Photo Competition for jjjjjune!

[gettin2dizzy]

Theres a few budding photographers around, and the quality of the pictures has been fantastic. So i suggest a competition! Here are a few rules

1. Photos to be submitted on this thread
2. Photos must be submitted before the end of June
3. Poll will go up at the end of June for the winner
4. If response is good then winner can propose a topic for the next comp.
5. One photo per person (and please keep the resolution reasonable)
6. Photoshop yay
7. Other peoples photos nay!
8. Do not need to be bike related at all.

I'll keep the topic broad for the first one.....

Summer!

Mods- tell me to pi** off if need be :smt014
;)

[gettin2dizzy]

One to get started. May 2007, Cat and Fiddle. No idea who the rider was.

http://web.mac.com/robinmckeith/iWeb/robinmckeith/Cat%20Fiddle_files/IMG_1124.jpg

[Samnooshka]

ok so no guesses as to the subject in my picture lol. and no guesses for the style of picture... photoshop again :)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1183/565863677_d5875dcc04.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/565863677)

[hovis]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/dcp_0008.jpg

[Stingo]

Okay - I'll join in...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/Fab6.jpg

Sunshine, kids, lollies and a happy dog - all outside!!

[gettin2dizzy]

That collie is gorgeous! :)

[Rich]

I want to play, about time they had a proper competition on here for the front page pic. Anyway, heres mine.

It's a black and white photo of my dads bike and my bike at Chatsworth House. I think it looks almost like we have gone back in time!!! (p.s it was taken in summer) ;)

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/1RichSV650/BlackandWhite676x507.jpg

[kwak zzr]

hovis wheres that road?

[hovis]

hovis wheres that road?

its the road to the campsite we stayed at on the weekend on the north south

[Richie]

its the road to the campsite we stayed at on the weekend on the north south

The Struggle, the road that goes from Ambleside to Kirkstone pass in Cumbria.:riding: There's a fantastic TWA part on it... ;-)

[kwak zzr]

looks a great road.

[sarah]

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/1258/dscf0032kx2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Jelster]

Here's my offering: Sunset on the Med; sorry it's a bit big....

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/381/sunset01wb2.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sunset01wb2.jpg)

[Amanda M]

I love that pic Jelster :cool:

[Pedrosa]

I love that pic Jelster :cool:

Yes, would have been even better if he had taken it when the sun was fully switched on though! Damned amateur!:p

[fizzwheel]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN0441.jpg

[ScottishRawker]

heres mine, was taken at the beginning of summer,

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs18/300W/i/2007/169/0/d/Rusted_Tracks_by_ARphotographs.jpg

[Lissa]

Pic taken from the terrace of Two Wheel Moorings at Dun sur Meuse.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/France06003-1.jpg

[DarrenSV650S]

I took this last night on a favourite run of mine, up to Glen Clova:cool:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k164/DarrenStewartTait/Picture006-1.jpg

[keithd]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8458/cimg0981bq4.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg0981bq4.jpg)cant seem to get full size shot on screen, only thumbnail

[Davies]

:takeabow:

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/628/bikeun9.th.png (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bikeun9.png)

[Jester666]

:takeabow:

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/628/bikeun9.th.png (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bikeun9.png)

Is that just before it blew up! ;)

Got a new one yet or are you still saving the pennies for it?

[kitkat]

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/2853/july06westwittering001rl3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

beats wearing suncream :cool:

[Quiff Wichard]

rawker i love that pic mate

[Tara]

I love that pic Jelster :cool:

+1 its stunning Jelster

[falc]

http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ewayne.hooper/Sunset_1024.jpg

Taken on Vancouver Island a couple of years back

[silver surfer]

Lovely summers days at Ribblehead, Rather warm in my leathers.208

Sorry don't really know how to put images on here.

[Samnooshka]

Ohhhh pretty picture Falc.... i've always wanted to go to Canada :D

[Sosha]

Continuing the sunset thing... Morocco a couple of years back...

