** May Photo Contest Comments**

[Richard D]

Please use this thread to make comments about photos or ask questions about the April Contest.


The Submissions Thread is here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/103658348

[mnhtnbb]

1. Did you intend to start out accepting TWO submissions per photographer

in the rules statement, or just need to edit that for now to one and see how submissions go?

May Contest Rules
Host is opening submissions to allow a second entry for photographers.

[Richard D]

5. Oops

Corrected. Not yet.

Fantastic photo!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. mnhtnbb, your photo is amazing!

I literally gasped when I saw it.

It's perfect. Edgy and mysterious!

[mnhtnbb]

3. Thanks CalPeggy

From a display of masks in the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC. Serendipitous photo. Big display case in a darkened room where the lights would go on/off to highlight individual masks before the whole case lit up and an audio started about the collection. Just happened to be sitting in a spot where this mask was highlighted right in front of me and able to grab a shot.

[Mira]

4. Is that in Zurich? Peggy

in the Fraumunster Cathedral at the Lake of Constance?
There was a really dedicated person who did not allow me to take photos. I'm so glad you were able to get that wonderful picture.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Ah, my dear Mira! Alas, I don't remember.

It probably wasn't there, but I will check my original file.

Thank you for your lovely comments!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. It was not in Zurich, my dear Mira.

It was in Mainz, Germany.

Sorry I took so long to find it, but my vacation photos (and this was one of those) are all on my laptop and I have to remember to look when I'm here!

[Mira]

12. Thanks Peggy

I hope it was OK to do the research and you found good other things to look at. That's what happens to me when I hunt through photos for any reason. I was surprised you had this wonderful shot if they were Zurich photos, because we were monitored and could not take photos there. Annoyed me no end.
I have never been to Mainz and did not know there were Chagall windows there as well!
Thanks again.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Of course it was OK to do the research, dear Mira!

I use my laptop daily and my desktop more frequently. I prefer my desktop since the keyboard and mouse are more responsive.

I did find something else very good to look at too and I had some fun there.

No worries!

[alfredo]

7. I'm in

It is rare for men to dream in color.

[mnhtnbb]

8. LOL. That's a good one, alfredo,

about the dreaming, and the shot, too!



You made me google dreaming. https://www.verywell.com/facts-about-dreams-2795938

I have never thought about dreams only being in B & W for some people, although, apparently, some people do report that. You know, my husband is a shrink (psychiatrist and psychoanalyst) and has always considered dream analysis an important part of therapy. Over the 32 years we've been married, it's sometimes been fun to have a built-in dream analyst! The operative word there is "sometimes"!

[alfredo]

10. I love dreaming. I consider everything in a dream is a part of me.

Mostly my dreams are in urban settings.

Thanks. I'm glad you liked my image.

[Callalily]

9. Just finished browsing through

the May photo contest submissions. You know...we really have a bunch of great photographers here!

[retrowire]

14. *sees What Lay Beyond?*

Welp.

*Drops submission to the floor and cries as he leaves*

[justiceischeap]

15. Thank you. Very kind

but please submit...my submissions never win (just once) in years.

[retrowire]

16. The funny thing is

I have a spiritual obsession with streetlights. (Sounds weird right?)

But they just seem so angelic in the right ways. Your photo reminds me of one of my own that I wanted to submit for this contest!

I'll submit it when I get home, if not to win, just for the sake of art.

[justiceischeap]

17. I think street lights look best on a foggy night.

Look forward to seeing your submission.

[retrowire]

18. Very true!!!!

Forgot to submit yesterday, I'll remember today!

[retrowire]

19. I have now submitted my entry. Note the similarity? lol

It's just that your photo has so much more context. Really, the tombstones are death obviously, but the light emanating from the branches of the half dead tree is so ON POINT with the title of the photo, what lay beyond? Truly.

I'm a fan!

[justiceischeap]

20. Thanks.

Yours is nicely done as well. Opposite sides of the same coin.

[regnaD kciN]

22. Think that's bad...?

I saw the theme of this month's contest, and thought "I've got the ideal choice to end my multi-year 'retirement' from these contests."




Then I looked at the submission thread.

Oh, well...back to lurking...

[demmiblue]

36. I would have probably chosen your pic, if entered. n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

21. I love the photos that I can't figure out how they were done.

There are a few of them this month.

Nice.

[mnhtnbb]

24. I have reconsidered my situation and self-deleted my entries.

I would have loved to participate in this contest--great theme--but I need to get realistic about July if
the surgery for knee replacement goes ahead as scheduled.

[Mira]

25. DON'T

please accept my offer to do the contest for you should you win.
PLEASE.

[mnhtnbb]

26. Thanks for your offer, Mira, but there are other things in play.

I thought I could work around the surgery if I had to--and probably could--but I just don't know what the future holds.

[mnhtnbb]

32. OK. I accept. Back in with both entries.

I already have 8 appointments scheduled related to the knee replacement--not including the day of surgery. CalPeggy knows, I'm sure!

[Mira]

33. I"m delighted

and happy to do this thing for you should it come to pass. The entries are utterly diverse, creative and expressive. This will be a contest that gives pause.

[CrispyQ]

27. Old and New by Dyedinthewoolliberal

Love it!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

35. Thanks!

[Solly Mack]

28. Outstanding entries!

I'm looking for one but it will not be anywhere as good as those already entered.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. I'm sure your entry will be just as good as those already entered, if not better!

You are very skilled.

[Solly Mack]

30. Thanks, but no. lol :)

I'm still looking for something quirky and sardonic.

[Solly Mack]

31. I'm in with a different perspective.

[Solly Mack]

34. OK. I tossed another one out there.