PF PHOTO CONTEST - Icons (10/18-10/24)

ZapperZ

Please note that if you want to submit this for the contest, you HAVE to upload it to one of the photo upload services such as Imageshack or Photobucket, and then use the IMG command to display the image here.

Zz.

larkspur

The first thing that comes to my mind when I see a buff guy in a loin cloth spinning a lit torch is...............err...uhmm.....well the Second thing that comes to my mind when I see a buff guy in a loincloth spinning a lit torch is Hawaii! So here is my photo of an icon of Hawaiian culture

fourier jr

it's not supposed to be a guessing game.... but i would guess buenos aires?

ZapperZ

I actually have TWO icons in one picture. :)

The first, in the foreground, is the famous "Chicago" sign in front of the Chicago Theater. The second, in the background, is Marina City, where the famous car chase scene in Bullitt staring Steve McQueen was filmed.



Zz.

larkspur

That would be a really cool shot if you took it right after sunset with the sign lit up and the sky dark blue but not yet black!

Moonbear

Okay, this is all I've got, so I hope it fits the theme. The tree tops are in Central Park in NY. The photo was taken from on top of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (there's an outdoor patio). If this doesn't qualify, I'll retract the entry. I have one with some more recognizable buildings (not that I know what they are), but I just liked the clouds better in this one.

ZapperZ

It qualifies, Moonbie.

Zz.

hypnagogue

Cyrus

This is all I have for now. If I have time to take a better picture this weekend I'll try, but I dont think its going to happen


(The pencil)

What camera are you using Zz? A Nikon SLR?

Integral

Well, I ran into real troubles with this theme, I have no "Icon" pics in my digital collection. I dug back into the scans of my OLD slides. Then I was confronted with to many options. I figured the pic of me standing in front of the Parthenon was disqualified by my presence, the leaning tower shots are good, I have good shot of the statue of liberty, and the liberty bell. Trouble is, they are all scans of 30yr old slides, so the quality is low. I settled on this one just because it is a unreproducible shot, in this day and age. This pic was taken just a few months before the statue was damaged by a tourist with a hammer.



Yes the quality is low, consider that it is a handheld, availble light pic.

ZapperZ

SLR? I'm not THAT high class! :)

No, no SLR for me. All my cameras must fit in my pocket, so I have one of those small, ultracompact cameras. The one that I'm currently using now is Canon Powershot DigitalElph SD500, 7.1 megapixels.

On a separate note, I'm was truly hoping members from other parts of the world to submit pictures in this contest. While I love seeing "familar" pictures, I was really looking forward to seeing pictures from parts not often heard or seen on here. Don't we have members from India, China, Singapore, various nations in South America, Middle East, etc... ? If you are someone from these parts, consider this as a direct invitation to submit a picture. It doesn't have to be of high quality to win. What is more important is to get your view of where you are or where you came from.

Zz.

GeoMike

This is far from exotic/foreign, but it is an icon:

Portland Headlight House, Cape Elizabeth, ME:


It is said to be the most photographed lighthouse in the world (you see it on thousands of lighthouse themed products).

-GeoMike-

larkspur

It has my vote!

Integral

Nice ligthhouse but we have a disagreement about "most photgraphed"
According to this page Oregon's Hecta Head Ligthhouse is in running for this honor.

And yes I am holding my Hecta Head pic for a future Photo contest!

GeoMike

Could be! It seems like every popular lighthouse is touted as the "most photographed lighthouse"
(Tourism departments love subjective and unverifiable superlative claims!)

Regardless of which actually holds the honor (if either), one thing is undeniable: both are beautiful lighthouses!
-GeoMike-

Integral

How do you suppose one would actually measure something like "most photographed"?

Hecta Head is visible from Highway 101 without haveing to even stop, so there are a lot of people driving by every day of the year. But who can even guess at how many take a pic?

ZapperZ

Two days left for you to submit a picture for this contest. Let's see something that will knock our socks off!

:)

Zz.