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t129/Incognito400/PHOT0020.jpg

[zunkus]

I shot this from a bench using remote trigger. Camera Canon G6. Three bracketed exposures used to compose one HDR photo.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/zunkus/Bench.jpg

[Grinch]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/thegrinch/photogallery/photos171103/parrotoversydneysmall.jpg

[jon8oy]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/jonboy710/TOTB/DSC00117.jpg

My youngest in saltzburg with school took this up a mountain
forgot to add he took the pic on his phone....

[Spiderman]

I shot this from a bench using remote trigger. Camera Canon G6. Three bracketed exposures used to compose one HDR photo.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/zunkus/Bench.jpg

Wow, thats a great depth of field you've achieved there buddy. Nice shot.

[Samnooshka]

Wow, thats a great depth of field you've achieved there buddy. Nice shot.


I'll 2nd that :D HDR can create some amazing photo's :D i'm yet to try it and its having the imagination to find the right shot for it to work well on

[Quiff Wichard]

Tis Zunkus - ace.

shame u didnt move the tramp on whos on the bench first eh :D

ME?. I aint even gonna try and send a pic in- these are all too good.

[$tevo]

I want the doggie to win!

[injury_ian]

222

narrow boats rule :cheers:

[on yer bike]

Well keeping within the summer theme...
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7618/summertw6.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=summertw6.jpg)

[ScottishRawker]

rawker i love that pic mate

Thanks alot :D

[peanut]

Shark Bay, Western Australia (pretty much permanent summer!)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/3305429_558435865e.jpg

[hovis]

.:rolleyes:

One photo per person

[peanut]

Ahem

--edited accordingly--

:oops:

:-dd Move along, nothing to see here.





must remember to read rules before posting...

[lukemillar]

I'll 2nd that :D HDR can create some amazing photo's :D i'm yet to try it and its having the imagination to find the right shot for it to work well on

HDR works on anything, but you get most out of it when you need information in very bright areas and very dark areas within the same image.

[carty]

Here's my effort - don't want to insult your intelligence by telling you what the subject is! It was taken in Steve Irwin's zoo at Beerwah in Australia. RIP big man. ;)

[hovis]

Ahem

--edited accordingly--
:oops:
:-dd Move along, nothing to see here.

must remember to read rules before posting...

you picked the wrong one:(

[peanut]

Oh.

I like that one.

Which one was the right one?

[hovis]

cant remember, i think it was the last one? cant remember what it was of either.... a sunset?

[falc]

Ohhhh pretty picture Falc.... i've always wanted to go to Canada :D

Heh thanks, its a great place, so much better than America in my opinion and the scenery is awesome whatever time of year.

Vancouver Island is great, very quiet place but you can take boat/plane trips and all. Well worth a visit imo!

[Samnooshka]

Heh thanks, its a great place, so much better than America in my opinion and the scenery is awesome whatever time of year.

Vancouver Island is great, very quiet place but you can take boat/plane trips and all. Well worth a visit imo!


Hmm will try and bribe the other half :D ......... James!!!!!!!!

[Heed]

My submission. Bikes in the bottom right corner. It's the summer solstice sunrise at a stone circle near penrith.

http://www.rossairey.co.uk/MP3/IMG_5649.JPG

[zunkus]

I really like your avatar SAMNOOSHKA.
How did that happen?

[Samnooshka]

I really like your avatar SAMNOOSHKA.
How did that happen?

We had our photo's taken at Venture :) was a fun day out and we took Lupo along too to get some really nice puppy photo's before he got all big lol I took a photo of the ones we bought they are on Flickr ( here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rigor_photos/sets/72157594458702340/detail/))

[Bluepete]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/conker51/Tulips.jpg

[wyrdness]

Corn Queene

http://wyrdness.org/images/cornqueene.jpg


This was taken outside the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside, London. The Corn Queene was made from summer crops and produce. After a procession to Borough Market, fayre and Shakespearean performance, the Corne Queene was dismantled and distributed amongst the audience. We got some sweetcorn and onions that we had for dinner.

