April 09 Competition - Winners!
April 09 Competition - Winners!
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andy-xr

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13,204 posts

234 months

Friday 1st May 2009
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A slightly thinner than usual entry thread was somewhat expected with such a specific theme

That said, some excellent work in both threads

- Uriel: I’m surprised you didn’t enter the second of your posts from the Discussion thread, I really liked it
- Nick: What an image! It fitted the Musical theme just as much as the Detail one which shows how versatile one photo can be. I’m sure that will crop up again somewhere and I’ll look forward to seeing how you fit it in there too! There was a stewards enquiry with the time submitted, and I’m sorry – it wasn’t in April.
- Curtisl: It wasnt the most technical photo, but thats not what it was about. You took the bull by the horns and adapted the theme to suit what you had, I liked that.

Onto the winners, in reverse order

In third place, Toastgirl



The Kena can lift spirits or bring sadness just with a slight change in pitch and scale, the player can take you on a journey and you immediately feel their mood. I liked it, the only reason I haven’t put it higher is I felt including sheet music limits the voice to something pre written and decided.



In second place, Roadrunner3



A Tele! Well used by Keith Richards and Muddy Waters, at first I thought this was the Jap copy of the US original. But this one’s a rosewood special, and I believe it's the George Harrison one? It has beautiful tone and sustain, and I can see that in the photo. The only reason this hasn’t gone higher is that I wasn’t quite sure about the perspective and angle but I loved the lighting.



The Winner, Sammy_bibs



Jam packed and jam ready. The pickup selection on the Strat is going to sound great clean with a bit of chorus against the acoustic, the sax will bring in some lovely tone on an epic solo (that’s why it’s in the middle, right?) and the keyboards/synth will add rhythm to anything you want! It’s such a busy photo but that’s perfect, a coming together of lots of sound, and the BW conversion blends everything in. It made me want to listen to Zappa while watching The Commitments, just to see what it was like.

Well done to all, thanks again for the excellent photos!

toasty

8,410 posts

250 months

Friday 1st May 2009
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Congratulations to all the winners!

I kept meaning to getting around to taking a photo for the comp but never quite got round to it.

Must try harder next time.

Toastgirl

168 posts

232 months

Friday 1st May 2009
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Thank you for the third place Andy! I'm glad you liked the photo I entered! smile
Congratulations to Roadrunner3 and Sammy_bibs!

nick_bbb

5,501 posts

265 months

Friday 1st May 2009
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andy-xr said:
- Nick: There was a stewards enquiry with the time submitted, and I’m sorry – it wasn’t in April.
You're quite correct, I wasn't paying attention! redfacesmash

Well done all! biggrin

Edited by nick_bbb on Friday 1st May 23:40

missdiane

13,994 posts

279 months

Friday 1st May 2009
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Well done all smile


Loving this one smile



Dogsey

4,301 posts

260 months

Saturday 2nd May 2009
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Congratulations to all those mentioned, particularly Sammy-bibs.

paul911

2,771 posts

263 months

Saturday 2nd May 2009
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Well done all, looking forward to the next one!

missdiane

13,994 posts

279 months

Monday 4th May 2009
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I just sticky this thread so it can get attention from the winner to kick start May competition smile

sammy_bibs

192 posts

236 months

Monday 4th May 2009
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Hey thanks so much, made me happy!! smile good work everyone else also. (been away for bank holiday so sorry for the late reply)

This month I think the topic would be 'Weather' nice big range of ideas can come out of this one.

Thanks again! =)

andy-xr

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13,204 posts

234 months

Monday 4th May 2009
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smile

Start up 2 new threads then!

sammy_bibs

192 posts

236 months

Monday 4th May 2009
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Threads started (sorry a little slow, the bank holiday is over now so I can settle), just need them to be stickied, decided to go with a different theme as I am sure we already have many shots of sunsets and clouds. I Though the "Light" theme may pose a good idea as it will allow a bit of artistic flair.

As for this competition thanks so much for the win, took me about 30 shots and rearrangements before I was happy with the shot! Was thinking more dire straights when building this photo & yes the sax in the middle as it's such a nice sounding instrument that should be brought out in full flair! But there was some grat shots in there, I liked the two pieces with the music score laid out below.

Anyhow thanks again & will see what we can come up with this month.