October Photo Competition [Archive] - SV650.org

rob13

02-10-07, 11:04 AM

Thanks for the votes in the August comp, I will kick this one of by suggesting the theme of:

Dawn or Dusk

Here is an example of what I mean:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/robchester/P1000207.jpg
A wonderful sunrise across the Teesside skyline!

Now lets get posting!

stewie

02-10-07, 11:58 AM

I know it doesnt look very dusky but trust me it was actually getting quite dark, it was taken in NY city in july on me trusty camera phone.

http://s196.photobucket.com/albums/aa125/wyoming95/th_DSC00136.jpg

Sorry not sure why it is the size it is ?

TC3

02-10-07, 05:49 PM

London eye

http://TC3.smugmug.com/photos/188178619-L.jpg

Lissa

02-10-07, 06:03 PM

The High Westerwald, Germany.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Germany2005129.jpg

Luckypants

02-10-07, 08:28 PM

Wow, that's ace Lissa!

Frank

02-10-07, 09:31 PM

As above

Bluepete

02-10-07, 09:41 PM

Oooh, it's gonna be a good month! Some great pics there already!

fizzwheel

02-10-07, 09:42 PM

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN0767.jpg

02-10-07, 09:57 PM

Oh hell this is gonna be a hard choice. I might even have something to submit mesen.

Warthog

02-10-07, 10:24 PM

Phwoar TC3 nice one! Way to beat me before I have even chosen one :( :lol:

Amanda M

03-10-07, 07:54 AM

Pedro68

03-10-07, 08:01 AM

Might have to join in this myself - seems fun :)

TC3's looks more like a "night shot" than a dawn/dusk shot, in which case I prefer Amanda M's photo - wicked sunset :D

Pete

TC3

03-10-07, 09:26 AM

Might have to join in this myself - seems fun :)

TC3's looks more like a "night shot" than a dawn/dusk shot, in which case I prefer Amanda M's photo - wicked sunset :D

Pete

The sun had just gone down as you can see by the faint orange glow

Smudge

03-10-07, 09:26 AM

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3489/1511381travelpicture11pow8.jpg
kayaking in solund Norway

Pedro68

03-10-07, 09:35 AM

Well I never thought I'd learn quite so much just by joining the org :D LMAO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusk

I stand corrected TC3 ... in fact, if anything ... most of the other pics I can see are all "confusing dusk with sunset" ;-) so technically, yours is the most accurate photo ;-)

Cheers,
Pete

Smudge

03-10-07, 10:55 AM

lol mines not it was early morn in Norway, when the sun is setting it is also raising for someone else so it could be taken in mid sky and still be raising

rob13

03-10-07, 01:40 PM

Maybe I should have made the title dawn/dusk sunrise or sunset as these pics are excellent! Keep them coming

Smudge

03-10-07, 03:25 PM

http://www.photocasket.com/past-time/FromDuskTillDawn.jpg
you'l end up with this with both

Bluewolf

03-10-07, 03:41 PM

Was a tough choice deciding which one to submit but decided on this one cos I like the atmosphere of it :) It was taken at the Wickerman festival last year and it had been really misty all day and we got the most amazing sunset...

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8489/cimg0578ux2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

AAAAAHHHHHHH! I was there too but I'm such a plum with technical stuff I managed to delete all the pictures off my camera before saving them! :oops: :lol:

Amanda M

04-10-07, 07:33 AM

#-o How annoying! I took loads of pics there and got some good ones when they burnt the wickerman at the end of the saturday night :cool:

ScottishRawker

04-10-07, 09:56 AM

mine is a sunset portrait, hope it still can be entered.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/rawkguitarist/_MG_4941web.jpg

John 675

04-10-07, 11:31 AM

London eye

http://TC3.smugmug.com/photos/188178619-L.jpg

that looks amazing mate...* runs of to dust off camera * :cool:

TC3

04-10-07, 11:40 AM

that looks amazing mate...* runs of to dust off camera * :cool:

glad you like it :D

John 675

04-10-07, 01:26 PM

glad you like it :D

i think its composed really well and the exposure is about as spot on as you get with very little light, not much grain or digital noise either
IMHO it was either done on a very good automatic camera or you know what your doing,
top marks in my book mate :D

TC3

04-10-07, 03:01 PM

i think its composed really well and the exposure is about as spot on as you get with very little light, not much grain or digital noise either
IMHO it was either done on a very good automatic camera or you know what your doing,
top marks in my book mate :D
I see you know what you are talking about :)
Taken on a Pentax k100D with a 25 year old Tokina 28mm lens and the pic was hand held with a shutter speed of 1 second and iso 1600. No noise removal software was used.

