Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:54 pm sorry to have kept you 'waiting' for a new round of the S&T contest. I tried to use the new semi-automatic system, but I did not succeed and support did not answer the call. So it's back to the good ol' handwork.
The subject for this edition is "Beautiful ugliness". I like to see the combination of beauty and ugliness. You can interpret this in many ways:
1) Contradictory subjects: something beautiful next to something ugly
2) Contradiction of subject-background, e.g. a flower on a battlefield or a turd in a bed of roses
When done very well these two could be nice, but I think some further interpretations are perhaps more interesting:
3) Something that is considered ugly becomes strangely beautiful in special light, or because it is used in a special way or just because you happen to have a thousand of them in your image.
4) Something that is considered ugly in communis opinio but that you are strongly attracted to (e.g. your aunt's extremely big nose). Show us why with your image.
5) Turning the idea around I'm also interested in things that are considered beautiful, but that you think are ugly because they are boring or cheap.
And yes, you can apply these to people as well as things. It may be more interesting even with people, but also more tricky .... be careful. I do not want to get you into trouble here.
I hope you get the idea. I'm looking forward to the beautiful and ugly fruits of your imagination.
Just a random example:
Cheers,
Jeroen Bosman (hiero)
submissions will be closed on Friday the 12th of February 2010 at 21:00:00 UTC.
See the rules below, and good luck to all of you.
Since changing the format of posting new contests and winners, the rules have become MUCH more important. If photos are not embedded in your post, they will not be eligible.
Rules:
1. Photos must be hosted on pbase.com.
2. Photos must be embedded in your post. See
viewtopic.php?t=18022
3. Please post only the medium version of your picture.
4. Only enter up to 3 photos per-contest.
5. The host is not eligible for their own contest.
6. Any picture you have taken is eligible regardless of time taken and camera.
7. You can do all the post processing you want.
8. Have fun.
