The Votes and shares , comments and hits have been tallied. The “View’s Choice” for week 4 is Morning from the 9th Floor. Once again my favorite was overlooked and I had 2 favorites this week!
The photo for yesterday is still in camera. I should get it posted today.
Thanks for voting. 🙂 I look forward to “Tally Day” every week;
The tally was incredibly close once again. If this keeps up sooner or later we’re bound to get a tie. Only 5 points separated them! Runner up is Rocky Sleeps
The score is made up of the total of the number of hits, the number of blogger likes, the number of comments and the number of shares. The picture which gets the most when they are all added together is the winner for the week. It’s a lot more fair than counting on me to be objective. After all, I picked the subjects and have my favorites too. 🙂
The number #1 Photo this Week is Snow Again!
The stats are from the companion blog, www.dustyroadsphotos.com so be sure to head there for your likes and hits to be counted. And remember, making comments and sharing to your facebook feed count too.
Well folks, I made it through another week! Yes I managed to take a picture everyday this week and now I will try to do it all again.
I was surprised again. Tallying up the likes, shares, and hits; the photo with the most points is Buddy 2014.
The runner up was not the one I expected. It was Foggy Woods.
I wonder if being the first picture posted for the week had anything to do with that?
“They” say that if you want to be considered a good photographer , only show your best photos. I have a friend that I consider an awesome photographer and I knew him for several years before he ever let me see any of his “mistakes”. When he finally opened up his files to me I was so relieved to see that he has his blurred , out of focus, bad exposure pictures too. That little bit of sharing did wonders for my confidence.
But even more was what he said about them. He said unless you are making mistakes you aren’t stretching and learning. Your photography (or anything else) will get stale and boring. If you are an artist you always need to keep pushing your limits so of course you’ll have some misses.
Last year I was pretty comfortable with where I was with my photography. I’d gotten more confident with my portraits, even taking pictures of people as well as their pets and looking forward to taking more. My landscapes were well composed, in fact I began to miss that WOW I used to get when one of them really stood out.
I wasn’t quite sure where to head next. I began to leave the camera at home because it was bulky to lug around and since I didn’t have it with me I missed opportunities for shots. It was time to shake things up again.
That’s why I decided to try another 365 photo challenge. These are hard, believe me. I did one when I first got the camera. Everything was new and bright and photo ops jumped out at me everywhere and even then I had a tough time some weeks. This time it will be even harder because I don’t want to just take the same old same old.
That being said, expect to see some blunders and misses and mistakes. I’m going to try some new things, mess them up, study them some and then try them again and I expect some of these mistakes (like Bubbles-First Try) will make it into the 365 pictures I will take over the course of this challenge.
Please look and laugh at them and don’t judge me to harshly. I am trying to “stretch and learn” and you’re just along for the ride. Let’s have some fun 🙂
