Occupied - Photography Contest [49 entries]

Un-Bee-lievable Picture

Winning entry, with a score of:
69.9%
Contest goal:

Many cities now have "Occupy" demonstrations happening. But there are other forms of occupation. A fish tank full of tropical fish, a lobster tank at the grocery store, a cat sleeping in your recliner when you want to sit down, the waiting room at the doctor's office...

The goal is to photograph something being occupied by people, animals or objects (one or more). Occupy protest photos will be considered off theme.



Status: finished. Check out the winners below!
Suggested by: MossyB

kyricom: Doesn't this basically just mean "take a picture of something?" ( 5 years and 2722 days ago )
MossyB: No, because the definition of "occupy" is: "to take up (a place or extent in space)" While a single pot on the stove would not be occupying the area, if all 4 burners had pots on them, the stove top would then be "occupied," because they would take up the cooking space. My cupboards are occupied by the dishes, because they take up the majority of that storage space. A singe cup sitting in an otherwise empty cupboard would be off theme.

Part of the concept is the relative space being occupied, as well as the "something" occupying it. Generally, (for this contest) I think it is the sense of how your chosen something fills the space that will help convey the sense of occupation...
~M ( 5 years and 2722 days ago )
friiskiwi: Thanks Mossy, a very good explanation. ( 5 years and 2722 days ago )
Artifakts: I have to agree with Kyricom as in most of the pictures we see in that contest, we see something placed somewhere ... Becasue if you know just a little about the basical photography rules, "the sense of how your chosen something fills the space that will help convey the sense of occupation" should come naturally. I understand what you wanted us to do here, but I think there not enough restrictions and the door is opened to every kind of photography. Be honest. We have pictures of every subjects here and I'm not sure that when voting, most of the people will take consideration on how the occupied space is managed instead.
Well it's my opinion. Maybe I'm wrong. ( 5 years and 2716 days ago )
kyricom: I agreed with Mossy's definition, but now that I've come back and looked at the entries agree with Artifakts too. There are some nice entries, but there are many of something just sitting somewhere, not necessarily connoting the idea of "occupying." ( 5 years and 2716 days ago )
Contest Moderator: Any entry submitted after 2000hrs GMT Friday 18th November will be removed. ( 5 years and 2715 days ago )
cabldawg71: yup i agree.
( 5 years and 2714 days ago )
WYSIWYG: I think in many cases occupied is confused with crowded... ( 5 years and 2714 days ago )

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Un-Bee-lievable - created by captgeo


Un-Bee-lievable
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A kid left his bike overnight and came back to find it "occupied". (5 years and 2715 days ago)


100s - created by toofan


100s
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Occupied by Kids of some insects. These would be less then 1mm in size.

Shot at 2x magnification.

thanks. (5 years and 2715 days ago)


dog on it - created by cabldawg71


dog on it
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Our puppy Mojo likes to occupy any given seat as soon as you get up and doesn't care to give it back.
(5 years and 2717 days ago)


Full House - created by Iluvscrappy


Full House
Favs: 0SBS: n/aHi-resRank: 4/49Score: 67.6% (23)7651 views

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It's ours for the moment - created by Remsphoto


Its ours for the moment
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One of two bench swings in a small town park. It takes patience to wait for the opportunity for their turn (5 years and 2719 days ago)