Mood [B&W]

Challenge #15 in the Let the Image Speak series. Hosted by onlooker.

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Show us your most evocative black & white photo and make us think. There must be a human aspect to it. Per series' theme, let the image speak: *NO TITLES OR DESCRIPTIONS* (put a single dash "-" in place of title). PLEASE READ ADDITIONAL RULES (pay attention to image size rules). Many subjects are excluded. Read comments below for samples. -- Voters: Please vote in a slideshow.

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Announced:

Monday, 9th January, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 16th January, 2012 – Sunday, 22nd January, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 23rd January, 2012 – Sunday, 29th January, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Black and White only. No toning or tinting. Please do the best you can. Just "desaturating" a color original is rarely an optimal post-processing method. Be proud of what you submit.
No digital art - photo must be taken with a camera.
No composites.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Maximum image dimensions: 1024 px horizontal x 768 px vertical but with at least one of its dimensions being exactly 1024 px horizontal or 768 px vertical.
Submitted photograph must not be larger than 500 KB (saving at 80% should provide room to spare).
No embedded copyright notices or watermarks with author's name.
No titles or descriptions (put a single dash "-" in place of title).
Absolutely no snapshots of homeless people, street snapshot portraits of third-world children staring into the lens, no toddlers (sleeping or otherwise), and no pure portraits, human or animal (identifiable faces are okay if within the context of their environment).
There must be a human aspect to the photo - no pure landscapes devoid of humans or human artifacts.
No photos previously entered in this series (http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Series.aspx?ID=371)

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

200

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Challenge comments

Total comments: 8

Please see this thread for challenge summary and comments:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1044&message=40459526

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http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1044&message=40396228

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Hi Onlooker...

I must be doing something wrong that I am not aware of. I have my photos (vertical) set on the 'short edge' at 768...and that is what my metadata also tells me...but you keep DQing me for the wrong size? Maybe you can explain to me how I am suppose to be entering these figures when I export? Thanks for your help.

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The rule says: "Maximum image dimensions: 1024 px horizontal x 768 px vertical but with at least one of its dimensions being exactly 1024 px horizontal or 768 px vertical." It doesn't say anything about "short edge". I have no idea where that came from. If it is portrait orientation or a square, resize vertical to 768. If it's landscape, resize horizontal to 1024. It has to fit into a rectangle of 1024 px horizontal and 768 px vertical, and one of its dimensions must be exactly that of the 1024 horizontal x 768 vertical rectangle.

Comment edited 2 minutes after posting

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WOW thats a positive response. Thanks

John

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Hi John, apologies for not attending to it sooner, the last few days I was away (work) without net access. I will clean it up tomorrow.

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This looks like a great challenge. But its looking like alot of portraits. Are we worrried about this rule?

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See these samples from previous challenges:
http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=559449
http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=542409
http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=523647
http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=346988

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