John 675

04-10-07, 03:15 PM

I see you know what you are talking about :)
Taken on a Pentax k100D with a 25 year old Tokina 28mm lens and the pic was hand held with a shutter speed of 1 second and iso 1600. No noise removal software was used.

hand held as well !
if your kicking out pictures like that mate and from the equipment your using, you MUST start ( if you havent already ) getting your work published..
if you have never considered it before i can point you in the right direction as im sure others on the org could too, just ask mate if your interested

although im not saying anyone elses is rubbish VERY far from it. all the work on here is Exceptional
scottish rawker : alot of your work that i have seen has been impressive, i like the soft light used to highlight your shilouette subject :D
EDIT : Just looked at your sv pics too.. liking them alot very urban look to them slow shutter looks ace too!
those tokina lens are excellent, infact ive never known one to barrel or ghost..

i'm liking this thread alot! :D
EDIT: to be honest my work at the moment has been ok but nothing amazing.. took some at bsb donnington which were okay.. but looking at these threads i might, put more effort into my photography and start submitting my work again.. lol, i kind of lost the buzz when i moved jobs..
so thanks to you all !
*Cant wait to get home now* :D

ScottishRawker

04-10-07, 03:50 PM

hand held as well !
scottish rawker : alot of your work that i have seen has been impressive, i like the soft light used to highlight your shilouette subject :D
EDIT : Just looked at your sv pics too.. liking them alot very urban look to them slow shutter looks ace too!

Thank you :D and im only 18 :P hehehe but i am studying an HND in photograph. The soft light was the silver side of a reflector.

John 675

04-10-07, 03:55 PM

Thank you :D and im only 18 :P hehehe but i am studying an HND in photograph. The soft light was the silver side of a reflector.

thought so, although i thought it would of been the gold side for the warmth lol,
i used to work for jessops when i was 19 - 21 and that was ace because evrything was about photography, and i started freelancing for Horse and hound, then i moved jobs and it died off.. horse and hound still call me ever so often but i havent done anything for them to use.. i got bored of shooting nags however expensive they were...:(

Bluepete

04-10-07, 04:24 PM

Thank you :D and im only 18 :P hehehe but i am studying an HND in photograph. The soft light was the silver side of a reflector.

I did an HND in photography about 15 years ago! Digital was unheard of then really!
Do you intend to make a living from it? I did but it wasn't for me, hence the ****ty shift work!

thumper21

04-10-07, 05:34 PM

Taken from my sittingroom window:cool:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/RScrash/pollokshawsatnight002.jpg

mattSV

04-10-07, 05:50 PM

Ooh, I like sunset photos - here is one of my favourites.

Took it in SW France this year, on the Atlantic coast. Point & shoot Canon Ixus camera, no fancy lenses/filters/software - would love to get a Digital SLR and all the gear at some stage.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1118/1485005388_90bf1479f2_b.jpg

gazman

04-10-07, 06:54 PM

This is a pic of the Exe estuary; it was taken from my window when I was based at Lympstone. It was taken with a point & shoot jobby then scanned onto my comp.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m241/gazman_07/10-04-2007074344PM.jpg?t=1191524013 (javascript:void(0);)

Thanks for looking.

Gaz

rob13

04-10-07, 07:41 PM

Some incredible shots, really like the effort made with some of these.

For those that havent posted yet, get out and get some pictures! We're having some really good ones up here at the moment, its just about catching the right place & right time.

Tim in Belgium

04-10-07, 08:29 PM

Here's mine from a camping/surfing holiday a couple of years ago:

http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/21781/2957111090084392296S600x600Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2957111090084392296RFXDkI)

A bit cliche but who cares?

therealvw

04-10-07, 11:28 PM

SO are we doing Dawn, Dusk, or SUNSET / sunrise?
Or are any early morning, early evening pictures allowed?

