the April Challenge - Entry thread

[mojitomax]

Hi folks,

after winning the first ever monthly challenge (mucho kudos points), i'm starting the thread about the next challenge.

This months challenge is UP. Inspired by that great disney film.

• The shot MUST be taken this month, with the closing date being the 30st of April
• The exif must be posted with your shot
• Keep the images posted to a decent size please, 750px wide max
• I would choose the winner but i'll be driving to istanbul in a black cab so can i ask this month's second place runner up forty-two to choose at the end of the month? (with the winner choosing the theme for next month, then deciding who should win that months). A poll would have been good, with the users voting, but the poll only allows 10 people to compete
• The Challenge for next month should be generic, as not everyone has access to zoom, macro, specialist lenses. It should be shots that everyone is capable of achieving with the bare essentials

Happy shooting, and I look forward to seeing your shots!

Anand.

PS, can someone sticky this thread please?

Edited by mojitomax on Friday 9th April 18:02

[Simpo Two]

mojitomax said:

* Keep the images posted to a decent size please, 1024px wide max

750px for best results (avoids PH Autocrunch machine)

[olimeads]

What's the theme.

[4hero]

olimeads said:

What's the theme.

up

[14-7]

4hero said:

olimeads said:

What's the theme.

up

Squirrel!



Love that film.

[strudel]

14-7 said:

4hero said:

olimeads said:

What's the theme.

up

Squirrel!



Love that film.

Hey I know a joke! A squirrel walks up to a tree and says "I forgot to store acorns for winter and now I am dead." Ha! It is funny because the squirrel gets dead.

[olimeads]

Right, without giving away my idea. Does anybody know where I can borrow an old man, a dog, an overweight scout, a house and enough balloons to lift the lot?

[paul911]

olimeads said:

Right, without giving away my idea. Does anybody know where I can borrow an old man, a dog, an overweight scout, a house and enough balloons to lift the lot?

Tesco

[d1d215]

paul911 said:

olimeads said:

Right, without giving away my idea. Does anybody know where I can borrow an old man, a dog, an overweight scout, a house and enough balloons to lift the lot?

Tesco

depends where he has the clubcard n stuff !

[mojitomax]

Simpo Two said:

mojitomax said:

* Keep the images posted to a decent size please, 1024px wide max

750px for best results (avoids PH Autocrunch machine)

sorry, copied straight from the march comp rules. will edit top post

[4hero]

mojitomax said:

Simpo Two said:

mojitomax said:

* Keep the images posted to a decent size please, 1024px wide max

750px for best results (avoids PH Autocrunch machine)

sorry, copied straight from the march comp rules. will edit top post

I would disagree with 750px, you can't see st in a 750px photo hence why I made it 1024. It's much better having the option to click on the image to see the larger version.

I see this going well, anything else you want to change Simpo, or do you want to start your own challenge?

[forty-two]

I am happy to judge in lieu of 'mojitomax' who is otherwise disposed driving a black cab to Istanbul. I will be interested in seeing the picutures from that.

The only downside to judging is that I can't win this month

[mojitomax]

forty-two said:

I am happy to judge in lieu of 'mojitomax' who is otherwise disposed driving a black cab to Istanbul. I will be interested in seeing the picutures from that.

The only downside to judging is that I can't win this month

thanks, I'm looking forward to hopefully getting some interesting shots during the trip

[Yellabelly]

So if you lot are just going to gab, I'll post a photo:

It answers both comps, Up and Perspective, neat!

[Hairy Cornflake]

I took this looking up!

[longun]

London somewhere. Don't ask me where I had no clue!!



F/5
1/5 Sec.
ISO 400
28mm

[mojitomax]

took this yesterday afternoon whilst getting the cab ready for our road trip. i like the shapes. straight from cam.



1/200, f10, 10mm, iso 400

apologies for teh poor colour. i've not got the passwords to my flickr account and thumbsnap seems to have messed up all the colours. should be a lot darker with.

[Kinkyboots]

Everything is UP in A Bug's Life



Exif
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Date and Time (Original): 2010:04:27 11:24:50

Edited by Kinkyboots on Tuesday 27th April 18:07

[MikeyLCR]

This was about as "up" as I could get.



Sony A700
Sony 70/200 lens with 1.4 tc
1/800 sec at f4
27/04/10 22:44pm

Edited by MikeyLCR on Tuesday 27th April 23:09

Edited by MikeyLCR on Tuesday 27th April 23:12

[size13]

Edited by size13 on Wednesday 28th April 10:47