(5 years and 2517 days ago)
friiskiwi says:
great photo, but no running involved.
author says:
You're right sorry, I misunderstood the contest goal. I'll watch for a picture that fits correctly the theme.
author says:
Hope this one fits better.
Sports Action Portrait - Photography Contest [17 entries]
Contest goal:
Show us your best portrait taken during the action of a sporting event. We're not looking for tiddly-winks here. It should be a sport that involves running in some form. This should not be an action shot emphasizing the sport, but an action shot creating a portrait of a player that captures their character. The entire body should not be in the shot... make it from the torso and up with an emphasis on the head and shoulders. Show their determination, concentration, and sweat (as an example). Other people, or parts of people, can be visible, but the emphasis should obviously be on a single person. It's THEIR portrait.
Status: finished. Check out the winners below!
Show us your best portrait taken during the action of a sporting event. We're not looking for tiddly-winks here. It should be a sport that involves running in some form. This should not be an action shot emphasizing the sport, but an action shot creating a portrait of a player that captures their character. The entire body should not be in the shot... make it from the torso and up with an emphasis on the head and shoulders. Show their determination, concentration, and sweat (as an example). Other people, or parts of people, can be visible, but the emphasis should obviously be on a single person. It's THEIR portrait.
Status: finished. Check out the winners below!
Suggested by: kyricom
Wayne Cheah: If I may ask, what happened to the boxing entry? ( 5 years and 2520 days ago )
Contest Moderator: Can't really discuss individual entries other than to say each entrant needs to read every theme closely. ( 5 years and 2520 days ago )
photogirl723: Wayne, it's probably because boxing doesn't involve running....see the contest description. ( 5 years and 2519 days ago )
Artifakts: Mod : what do you want exactle when you write "running" ? Is the "race" part of the word or the "going fast on 2 feet" ? ( 5 years and 2519 days ago )
Wayne Cheah: In that case, aquatic sports and sports that involve some form of equipment, like cycling, weight-lifting, shooting, archery, etc, would be out, if "running" is interpreted narrowly because boxing certainly involves more 'running' than cycling and canoeing? ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
teecee: Hmmm I had a rugby shot of a ball in mid air that was removed because there were more than one person in the picture...so this contest is all over the place IMO ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
Contest Moderator: Hey, everyone. I'm sorry for not answering sooner. I've been out of stateand contact for a few days. I should be home in a couple of hours and can deal with this soon. ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
friiskiwi: tecee, did you read the complete goal?
The entire body should not be in the shot... make it from the torso and up with an emphasis on the head and shoulders. Show their determination, concentration, and sweat (as an example). Other people, or parts of people, can be visible, but the emphasis should obviously be on a single person. It's THEIR portrait. ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
The entire body should not be in the shot... make it from the torso and up with an emphasis on the head and shoulders. Show their determination, concentration, and sweat (as an example). Other people, or parts of people, can be visible, but the emphasis should obviously be on a single person. It's THEIR portrait. ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
friiskiwi: by the way, by mentioning your entry, you have destroyed your anonymity, so even if the photo was on theme, it will have to be removed. ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
Contest Moderator: OK, everyone. I'm back. Sorry again for the delay but I was taking my son to the top of a mountain in Maine to find an apartment and we didn't really have internet.
Anyway... here's what I'm looking at in this contest, based on the theme. I think the theme is fairly straight forward with the possible exception of "running" (I'll get to that in a second. This is supposed to be a PORTRAIT, of a single person, from the torso up, emphasizing from the head and shoulders. I interpret the "running" to be that the person should be engaged in a vigorous activity, although maybe not actually running. Just because it's a sport that has running, if it looks like they're just standing there it will be off-theme. Other activity, such as bike riding or swimming could be perfectly acceptable if it meets the other requirements of a PORTRAIT. It is not a shot to show the sport. It is a shot to show the individual. Yes, other people (or parts of people) may be in the shot, if the PRIMARY subject meets the requirements above. I hope this helps. ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
Anyway... here's what I'm looking at in this contest, based on the theme. I think the theme is fairly straight forward with the possible exception of "running" (I'll get to that in a second. This is supposed to be a PORTRAIT, of a single person, from the torso up, emphasizing from the head and shoulders. I interpret the "running" to be that the person should be engaged in a vigorous activity, although maybe not actually running. Just because it's a sport that has running, if it looks like they're just standing there it will be off-theme. Other activity, such as bike riding or swimming could be perfectly acceptable if it meets the other requirements of a PORTRAIT. It is not a shot to show the sport. It is a shot to show the individual. Yes, other people (or parts of people) may be in the shot, if the PRIMARY subject meets the requirements above. I hope this helps. ( 5 years and 2518 days ago )
k5683: Its funny how the descriptions are never clear enough and people get entries removed all the time. ( 5 years and 2517 days ago )
friiskiwi: Nothing funny about it, more of a headache. Very few suggestions are well worded. The Mods usually get a quick look at them, and they may initially look OK, but the authors often interpret the them quite differently (not necessary wrong) to how the suggester and the Mods had read it.
No matter how hard we try, there will always be dissenters.
We will keep trying, until one by one we give up, totally frustrated. ( 5 years and 2517 days ago )
No matter how hard we try, there will always be dissenters.
We will keep trying, until one by one we give up, totally frustrated. ( 5 years and 2517 days ago )
photogirl723: Not to beat a dead horse, but IMHO, there's nothing questionable about the sentence " It should be a sport that involves running in some form." To me, that does not mean swimming, boxing, cycling, etc. If that was not the intention of the contest, then remove that sentence and there wouldn't be any question. ( 5 years and 2517 days ago )
solkee: I think the intention was that it had to be a strenuous sport (We're not looking for tiddly-winks here). It's amazing how people complain when the goals are too stringent and then complain again when they are lapsed to allow more entries. If members would suggest more contests instead of mods trying to come up with something in the last minute there wouldn't be all this whining. ( 5 years and 2514 days ago )
friiskiwi: well said solkee ( 5 years and 2514 days ago )
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He needs to turn his hand over on the racquet
Great facial expression
Great expression...
Great expression and lovely light.
These kids do amazing things with these new racquets. My old wooden Bancroft wouldn't stand a chance. Great eye on the ball. Thanks for your comments.
Nice action, and his expression is priceless.
Great one ! Both composition and expression are great !
Congrats on 1st and 3rd place, my favourite sport.
Congrats Pete, 1st place well deserved
Thanks everyone. My favorite sport as well but I never played as well as the kids today. To be young again...
Congrats for the nice composition!
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