

here is my entry

DSC_3099 by dspector32, on Flickr

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Another gorgeous fall shot. I like the way the clouds rise over the trees in the background.

Nicolasdec said:

London

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This is a really striking black and white shot. The boats and shoreline are great. I wish the sky wasn't so bland, but you worked well with the clouds you were given that day.

Blakeco123 said:

Mt.Diablo, local mountain in east San Francisco bay area suburbs.

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This shot shows up very warm on my monitor, with a nearly yellow sky. The mountain looks almost miniaturized, which is a cool effect.

aKCLee said:

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I love the vibrant blues on this image contrasted to the sharp white of the clouds and the true sand color.

coryndiego said:

Torrey Pines - Del Mar Beach, Ca.

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This shot is breathtaking. I love how there's no distortion even though its such a wide perspective. The mirror effect also contributes to how great this is.

MacRy said:

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The blue color in this image really stands out, and the mountain in the background looks majestic. The foreground isn't incredibly exciting, though. Did you take any that were cropped/zoomed closer to the mountain?

Keleko said:

It actually wasn't possible to get the entire plane in the picture because the wings go over the walls. So I got as much of the big picture as I could.

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Really cool shot with limited space to work with. The blue and red accents really jump off the screen. All of the shiny chrome does make it busy, but I like how much of the plane you were able to capture.

JAWJr said:

The view from my room in Hallstatt, Austria. It was really quite surreal. Life is grand.

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I wish I could travel or live somewhere with this view. The background hills and every thing beyond it could be sharper, but I like the framing of the door. Nice work.

Once again, everyone had some great images to submit this week. Thank you again for sharing your work.

Third Place: flosseR

Second Place: Chappers

First Place: coryndiego