I am looking forward your Batch 4 submissions! In the interest of not having too many rules, you can still submit whatever you want, but the focus for this Batch is small portfolios or series.

 

I am interested in sets of 3-5 images to be reviewed as a single unit. Of course you can submit 1, 2 or more than 5, but if you want to submit more than 5 please consider carefully if you really need that many to make your point or tell your story. Reviewing sets instead of single images should open this up to bodies of work where the point only becomes apparent in aggregate.

 

As always, thank your participation!

An interesting conundrum that only Jacob could solve by making an exception for this group:

 

"You can only submit one photo to a group each day. Wait until tomorrow."

 

So, to submit 5 pictures (my case) it will take 5 days and meanwhile other pictures from other people series will be submitted, so we will have quite an interleaving of different series (AKA a mess).

 

BTW, when this is solved, hopefully, you need to submit the last picture from your series FIRST to ensure a correct order.

 

Anna

Anna, thank you for figuring out that my ingenious (?!) plan won't work.

 

Let us go back to the previous model of submitting and evaluating individual images for Batch 4. I'll see if I can get the submission limit raised for the next batch so we can the mini portfolios.

Then please disregard my monk image for now. It was meant as the last one of the series.

Martin,

 

My image/picture is sort of halfway to the series/coherent idea that you originally posed, but now shifted on to the next submission. So, I am presenting two images in one and not a series.

 

The goose was sitting on a stone in shallow water and the stripes that you see are from a reflected gate in the background. The mirroring of the stripey coat is what I found so interesting and amazing.

 

Entitled: S T R I P E S

 

http://www.1x.com/photo/155819/all:user:17776

 

Go well,

 

Colmar

 

There is certainly a way to get over this problem. The photographer creates a playlist with his photos in the order he wants and save it in his playlists Then he posts the link to the playlist on Batch 4. Lets see if it works.:

 

http://www.1x.com/playlist/286950

 

Martin, the problem is that you don't have the photos in the group gallery, if you don't mind this the rest is ok.

Gianni

An to complete this, the selected series can appear in the group gallery with the link of the playlist instead of a photo, just an idea.

Great series Gianni ! Very sensitive photos and they work very well in a series !

 

I find your idea of a playlist very good but it's not up to me to judge, Martin is the admin of this group.

 

MC

This is an idea that I suggested about a month ago in the FB Site Improvement group Marie-Claude, as an alternative in order to find an easy way to restore the popular "series" feature. I understand there were other urgent feature priorities for R & J to deal with but IMO this can work perfectly in this case.

Up to Martin of course to evaluate and run it.

Thanks for your positive feedback !

Gianni

Gianni, thank you for this quick solution! Nevertheless, let's stick with single images for this Batch and series for the next one.

 

The submission limit will be raised in the next day or two, so series can be submitted to the group gallery. I prefer having them all in one place, because I make selections on a relative basis, which is much easier if I can see them all in one place.

Thanks Martin, lets hope that the series problem will be solved, so please ignore my playlist and consider this one as my contribution for Batch 4:

 

http://1x.com/photo/102926/all:user:249644

 

This is a pinhole shot of two immigrants running to escape from a police hunt.

Gianni

I love this photo ! I think the pinhole technique creates, just the right mood, quite in adequacy with the subject !

This is a great submission in my opinion !

Here is my submisssion for Batch 4.

 

http://1x.com/photo/154506/all:user:139814

 

In this photo I tried to convey my vision of the opera "The Flying Dutchman" by Wagner.

 

It is about the legend of the ghostly ship condemned to wander the oceans forever

Because he once invoked Satan, the ghost captain is cursed to roam the sea forever without rest.

 

The original file was entirely different, I attempted to convey my vision with post processing. I hope I succeeded.

 

I really would like to hear your very sincere feedback, and don't spare me if you think I failed ;-)

 

Thanks,

MC

 

Here is my submission for batch 4 : http://1x.com/photo/156043/group:160

 

Rendezvous - seen through a veil of frosted glass which only hints at what might happen behind. A hideaway for a lovers' tryst? Anonymous location for a secret assignment? An unknown place where strangers meet by chance?

 

Let your imagination tell the story....

 

Well, the submission limit is only half the problem. The other half is that you first have to put an image into your portfolio before you can submit to a group like this or to Weekly Theme or to Critique. This needs as much or more attention raised as the limit. I have requested it in Feature Requests in Support. Not everything a person wants critique on or every "fresh" belongs in one's public portfolio imo.

This is another way to show series, btw:

 

http://www.therowdyrebel.com/Survivor/

 

A series: Exploring the cave:

http://1x.com/photo/156339/all:user:11099

 

Never uploaded from screening, but was a winner in a Belgian photo contest.

Hi Ben,

Absolutely brilliant !!!

Every photo in this series has its own qualities, and the whole concept is short yet very dense.

Starting from the top left with the minimal and strong effect of the portable lamp, the original "Let there be Light" to the actual cave "quest" into a more realistic today' s word and finally to the two bottom pictures, where the series is completed with the never ending "lost in space" adventure of the human species. The last two photos are the strongest, as with in this charcoal drawing moody effect, they pose the eternal question: "Who are we and Where are we going".

My compliments for this incredible concept and congratulations on your exhibition.

Gianni

:-)

I have uploaded one of my images called "En attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot", of a person waiting in the magnificent Guillemins railway-station in Liege, Belgium.

http://1x.com/photo/39321/group:160

My contribution:

 

Ohhh Beuys.....

 

http://1x.com/photo/158067/all:user:150224

Another iphone4 shot, because I always have that with me,

http://1x.com/photo/158927/group:160

My contribution for the Batch 4

http://1x.com/photo/75691/all:user:249323

 

Should be great to make the playlist system working for series.

 

Cheers,

Yvette

Wow !

 

More wonderful, outstanding submissions by all of you, it's a pleasure to discover you unusual ideas !

 

Glad not to be in Martin's shoes ! He's gonna have a hell of a work making his selection ! even more more difficult than batch 3 in my opinion :-)

 

MC

Marie-Claude !!!

You're so enthousiastic ...

But you're right, great stuff here, isn't it.

 

Yvette

 

I am, actually, envious. I'd gladly do Martin's work but not to the extent as of creating a Fresh 2 group :-)

Here is my submission this week

 

http://1x.com/photo/113481/group:160

 

Cheers, MarcB

This is a beautiful photo Marc ! I like the atmosphere you created a lot !

My contribution:

 

http://1x.com/photo/123674/all:user:155242

 

cheers,

paco.

My first contribution to a group

 

http://www.1x.com/photo/162236/all:user:249093

 

Rifat

Thank you for your submissions! Let's close Batch 4. I have uploaded a picture (if you want to call it that) to show where the batch ends.

 

Please take a look at the Batch 5 thread before submitting. We'll have another go at series!