August 2013 Photo Challenge - Use Your Camera! Entries

[Dogsey]

I'd really like to see the Photo Challenge take off again so this month I'm giving you a really open topic:

Use Your Camera!

Get out there and take a photograph, post it this thread and I'll do the rest. Good luck all.

Rules.
The photos taken must be your own work
The shot MUST be taken this month, with the closing date being midnight on the last day of the Challenge month
The exif must be posted with your shot
The competition will run from the today to the last day of the month
The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for following month and judges it at the end of the month
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.
There will be two threads that need starting: The Entries thread to commence same time as Discussion thread. In the Entries thread only one picture should be entered. Any others you wish to discuss should be posted in the Discussion thread.
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 750 pixels wide for a landscape photo and 600 pixels high for a portrait photo. Some people still have black and white tellies, and use these stupid 3G phone things for browsing the interweb Links to larger versions are permissible.

[mojitomax]

i can't remember if editing images is allowed in this comp, but i've just adjusted levels, sharpness, contrast no cloning etc. feel free to delete if not allowed.


IMG_1563 - Version 2 by mojitomax, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 18 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 1
Y-Resolution 1
Coded Character Set UTF8
Keywords cathedral Landscape lincoln "Lincoln Cathedral"
Country- Primary Location Name United Kingdom
Province- State England
City Lincoln
Viewing Conditions Illuminant Type D50
Measurement Observer CIE 1931
Measurement Flare 0.999%
Measurement Illuminant D65
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
Software Aperture 3.4.5
Date and Time (Modified) 2013:08:07 19:00:10
Artist Anand Makwana
Exposure Program Aperture-priority AE
Date and Time (Original) 2013:08:07 19:00:10
Date and Time (Digitized) 2013:08:07 19:00:10
Max Aperture Value 3.8
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Sub Sec Time 73
Sub Sec Time Original 73
Sub Sec Time Digitized 73
Color Space sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution 5715.545455 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution 5808.403509 dpi
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto
Scene Capture Type Standard
Lens Info 15-85mm f/0
Lens Model EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
XMPToolkit XMP Core 4.4.0
City Lincoln
Country United Kingdom
State England
Subject lincoln
Lens Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Lens ID 488
Flash Compensation 0

[rst99]

Cumbrae Cable Landing by rsthomas9, on Flickr

Exif data

Camera Nikon D5100
Exposure 24
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 22 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash
X-Resolution 240 dpi
Y-Resolution 240 dpi
Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Windows)
Date and Time (Modified) 2013:08:15 22:32:02
Exposure Program Manual
Sensitivity Type Recommended Exposure Index
Date and Time (Original) 2013:08:11 13:23:21
Date and Time (Digitized) 2013:08:11 13:23:21
Max Aperture Value 4.0
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Light Source Unknown
Sub Sec Time Original 30
Sub Sec Time Digitized 30
Sensing Method One-chip color area
CFAPattern [Red,Green][Green,Blue]
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Manual
White Balance Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio 1
Focal Length (35mm format) 33 mm
Scene Capture Type Standard
Gain Control None
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Subject Distance Range Unknown
Lens Info 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Lens Model 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Compression JPEG (old-style)
Coded Character Set UTF8
Date Created 2013:08:11
Time Created 13:23:21
Digital Creation Date 2013:08:11
Digital Creation Time 13:23:21
Viewing Conditions Illuminant Type D50
Measurement Observer CIE 1931
Measurement Flare 0.999%
Measurement Illuminant D65
XMPToolkit Adobe XMP Core 5.5-c002 1.148022, 2012/07/15-18:06:45
Creator Tool Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Windows)
Metadata Date 2013:08:15 22:32:02+01:00
Lens 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Lens ID 154
Image Number 6561
Approximate Focus Distance 4294967295
Original Document ID 01976616B55110DFED0E8F41B0EA014C
History Action derived
History Parameters converted from image/x-nikon-nef to image/jpeg, saved to new location
History Instance ID xmp.iid:7f43438d-e7ff-3644-a827-52bb7584e5ee
History When 2013:08:15 22:32:02+01:00
History Software Agent Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Windows)
History Changed /
Derived From Original Document ID 01976616B55110DFED0E8F41B0EA014C
Format image/jpeg
Color Transform YCbCr

[Pupp]

File type: JPEG
Creation date: 16/08/2013 16:17
Last modification: 24/08/2013 10:00
Make: HTC
Camera: HTC Sensation Z710e
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 11.0 Windows
Focal length: 4.31 mm
ISO speed rating: 74/20°
ISO speed rating: 74/20°
Exif version: 2.2
Date and time of original data generation: 2013-08-16 16:17:52
Date and time of digital data generation: 2013-08-16 16:17:52
Meaning of each component: YCbCr
Lens focal length: 4.31 mm
Supported Flashpix version: 1.0
Color space: sRGB
Image width: 3264 px
Image height: 1840 px
Interoperability IFD Pointer: 0x00000288

[Dogsey]

Three entries! That's a whole two better than last month!

Being brief, I liked all three but The shot below really stood out for me as fitting the subject the best, plus I'm a bit of a sucker for long exposures of clouds!

rst99 said:

Cumbrae Cable Landing by rsthomas9, on Flickr

RST99, it's over to you for September, good luck.