Which Picture Best Captures Summer?

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The thread discusses a photo contest where participants vote for the picture that best captures the essence of summer. The scope includes personal reflections on summer experiences as depicted in various submitted photographs.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express a strong preference for Chi Meson's picture, associating it with nostalgic summer memories of childhood.
  • Others mention that Hypnagogue's picture resonates with their summer experiences, particularly related to hiking.
  • Several participants find it challenging to choose a favorite among the submitted photos, noting the overall quality of the images.
  • A participant indicates a preference for Hypatia's picture but ultimately chooses Chi Meson's due to its thematic resonance.
  • Some participants reflect on their local summer conditions, contrasting them with the images presented, which leads to discussions about personal interpretations of summer.
  • There are mentions of specific elements in the pictures, such as the clever framing in Chi Meson's photo and the appeal of the dog in Hypatia's image.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally express differing opinions on which picture best represents summer, with no consensus reached. Multiple competing views remain regarding the most evocative images.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about their choices, indicating that their decisions are influenced by personal experiences and local summer conditions, which may not align with the images presented.

VOTE - Summer Lovin'. Which picture is the epitome of Summer?

  • scorpa

    Votes: 4 10.0%

  • larkspur

    Votes: 4 10.0%

  • Chi Meson

    Votes: 11 27.5%

  • Janus

    Votes: 4 10.0%

  • Gokul43201

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • hypnagogue

    Votes: 3 7.5%

  • matthyaouw

    Votes: 1 2.5%

  • hypatia

    Votes: 4 10.0%

  • Fred Garvin

    Votes: 6 15.0%

  • Ivan Seeking

    Votes: 3 7.5%
  • Total voters
    40
  • Poll closed .
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[This is a re-vote. hypnagogue's picture didn't display in the submission thread, so it wasn't counted. But he has given another link that works. So I'm including his picture in the polling thread. Unfortunately, this pushes the number of pictures to more than 10 and that will require a 2nd thread for the polling to accommodate 11 pictures. Since this will just drag the polling on longer, I've decided to withdraw my picture to include hyp's in.]

Another contest with outstanding pictures. This time, you need to vote on one picture that is the epitome of Summer.

1. scorpa
P7020006.jpg


2. larkspur
http://home.comcast.net/~larkspur2020/Summerlovin.jpg

3. Chi Meson
SiMeson.jpg


4. Janus
http://home.earthlink.net/~parvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/waterdrink1.jpg

5. Gokul43201
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6430/img2037bk1.jpg

6. hypnagogue
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1819/summerlp4.jpg

7. matthyaouw
148329728_5d3825f657.jpg


8. hypatia
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/hypatia3811/dogdaze.jpg

9. FredGarvin
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/511/lakesunset6smpg0.jpg

10. Ivan Seeking
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7923/summersunsetym7.jpg

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I had to go with Chi Meson. That picture definitely screams "summer!" - summer as a kid.
 
mmm i can't say any of those feels like "summer" right now for me.

fire.jpg


That's a bit more like it for what "summer" is about around here :biggrin:
 
ZapperZ said:
[This is a re-vote. hypnagogue's picture didn't display in the submission thread, so it wasn't counted. But he has given another link that works. So I'm including his picture in the polling thread. Unfortunately, this pushes the number of pictures to more than 10 and that will require a 2nd thread for the polling to accommodate 11 pictures. Since this will just drag the polling on longer, I've decided to withdraw my picture to include hyp's in.]
Wow. How complicated.
And it's Hypnagogue's I had to go with. Hiking to fantastic places used to be what my summer's were all about.
 
I had to go with Chi on this one, totally reminds me of summer as a kid. All of the photos were amazing though, it was very hard to pick.
 
scorpa said:
I had to go with Chi on this one, totally reminds me of summer as a kid. All of the photos were amazing though, it was very hard to pick.
I went with Chi too. That is a great picture and perfect for this theme!
 
ZapperZ said:
[I've decided to withdraw my picture to include hyp's in.]
You are a gentleman an' a scholar sir! Janus has my vote.
 
I voted for Chi, his kids are awesome :cool:

If that picture isn't about summer time fun, I don't know what is.
 
I had a very difficult decision between hypatia's and Chi Meson's pictures.
Those were the pictures that immediately "arrested" me, even though I loved the other pictures as well.

I fell down on Chi Meson's picture, because I felt that "Summer LOVIN'" was somewhat better conveyed than hypatia's.
If the title had been "This is what summer is like!" (or something like that), I might well have ended up with choosing hypatia's.
 
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Pengwuino said:
fire.jpg


That's a bit more like it for what "summer" is about around here :biggrin:
So true. This weekend we had a bunch of thunder and lightning, and I got all excited - yay- rain! It will cool us off and put out some fires! :smile:

...But no rain ever came. Only miserable humidity.. and lightning - which started more fires!:frown:

I can sure identify with that dog in Hypatia's picture, but I want to go to that place in Larkspur's picture (is that in Hawaii)! I can't decide which to vote for.
 
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You have a couple of days left to vote in this contest if you haven't done so already.

Zz.
 
  • #12
I didn't comment the day I voted, but I voted for Chi Meson. Nothing says summer like a little kid frolicking in the back yard with a kiddie pool! Besides, you have to love those neon green swim goggles! :biggrin:
 
  • #13
I like Chi's and FredGavin's the best. Fred's picture is very... middle-of-nowhere-Florida or something like that.
 
  • #14
I picked Chi's picture. In addition to the oh, so summer effect, it won me with the really clever frame orientation.
 
  • #15
Had to go with Hypatia's pic. Sweet doggie.
 
  • #16
Pengwuino said:
mmm i can't say any of those feels like "summer" right now for me.

fire.jpg


That's a bit more like it for what "summer" is about around here :biggrin:

lol, that's how it is here too. Ours are natural in Alaska, I'm guessing au is austrailia and that fire's are very natural there too