We've exceeded the message quota for the thread, so here's the
original message again. Just post your alerts for new images here:
Welcome to Kodak Challenge 4. If some of the wording of this
message seems familiar, it's because I've shamelessly cribbed from
Warren's.
Hopefully I've arranged the galleries correctly and not managed to
delete half of pbase. If I've made some horrendous mistakes, shout
at me...after all, I'm only a helpless woman and can't be expected
to understand anything as technical as setting up a gallery,
pressing a camera shutter etc (but if you don't agree I'm equal,
I'll stamp my foot and pout). i did email Warren to ask him to
check, but he's an industrious person who works instead of wasting
time on the Internet, so I haven't heard back yet. Seriously
though, please let me know pronto if i've done something glaringly
wrong.
The theme for this competition is Up Close. What I have in mind is
abstracting part of a subject and making it a composition in its
own right. You can leave the subject recognisable, or you can go
totally abstract, it's up to you how far you take the process. I
have, for example, seen some wonderful nudes where a woman's body
is cropped in close so that her back, shoulder and the curve of her
breast looked like a landscape. The two examples I've posted show
one way of tackling the theme. Macro shots are fine, as are those
done through a telescope or microscope, just as long as the whole
of something isn't portrayed (with the exception of stars, the moon
etc as they are part of the sky). The idea is to move in and find a
section that is interesting, rather than the whole: part of a face;
the reflection in the hubcap of a car; an interesting detail on
clothing; part of a flower to name a few possibilities. The part
can give a clue to the whole or it can be totally mysterious and
indecipherable.
The shooting and submission period starts now, Thursday 12th August
and runs until 12:00 noon GMT on Monday, 30th August, encompassing
three weekends (at least i think it does. Counting never was my
strong point, so if I'm wrong, let me know as quickly and tactfully
as possible). Voting will take place the week immediately following
the shooting period. I've started this a day early because it took
me less time than I expected to work out how to do the galleries,
and I think people have been sneaking a look as the views counter
is working overtime, so we might as well go ahead. Anyway, it gives
you a bit of extra time and stops those superstitious one among you
from having to commence on Friday 13th.
The rules and galleries can be seen at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/ . Please read the rules so
that someone can explain them to me when I get confused. The most
important points are:
- There are two galleries per challenge.
- The COMPETITION GALLERY is the 'main course'--it's for photos
taken during the challenge period with a Kodak SLR camera.
- The EXHIBITION GALLERY is for all other pics--raid your back
catalog or use another camera.
- There is a maximum of three entries per gallery per person, for
a total of six photos.
The winner in the competition gallery gets to choose the theme for
and moderate the next challenge. There is no penalty for the winner
in the exhibition gallery.
Thanks to Pbase for donating the space to host the challenges.
Pbase is a fantastic way of displaying and sharing your work and if
you don't have an account already then please 'support our sponsor'!
I've put one photo in each gallery so you can see how it's done,
but these are just temporary placeholders to be removed when there
are some real submissions. I'll promote whatever photo is posted
first in each category to become the gallery thumbnail for the
remainder of the competition. After the results are announced, I
will then reorder the galleries so 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place are
listed first in each gallery, with the remaining pictures in
originally posted order (well, i'll try anyway - where are you
Warren!!!). 1st place in each gallery will become the gallery
thumbnail ever after. 1st place in the competition gallery will
become the challenge 3 thumbnail ever after.
In the meantime, please check out some Help and Rules info and then
post your entries at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/
If you have any questions or observations, please post to this
thread and I will try to respond. Also, please feel free to
announce your entries in this thread so as to alert others to them.
Flick.
Believe me it didn't look too sculptural a few moments after this photo was taken 
