The envelope, please…
So, after sifting through the hundreds of entries—well, nine, actually—we’ve decided upon the winners of the “Reflections” contest.
<insert virtual drumroll here…>
The winner of Eli Reinholdtsen’s book “Folk” and a signed print from me is Chris Ward, for his image “Space Needle Reflected.”
Eli had this to say about Chris’ image:
“This image makes me really curious. I am trying to figure out what is happening but I just can’t understand enough of it. Is it a train to the right perhaps? This is a great scene and I would have worked it a lot. Perhaps you could add a person to give it a stronger sense of scale. Or maybe a contrast colored balloon on the way up?”
Chris, I really like this. It crosses that line into the abstract well and, like Eli says, it makes me curious about what’s really going on. Great job!
The second place winner of a copy of Eli’s book, “Folk,” is Barry Yanowitz, with his image “Reflecting on Coney Island.”
Eli says:
“I like how you have captured the passing car twice – both in the rear window and on the street itself. This is often difficult to pull off with a good background but I think you have managed here. The orange works really well with the blue. Compositionally, I was thinking perhaps to crop a bit on the right since the sky takes up almost half of the frame, but in the end I decided against it, as the sky is really beautiful.”
Finally, the third place winner of a signed print from me is Sabrina Henry (also known as the Chronicles of Learning Photography) for her image, “Main Street #1.”
Eli’s comments:
“Ooooh! My kind of place! I like how the trees blend in with the tapestry. I would have cropped a bit tighter on the left to get rid of the frame so the light shines more on the mannequins. I would consider coming back a bit earlier in the day so that the sun would shine 90 degrees down the street and perhaps in the face of someone passing by. Maybe another woman in white? Even with a hat? Or a man complementing the ladies?”
Congratulations to all of the winners! Please send your postal mailing information to info@thelightwithout.com and I’ll get your books and prints out shortly. If you won a print of mine, be sure to let me know which one you’d like from the Hip Sips set, which you can find HERE. Let me know the title you want, and I’ll print and sign it, and send it your way.
My thanks also to everyone who took the time to enter the contest. I really appreciate your participation and I hope you’ve gotten some ideas about how you can use reflections in your photography. In the next few days, I’ll be posting Eli’s comments on each of your photos on Flickr, since she was kind enough to share them for everyone.
Of course my thanks to Eli Reinholdtsen as well, both for her participation as a judge and for her inspirational photography. Even if you didn’t win it, consider buying her book on Blurb. It’s filled with her work in reflections and I think they will inspire you.
Thanks again to everyone! Have a great holiday!
July 4th, 2010 at 12:55 am
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July 4th, 2010 at 1:11 am
Congratulations Chris and Barry. I love both your images!
Thank you Eli for your comments. I really appreciate them and plan on going back to try out your suggestions to improve my image.
Thank you Stuart for hosting this contest. Your blog rocks! Plus it’s the only place you can find me right beside Steve McCurry.
July 4th, 2010 at 6:24 am
Congratulations, all. Thanks, Stuart for hosting the contest, and thanks to Eli for posting comments with the winning images… allows everyone to learn!
And of course… Happy Birthday, Stuart!
July 4th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Thanks so much & congratulations to Chris & Sabrina. I really enjoyed viewing the fantastic photos from the other contest participants and appreciate the feedback from Eli above. Happy Birthday, Stuart!
July 4th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Wow, thanks to Stewart, Eli, and the others that have commented on my image. Thanks a lot.
This is a picture of the space needle. I have one with the needle in it and the reflection, but liked this one better. A little more abstract too. I love showing this image to people and getting them to guess what it is.
I also tried with a person, by without a really wide angle lens, I had a hard time fitting everything in I wanted to.
There is indeed a train, but it is going in to the music experience building. I saw the train coming just as I was going to leave, and took a few more. Luckily I got one with just a bit peeking out.
I think the train really makes the image. The reflection is interesting and abstract, and the object that most draws the viewer (I think), but without the train, the lower right corner is empty.
You can see some of my other attempts at this same sight on a reflections set on here.
Thanks again. Keep shooting reflections!
July 5th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
[...] of weeks ago. The picture above that I took in Seattle was the image that won. In this post on Stewarts blog I say a little bit more about the image in the comments. Also, you can see what one of the [...]
July 6th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Congratulations to all the winners~ and thanks for the doing this Stuart. I was very happy to receive Eli’s comments and see her comments on other photos too. I love opportunities to see and learn and get feedback Maureen