Favorite Photo Contest Results
On Christams Eve I launched a contest for your favorite XO Photos of 2011. The results are in!
FINAL VOTE!
Tied for 4th place with 1 vote each were:
King Kong Eats a Farm
Bennett's Garage
Missouri River Trees
In 3rd Place with 2 votes was:
Under The Bridge
In 2nd Place with 3 votes was:
Missouri River Sunset
The winner, by an overwhelming 5 votes was:
Cosby Hotel
This pleases me and thank you for your votes.
The fact that the Cosby Hotel photo won pleases me on many levels.
o It was one of the last photos I took using actual 35mm film with my old Nikon N80 before I made the switch to digital.
o The subject was suggested to me by my friend David Remley who is not only a professional photographer (unlike me) but a zealous advocate for historic preservation. I knew I would be switching to digital soon, I had a few rolls of B&W film left and was looking for a worthy subject. David suggested the Cosby Hotel which was scheduled to go under the wrecking ball. You can view the results of that photo essay here.
o I took the photos during a very rare and narrow opportunity when the windows had been removed and before they were boarded up. I didn't know that would be the case. It was pure serendipity and provided an unprecedented window on the past.
o The advice and feedback I received from David Remley while editing and processing the photos was invaluable. It was like taking an advanced photography course and I learned so much! Thank you David!
o It reminds me that simpler is better.
I need to have a high quality, large format print made and get it framed. When it's on the wall, 5 of you will be getting an invitation to a Super Deluxe Brunch to view the final product.
Thank you all for your support!
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7 comments:
XO - Somehow I missed the Vote.
But I can tell ya that I never would have voted for Cosby Hotel - but rather for the three before that.
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Your welcome and sue you're wrong. :)
The Cosby shot is cool, XO, I just preferred the bridge shot if I was going to enlarge it and hang it on a wall.
Happy New Year.
King Kong Eats A Farm?
Assuming the crop pictured is Zea Maize I would not want to be near him when the inevitable fluidic voiding of his colon occurs. It will bring new meaning to the term 'pyroclastic flow'.
I can get you a 5x8 canvas print for free. Shoot me an e-mail and I will put you on contact with the appropriate party :)
Nice shots, I did not vote because I loved them all.
Sorry I missed the vote. Would have tossed one down for Bennett's Garage.
I'm a fa f photos of old signage and have spent a lot of time photographing old movie marquees and drive in theaters.
They'll be completely extinct before we know it.
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