Rotten flowers and sunlight (pics)

**Kirsten** · 02-11-2011, 03:53 PM

**pomtzu** · 02-11-2011, 04:26 PM

I don't understand how anyone could ever say that your photography wasn't good enough to publish or enter in any contests. (I believe you said this in a post a year or so back).

Kirsten - your work is truly amazing. You can even make "rotten flowers" look magnificent!

**Laura's Babies** · 02-11-2011, 06:25 PM

MAN! I wish I had your skill with a camera!! You are SO good!! Great shots again, as usual!

Have to say (again) though, of all you have taken, that slaughter house one STILL impresses me.. That is such a haunting picture..

**Kirsten** · 02-12-2011, 08:40 AM

Thank you, pomtzu and Laura!

Well, actually I have entered pictures to a contest a couple of times, but they never took any of my pics. I have also sent cat pictures to a cat magazine, but they have never been printed.

Yup, the slaughterhouse pic... it's actually a composition of 4 or 5 photos, I worked with layers (like the hand reaching out for the sheep). It's indeed a haunting picture and I was so sad when I made that, mourning for all these poor little souls...

**Barbara** · 02-12-2011, 09:59 AM

Kirsten- you're an artist.

**Asiel** · 02-12-2011, 08:45 PM

Kirsten you amaze me with every picture you post here. Real talent there, you're fantastic with a camera. Love the pictures. anyone who can capture the essence of dead flowers has a special something inside...you have to keep sending your pictures to every magazine you can think of...have you sent any to art magazines? They would be much appreciated by people who buy the magazines.

**K9karen** · 02-12-2011, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by pomtzu

I don't understand how anyone could ever say that your photography wasn't good enough to publish or enter in any contests. (I believe you said this in a post a year or so back).

Kirsten - your work is truly amazing. You can even make "rotten flowers" look magnificent!

True, so true!

**wombat2u2004** · 02-12-2011, 09:37 PM

I'm with Asiel on this. You have to keep sending those pics to the companies who put together and publish magazines etc etc.
Fantastic shots mate

**Catty1** · 02-12-2011, 09:46 PM

Kirsten, maybe it is like book publishers - they won't take unsolicited manuscripts. Except for the contests, maybe magazines don't accept unsolicited photos.

If you haven't already, you might email a couple of magazines and find out what their photo submission policies are. But maybe you have done that already.

Keep entering any contest you can! It'll get your pics out there!