National Geographic - help needed!

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/24/2003 09:55:29 PM · #1

I'm trying to work out which pictures to enter for the National Geographic contest - got it down to 8 options and would love to hear your thoughts
(They are all rubbish, don't enter - is a valid thought :))

last 8 here

Thanks!

(I can enter up to 4 shots)

Message edited by author 2003-06-24 22:01:41.

Goon

Canon PowerShot A300

06/24/2003 09:59:36 PM · #2

the "Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia" one.
That's like THE coolest skyline photo i've ever seen!!! WOW!
I also really like the one with all of the flower pots. i would enter one of those 2. but that's just me

RLS

Canon EOS-10D

06/24/2003 10:00:45 PM · #3

My choices as best are -

1. Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia
2. Drake Bridge, Austin, Texas

I feel both of these images are very strong images.

Bob

justine

Canon EOS-50D

06/24/2003 10:04:20 PM · #4

I love and have always admired Bellagio Fountains, Las Vegas.
It really is 100% winner for me.

p.s. Good luck.

Message edited by author 2003-06-24 22:04:39.

sher

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

06/24/2003 10:09:01 PM · #5

my picks would be...

1: Bellagio
2: Drake Bridge
3: Yarra River
4: Playa del Carmen

all of them are excellent, though!

good luck!

inspzil

Olympus E-510

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Olympus

06/24/2003 10:15:08 PM · #6

Fountains and the melbourne ribbon shot are my 2 finalists Gordon. Best of luck choosing. I like all 4 of the top ones though.

greenem2

Canon EOS-10D

06/24/2003 10:17:12 PM · #7

IMO the top three are:

1 - Bellagio
2 - Drake Bridge
3 - Playa del Carmen

The 4th is too close to call, and for some reason Yarra River doesn't do anything for me.

dodobird

Canon PowerShot G2

06/24/2003 10:18:37 PM · #8

1. Melbourne
2. Playa Del Carmen
3. Bellagio
4. Banff

Wow beautiful shots!!!

camelotnorth

Nikon D70

06/24/2003 10:48:51 PM · #9

IMO
1. Drake Bridge
2. Yarra River
3. Bellagio
4. Hotel Entrance/Las Vegas

Lustre

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/24/2003 10:57:56 PM · #10

Gordon,

They are stunning shots and being a Melbourne resident I'm partial to you shot of the Yarra (and also keen to try a similar shot myself when the weather improves). Reading the description of the challenge though I would say Drake Bridge includes people and shows the "essence" of that area better than the Melbourne shot, which is striking but doesn't "represent" the location as well.

My order would be:
* Drake Bridge
* Bellagio Fountains
* Yarra River
* Playa del Carmen Beach
* Tulum Beach
* Las Vegas
* Banff
* San Diego

Certainly the first three are worth entering and possibly fourth and fifth (I realise that's one too many). Of course all 8 are better than anything I've ever shot - you must have awe-inspiring photo albums at home.

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

06/24/2003 11:06:29 PM · #11

Gordon, all are beautiful, but my favourites are Drake Bridge and Tulum Beach. Next two would be Bellagio Fountains and Banff.

One question though - I was looking at the NG contest site, and I understood that you needed to send slides. I thought these (your picts) were digital images. Can they be converted to slides, or am I missing something entirely here? TIA,

Ursula

RiderGal

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

06/25/2003 12:03:26 AM · #12

Gordon... absolutely gorgeous shots! Just stunning! Good luck!

My top four in order are...

-Bellagio
-Drake Bridge
- Playa del Carmen Beach
- Yarra River

Hope that helps! Let us know what you pick!~

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

06/25/2003 12:04:18 AM · #13

Originally posted by uabresch:

The rules say you can enter unmodified digital prints. That already knocked out a fair number of shots that I have where I've tidied things up, but these 8 are all pretty much faithful to what was recorded in the camera.

spiller

Nikon Coolpix 990

06/25/2003 02:53:04 AM · #14

They are all very good but if picks have to be made my choices would be

1 Bellogio Fountains
2 Yarra River
3 Banff
4 Playa del Carmen Beach

Good luck with the contest

jimmythefish

Canon EOS-10D

06/25/2003 03:16:36 AM · #15

Definitely the Drake Bridge shot, and Bellagio, San Diego and Vegas.

Message edited by author 2003-06-25 03:18:17.

hawkida

Sony DSC-F717

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR

06/25/2003 04:02:33 AM · #16

Drake Bridge. It's unusual. The others are nice - great shots, but not especially novel, in my opinion.

Natasha

Nikon D50

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

06/25/2003 05:24:38 AM · #17

Hi Gordon, the shots I like are:
W Hotel
Yarra River
Drake Bridge
Bellagio Falls

Good Luck!

e301

06/25/2003 05:30:05 AM · #18

another vote for the Drake Bridge shot - though i'd want to do something about the graininess at the bottom of the image, especially for NG.

Bon chance

ed

Jacko

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

06/25/2003 06:00:27 AM · #19

W Hotel all the way G. Awesome texture and colors. That one should do real well.

edit: You get to send four. Aha. Here the other three in order:

- Melbourne
- Drake Bridge
- Bellagio

Good luck G. Make us proud.

Message edited by author 2003-06-25 06:03:05.

katiedid270

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM

06/25/2003 06:44:33 AM · #20

1. Bellago
2. Drake Bridge
3. Yarra River
4. Tulum Beach

i like those

tolyanchik

Olympus C-50Z

06/25/2003 09:40:34 AM · #21

I think your mexican photo with a boat is great, though it is more for Travel & Leisure than for NG

06/25/2003 10:01:33 AM · #22

Originally posted by e301:

another vote for the Drake Bridge shot - though i'd want to do something about the graininess at the bottom of the image, especially for NG.

Bon chance

ed

Heh - ever looked at NG ? Every shot they publish is grainy...