October 2006 - Reflections Slideshow Participants

Not a grand view of nature as above, but rather more selective intimate views of the myriad elements to be found within it. One other difference from category 1. – The subject should be “natural.” That is, the “hand of man” should not be included in the frame. We will not go to the extremes of the P.S.A. and SE3C in this area, but any man made objects appearing should be insignificant.

(We hope this attempt to distinguish between these two categories will prevent continuation of the confusion (and occasional gripes) of the past, when, for example, a grand panorama of the Rocky Mountains entered under the heading of “Landscape” was followed moments later by the showing of another great mountain view submitted under the “Nature” heading.)

This one is pretty straightforward. Formal or informal photos of people, pets or both together at work or play; posed or just being themselves.

We are using this header in what might be considered a truer meaning than the salon definition, which usually means a landscape. (We’ve covered that one above.) If your image does not fall into any of the first three categories, chances are it belongs here. It might be a pattern or texture shot, or perhaps an abstract. And there are those times when something catches your eye and you make the effort to try and capture what you see and feel – and you succeed in doing so. Some combination of color & form, or light & shadow has made it “photographic,” although the subject itself may be quite prosaic. Such “not easily classified” shots will probably fit in here too.