Hi All!

We have a  new challenge!  helanker has posed an interesting and fun-sounding challenge!

REFLECTIONS!

This sounds like a fascinating challenge!  It can be interpreted literally, with photos including mirrors or still water, or it can be a more philosophical rendering, reflections on life or events.  The challenge is for everyone, regardless of their creative tools.  Everyone can enter, whether they are using 2D, 3D, fractal, animation or any other software;  whether they are photographers, writers or even musicians.  The challenge arena is open to all.  Come and join in, test your creative tools against all the others!

The Challenge begins immediately and will close to entries at the end of September.   I will give you a few days notice.  All entries will be to this thread or with a link to a larger image. Voting will begin then in the same thread. 

You may enter an existing work if you like, but we would prefer to see a new work created for this challenge... it IS a challenge after all, lol!  You may enter more than one work, but remember that in the voting, each entry will be judged separately; we vote for an entry, not an artist. If you choose to enter more than once, please NAME EACH OF YOUR ENTRIES!

Show us your inspiration!!

~Viv

Good!  That includes several types of symmetry, so the fractal people can be happy, too.  I'm not sure that it is possible to write a meaningful palindromic poem, but writers always have memoirs and mirrors.

Just to get started

beautiful one, helle.

Thank you Koosie :-)

I can't quite tell if the windows are frosted or there are curtains behind them.  Without the inset, it makes an amazing abstract! 

~Viv

i can't stop staring at it.... quite awesome =D

Thank you friends. :)
HEHE ! It is not windows, but cheramic tiles on a table, where I have a vase with begonia flowers and they make the shiny tiles red from the reflection, when the sun is shining outside :-)
I wish I could send in a picture of the table to show you, but then I have only ONE picture left to post. 

Maybe we should have such a challenge without winner and unlimitid posts. WOW!   What couldnt it be?  Reflections are one of my MANY favorite subjects for a photo.

It is excellent Koosie. You really did a beautiful job here. :)

Is that a photograph? The vases look lovely.

Yes, dont they?  I took the shot yesterday at a wedding party. You might think, they are just made of glass. I guess they are, but they have a metallic surface, so you cant look through them. Its pure reflections. I find them awesome too.

They do have glasses which are coated with a metallic surfactant. I saw something like that on TV on a cable show called "How It's Made".  Very informative.

Reflecting upon my own experiences lately with digital art, life, changes...

This is mainly about the love I have for Science Fiction. It makes me think about all the awesome work I have seen over the years as a member here. Well not just here but all over the net really.

Rendered in poser 5 and tweaked in photoshop

Enjoy :)

Baths...

just a bit of fun.

photo, nikon coolpix 5700.

same year, 2007, cold and wet.

Manual Exposure

ISO 400

F5.6

waiting for joseph.

Reflections in a Box

Attached Link: hoffnung (hope)

Quote - My favorite hiking area - Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

I realized too late that I neglected to indicate method of creation: photo - Kodak Easyshare C813

What a fantastic group of images!   It always amazes me how many interpretations we get in this Arena.

I would like to close the contest to entries on Saturday night, Oct 10 at 23:59 Renderosity time.  We will then vote (in this same thread), directions will be given at that time.    I hope to start the new challenge on Oct. 15.  Please get your final entries in!

~Viv

Hole in the Wall

Is the challenge still on?

Yes!  The challenge is still on, til Oct. 10.  Rather than get tangled up with other forums' challenges and contests, I thought it might be better to start on the 15th of the month, so we will try that this coming month.

Great entries!  This seems to be a very fun challenge for everyone :)

~Viv

It's time to vote!  There are some great entries this month, we have two pages, so be sure to look at all the entries.  It's time to let the voting begin!  The voting will be in this thread, after this post.  As a voter, you get to choose your 3 favorite entries, giving each of them 3, 2 or 1 points.  Remember, you are choosing an entry, not an artist.  If someone has posted more than one entry, you need to indicate which is your choice.

Your vote should look something like this:

Life's A - "Mirror" - 3 points
Ref - "Lect" - 2 points
See it - "Again" - 1 point

Feel free to nominate Honorable Mentions or make comments.

~Viv

Well this is really difficult, because we are dealing with many genres here.....:)))

ligt:   Cold and wet day in Norway      3 points

woz2002:   Reflecta E                           2 points

Mari-Anne:  Sawtooth Mountains        1 point

Reflections on a rainy day -----  1
Reflecta V2 ------------------------  2
hoffnung (hope) ----------------- 3

Everybody else..... HM.. It was a very difficult to choose because they were all good (Excluding my entries). Great Job, everybody!!! :thumbupboth:

Here are my votes:

Norway ----------- 3 points
Tall Vases ------- 2 points
Reflecta ---------- 1 point

Psychedlic Swan        3 Points
Pleistocene                 2 Points
Reflecta E                    1 Point

quite a generous number of choices:

thunderstone-hole in the wall-3 points
dhama- pleistocene- 2 points
helanker- begonia reflexion- 1 point

monica

What fun I had meant to enter but forgot. 
so my votes go to:

3 to On a cold and rainy day in Norway
2 to Baths
1 to rekindled

and honorable mention to  Reflections on a rainy day 

and October 2008 not sure if that was the title but only one I could find.

kudos to all that joined  they were all great entries.

Lynell

tough choices to make... but here they are:

dhama / pleistocene - 3 pts.
ligt / cold & wet day in norway (fishing village entry) - 2 pts.
thunderstone / hole in the wall - 1 pt.

good luck, entrants!

michael

lots of fine ones and as always difficult to make a choice..

thunderstone - hole in the wall - 3pts
dhama - pleistocen - 2 pts
ligt - very cold and wet day in norway - 1 pt

Let's try to get a few more votes in!  I'll close voting on Sunday night, 23:59 Renderosity time.

~Viv

Woz2002 - 3pts
Thunderstone - hole in the wall - 2pts
Mari-Anne - Sawtooth Mountains  - 1pt

ligt: cold and wet 3 Points

Thunderstone:  Hole in the Wall 2 Points

Marie-Anne:  Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho 1 Point

My votes:

Crowning: Psychedelic Swan        3 points
Thunderstone:  Hole in the wall     2 points
Bangondrums: Hope rekindled      1 point

Good luck to everyone....

What a fun and interesting challenge!  I really enjoyed seeing so many different REFLECTIONS!  Everyone did a wonderful job.  Thanks for making this challenge a success, and thanks to HELANKER for a great topic!

Here is the count:

Tied for eighth place, with 1 point:  helanker's 'begonia reflexion' and koosievantutte's 'Reflections on a rainy day'

Tied for seventh place, with 2 points: Avros's 'The Baths' and helanker's  'Tall Vases'

Tied for sixth place, with 3 points:  Mari-Anne's 'Sawtooth Mountains' and woz2002's 'Reflecta V2'

Tied for fifth place, with 6 points:  woz2002's 'Reflecta E' and Crowning's 'Psychedelic Swan'

In fourth place, with 8 points:  bangonthedrums's 'hoffnung (hope)'

In third place, with 9 points: dhama's 'Pleistocene'

In second place, with 12 points:  ligt's 'Cold and wet day in Norway'

In first place, with 13 points:  Thunderstone's 'Hole in the wall'

Congratulations to everyone!  I can't wait to see what you will all come up with for the coming challenge!  Thunderstone, please let me know what you want to challenge for October/November.

~Viv

Well done Thunderstone, it's about time too.

Congratulations Thunderstone. It is a very creative image and so well deserved.  I am looking forward  to see what idea you will have for the next challenge :-)

well earned imo, thunderstone, congrats