Luminous Landscape Forum
Site & Board Matters => About This Site => Topic started by: Kevin Gallagher on December 15, 2015, 04:22:29 pm
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So here I am just thumbing through the new digital photo magazine (digitally of course) when I come upon page 19 and see that our Slobodan has grabbed second place in the 2015 Landscape contest. Heartiest congrats and best wishes!!.
Kevin in CT
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Thanks, Kevin! You are the first to break the news to me! Any link (I can't find it on their website)?
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Ho Slobodan, check your email :)
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Thanks again! Here it is:
http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/blog
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That's a cool shot and congratulations.
It's a magnificent place.
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Excellent :-)
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Congratulations, Slobodan! An interesting image!
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Congratulations yet again, Slobodan!
I think it's time for me to create a form message in which I just have to fill in a couple of blanks and send it:
"Congratulations, Slobodan, on your latest triumph, winning (delete all but one: Grand Prize, First Place, Second Place, Honorable Mention, a place among the select finalists) in ________________________________ .
Enviously,
Eric"
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Well done Slobodan, and well deserved.
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Congratulations yet again, Slobodan!
I think it's time for me to create a form message in which I just have to fill in a couple of blanks and send it:
"Congratulations, Slobodan, on your latest triumph, winning (delete all but one: Grand Prize, First Place, Second Place, Honorable Mention, a place among the select finalists) in ________________________________ .
Enviously,
Eric"
Great post Eric!
I remember enjoying this image before and so I would like to add my voice to the chorus!
Congratulations Slobodan!
Tony Jay
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... I think it's time for me to create a form message in which I just have to fill in a couple of blanks and send it:
"Congratulations, Slobodan, on your latest triumph, winning (delete all but one: Grand Prize, First Place, Second Place, Honorable Mention, a place among the select finalists) in ________________________________ .
Enviously,
Eric"
Thank God for friends like Kevin (in CT) for saving me from posting myself "my latest triumph." :D
I am seriously considering refraining from doing so in the future. And resort instead only to snarky, sarcastic, condescending, etc. snipes. ;)
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Well done on all your recent achievements, bw and colour. Certainly the work speaks for itself.
JR
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I am seriously considering refraining from doing so in the future. And resort instead only to snarky, sarcastic, condescending, etc. snipes. ;)
Good idea...
:~)
But congrats anyway!
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Thanks for sharing, great image!
Erik
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...I am seriously considering refraining from doing so in the future. And resort instead only to snarky, sarcastic, condescending, etc. snipes. ;)
Well said and thoroughly in-character. See if you can rise to the challenge of more of the good (and talented) SB, less of the bad SB.
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Thank God for friends like Kevin (in CT) for saving me from posting myself "my latest triumph." :D
I am seriously considering refraining from doing so in the future. And resort instead only to snarky, sarcastic, condescending, etc. snipes. ;)
Don't be shy, Slobodan. If I ever hear that you have acquired a certain brand of English motorcycle, I will definitely post: "Congratulations, Slobodan, on your latest Triumph!" :D
Did I forget to say I like the photo?
Eric
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Can we get the mods to merge all the 'Congratulations Slobodan' threads? There seem to be so many of them ...
Oh, and congrats, again :)
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Good stuff, well done.
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Congratulations, Slobodan! I'm sure you have enough sense not to let this go to your head. ;)
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"Thank God for friends like Kevin (in CT) for saving me from posting myself "my latest triumph." :D
I am seriously considering refraining from doing so in the future. And resort instead only to snarky, sarcastic, condescending, etc. snipes. ;)"
Just when things were starting to quiet down around here!! ;)
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Congratulations Slobodan, great shot and great moment which counts.
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Let add my congratulations - you seem to be on a roll this year!
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Slobodan,
A good five years ago we exchanged brief but intensely experienced thoughts about your father, then 87 years.
Powerfully experienced then and holds true on every level this year. You know he reaches to touch you now. Smiling for you...
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Lovely photo, Slobodan! Congratulations!
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Oops! Thought this was a double of the b/w postings!
Well done, Slobodan, you deserve it.
Rob C
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Thank God for friends like Kevin (in CT) for saving me from posting myself "my latest triumph." :D
I am seriously considering refraining from doing so in the future. And resort instead only to snarky, sarcastic, condescending, etc. snipes. ;)
I enjoy both your photos and your comments - most of the time. ;), and congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.
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Slobodan,
A good five years ago we exchanged brief but intensely experienced thoughts about your father, then 87 years.
Powerfully experienced then and holds true on every level this year. You know he reaches to touch you now. Smiling for you...
Ah, Patricia, you made me tear up. The photo (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p947292936/h5f208ce9#h5f208ce9) of my late father you have in mind is now permanently living in the cloud, so to speak, a part of my b&w collection. (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p947292936). Well, as permanent as those web electrons, bits and pieces, or whatever they are called, are.
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Let me add my congratulations ... terrific image.
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Well done, my friend!
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Well done indeed!
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Hey Slobodan, I do believe it's time to toast with a well made Manhattan!. My current favorite is Woodford Reserve Bourbon along with the Woodford Reserve Spiced Cherry Bitters and your favorite Vermouth.
За дружбу!
I hope the Russian toast is the right one.
Kevin in CT
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Hey Slobodan, I do believe it's time to toast with a well made Manhattan!. My current favorite is Woodford Reserve Bourbon along with the Woodford Reserve Spiced Cherry Bitters and your favorite Vermouth.
За дружбу!
I hope the Russian toast is the right one.
Kevin in CT
Always happy to drink to that (friendship)! Especially Manhattan. Though a Serbian equivalent would be:
Живели! (Long live!)
