Get close in October
Time to start submitting your best Get Close photos for the October contest. As I told you in an earlier item, Get Close captured 30% of the RAW vote. Motion was second with 26%, followed by Silhouettes, 21%; Curves, 12%, and The Color Purple, 11%.
What do we mean by Get Close?
Well, you don't need a macro lens, as many of you have already shown with your closeups of everything from flowers and shells to broken eggshells and pavement. It's an opportunity for you to create dramatic and creative images.
Your goal with close-up photography is to show details that the eye could easily miss, and to portray a subject in a way that is unique and interesting.
And despite the name Get Close, close-up photography doesn't mean you have to be on top of your subject. Sometimes standing back and using your zoom lens will help you focus better. And watch your f/stops: Do you want a blurred foreground or background, or do you want everything in focus?
So go have fun and experiment. When you've taken a great close-up shot, or chosen an existing image from your portfolio, enter it in the October contest. Here's how.
Is there a Raw Blog Flickr group?
Where can we see October's entries?
Alyssa, I would like to go with you the next time you take a trip to Vegas, because your mind-reading powers are extraordinary. My colleagues and I were just discussing that very topic -- creating a RAW Flickr group -- this morning. It shall be done by the end of this week, and I'll post a note letting you all know when it's done.
BTW, does anybody know: Does SmugMug have groups?
We just started accepting October entries this morning, and I'm not surprised, given the passion of the RAW community, that we already have some entries. You can see them on Flickr by searching for the tags Boston.com contest October.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=boston.com+contest+october&m=tags
Who won for August and where can I see it?
Thanks.
Hi, Lou ... you can see the winners of the August contest, which had the theme At the beach, right here:
http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2008/09/and_the_winners_are.html
Can you enter a picture that has appeared in another month's contest?
Yes, you can, Lulu ... the only restriction I would place is that the top 3 prize winning photos cannot be entered again. Seem fair?
Yes, I think that's fair indeed.
Good afternoon - I entered a new photo to Flickr a few days back added the pertinent tags but when I search for it using the tags on Flickr it does not come up, and I do not see it in the collection above.
My flickr account name is lwesty. This is my first entry and I hope it is found in time.
Thanks for your help!
Hi, Lauren -- it looks as though it's a new account, or that you added photos to it for the first time two days ago. It can take Flickr's search 2 to 3 days to find new accounts. That's why we always wait a few days after the close of the contest before we post anything because we want to make sure that its search has found all new accounts/photos.
Check back in with me Monday. But I'm sure your photo will show up over the weekend, if not today.
This blogger might want to review your comment before posting it.
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