Forum: Bryce

Subject: March Challange - adjudication please

sdnoble opened this issue on Mar 21, 2004 ยท 11 posts

sdnoble posted Sun, 21 March 2004 at 7:27 PM

I believe this qualifies as a still life, but only with some latitude. The liquid in the glass is in motion. I suppose I could just lop off the top to make it flat, but that somewhat divorces the glass from the spill and mop cloth and is not how I want to present the image. I also do not want to post this in the still life challenge if the community objects.

May I have your feedback here please ?

Scott

sdnoble posted Sun, 21 March 2004 at 7:33 PM

that extra 'a' in challenge just jumped in all of its own, honest...

burgi posted Sun, 21 March 2004 at 8:25 PM

does the picture move? answer: no, at least not if your monitor is stable! stunning image btw. shame if it wasn't considered still life. i personally would enter it. John

Slakker posted Sun, 21 March 2004 at 11:25 PM

Well...i believe it qualifies. Very cool image, crisp and beautiful...great lighting, as well.

diolma posted Mon, 22 March 2004 at 9:51 AM

"still life": "A picture representing inanimate objects"; "inanimate": = non-living. (definitions culled via www.OneLook.com) So, since the water isn't alive (it's just responding to gravity - just like apples and flowers do), it's inanimate. So IMO, it qualifies! Nice image! Cheers, Diolma


catlin_mc posted Mon, 22 March 2004 at 11:20 AM

Diolma, "inanimate": = non-living. What are flowers and fruit then? Sambucus said to have fun and we didn't have to stick to the traditional ideas of a still life. I think this is capturing a instant in time which is a snapshot and this looks like it would be ok to me. 8) Catlin

diolma posted Mon, 22 March 2004 at 2:53 PM

oops - sorry Catlin - you are perfectly correct: I was trying to paraphrase in a hurry and flubbed it. What I really meant by "inanimate" was "incapable of self-motion" (at least, in the short term). Thus I agree it's OK. However "capturing an instant in time": that wouldn't be a satisfactory definition: ALL pictures capture an instant in time (otherwise they'd be movies or similar), but not all pictures are still-life :-) Cheers, Diolma


burgi posted Mon, 22 March 2004 at 4:24 PM

oooh you spoil sport you!

Swade posted Mon, 22 March 2004 at 8:03 PM

I like it. Looks pretty still to me. Lol I would enter it if I were you. Go for the gusto man. Nice work Wade

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catlin_mc posted Wed, 24 March 2004 at 4:31 AM

No worries Diolma I didn't mean to bash you around the ears. lol 8) I didn't notice that the liquid was in motion though until it was pointed out. Think I need new glasses. lol 8) Catlin

sdnoble posted Wed, 24 March 2004 at 5:08 AM

Or I should make the pic lighter. Thanks all, I have posted the image to the challenge.