Photography General Photo Comp #25

[Choleric]

Congratulations to both Dominic and MikeJ for winning last week!

Lets also be clear that these general/automotive contests are created by Choleric. Do not start threads on them, Choleric is in charge of doing so and setting guidelines... Thanks guys.... R/Alx

Dominic


MikeJ

Rules:
1. The entered picture must be taken by YOU and not just found on the net.
2. Only one photograph per person and per weekly contest allowed
3. You may NOT change your photograph once it has been entered.
4. There are 5 days to submit your photograph, a poll will be created after five days for people to vote on. (Voting from Saturday-Sunday then new thread on Monday with results)
5. Your image must be a resolution of 1024*768 or lower. If it is not, your picture will not be in the voting thread.
6. Each photographer cannot vote for their own photo, they must vote for others
7. The picture should get submitted with: the subject matter, the date, and the type of camera.
8. Levels, Curves, Colour Balance, Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation, cropping, or anything else capable in the development process or with filters and common special lenses are allowed to use in Photoshop or other image editing softwares. Other adjustments and effects are not allowed to use in your picture.

Good luck!

 

[NevadaJack]

Great shots guys...congratulations

Note the new bridge towers in the background. To be completed in 2008 and should provide fantastic pictures of the dam and the Colorado River below.



Hoover Dam, Boulder City, NV
February 4, 2007
Canon 20D

 

[Osnabrueck]

Wow, what a shot. It almost looks computer-rendered.

I'm already bowing out of this one NevadaJack.

 

[cawimmer430]

Jack, have you ever played the computer game Grand Theft Auto 3: San Andreas ? That picture you posted, I swear, that dam is in the game!

BTW, thanks for the email of your gorgeous S-Class. I do have that picture already but I instantly saw the changes. Amazing!


My entry for this round...

Title: Kloster Au am Inn
Location: Au am Inn, Germany
Date: Summer 2004
Camera: Fujifilm 4700 FinePix

 

[El Zorro]

Dominic and MikeJ

Shopping mall in Naples, Italy
July 29th, 2004
Canon Digital Ixus430

 

[MikeJ]

Thanks for the votes guys.

This week, I'm going with one of my road shots...

Somewhere in Southern Lapland, Finland
February 3, 2007
Canon Digital Ixus 430

 

[Tumbo]

Minte this week:



Polevaulter, August 2006.
Camera: Nikon D80

P.S. Choleric, what happened to my posts. I mean I wrote this weeks comps....

 

[Choleric]

P.S. Choleric, what happened to my posts. I mean I wrote this weeks comps....

You made them right after I made them so they were removed. I do appreciate you taking the inniative to make them such as you did last week though.

anyway my entry.



Rugby
Spring 06
Pentax ist DS

 

[Choleric]

Polevaulter, August 2006.
Camera: Nikon D80

Wow, did you really use the D80 for this photo Audiholic?

 

[Tumbo]

Wow, did you really use the D80 for this photo Audiholic?

Yes, it was my friends D80. Of course, the photo is renderred.

 

[Mr. M]

All of your pictures are fantastic. I won't stand a chance, but I'll chip in anyway:



Grand Central Station
Canon iXUS500
Christmas Day

 

[NevadaJack]

Jack, have you ever played the computer game Grand Theft Auto 3: San Andreas ? That picture you posted, I swear, that dam is in the game!

BTW, thanks for the email of your gorgeous S-Class. I do have that picture already but I instantly saw the changes. Amazing!


My entry for this round...

Title: Kloster Au am Inn
Location: Au am Inn, Germany
Date: Summer 2004
Camera: Fujifilm 4700 FinePix

Never played the game wimmer. But I would not doubt the dam could be in the chase...largest dam in the US I think and a modern "wonder of the world." They say that even though built in 1931-35 the concrete is still curing and some may even be in liquid form in the deepest parts of the dam.

If you get a chance there are several doc films and TV shows about contruction...remember this was done in the early 1930's.

 

[El Zorro]

All of your pictures are fantastic. I won't stand a chance, but I'll chip in anyway:


Grand Central Station
Canon iXUS500
Christmas Day

I like it a lot, very stylish black-on-white photo This is a subway in New York I suppose? Recently, I wanted to take a similar photo in the subway of Brussels, but the result wasn't quite as good (mainly because there wasn't enough light, but what else would you expect in a subway )

 

[Choleric]

Yes, it was my friends D80. Of course, the photo is renderred.

huh, cool, umm the only thing is the D80 came out in September, did you get the date wrong?

 

[Tumbo]

huh, cool, umm the only thing is the D80 came out in September, did you get the date wrong?

Oh yeah, sorry. It was in October!

 

[Tumbo]

All of your pictures are fantastic. I won't stand a chance, but I'll chip in anyway:

Wow! That is a fabolous pic! Imo, this is one of the winner-candidatc!

 

[Zonda]

Lets also be clear that these general/automotive contests are created by Choleric. Do not start threads on them, Choleric is in charge of doing so and setting guidelines... Thanks guys.... R/Alx

When I set this comp up my intention was that anyone would be able to make it. Thought it was still like that. Jeff is the boss now though. Where do you stand on this?

 

[Osnabrueck]

Wow. Now there's waaayyyyy too many good entries! I can't believe the photos this week.

I think we need 2 votes this time around.

 

[Mr. M]

I like it a lot, very stylish black-on-white photo This is a subway in New York I suppose? Recently, I wanted to take a similar photo in the subway of Brussels, but the result wasn't quite as good (mainly because there wasn't enough light, but what else would you expect in a subway )

Thank you so much El Zorro.

Yup, it's the Grand Central Station at the dead of afternoon. Everyone's back home for their turkey dinner while I remain outside, desperate for a restaurant...

I was really fortunate this station was particularly well lit with all the zig-zag tubes hanging from the roof.

Wow! That is a fabolous pic! Imo, this is one of the winner-candidatc!

Haha thanks Audiholic!

When I set this comp up my intention was that anyone would be able to make it. Thought it was still like that. Jeff is the boss now though. Where do you stand on this?

If I may chip in my opinion, I feel that while Choleric should generally be expected to start all of the new comps because he is sort of 'in charge' of the photography section of GCF, he should be given a day's grace, or something like that, to start his threads. Not everyone can log in daily and even less can log in every few hours.

Wow. Now there's waaayyyyy too many good entries! I can't believe the photos this week.

I think we need 2 votes this time around.

I agree. BTW, your picture reminds me of a review of the DB9 you still owe us...

 

[Choleric]

When I set this comp up my intention was that anyone would be able to make it. Thought it was still like that. Jeff is the boss now though. Where do you stand on this?

I agree, although as James and Alex kind of eluded to, It's nice to have some continuity with these, So that is why I have been doing them, and I usually create the voting threads on Thursday night/Friday morning, depending on where you live, I then create the new comp threads on sunday night/monday morning, again depending on where you live. So if you don't see the threads by late (11PM/2300) Friday or Monday night where ever you live (Except maybe James since youre in Asia and a whole day ahead), it would be appreciated that someone please create them in my absence. Thanks.