I used a Nikon D50, with 18-55mm lens and polarising filter.

[jamessunhill]

This is my favourite:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/jamessunhill/SydneyHarbourBridgeandOperaHouseatD.jpg?t=11826906 02
I took this while on a yacht in Sydney Harbour. It was one of those great pics that just happen (I just saw the view and took a snapshot - no messing with settings on the camera).

[Stingo]

This is my favourite:

http://snap25.photobox.co.uk/68778519f16746844f8747402e68c567d136052cb8f8eb3484 6887c7.jpg
I took this while on a yacht in Sydney Harbour. It was one of those great pics that just happen (I just saw the view and took a snapshot - no messing with settings on the camera).


Ok.:colors: :clown: :smt102 Not very summery tho' is it? 'Image not available'.:smt080 8)

[jamessunhill]

Fixed (I think)

[Jdubya]

This is not mine and it is nicked from another site but I think it is one of those once in a lifetime, right place right time shots...

This is also not for the competition............

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3198/dsc2952copycopyuv6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Alpinestarhero]

The photo's on here have mostly really impressed me. Anywho, I went to the beach with maria the other day and we took our camera with us - here's my entry for the competition!

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/alpinestarhero/GorgeousMaria.jpg

Matt

[TC3]

Here is one from mehttp://TC3.smugmug.com/photos/147589441-L.jpg

[dirtydog]

Here's my effort

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x241/dirtydog88/33460197.jpg

[DarrenSV650S]

Here is one from me
How did you manage to get a shot of the sun like that?
I was trying to do the same with my Fuji Finepix F31FD the other day but just couldn't get anything decent. It was either all white or too dark to make anything out.

[Richie]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/conker51/Tulips.jpg

Me liking this, can I use it as my Desktop background... sorry already on.

[TC3]

How did you manage to get a shot of the sun like that?
I was trying to do the same with my Fuji Finepix F31FD the other day but just couldn't get anything decent. It was either all white or too dark to make anything out.

I use a Pentax DSLR which offers a lot of control and i also use RAW mode and not jpeg which allows me to adjust exposure, sharpness, colour etc before i convert to jpeg. Bit like have a darkroom. I also use Adobe Lightroom which gives a bit of control over highlights which helps bring the clouds out :)

[Dave The Rave]

TC3 ... what a cracker mate!

[ScottishRawker]

Here is one from mehttp://TC3.smugmug.com/photos/147589441-L.jpg
:winner:

[Jelster]

Here is one from me

TC3, cracking shot mate. Did you double expose and use Photoshop to combine them ?

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[TC3]

Cheers for the comments on the pic :)

Pic was not double exposed and i think i was just lucky on getting the exposure right really

[StreetHawk]

TC3 = winner for me too

BluePete = Very close 2nd

[TC3]

I vote for the bench HDR pic for winner as it has great depth of field and the HDR concept sorted out the exposure really well

[zunkus]

Thanks for your comments TC3, especially coming from you. I love your pic, its got my vote mate.

[DanDare]

TC3, forgive me if I'm wrong was that taken on the south coast at Milford on Sea or Barton on sea?

That view is identical to the one from the hotel I got married in.

[Warthog]

TC3 I love yours! The BluePete one is awesome apart from the house isn't that great, its just hte flowers that are so striking. I vote TC3! (will try to find one for my entry...)

[Warthog]

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/6/17608095610.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=5798320)
Here is my effort, from a recent trip to a capital city I hopefully don't need to mention ;) Click for a larger image!

[Jelster]

Cheers for the comments on the pic :)

Pic was not double exposed and i think i was just lucky on getting the exposure right really

Lucky ? You should have done the lottery that week mate ! :D

I've never seen an image with such a differences required in the exposure done in just 1 shot. The theory is that you expose one shot for the sky (so you'd stop it down a bit) and then take another for the rest of the detail. Then combine the two with something like photoshop. That way you don't burn out the clouds etc and the whole thing looks, well, as good as yours...

