July 2018 Photography Competition
Discussion
The theme for the July competition is:
Timing!
Any genre, but being in the right place at the right time, or split second precision (otherwise known as luck!!)
Rules:
The photos taken must be your own work and can be taken at anytime, but please get out with your gear if you have time.
The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month.
The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for the following month and judges it at the end of the month.
Entries and discussion on this single thread, please.
All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
Photos entered should be no bigger than 800 pixels wide for a landscape photo and 600 pixels high for a portrait photo due to the PH squash factor. Links to larger versions are permissible.
Here's an example of one of my own to get you started:
DSC_7767_00001 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr
Timing!
Any genre, but being in the right place at the right time, or split second precision (otherwise known as luck!!)
Rules:
The photos taken must be your own work and can be taken at anytime, but please get out with your gear if you have time.
The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month.
The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for the following month and judges it at the end of the month.
Entries and discussion on this single thread, please.
All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
Photos entered should be no bigger than 800 pixels wide for a landscape photo and 600 pixels high for a portrait photo due to the PH squash factor. Links to larger versions are permissible.
Here's an example of one of my own to get you started:
DSC_7767_00001 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr
Another fluke shot - pretty noisy (Sigma 50-500 on a crop body at 1/3200). A fair bit of PP to make it half-presentable, but it's still one of my favourites
Red Arrows synchro pair by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
Red Arrows synchro pair by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
Perhaps not technically very good but I like it.... though I wish I was a good enough photographer to overcome such abrupt light/shade. Still, having kids is a good source of unexpected photobombs; you gotta take em when you get em
Jumping Cat tcd by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
Jumping Cat tcd by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
Stood in the right place at right time at Oulton Park to get a few flames from the RS500
DSC_2377 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
DSC_2377 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
Nik da Greek said:
Perhaps not technically very good but I like it.... though I wish I was a good enough photographer to overcome such abrupt light/shade. Still, having kids is a good source of unexpected photobombs; you gotta take em when you get em
Jumping Cat tcd by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
Sorry for the O/T response, but one way of dealing with this type of shot would be to ideally use fill flash to throw some light on the subject, however given the nature of the shot, you might not have time. Having said that, there is a fair bit you can do in post processing to at least help a bit with the high contrast. Jumping Cat tcd by Nick Liassides, on FlickrHope you don't mind, but I had a go with the shadows/highlights control in photoshop - reduced highlights slightly and increased shadows, then reduced the noise on the boosted shadows with noise ninja plugin. Took literally a couple of minutes.
Obviously this is on the jpeg from FlickR, but if you are shooting RAW, you've generally got better control available.
jump_shadows_boost by conradsphotos, on FlickrFull size image is on the FlickR link.
...so, the short version is "I'm not winning this months photo competition"?
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Not the case at all. You just mentioned about dealing with high contrast scenes, so I was trying to be helpful.
FWIW I still quite like the original as it does capture the moment!
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Yeah, I wasn't trying to be an arse about it... maybe I should have used mores . I like how you managed to bring out the subject (I couldn't manage it without blowing out everything else) and appreciate the time. All constructive criticism is good
Not the case at all. You just mentioned about dealing with high contrast scenes, so I was trying to be helpful.
FWIW I still quite like the original as it does capture the moment!
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Yeah, I wasn't trying to be an arse about it... maybe I should have used more
s . I like how you managed to bring out the subject (I couldn't manage it without blowing out everything else) and appreciate the time. All constructive criticism is good
July Competition Winner
A huge thanks to everyone who entered this months competition. As usual, it has been great to see all the entries and tough to reach a decision on the winner.
However, here are the results of the judging jury here in France in reverse order!
Third Place goes to JonChalk for his shot of Marc Marquez minus his bike.
Great timing Jon, but for me, just missing the wider view to include the bike which would 'complete' the story
Second Place goes to Nigel_O for his shot of the Red Arrows.
Superb shot Nigel and only beaten into second place due to my warped sense of humour about the winners subject matter!
and the WINNER is:
Avantime for his shot from his son's cricket match.............Congratulations!
This photo encompasses both 'timing' and that reaction of 'ouch', which we all have when we first see it............along with a schoolboy chuckle!
So, well done Avantime and I look forward to seeing the subject for the August Competition.
Cheers
Glynn
A huge thanks to everyone who entered this months competition. As usual, it has been great to see all the entries and tough to reach a decision on the winner.
However, here are the results of the judging jury here in France in reverse order!
Third Place goes to JonChalk for his shot of Marc Marquez minus his bike.
Great timing Jon, but for me, just missing the wider view to include the bike which would 'complete' the story
Second Place goes to Nigel_O for his shot of the Red Arrows.
Superb shot Nigel and only beaten into second place due to my warped sense of humour about the winners subject matter!
and the WINNER is:
Avantime for his shot from his son's cricket match.............Congratulations!
This photo encompasses both 'timing' and that reaction of 'ouch', which we all have when we first see it............along with a schoolboy chuckle!
So, well done Avantime and I look forward to seeing the subject for the August Competition.
Cheers
Glynn
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