The Great Challenge..

[yogestee]

Ok shooters I'm laying down the gauntlet..Submit your best/favourite image you have posted in the last 12 months..I hope we can coerce mtbbrian to judge the best images 1st,2nd & 3rd places..This should be fun and give us the opportunity to show case our best work..

Here are a few rules..

1. Image must have been submitted in the last 12 months..
2. One image only per photographer..
3. Image to be unedited as first posted..
4. Include equipment used.Camera,lens,flash etc..
5. Exposure details if possible.Shutter speed,aperture,ISO etc..
6. Deadline is Sunday 11/12th November (depending what hemisphere you live in)..

Give a brief description on why you think it is your best/favourite image..Nothing works as well as self promotion:blush2:
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Here is my favourite image titled "Old Soldier"..
Shot in Luang Prabang in the Northern Highlands of Laos..I only managed to get one crack at this ellusive fellow before he disappeared..
I like the lines on his weathered face and the vacant stare in his expression..I believe this image has a great tonal range and lighting isn't too bad either..

Canon350D/Sigma DC 18-200mm f3.5-6.3
125th@f6.3
400ISO

Jurgen
Australia

[Didache]

Excellent idea!!

I attach Anchorman, a pic I posted last June. It was taken in Trieste when we were getting off a cruise ship to have a look around. Why do I like it? The reason is simply because it is a bit "different"! I took about 300 pics over the two weeks of the cruise, but this is the one I come back to. Incidentally, it won a "Highly Commended" in one of my camera club's competitions in October. Pentax *ist DL and Pentax 18-55 kit lens.

Incidentally, perhaps you ought to ask a moderator to put this thread as a sticky?

Cheers
Mike

[echoback]

jumping on the bandwagon here... Attached is "Journey" and I like this photo compositionally because it is, IMO, metaphorical for life in a way. I also like the way the soft tones and the lighting highlights the distance. Taken with a Nikon 5700 in the Laurel Highlands north of Pittsburgh.

[swmdrayfan]

"Reflections"

Posted in June this year. f5.6@ 1/640 sec. 31mm with a D70. ISO 200. Natural light. Time of day-- 10:20 am
I liked the way the concave windows reflected the street scene.

John

[molaselake]

Learning to Shoot - because it was the only one of my more recent photos that didn't involve massive amounts of contrast, and because I just enjoy pictures of my family. That's all.

Camera: Canon Eos Elan
Lens: Tamron 75-300 mm
Film: Illford ISO 50

[J-Dogg Productions]

I Chose This Picture I Took Up In Hawley P.A. This Summer I Choose This Because I Really Love The Setting Its Calm And Tranquil Theres NobodyAround Its Just A Nice Calm Place

Photo Info:

[yogestee]

Just keeping this thread alive!!

Jurgen

[mtbbrian]

I hope we can coerce mtbbrian to judge the best images 1st,2nd & 3rd places..

You know, this is a fun thread, but it really should be in the View Finder...
Besides, you are all GREAT PHOTOGEPHERS, how could I limit it to just three!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian

[Dylan8i]

taken with my canon s1 is.
shot 8/7/2006 7:31 pm local time
program AE
Vivid
1/640 shutter speed
4.5 aperture
center weighted average
-1/3 exposure compensation
iso 50
lense 5.8mm - 58mm
no digital zoom
IS on
image size 2048X1536
superfine
flash off
auto white balance
single af mode
Color space: sRGB

[Didache]

You know, this is a fun thread, but it really should be in the View Finder...
Besides, you are all GREAT PHOTOGEPHERS, how could I limit it to just three!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian

You could always do what some clubs do .. give 1,2,3 and some "commendeds" as well

Mike

[readingr]

This is one of my favourites for this calendar year (so far)

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot Pro1
Shooting Date/Time 14/04/2006 21:16:33
Shooting Mode Manual
Photo Effect Off
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/4
Av (Aperture Value) 3.5
Light Metering Center Weighted Avg.
ISO Speed 50
Lens 7.2 - 50.8 mm
Focal Length 7.2 mm
Digital Zoom None
Image Size 3264x2448
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
AF Mode Continuous AF
Color Space sRGB
File Size 6056 KB
Drive Mode Single-frame shooting
Owner's Name Roger Vaughan Reading


Roger

[yogestee]

You could always do what some clubs do .. give 1,2,3 and some "commendeds" as well

Mike

Good idea Mike..If only we can get the moderators on our side and judge..
BTW,,,great images so far,,,keep them coming....

Jurgen

[Greg McCary]

Canon Rebel 2000
Kodak Gold 400asa
F/8
shutter ????

Thank you guys for all of your help in the last few months. I feel my skills have grown. I hope to learn even more in the next year. One day I going to get good at this.
I found out today I have a ruptured disk in my back. My golfing days maybe over. I guess this will be my new hobby. When can you call yourself photographer? Do you have to make a living at it?
Greg

[veggie]

Canon Rebel, f44

[Ronnoco]

You know, this is a fun thread, but it really should be in the View Finder...
Besides, you are all GREAT PHOTOGEPHERS, how could I limit it to just three!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian

I think that is "PHOTOGRAPHERS" Brian!

First and second place are obvious to this point and a tie for third!

Ronnoco

[Didache]

I think that is "PHOTOGRAPHERS" Brian!

First and second place are obvious to this point and a tie for third!

Ronnoco

And that is guaranteed to raise the curiosity level !!

[echoback]

go ahead ronnoco, you know you want to. lol

[yogestee]

This died a grim death!!

Jurgen

[Greg McCary]

To bad, I wouldn't have gotten my feelings hurt....

[Ronnoco]

go ahead ronnoco, you know you want to. lol

Yes, but I have enough overly-sensitive photographers, even including a few moderators, who can't take critique or comments, ready to burn me at the stake etc. already.

Ronnoco

[J-Dogg Productions]

so is any body gonna place these photos and critique these the losers

[Didache]

I don't know if Jurgen has asked someone to do it. I think it would be a case of twisting an arm!! (This post is really as much about pushing this thread up the page).

Mike

[Alison]

I totally missed this thread
And now it's too late for me! :cryin:
I would still love to post one if the boss allows me...Yogestee?

[yogestee]

Go on Alison,,,give us your best... :thumbsup:

Jurgen

[yogestee]

I don't know if Jurgen has asked someone to do it. I think it would be a case of twisting an arm!! (This post is really as much about pushing this thread up the page).

Mike

Mike,,I have asked mtbbrian to judge this but as yet nothing has been said...I 'spose we can extend the deadline a few weeks..

Jurgen