Top marks fella...

.

[SV225]

Here's my entry, taken today. Got some good pics of really high water aswell.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z163/nfr225/jasperfieldjumpcropped.jpg

[cuffy]

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/6/17608095610.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=5798320)
Here is my effort, from a recent trip to a capital city I hopefully don't need to mention ;) Click for a larger image!
BLACKPOOL :takeabow:

[TC3]

TC3, forgive me if I'm wrong was that taken on the south coast at Milford on Sea or Barton on sea?

That view is identical to the one from the hotel I got married in.

Spot on...it is Milford on Sea

[Duck-man]

A sunset a few weeks ago looking across the forth river to fife :D

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/KHatcher_2006/Sunsets/CIMG0237.jpg

[Rich]

A sunset a few weeks ago looking across the forth river to fife :D

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/KHatcher_2006/Sunsets/CIMG0237.jpg

Wow thats booootiful!!! You should get that one blown up and printed out. Hmmmm would look loverly in my toilet :lol: Joking aside though thats one heck of a shot!!! :notworthy:

[Richie]

Wow thats booootiful!!! You should get that one blown up and printed out. Hmmmm would look loverly in my toilet :lol: Joking aside though thats one heck of a shot!!! :notworthy:

Classic one liner...:smt046

[DanDare]

Spot on...it is Milford on Sea

Would you be interested in developing a copy for a price?

I know the missus would love it.

[TC3]

Would you be interested in developing a copy for a price?

I know the missus would love it.

PM sent

[Warthog]

BLACKPOOL :takeabow:

#-o

[MitchC]

Taken this past weekend in South Dakota.

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6584/dsc03134su5.jpg

Mitch

[Ed]

Mitch - that pic is stunning, as ever:thumbsup:

[Quiff Wichard]

Here is one from mehttp://TC3.smugmug.com/photos/147589441-L.jpg



GAME OVER




END OF.

[Ed]

My vote is for SVen:thumbsup:

[rob13]

Might be a little late with this one, considering the standard of entries!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/robchester/P1000800.jpg

Incidentally, TC3 is that just using a telephoto lens or is it a fish eye?

[TC3]

:D Might be a little late with this one, considering the standard of entries!!


Incidentally, TC3 is that just using a telephoto lens or is it a fish eye?

Thats a nice pic Rob and reminds me of the beaches i just got back from at weeklend with beautiful clear water.

It was taken with a 10-17mm fish eye at the 10mm end....

Thanks to Quiff and others for voting for my pic

[rob13]

:D

Thats a nice pic Rob and reminds me of the beaches i just got back from at weeklend with beautiful clear water.

It was taken with a 10-17mm fish eye at the 10mm end....

Thanks to Quiff and others for voting for my pic


Thanks mate, it was only taken last week!

What camera do you use?

[Bluewolf]

Hmm, I don't think I'll bother posting my pathetic effort now! :smt042

[TC3]

Thanks mate, it was only taken last week!

What camera do you use?

Pentax K100D is what i use and it has some good dynamic range :D

[MitchC]

Hey,

I need to point out that in my 'entry' you can see Mount Rushmore in the background. :)

Mitch

[mattSV]

Hey,

I need to point out that in my 'entry' you can see Mount Rushmore in the background. :)

Mitch

Yeah, but you can see the Isle of Wight in the background of TC3's ;)

[Bluewolf]

Saboteur! ;) :lol:

(kidding IOW peeps!)

[allison23]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o206/girlangelaz/NYCnightshot.jpg
View from the Empire State Building, May 17, 2007.

[Ed]

Mitch - that CBR (?) behind your bike is simply superb. Have you got a better pic of it?

[Patch]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/viffer800/565719858_516eaa39ec.jpghttp://forums.sv650.org/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/viffer800/565719858_516eaa39ec.jpg%5B/IMG%5D

[Ed]

Welcome back Patch! Terrific pic!