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Smithsonian magazine is having an amateur photo contest. Have you ever thought of entering it? This was last years grand prize winner. Yours are just as good Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I thought about entering a couple of times.. but I never do.. :shrug: I'm not good enough and I don't have the luxury of beautiful environments to photograph.
Yea.. but I won't. I do minor contrast and color enhancements now, any more and it will become more of an artwork than photography. This will either do or it won't.. anyway.. I'm not really that interested in any sort of recognition. It's a hobby.
Bullshit!!!!!! Let's have none of this self-effacing attitude, oh Lord. Those bug photos are FUCKING AMAZING! And forget that photoshop crap. Just understand whatever parameters they require and send in a photo that meets them. On this I have no doubt. M' Lord. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Hobby? Hobby? No, my friend, what I saw was no mere hobby! It's just a vocation you've yet to figure out how to avail yourself of. (If they shoot down your photo, we'll flame 'em Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!)
Well, I'm proud of what I do but I'm also realistic enough to know that many, many others are better at it.
Enough of this self effacement! As Rob Schnider sez-"You can do it." Truly, there is this 'quality' in your pics I've never seen before, esp the bug photos... I don't know... It's as if the insects are posing for you, or something.
I do. But that doesn't mean there arent any better photographers than me Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Maybe professional ones, but this contest is for amateurs. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. DO IT!!!!
What now ? Is it still open ? Anyway, usually you can't enter any images that already have been exposed to the public..
that's all I'm asking. Take a look at some of the past winners and you'll see that your pics are just as good, if not better. There are many many categories. The Natural World, Americana, Altered Images, Travel, and People.
