General Photography Competition #117

[zeppelin]

Congratulations to Merrill for winning competition #116!

Originally Posted by Rules

• The deadline is Friday 11:59PM
• The photograph can contain any non-automotive image (other than adulterous material)
• The proposed picture must be your own and not found on the net.
• The photograph must be attatched using the UCP system. Any picture not attached using the UCP system will not be in the voting thread.
• Your image may be up to 800 pixels wide.
• Photograph may contain post-processing editing (this is a trial week for now, further discussion will occur after this competition)
• It is preferred that you state enhancements made, but not necessary.
• The photograph must be taken no earlier than three months before start date
• Each photographer cannot vote for himself, they must vote for the others.
• Any users who enter and vote for themselves automatically receive a 2 week penalty from the competition and all votes previously given to his/her photo are removed.
• The entry must contain the following information in the same order :

User name
Subject matter/photo title
Date taken
Camera Type | additional information you feel important

Originally Posted by Standings 2007

illusionest: 6
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Merrill: 5
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Piacki117: 4
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Speedy_2: 3 / SPHFerrari: 3
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Black 300ZX: 2 / Sauc3: 2 / derekthetree: 2 / Leo_Ant: 2 / orne: 2 / Zeppelin: 2 / 2ndclasscitizen: 2
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My_Porsche: 1 / Esperante: 1 / smxi: 1 / shockwaveracing: 1 / Cotterik: 1 / Sledgehammer: 1 / RacingManiac: 1 / aiasib: 1 / Italianspirit: 1 / pat_ernzen: 1 / jorismo: 1 / cmcpokey: 1

[clutch-monkey]

Clutch-monkey
Double penetration - Wrecked M113 APC in the jungle showing where an anti-tank round penetrated both sides
Last Thursday
borrowed canon
No editing

[whiteballz]

cool shot clutch

[clutch-monkey]

thanks man. found some bullets embedded in the ground around it too, identified some from an M1 carbine and an M16

[Waugh-terfall]

Waugh-terfall
County Hall & The London Eye
3-12-07
Sony Cyber-shot DSC W90 - HDR

[Merrill]

Merrill
Venetian Tower (Macau)
9/12/07
Canon EOS 30D

[Timothy (in VA)]

Timothy (in VA)
So sayeth Shakespeare
November 13, 2007
Sony DSC-S500
No editing

[whiteballz]

Originally Posted by Waugh-terfall

Waugh-terfall

County Hall & The London Eye
3-12-07
Sony Cyber-shot DSC W90 - HDR

I dont mean to be rude, so Im sorry if i come across as it -
Why so heavy on the HDR? its just a little full on is all. perhaps try to make it less "I WILL EAT YOUR CHILDREN"..

[VtecMini]

Originally Posted by whiteballz

I dont mean to be rude, so Im sorry if i come across as it -
Why so heavy on the HDR? its just a little full on is all. perhaps try to make it less "I WILL EAT YOUR CHILDREN"..

ROFLcopter!

I think waughterfall has done a spectacular job of demonstrating why the "no editing" rule was not only fair, but also aided the mental stability of voters...

[zeppelin]

Originally Posted by VtecMini

ROFLcopter!

I think waughterfall has done a spectacular job of demonstrating why the "no editing" rule was not only fair, but also aided the mental stability of voters...

I never intended for editing to be allowed to this extent. While I do like HDR shots, and want them allowed, I think this is overboard.

Waugh-terfall: Here is a good tutorial site on creating high dynamic range images (Vanilla Days : HDR Tutorial: How to create ‘High Dynamic Range’ images using Photomatix) I recommend it, and this site (High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography in Photoshop CS2). The primary idea is to recreate the scene as viewed by your eye, and to achieve proper exposure from highlights to shadows.

[rev440]

Rev440
Yard
12-16-07
Kodak

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by zeppelin

The primary idea is to recreate the scene as viewed by your eye,

maybe his eyes are messed up

[Waugh-terfall]

I've just been experiementing with HDR over the last week. I quite liked the effect on this one, therefore I thought I'd enter it. Thanks for the links Zeppelin.

[zeppelin]

Originally Posted by Waugh-terfall

I've just been experiementing with HDR over the last week. I quite liked the effect on this one, therefore I thought I'd enter it. Thanks for the links Zeppelin.

You're welcome. It can be a tough technique to get the hang of, but I'm glad you're experimenting (that was my main reasoning for allowing editing). Hopefully those links can give you some good ideas.

[zeppelin]

Zeppelin
Concourse Building, Toronto
December 1 2007
Canon EOS 350D | Fixed lens warp