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**Jacquot** · 12-18-2021, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by Bart

my three entries in random order

Panasonic FX500, 22mm (130mm equivalent), f/5.9, 1/320, ISO100

Panasonic FX500, 4.4mm (26mm equivalent), f/4.5, 1/640, ISO100

Panasonic FX500, 22mm (130mm equivallent), f/5.9, 1/400,ISO100

Nice photographs Bart. I love that first one especially, with the layers of vegetation, textures and color. Splendid! The muted quality really plays off the intensity of the jumble so well. It's you Jackson Pollock vibe.

Bart · 12-19-2021, 05:34 AM

Originally posted by Jacquot

Nice photographs Bart. I love that first one especially, with the layers of vegetation, textures and color. Splendid! The muted quality really plays off the intensity of the jumble so well. It's you Jackson Pollock vibe.

Thanks, David! Really appreciated!

**barondla** · 12-25-2021, 10:12 PM - **3 Likes**

Pentax Q7 with #4 wide ngle. F7.1 ISO 200 1/8.

Nature is random.

Thanks for looking,
barondla

Bart · 12-26-2021, 06:36 AM

Originally posted by barondla

Pentax Q7 with #4 wide ngle. F7.1 ISO 200 1/8.

Nature is random.

Thanks for looking,
barondla

Definitely. and with a beautiful result most often.

**Titia** · 12-26-2021, 07:50 PM - **2 Likes**

Sorry that I haven't been around for a while. Real life got in the way. Well, it still does, nevertheless, here I am again. Wishing you all the best for 2022. Photos are from three different parts of my country. First one is front view of my house, just across the street last August..

Bart · 12-27-2021, 06:21 AM

Cool examples of randomness, Titia!

Vendee · 12-27-2021, 10:51 AM - **3 Likes**

A completely random photo of my gas meter.
Google Pixel 6

**kwb** · 12-29-2021, 04:18 PM - **3 Likes**

My second and the last submission, shot with my pixel 3 phone today.

Bart · 12-30-2021, 07:30 AM - **1 Like**

That's random alright

nicely seen!

RoxnDox · 12-30-2021, 10:53 PM

Some beautiful shots there, folks! One more day to go…

RoxnDox · 01-01-2022, 11:48 AM - **1 Like**

Contest closed, I hope everyone has had a fun and safe New Year celebration. A winner will be chosen as soon as I make time to look everything over again…

RoxnDox · 01-01-2022, 10:56 PM - **2 Likes**

As I expected, this is a tough choice... After going thru everyone's pics in the stream, I finally had to put the top contenders up side by side on my biggest monitor to compare...

Honourable Mention to Cipher's image of fallen Icelandic vegetation

and to KWB's snow. Both were strong contenders.

Runner-ups - tied because I couldn't pick between them - are Jacquot's frosty window

and KWB's inside look at a tumbleweed. Both show great randomness and are beautiful photos as well. Both of them were almost on top of the heap, it was that close.

The winner, in both showing randomness and in the overall appeal of the image, is Bart's lovely shot of grain and flowers interspersed. The stalks themselves are mostly vertical(ish), but the grain heads are going all directions and obscuring the pattern the stalks may have formed otherwise. The underlying green blades are present, but never in a pattern, and the blue flowers scattered all about are also not making patterns. The eye is drawn hither and yon through the image, never the same way twice. 'Tis a most pleasing photo!!!

So Congratulations to Bart - and yours shall be the honour of picking something for the new year upon which we are irrevocably embarked...

Jim

Vendee · 01-02-2022, 03:19 AM - **1 Like**

Congratulations Bart. FWIW, if I had been judging, that would have been my winner too. Nice shot.

Bart · 01-02-2022, 08:58 AM - **2 Likes**

Wow.
Thanks, Jim!
For the 1st place but for running this contest with an appealing theme as well.
Going to ponder a bit on a theme for the next one

Thanks as well, Vendee! appreciated!.

