Saturday, December 18, 2010

WINNERS OF AN AMAZING BUILDING


Before announcing the winners for our last event let me announce our new event THE PICK OF 2010. Members do not post photos for this event. We just get to vote. Included already in this event is all the 1st place winners of 2010. Place your votes as per usual. Winner's picture will be the Picture Pick's avatar for 2011.
FIRST PLACE

London’s Natural History Museum by Lea Miche

SECOND PLACE TIE

Scuse me while I kiss the sky by G Michael Le Roy

The Crooked Spire by Brian Crossland

THIRD PLACE
Fire Ant Mound by Eagle Finegan

HONORABLE MENTION TIE
Crusader Castle by Ron Shook

Redstone Creek Farmhouse by Donna Palmund

BEST OF THEME
Clifford Forstadt selected Best of Theme for this event and offers the following about his photo choice:

"Quietly elegant, the perspective of this photograph beautifully captures the complimentary angles of the roof lines, the bottom-most sloping downwards, separated by space, then met by the ascending slope of the upper roof lines, all combining to soar upwards towards the amazing spiral spire, reaching towards the heavens, capturing an architectural expression of the sort of amazement aspired to within the walls of the church below."


The Crooked Spire by Brian Crossland


Picture Picks is taking a Holiday Break while members vote on The Pick of 2010 and will open the new year with another winner chosen event. Remember - take those cameras everywhere.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

WINNERS OF BLACK AND WHITE

This was a popular theme which leaves the actual subject open to the photographer resulting in a good variety of great entries.
We had 32 entries this week and, as usual, the voting gave some close results.
Congratulations to all those who took part and special congratulations to Terry Atkin Rowe who achieved the top spot for the first time.

FIRST PLACE

Road thru Abiquiu by Terry Atkin Rowe


SECOND PLACE

Metal Mollusc by Brian Crossland


THIRD PLACE

Early snow at the South Rim by Patricia Gould


HONORABLE MENTIONS

Polar Bear by Jacqui Binford-Bell


AND

Inside the Magnolia blossom by Andy Laighleis




BEST OF THEME

Heidi Breuer's choice of Best of Theme:
"it has everything it needs and is a wonderful shot ,well done"

Intercoastal Waterway by Catherine Sweetpotato




Saturday, December 4, 2010

WINNERS OF SPORT

 I am going to do this PPWG just a bit differently this week. I am going to begin with Best of Theme because it is the only undisputed photograph in this event. Best of Theme is picked by the winning photographer that picked the theme: Pascale Fernandez - "The full team is there to play!!!! "0-20" by Brian Crossland.

20-0 by Brian Crossland

Normally our first place winner is honored by putting their photo on the event image. This week in an effort to not upset any of those tied for first we will put Best of Theme in that position. And the right to choose the event after BLACK AND WHITE is also suppose to go to the first place winner of SPORT but the admins for Picture Picks will pick it instead. The two photographers tied for first can message us their suggestion and we will choose.


Tied for First Place with 12 votes each :

Play Ball! By Clifford Forstadt


Rowing Away by Pascale Fernandez

Low Tide at Sunrise and Canoeing by Eagle Finegan had tied for first in the votes but it also was a previous 1st place winner of  The Things I love and cannot win again. It is a great photograph, Eagle.

Tied for Second Place with 8 votes each :

Weiner Dog Basketball by Catherine SweetPotato

Mens College Lacrosse Tournament by Suzanne McLaughlin

Tied for Third Place with 7 votes each :

Watersports by Scott Michael Anna

Murderball by Ruthie Benjamin

St Anthony’s Triathlon by Jennifer Chappell
There were only 20 photographs posted for this event and eight of those are here honored. My questions to the members of Picture Picks, photographers and voters alike, are: 1)Is this truly about becoming better photographers or just about winning and popularity? 2)And should we change the event rules so only those that post a photograph are eligible to vote.