Raw Photos People Finalists

Holy hell was this round difficult!

Not only did you all bring such amazing shots, but this was a true testament to why we have two judges. Sun had her faves and I had mine and they didn't necessarily match up all the time. Art is SO subjective! Don't you love it?

So we deliberated and deliberated and settled on these four finalists. Remember that we mostly paid attention to the quality of the shot and how it fits the theme, but we also liked other things like creativity, etc.

In no particular order, here are the finalists:

By braceball5

I just love the perspective and how crisp the foreground is with the main subject slightly blurred.

By nonspleen

Oh man what a capture! So sharp. And look at the action in the background!

By jensch1288

So well done. Love the light, the vibrant colors, the perspective, and the rule of thirds.

By psychmamma

SO COOL! It's like modern art. So trippy. So creative.

Good luck to all the wonderful finalists! Winner announced tomorrow!

Which one is your fave?

Raw Photos: Springtime Finalists

Once again, y'all really brought it. Spring was busting out all over the place and I, for one, didn't hate it.

Sun and I really loved all your shots and hard the hardest of hard times picking finalists. 

BUT, at the end of the day, these five photos wowed us with their beauty and technique. In no particular order, here are the finalists:

By Shnerfle

Exquisite. The soft bokeh is ethereal and the little bee is so sharp.

By nonspleen

That butterfly is perfection. And the focus is gorgeous.

By measagoddess

Oh man. The focus is awesome. the flowers in the foreground just POP!

By Dawn Williams-Summitt

I love love love all the green bokeh. So lovely.

By daredevil229

 

Those clouds! So lovely and unqiue. And the light is utterly perfect.

We are gonna have SUCH a hard time picking a winner! Stay tuned for the runners up and winner!

Raw Photos Contest: Last Days of Summer Finalists

The inaugural Raw Photos contest is now closed and we have our finalists! We had 25 submissions (not too shabby for our first time), but they were all so excellent I was instantly excited, but also wondering what we'd gotten ourselves into. How would we pick a winner? HOW? This was gonna be harder than we thought. 

I really wanted to pick all of them. Isn't that how a contest works? And I knew many of you, so I really, really had to forget about WHO took the photos and try to be fair. Which is tres difficult. Luckily, I had a partner in crime to keep me in line.

We haven't picked our winner, but here are the finalists (our collective picks between the two of us, but I won't tell which is which). Personally, I tried to focus on keeping with the theme and photo quality. 

Here they are:

By bee3six5:

The color saturation is outstanding and this feels lazy and dreamy.
In the words of Liz Lemon, I want to go to there. 

By nessavay:

Oh man do I love a unique shot. 
Love the double exposure. Love the water. Love the summery feel to this.

By GApeach55:

This makes me happy in my heart. So sweet, so soft. 

I feel like I'm lying in the grass at the end of summer, counting the flowers.

By steffsux

So vintage! I believe she took this on a Holga and I loves me some plastic camera.
This feels like summers gone by.

By MadeOfWords:

Now, if Ali knew how much I loved Paris, I might accuse her of cheating (but she didn't). 
Nonetheless, the warm light on the structure feels uniquely like Paris in the summer.


By CholeJB

How delicious is this? It's completely wonderful.
The water. The sweet, little hands. The perspective.

By relyan85

Such a great feel to this. Reminds me of the Sandlot.
I imagine those balls had one hell of a long summer.

The winner will be announced tomorrow! How will we ever pick? Which one is your fave?