Speaking of toasts... especially Russian ones. When I was working in Russia for Johnson & Johnson in the mid-nineties, I was once invited to a company dinner with a lot of Russian business contacts (doctors, in this case). Working long hours and having nothing to eat all day, I was so looking forward to that dinner. My first attempt to transfer food from the plate to its destination was rudely interrupted mid-flight with a toast proposal. I lowered the fork and dutifully raised the glass in response to a lengthy toast extolling the virtues of friendship. At the end of it (though it seemed it would never end), I was so relieved, as i can finally go back to satisfy my hunger, now exacerbated by all the food on the table (if you've ever seen a Russian dinner table, you'd know all the food is on it simultaneously, especially when it comes to first courses). At that moment, cultural differences kicked in. You see, in my home country, a toast is a singular affair, relatively short and delivered by the host. So, after the toast, my fork started its second flight attempt, when I was introduced to the Russian custom of counter-toast: a guest decided to respond to the first toast with a (lengthy, of course) toast of his own. Once again, I dutifully dropped the fork and picked up the glass. I knew drinking on an empty stomach is not a good idea, so I'd just sip. Which caused me to learn the second rule of Russian toasts: certain toasts require bottoms-up. Those would be celebrating our children, wives, parents, homeland, etc. Not doing bottoms-up for those would be considered rather rude. Long story short, after several counter-toasts that followed, I was already half-drunk and still very hungry :)
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Farley Mowat relates this same custom in his book The Siberians but notes that as you go east, the drink of choice changes unexpectedly from vodka to more or less pure grain alcohol. A Canadian, trained for a few weeks in the western reaches of Russia, meets an ugly fate the first dinner with ethanol. He relied, he claims, on his wife's notes for the chapter on that particular dinner.
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That reminds me of my father, who in WWII was in Alaska in the Army Air Corp fitting airplanes for the Soviets to use against the Germans. The Russians were there to see to the work on the planes which included adding cannons to the forward fuselage that could blow up trains and tanks. At dinner, one of his friends, the base doctor, got so drunk that he danced on the table and then fell face forward passed out in some dip. They had to carry him to bed and he woke up with dip in his hair. The CO of the base cheated on the toasts and had a vodka bottle in front of him filled with water, so one night they replaced the water and the CO chugged a large glass of vodka. Before he too passed out! :D
Congratulations, gripping image.
Edward Starkie
Always happy to drink to that (friendship)! Especially Manhattan. Though a Serbian equivalent would be:
Живели! (Long live!)
Speaking of toasts... especially Russian ones. When I was working in Russia for Johnson & Johnson in the mid-nineties, I was once invited to a company dinner with a lot of Russian business contacts (doctors, in this case). Working long hours and having nothing to eat all day, I was so looking forward to that dinner. My first attempt to transfer food from the plate to its destination was rudely interrupted mid-flight with a toast proposal. I lowered the fork and dutifully raised the glass in response to a lengthy toast extolling the virtues of friendship. At the end of it (though it seemed it would never end), I was so relieved, as i can finally go back to satisfy my hunger, now exacerbated by all the food on the table (if you've ever seen a Russian dinner table, you'd know all the food is on it simultaneously, especially when it comes to first courses). At that moment, cultural differences kicked in. You see, in my home country, a toast is a singular affair, relatively short and delivered by the host. So, after the toast, my fork started its second flight attempt, when I was introduced to the Russian custom of counter-toast: a guest decided to respond to the first toast with a (lengthy, of course) toast of his own. Once again, I dutifully dropped the fork and picked up the glass. I knew drinking on an empty stomach is not a good idea, so I'd just sip. Which caused me to learn the second rule of Russian toasts: certain toasts require bottoms-up. Those would be celebrating our children, wives, parents, homeland, etc. Not doing bottoms-up for those would be considered rather rude. Long story short, after several counter-toasts that followed, I was already half-drunk and still very hungry :)
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Somehow I missed this. It's fabulous, Slobodan. Bravo -- a couple times over!
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Slobodan, congratulations!
Kevin, thanks for posting!
BR
Erik
Thanks, Kevin! You are the first to break the news to me! Any link (I can't find it on their website)?
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Russ and Erik,
Thanks for traveling one year into the past. I guess it makes all three of us a year younger? I'll drink to that! And to the new year!
Happy New Year, everyone!
P.S. Then again, I do have some more recent successes: http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/blog/2016/12/11th-black-and-white-spider-awards---3-images-awarded :)
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Nice one Slobodan and well deserved.
You really can't beat the impressiveness of a super large grand landscape pano imho and you certainly nailed a good one here Slobodan ;)
Dave
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Yes, Slobodan does very fine cityscapes and landscapes, among other things.
But I haven't seen any bird photos from him that are in the same league as Glen Bartley's!
Come on, Slobodan, show us what you can do! ;D
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Nice work! It appears you are now going beyond being a a photographer to being an artist!
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... But I haven't seen any bird photos from him that are in the same league as Glen Bartley's!
Come on, Slobodan, show us what you can do! ;D
Not in the same league, but here you go: :)
(http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s12/v183/p1595967925-2.jpg) (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p947292936/e5f2089b5)
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Well gang I wouldn't even try to equal Glenn but for a few years I made a nice bit of extra cash doing a few art shows. it was about 4 or 5 a year as I recall and looking back at some of the shots that did sell I can see i had/have a lot to learn. the one big advance IMHO is the ability to shoot relatively noise free shots at ISO's that were unheard of on the beginning of the 2000's. I offer this as one of my early works that sold quite well, maybe because the American Robin is the CT State Bird? :)
(http://www.pbase.com/keving/image/23828775.jpg)
Kevin in CT
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Not in the same league, but here you go: :)
(http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s12/v183/p1595967925-2.jpg) (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p947292936/e5f2089b5)
Not bad at all.
But at first glance I thought it was a portrait of me. But the colors aren't quite right.