If you haven’t voted yet for Category 1 (Travel), please do so. I only got 13 votes in that category so far, and while this whole “contest” may seem fruitless, it does give me insight into which photos really grab people. The more votes, the more I learn.
For Category 2, we have Landscapes and Nature lumped into one. This is a category that relies heavily on being at the right place at the right time, something I had a lot of luck with in 2008. Still ahead: food, people in places and portraits. The poll is at the bottom of this post.
#1. Blooming daisies, Positano, Italy.
#2. Buffalo Pass Road in fall, near Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
#3. Hand passing through lupine, Crested Butte, Colorado.
#4. Lone cypress and blazing fog at dawn, Chianti (Tuscany), Italy.
#5. Rosy paintbrush beneath Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado.
#6. Clam shell on polished pebbles, Nauset Beach, Orleans, Massachusetts.
#7. Green fields of Chianti and passing storm, Badesse (Tuscany), Italy.
And here’s the poll. Would love comments, too, on why you picked what you did. Your feedback is invaluable.
That Cypress shot is fantastic. The other work is great, too! How can I purchase your work? — Pete
This is my first visit here – followed a referrer link from my dashboard. Lovely photos. I really like the first one, but I picked the last one. I love the lighting on it, the rolling hills and layers. Nice composition.
If you had a landscape with that crazy guy on a hay bail i would have picked that one!
I loved the green fields of Chianti – the many wonderful shades of green – little uplifts and then the lines broken by puffs of trees. The blue gray of the sky is the uplift in reverse. Nice juxtaposition.
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