photography competition in my organization

[NimishC]

Hi All,

There's going to be Photography Competition in my organization and we have to submit our snaps on any theme/subject. I have taken some travel, kids snaps and would like to know your opinion on which ones to submit. One can submit as many pics as one wants.

The rules say that the snaps should not have major editing and they can not be portfolio/commercial snaps. Rest all are allowed. I have sone minor adjustments to some of the snaps i.e. playing with levels, curves, conversion to B&W/Sepia, boosting brigthness/contrast in photoshop.

I would like to know your opinion on which snaps to submit. The snaps are at

Picasa Web Albums - Nimish - competition

I am not a professional photographer and I guess no one in our organization is. We all are hobbyists.

I welcome your feedback. Thanks.

[TheDarkReaver]

I would choose the second one.

[junglebear]

The second one was my first choice as well, it stands out from the rest although the first shot is nice as well.

[jamesev]

Originally Posted by NimishC

Hi All,

The rules say that the snaps should not have major editing and they can not be portfolio/commercial snaps. Rest all are allowed. I have sone minor adjustments to some of the snaps i.e. playing with levels, curves, conversion to B&W/Sepia, boosting brigthness/contrast in photoshop.

How will they know how much editing has gone on?

Is it that easy to know the difference between a well exposed / configured photo and one with alot of editing?

Ok adding Lomo effects (unless you have a Lomo camera) might raise suspicions, however is it really possible to say whether a photo has been highly edited or was a very good photo in the first place and just lightly edited?


P.S. the second one!

[NimishC]

thank you all. more replies are welcomed.

[NimishC]

forgot to tell you one more thing. we can submit multiple pics too.

[gturner]

#2 certainly is the standout, although a it was probably helped by a little cognitive programming from Mr Dark.
It seems to create a feeling of immense power in a little hand

[milosh]

The second one, and maybe the first one also.

[Swisstony10]

Yep - #2 for me also. Mind you, I keep being drawn back to #9 and #11.

That's what makes an image good in my book - I can look at an image once and be of the opinion that it's a good image, but I much prefer it when I keep going back to look at the same image several times.

Russ,