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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***APRIL PHOTO CONTEST: "THE WINNERS!***
Last edited Mon Apr 18, 2022, 06:04 PM - Edit history (1)
***APRIL PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS***(Well, this is a little awkward).
The winners of the April photo contest, Beauty in black and white, anything and everything black and white, are as follows :
First Place, with Moon and Bridge, a shot of the moon rising behind L.A.s Vincent Thomas Bridge, is ME!!!!
Second Place, with Touched by Gods, an amazing shot of a beautiful shoreline and an angry sky, is LakeArenal.
Third Place, with Big Meadow and the Sawtooth Ridge, a stunning shot of horses set against a breathtaking mountain range, is Tom Kitten.
Hosts Choice is Romance of a Rose by Legger. I chose this photo for two reasons. First, I love the selective focus at the center of the rose, which softens as your eye moves outward. Second, Legger and I have been happily married for thirty seven years, and I intend to keep it that way.
I had a terrific time running the contest for the first time, and I sincerely thank you all for your participation.
Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)urbanhermit
(751 posts)Spectacular contest, thank you all entrants.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)Harker
(14,018 posts)Well done!
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Thank you to everyone who entered their work.
lucca18
(1,241 posts)Grumpy Old Guy: You did a great job!
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)I would have a horrible time trying to decide which one I would want on my wall. Maybe all of them?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)You could sell prints of that bridge, stunning!
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)I can make prints available if anyone wants one.
llmart
(15,537 posts)I want every vote counted multiple times!!! Stop the Steal!!! Rigged election!!!
Just trying to start a new conspiracy theory for the masses.
Seriously though. That was my favorite photo. Beautiful shot, but then all of them were amazing.
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 18, 2022, 10:22 PM - Edit history (1)
It was all those people voting from home!
Thanks for the kind words.
George McGovern
(5,420 posts)Way to go Grumpy Old Man Ya Done Good!! (Awkwardness aside . . .)
It's a good thing Leggers got the Host's Choice!!
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)I know how to keep on Legger's good side.
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)a kennedy
(29,658 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)ancianita
(36,055 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Just a very beginner here. With a camera permanently on loan from a dear friend.
So far I have done well. This being the best finish yet.
Thanks again.
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)planetc
(7,811 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)no real losers in these photo contests, I enjoy them all!
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,607 posts)All of the photos were great.
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)Soph0571
(9,685 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)Tom Kitten
(7,347 posts)I'm honored to have come in third for the contest! Such great entries, I thought all could have won.
I enjoy entering the contests, they distract from the usual doom and gloom.
I took my photo with just a point and shoot camera, like pretty much all the photos I've taken the last few years, until it went kaput.
I took it from across the street from the motel I was staying in Bridgeport, California. Has anybody seen that classic film noir Out Of The Past, with Robert Mitchum? That's where it was filmed, only about 75 years earlier. Bridgeport's original name was Big Meadow, hence the title for my entry.The elevation there is about 6500 feet above sea level, and the average height of the Sawtooth Ridge is around 9500 ft so that's pretty much a 3000 foot wall we're looking at. I know the ridge is the northern boundary for Yosemite, to give you an idea where this is located. I think the peak in the middle of the ridge is either the Matterhorn or Whorl Mountain, I couldnt find a matching photo on the web. It was cold! I was waiting for the sunset and was out there for about half an hour and my hands got numb. Plus the clouds got thicker and the sunset didn't really turn out, oh well. That night it went down to 24 degrees, in the morning had to scrape a hard thick layer of frost off my car. And it was still summer, about a week after Labor day! True fact: it gets cold in the mountains!
Here's a color shot of the same spot.
I hope to go there again soon, it is such a beautiful part of the country! (the Sierra Nevadas) I didn't have time to visit Mono Lake, which is close by...
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,163 posts)It's a great place. I didn't know it was originally called Big Meadow. There are no bad views in that part of the state. I get up there as often as I can. Congratulations on a great image.
Another great film is "High Sierra" with Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino, filmed in Lone Pine and along 395.