ScottishRawker

05-10-07, 06:44 AM

I did an HND in photography about 15 years ago! Digital was unheard of then really!
Do you intend to make a living from it? I did but it wasn't for me, hence the ****ty shift work!

Yeah i wouldnt mind being a profesional but young enough that if it doesnt work i can find something else, already got a diploma in Audio engineering but there were no recording studio jobs free.

Pedrosa

05-10-07, 11:07 AM

Sunsets lend themselves so well to photography don't they. Amazing colours and shades.

That pic by Rob Chester reminds me of the movie The Deer Hunter?

John 675

05-10-07, 11:28 AM

Thanks bambi ive been racking my brains for ages thinking what that was! deerhunter.. i rest easy now :D

Pedrosa

05-10-07, 12:42 PM

Thanks bambi ive been racking my brains for ages thinking what that was! deerhunter.. i rest easy now :D

My plesh young man.;)

thebluelion

05-10-07, 08:09 PM

The High Westerwald, Germany.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Germany2005129.jpg
Has to be the best so far cracking pic Lissa :smt023

Lissa

05-10-07, 09:19 PM

Has to be the best so far cracking pic Lissa :smt023

Thank you:D

I won't tell you what camera it was taken with, cos the proper photographers would laugh:oops:

gettin2dizzy

05-10-07, 11:02 PM

you bugger!
*delves through many pictures*
this needs some thought. Some excellent pictures so far, really really excellent.

gettin2dizzy

05-10-07, 11:28 PM

http://web.mac.com/robinmckeith/iWeb/robinmckeith/upload_files/Cullin%20ridge%20-%20sky.jpgsadly a friends taken at the end of some ice climbing, so not an entrant... he took it on film as well, no mucking.

Sideshow#36

06-10-07, 01:41 AM

Here are a couple I took in Afghanistan last year. I like them both for so many different reasons and couldnt pick just one to enter. Enjoy.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/sideshow46/IMG_0190.jpg

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/sideshow46/IMG_0188.jpg

Pedrosa

06-10-07, 11:51 AM

Taken by my youngster on the drive from Valencia circuit in to the city.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4497/hpim1212nl1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

thebluelion

06-10-07, 08:27 PM

Sideshow#36

06-10-07, 08:29 PM

I'll leave that to your imagination.

thebluelion

06-10-07, 08:44 PM

Sideshow46 did not know u were out there far play to ya.
I dont want to sound Disresptful but thought that pic might bring some amusing suggestions.
so i will go first is it a secret chamber to make giant killer jellies to be unleashed on the taliban? or was the cook having a bad day
Any other suggestions?

Sideshow#36

06-10-07, 08:50 PM

so i will go first is it a secret chamber to make giant killer jellies to be unleashed on the taliban?

Got it in one lol

Yeah I spend a lot of time out there unfortunately.:smt013

BILLY

06-10-07, 09:41 PM

Taken earlier this year in the fading light title Knee down in the winter sun.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/tracy_5/kneedown.jpg

Mr Toad

06-10-07, 10:31 PM

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/HalnakerFlatHorizon.jpg

December 21st 2003, Halnaker Windmill near Chichester
I got this one shot, and then the batteries went dead . . .

therealvw

08-10-07, 05:14 AM

two from me, both from my decking.

rob13

08-10-07, 05:07 PM

two from me, both from my decking.

Too many people on here gloating with the view from their window!!

maff

08-10-07, 05:35 PM

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2567/041lw2.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=041lw2.jpg)

heres my effort

early morning 28.12.06 whilst running the mutton chaser over the park

therealvw

08-10-07, 07:08 PM

Too many people on here gloating with the view from their window!!
You'd be gloating if you saw the mortgage repayments! LOL!

And have to wash the bloody windows from all the sea spray and then shut the curtains because the SUN IS SOOOOO brioght you can't watch the tv.. HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHE

TC3

09-10-07, 06:17 AM

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/HalnakerFlatHorizon.jpg

December 21st 2003, Halnaker Windmill near Chichester
I got this one shot, and then the batteries went dead . . .

Thats beautiful and very well done....my fave so far. There is a high standard of pics this month

Amanda M

09-10-07, 07:33 AM

My vote's for Mr Toad's pic too :) (so far anyway, and it was a tough choice!)

