On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Matthew Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So last weekend, the wife and I went to the local county fair, for the > first time since moving back here. If I point you to my meager > gallery, can I get away with a rant? > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/sets/72157607060568138/ > > Anyway, we learned that if you submit something for competition, you > get in free. It occurred to me that paying $8 to enter the > photography contest and get in free is at least as good as paying $8 > at the gate just to get in. And I just might beat the people who have > the date burned in red digits on their pictures, not to mention the > folks who entered color photographs in the B&W categories (true!). > > So I look up the entry guidelines, which are here: > > http://cambriacofair.com/19___arts__crafts__photos > > I call your attention to the "Digital Manipulation" categories. Taken > literally, it seems impossible to shoot digital without ending up in > the "Digital Manipulation" categories, especially if you shoot raw. > For example: > > "26. Single or Multiple Images - The creation of an improved image > through the use of computer tools" > > Well, debayering a raw file certainly improves it. So does using > "computer tools" to choose a suitable 8x10 cropping, as required by > the rules. I've even been known to improve an image by picking black > and white points with my "computer tools". But even worse: > > "28. Tonal/Colorization - Black & White, Sepia, or Color saturation > of a digital photograph to increase visual dynamics to the viewer." > > I take this to mean that any digital B&W conversion lands you in the > "Digital Manipulation" ghetto, instead of, say, "B&W Portrait". > > Maybe we'll just enter the Trail Mix competition... that one's only $3.50. > > If you made it this far, here's a bonus gallery with better shots: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/sets/72157607029365140/ > No rant for this festival, except for the $8 chicken-on-a-stick.
Those are fun pix. Looks like a typical county fall fair. Folksy and family-oriented. You captured the atmosphere very well indeed. As for the rules for the photography competition, it looks very much like it's basically one set of categories for film #1-24) and another for digital (#26-30). I can't imagine but that eventually the "film" categories will wither and die from lack of entries, or that the first 24 categories will eventually be for digital and film will have it's own small niche. Or something like that. Sounds like maybe they're just a couple of years behind the times. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