**kwb** · 01-02-2022, 09:55 AM - **1 Like**

Congrats Bart, well deserved!
Thanks Jim for organizing this competition as well as picking my submissions for honorable mention and runner-up!

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12-18-2021, 02:50 PM	#16
Jacquot Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sun City Center, FL Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,544	Originally posted by Bart my three entries in random order Panasonic FX500, 22mm (130mm equivalent), f/5.9, 1/320, ISO100 Panasonic FX500, 4.4mm (26mm equivalent), f/4.5, 1/640, ISO100 Panasonic FX500, 22mm (130mm equivallent), f/5.9, 1/400,ISO100 Nice photographs Bart. I love that first one especially, with the layers of vegetation, textures and color. Splendid! The muted quality really plays off the intensity of the jumble so well. It's you Jackson Pollock vibe.

12-19-2021, 05:34 AM	#17
Bart Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: WW community of Pentax users Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,646	Originally posted by Jacquot Nice photographs Bart. I love that first one especially, with the layers of vegetation, textures and color. Splendid! The muted quality really plays off the intensity of the jumble so well. It's you Jackson Pollock vibe. Thanks, David! Really appreciated!

12-26-2021, 06:36 AM	#19
Bart Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: WW community of Pentax users Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,646	Originally posted by barondla Pentax Q7 with #4 wide ngle. F7.1 ISO 200 1/8. Nature is random. Thanks for looking, barondla Definitely. and with a beautiful result most often.

12-27-2021, 06:21 AM	#21
Bart Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: WW community of Pentax users Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,646	Cool examples of randomness, Titia!

12-27-2021, 10:51 AM - 3 Likes	#22
Vendee Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 1,134	A completely random photo of my gas meter. Google Pixel 6

12-30-2021, 07:30 AM - 1 Like	#24
Bart Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: WW community of Pentax users Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,646	That's random alright nicely seen!

12-30-2021, 10:53 PM	#25
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494 Original Poster	Some beautiful shots there, folks! One more day to go…

01-01-2022, 11:48 AM - 1 Like	#26
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494 Original Poster	Contest closed, I hope everyone has had a fun and safe New Year celebration. A winner will be chosen as soon as I make time to look everything over again…

01-01-2022, 10:56 PM - 2 Likes	#27
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494 Original Poster	As I expected, this is a tough choice... After going thru everyone's pics in the stream, I finally had to put the top contenders up side by side on my biggest monitor to compare... Honourable Mention to Cipher's image of fallen Icelandic vegetation and to KWB's snow. Both were strong contenders. Runner-ups - tied because I couldn't pick between them - are Jacquot's frosty window and KWB's inside look at a tumbleweed. Both show great randomness and are beautiful photos as well. Both of them were almost on top of the heap, it was that close. The winner, in both showing randomness and in the overall appeal of the image, is Bart's lovely shot of grain and flowers interspersed. The stalks themselves are mostly vertical(ish), but the grain heads are going all directions and obscuring the pattern the stalks may have formed otherwise. The underlying green blades are present, but never in a pattern, and the blue flowers scattered all about are also not making patterns. The eye is drawn hither and yon through the image, never the same way twice. 'Tis a most pleasing photo!!! So Congratulations to Bart - and yours shall be the honour of picking something for the new year upon which we are irrevocably embarked... Jim

01-02-2022, 03:19 AM - 1 Like	#28
Vendee Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 1,134	Congratulations Bart. FWIW, if I had been judging, that would have been my winner too. Nice shot.

01-02-2022, 08:58 AM - 2 Likes	#29
Bart Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: WW community of Pentax users Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,646	Wow. Thanks, Jim! For the 1st place but for running this contest with an appealing theme as well. Going to ponder a bit on a theme for the next one Thanks as well, Vendee! appreciated!.

01-02-2022, 09:55 AM - 1 Like	#30
kwb Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Pacific North West Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,224	Congrats Bart, well deserved! Thanks Jim for organizing this competition as well as picking my submissions for honorable mention and runner-up!

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