Richie

09-10-07, 09:46 AM

Taken this morning, Over looking Bowmore from Port Charlotte on the Isle Of Islay, Scotland.

http://www1.webng.com/richiesv/islay%208%20125.jpg

tactcom7

09-10-07, 04:50 PM

Basra Airport, Iraq, Christmas Eve 2006 (taken on a cameraphone sorry it's pap)

http://a277.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/45/l_8be60533a8b3cdbf376042342224f83c.jpg

Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan 2007...

http://a971.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/116/l_3ac16717c9fedff3fda0a89841372c0a.jpg

I know this one's not a sunset/sunrise shot but i just love it...(Kandahar again)

http://a551.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/69/l_05a95db845245d97fd96085aaf0953ee.jpg

therealvw

09-10-07, 06:52 PM

I take it that Tactcom, you are in the forces?

Which ones, or would you rather not say?

tactcom7

09-10-07, 10:47 PM

The Air Force, but no, I don't fly planes ;)

therealvw

10-10-07, 01:52 AM

Wrench pilot?

Bluewolf

10-10-07, 10:45 AM

Liking your picture a lot Stoppy :smt023

Is this dusky enough?

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/Bluewolf666/Fernie/Fernie29.jpg

sinbad

10-10-07, 12:33 PM

Turbulent sea, rocky shore, scattered cloud, sunset. Hard to take an undramatic picture.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9287/duskyyex8.th.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=duskyyex8.jpg)

tactcom7

10-10-07, 03:47 PM

Wrench pilot?

Correct!

Bluepete

10-10-07, 07:52 PM

Can't compete with some of these pics, but hey ho, here we go!

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/conker51/Bike%20cam/PICT4130.jpg

rob13

10-10-07, 10:42 PM

Love the effort put into this months entries. Gonna be a hard one to call I think.

ibishu

11-10-07, 01:08 PM

how many can we enter? i have 3 that i can't decide between.

gettin2dizzy

11-10-07, 01:56 PM

one!!

melody

11-10-07, 05:31 PM

It's going to be a hard one this month.

Some superb photos on here.

ibishu

11-10-07, 06:32 PM

ruined church in Ireland when i was there over summer.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/ibishu/P6090726Medium.jpg

therealvw

11-10-07, 07:16 PM

oh didn't know we could only enter ONE. OOPS, sorry for the double post.

MitchC

12-10-07, 07:07 AM

Hey,

I really didn't know what photograph to use... I have a few great sunset shots with SV3N. Many of you have most likely seen them. Since I've bored you enough with the SV I decided to upload something different from what you usually see from me.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7548/rooftopsunsetuy0.jpg

Enjoy!

Mitch

Richie

12-10-07, 01:34 PM

Ol Boc

13-10-07, 11:53 AM

Stillness after the thunder of the TT Races.....

Port Erin at sunset, July 2007.

http://server2.uploadit.org/files/Boccadillo-PortErin.JPG

thebluelion

13-10-07, 12:01 PM

Stillness after the thunder of the TT Races.....

Port Erin at sunset, July 2007.

http://server2.uploadit.org/files/Boccadillo-PortErin.JPG
Now that is a cracker

Quiff Wichard

13-10-07, 05:43 PM

here is the one from the AR this year...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/ar07camera031-1.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/ar07camera032-2.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/ar07camera033-1.jpg

Ol Boc

13-10-07, 06:00 PM

here is the one from the AR this year...

A great series from Quiff MA(Hons) Mathematics (1st Class).......:D:D

Quiff Wichard

14-10-07, 11:54 AM

get lost- (to the power 10)

Treacle

16-10-07, 07:18 PM

My feeble attempt on Chelsea Bridge looking up stream. Mind you it was taken on my phone.

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb144/Mattkeall/22092007071.jpg

therealvw

16-10-07, 07:28 PM

Stillness after the thunder of the TT Races.....

