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Bike Contest Winner Announced
Behold the winning photo in our recent photo contest to win a Beater Bike. We kept the theme broad (bike-themed) and in response we received an overwhelming number of amazing photos making it an almost impossible challenge for us to pick just one photo as the best.
But, we had to choose just one winning photo so we did. jesse+molls+car+bike (pictured above) was submitted by EvK1. We liked this because the submission was less literal (not just a bike) and we figured there might be a story to be told here. Hopefully we can get EvK1 to shed some light in the comments below.
A big thanks to everyone for participating in the contest. For those interested in learning more about Beater Bikes you can check out the launch party tonight at Resistor Gallery.
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That is not photography. It is an eye sore.
Such a disappointment.
This should have NOT been called a PHOTO contest, since you are NOT rewarding photographic skills nor good photography, just whatever you found interesting.
First of all. This IS photography because it's a PHOTO.
Starting off with the composition, it shows everything that I wanted it to.
Both the people in this photo are fellow Photojournalists~ and the girl on the bike, Molly McNulty, works for a newspaper in B.C.
The bike in the photo is actually my bike, however it has been in pieces for the past year because my nephew stole my pegs and bolts off the back end and it's sitting in a garage in Bobcaygeon. So! I am in desperate need of a bike!
Yay!
EvK1
www.ElisevonKulmiz.com
www.elisevonkulmiz.blogspot.com/
you must be pretty sad that you didin't win eh?
What story is this photo telling? I wouldn't have thought about anything related to bike hadn't I known about this bike contest.
Sure, there could have been a better photograph but I don't understand what is exactly wrong with the image above. It has a bike in it, what more do you need for this specific contest? I personally like the photograph. And 'Anonymous on August 13' and Phillip are probably the same person... or both losers in the contest which means, try harder to become as good as a photographer as EvK! ; )
PEACE.
Am I missing something?
Perhaps we can see a list of runners-up?
Many other pics were better composed, photographed, imagery, and with a better sense of message/story.
But seriously, the whining over photo composition is SO indicative of how some in Toronto view themselves and their art... as if there were a magic line to distinguish good from bad. Maybe bad composition - aka a-typical composition - was intentional? I think it's more interesting than some of the polished 'I think this belongs in a magazine' photographer type of shots... so many tired examples out there.
Even though my opinion is biased, because I know the photographer, at the end of the day there are no rules that dictate whether a picture is good or bad it's personal taste and whether or not it grabs your attention and makes you think. When I see this image I definitely want to know the story. If there's a word or two that describes this photo I would say....livin' the college life. Congrats EVK.
but a very compelling image. Probably not in spite of, but BECAUSE it is not my style - very well done ; P
Jonathan.
I mean, it's not like they disobeyed the rules and submitted SEVEN entries instead of the maximum three.
Oh wait, they did...
congrats girl
"Limit three photo submissions per entrant" (http://www.blogto.com/flickr_forum/2009/08/photo_contest_show_us_your_best_bike/)
I only entered three... maybe if I had entered more, I would have had a better chance? If only I'd known the judges were going to ignore their own rules. Maybe I'm just a sore loser, but this leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth...