***APRIL PHOTO CONTEST: SECOND PRELIMINARY THREAD***

[Grumpy Old Guy]

April Photo Contest: "Beauty in Black and White".

Preliminary Thread Two of Three

Thread #1: https://democraticunderground.com/100216582056

Thread #3: https://democraticunderground.com/100216582124


Please vote for the photo that you believe best shows “Beauty in black and white, anything and everything in black and white.” The topic was chosen by last month’s winner, George McGovern.

There are three threads. Please vote in each one and leave comments, as we love to read them!

These preliminary threads will run for 72 hours. They are posted in GD with the permission of the Administrators.


Mormon Row




Repose




Denali Majesty




Waiting for the leaves



Cattails




One smile fills many hearts




Angel, watch over me




Lil’ Tadpole




Zen Reflections




Gone to Seed

64 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Mormon Row
	9 (14%)
	Repose
	3 (5%)
	Denali Majesty
	3 (5%)
	Waiting for the leaves
	4 (6%)
	Cattails
	4 (6%)
	One smile fills many hearts
	6 (9%)
	Angel, watch over me
	12 (19%)
	Lil' Tadpole
	10 (16%)
	Zen Reflections
	6 (9%)
	Gone to Seed
	7 (11%)
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[GoneOffShore]

1. Well done!

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Duppers]

3. Wow! K&R

Just cannot choose.

[a kennedy]

4. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[femmedem]

5. All gorgeous!

This theme reminds me of my 2-dimensional design class my freshman year at art school, way back when.

The first day of class, the instructor gave us all black and white paper and told us to tear it up and make a design. After the group critique, our homework was to work on the idea we explored in class and take it further but keep it in black and white. The next class we all came in with more ambitious work, put it on the wall for another critique, and once again, the homework was to keep going in black and white. It went on like that for weeks. As we tried to outdo ourselves, the work got better and better.

Finally, about midway through the semester, the instructor said, "Keep going with your same idea, but this time add color."

We were all excited. Finally, color! But the next week, everyone's work was worse. Way worse. The instructor was nonplussed. He said, "Let this be a lesson to all of you: if color doesn't add something, it subtracts."

[Grumpy Old Guy]

19. Great story, thanks for sharing!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

29. Subdued colors are often best.

Forty years ago I purchased a book, which I still have, titled "The Art of Color Photography." It delved deep into color theory, such as it was at the time. The over arching lesson I got from that book was that subdued colors were usually more effective in creating a mood than a big splashy mess of red, green and blue, which is pretty much what a lot of us were doing with Kodacolor and other print films at the time. That was the way that Kodak marketed it, and that's what a lot of us thought was good. That book was a big influence for me.

[planetc]

6. A lesson in impossible choices.

[ChazII]

7. It was difficult

but I made my choice.

[PatrickforB]

8. Again, all of these are very well done.

Gone to Seed almost got my vote, because the composition is brilliant.Likewise Zen reflections. Repose evoked a love of the human form. And the two with the kids? Well, I'm a grandpa. Enough said...

But...

Waiting for the Leaves

That picture is so engaging, and so beautiful to me because I dearly love trees. There are so many noble and wonderful ones in my neighborhood, and with some I can feel the vibration of the life force and almost hear their voices. All life has a language, I think, if you still yourself and listen.

With Waiting for the Leaves, I could sense the awakening, the quiet creaking of growth, feel the sap running and the buds emerging, and it seemed to me that as I contemplated the photo, I could feel the celebration of rebirth - the ancient cycle of decline, death, birth and life - Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer.

This is just an outstanding photo! It really is!

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. One smile fills many hearts

This was even harder to chose from than the first set of photos.

[2naSalit]

10. Great entries!

[alfredo]

11. Knr

[Grumpy Old Guy]

12. Kick, kick, kick!

[HAB911]

13. Monday morning kick!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. Please vote!

Thanks!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

15. Vote, vote, vote!

[HappyCynic]

16. kick

[Beringia]

17. Kick

[LakeArenal]

18. GOTV

[Soph0571]

20. k&r

[Grumpy Old Guy]

21. Kickety kick kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Kick!

[HappyCynic]

23. kick

[Tom Kitten]

24. Vote now!

Kick!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

25. Vote, vote, vote!

[Ziggysmom]

26. All are very artistic! Decisions decisions!

[BlueIdaho]

27. Such Talent! nt.

[HappyCynic]

28. vote!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

30. Vote, vote, vote!

[HappyCynic]

31. Vote!