Port Erin at sunset, July 2007.

http://server2.uploadit.org/files/Boccadillo-PortErin.JPG
Yep that is a belter. Good sunset.

therealvw

16-10-07, 07:31 PM

Just a thought, dangerous I know. BUT....
Is there a way to get these pictures put in a gallery, with thumbnails so it can be easier to vote on. Something where we can leave a comment, i.e. vote for, and so it should be easier to count the votes too at the end of the month.
Maybe even posting it to a different site or free picture gallery area.?
The reason for my thinking is that each time someone posts a pic I think, ohh that is good, maybe I should have voted for that one instead . Infact how does the Admin of the photo comp count the votes? Is it a difficult and time consuming job? I'd have thought it being in a grid/thumbnail format with a little 'count' of the amount of votes/comments recieved would be a lot easier.

anyhoo, thats my 2 penneth!

TT Dee

18-10-07, 05:52 AM

Wow !!!!

Some of these pics are fantastic.... Far superior to some of the work our students produce....... Which gave me an idea!

I'm working for the Open College of the Arts in Barnsley

www.oca-uk.com (http://www.oca-uk.com)

and I am currently organising an Art Auction in aid of Barnsley's Exodus Project http://www.exodusproject.org.uk/

to be held on 16th November 2007

If any of you would like to donate a piece of Photographic work - preferably framed (not clip frames), signed and dated bottom right, to this worthy cause it would be gratefully received.

I know - I'm a cheeky cow! But if you don't ask, you don't get. Right!!!

Interested ? Contact me here dee@oca-uk.com

gettin2dizzy

18-10-07, 10:54 AM

What happened to one entry?!

peanut

18-10-07, 05:37 PM

Right - here's my effort for this month:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/1095666607_8bd6a14db5_b.jpg

One of the Anthonly Gormley statues that were scattered around Waterloo Bridge earlier this year. It was taken in the early evening, so i hope it meets the "dusk" part of the category!

There's some cracking photos this month - it's going to be a tough one to call I think.

Treacle

18-10-07, 06:24 PM

Awsome Peanut im really liking it. Here is one that I took on top of the roundhouse in chalkfarm.

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb144/Mattkeall/05092007060.jpg

southy1978

19-10-07, 09:54 PM

Here is my entry

http://darrensouth.bulldoghome.com/photos/BDRES/darrensouth_bulldoghome_com/_MG_9080.jpg

Tim in Belgium

19-10-07, 09:57 PM

Here is my entry

http://darrensouth.bulldoghome.com/photos/BDRES/darrensouth_bulldoghome_com/_MG_9080.jpg

Spacious.

rob13

20-10-07, 07:58 PM

another great photo southy. Too much choice this month, excellent pictures

Samnooshka

24-10-07, 04:58 PM

Ok i took a photo this morning so i can enter this month!! :D
http://static.flickr.com/2053/1730114185_7f0e85d2c9_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/1730114185/)

Taken at Chobham Common on my way to work :)

therealvw

24-10-07, 06:50 PM

nice pic samnooshka, any photoshop alterations there? HEHE

Samnooshka

24-10-07, 07:37 PM

nice pic samnooshka, any photoshop alterations there? HEHE

Only adding the frame ;) and i think i just brought the exposure down a little in the photo upload program but not Photoshop :)

Davies

24-10-07, 09:13 PM

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6082/200707012050084zf6.jpg

Taken on the mobile coming back from Ireland in the summer

Brettus

26-10-07, 01:41 PM

May as well have a bash myself, got a few that would suffice (sorry if its one entry only in which case I go for the first one)

Misty Sunrise - From my morning trip to work, I'm so glad I ride, can pull the bike over anywhere and get the picture (well pretty much!)
http://www.brettnet.co.uk/gallery2/Tempupload/Misty_Sunrise.jpg (http://www.brettnet.co.uk/gallery2/Tempupload/Misty_Sunrise%28full%29.jpg)

A Local Windmill (I'd been riding home and saw the gorgeous sunset but needed something to put infront of it when I remembered I'd be passing this)
http://www.brettnet.co.uk/gallery2/Tempupload/Windmill.jpg
(http://www.brettnet.co.uk/gallery2/Tempupload/Windmill%28full%29.jpg)
And finally: Drifting Over Fields of Gold, another one I spotted out on my bike, glorious summer evening.
http://www.brettnet.co.uk/gallery2/Tempupload/Drifting.jpg (http://www.brettnet.co.uk/gallery2/Tempupload/Drifting%28full%29.jpg)

Again, sorry if I've overstepped but thought I the other two might be nice enough to post.