Disqualified in the photo contest

[Astronuc]

Some *outdoors* work done yesterday, playing with that camera at standard to wide angle:
36mm SLR equivalent (raw picture, no photoshopping):

Nette Bilder von der Burg Hohenzollern

 

[Andre]

Okay, well the test reports I read weren't very mild on my camery, this was moderate and that was wrong and the others were much better in this and that. But one thing made up for all of that. The absolute superior lens, which is THE top brand. And that's what counts the most. Incredible that this camera is also about the cheapest of its sort. It's the Panasonic FZ8 with 12x zoom (6-72mm). It's bigger brother the FZ18 with 18x zoom was second on the short list. Size and weight were decisive here if it is to fit in a small bag.

 

[matthyaouw]

A couple of photos I didn't enter in the statues contest:

Memorial in Holy Trinity Church.

The Guildhall, Hull.

 

[Math Jeans]

I have some really cute pictures of my cats but I can't find the time to find them, get them on a computer, email them to my laptop, and make a photobucket account.

And I work at home too!

EDIT: I found them!

The black one is Chocolate, and the grey/black one is Mocha.

 

[moe darklight]

awwwww

 

[hypatia]

That is very cute, they must be BFF !

 

[Ivan Seeking]

awwwww, cute kitties. It is always great when they bond like that.

 

[Math Jeans]

Yey! That was the first time I successfully posted pictures on a forum!

EDIT: That was the first time I've posted one of MY picture on a forum!

 

[Andre]

Disqualified for the orange contest:

Waiting for the butterfly contest.

 

[matthyaouw]

Love the second to last picture Andre!

Some extras from the 6 feet under contest:

 

[turbo]

Here is one that I almost entered in the Animal Instinct contest. It's an assassin bug - capable of killing big beetles, bees, etc. I've seen a bigger one in the garden (slightly different appearance) but didn't have a camera at the time.

Edit: this guy is about 2 to 2-1/2" long and I've seen these guys lugging off bumblebees, so they have some incredible lift capacity. I don't know much about them, but the little pale "flapper" you see on this side may be a vestigial wing, and the big hump on its back may be the real motor-power required to lug off its prey.

 

[Math Jeans]

I've never seen a dragonfly that upclose before.

 

[turbo]

It's not a dragonfly. It's an assassin bug with a (retracted in the image) piercing mouth that can penetrate its victim and suck out the juices. The fact that this rascal can fly out of my garden with a bee in its clutches is pretty good testimony to its stealth and power.

 

[Math Jeans]

Oh ya. I guess dragonflies don't usually have a large (to the bugs) spike.

I had to look up some pictures for that one .

 

[glondor]

here is a link to my photobucket, It has the remainder of shots from the chinese lantern festival in T.O.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v697/23224/

 

[matthyaouw]

Missed the halloween contest deadline by about an hour. I didn't have any pumpkins to hand so I improvised.

 

[Moonbear]

Missed the halloween contest deadline by about an hour. I didn't have any pumpkins to hand so I improvised.

What is it? At first I thought you'd carved up an apple, which would be really impressive, but then it looks like there's a thicker stem, so maybe it's some sort of squash? I like that idea of doing jack-o-lanterns out of things other than pumpkins! Maybe too small to light the inside, but could still make a nifty day-time display!

 

[matthyaouw]

It is an apple, it's just got a bit of a funny stem. I tried lighting a candle in it, but with the top on there's not enough airflow and it goes out pretty promptly, right after it's done nearly setting fire to the apple.

 

[Moonbear]

It is an apple, it's just got a bit of a funny stem. I tried lighting a candle in it, but with the top on there's not enough airflow and it goes out pretty promptly, right after it's done nearly setting fire to the apple.

Maybe a little stump of birthday candle would work in it. That's pretty clever to carve it out of an apple. *thinks about the bushels of apples in the fridge and garage*

 

[matthyaouw]

You should make one! I supect it won't be long til it will go brown and sag into a mushy heap, but it was fun for a short while.

 

[Borek]

These were prepared for the "well beaten path" contest.

 

[Evo]

I would have loved to have submitted this for the "Autumn/Fall thread, but my friend Twisting_Edge took it. It's the view from his kitchen window.

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/3674/windowjh9.jpg

 

[Andre]

For the threesome thread I totally forgot about this picture made last year:

 

[hypatia]

What sweet faces these birdies have. Nice shot.

 

[Evo]

The birdies are adorable Andre.

 

[turbo]

Here's a baby phoebe on its very first outing. A short trip from the nest under my deck to the deck itself. Its parents were freaking out, and it moved to a nearby branch to get fed.

 

[Borek]

Churches and the like:

 

[turbo]

And here is a view of the north side of the church I entered in the contest, showing the cylindrical annex with its semi-conical roof.

 

[Borek]

IMHO Moody Chapel looks much more interesting from the other side (no wonder you have used the other picture for the contest). It is just boring here.

 

[Borek]

For the farmyard animals:

No kids, but cute But that would be third horse picture, as if the horses were the only animals. What about pigs?

And swallows? (no idea if this is european, or african one):

 

[Moonbear]

I can't even enter the farmyard animals thread, even though I have plenty of photos...because I can't remember which ones I've already used, and others I've already edited and didn't save originals.

 

[matthyaouw]

I wanted to enter this, but haven't a clue if I have done already.

 

[Andre]

I wasn't sure if geese would count as farm animals:

Sorry Gus, it looks as if that contact lens of yours is a goner.

 

[turbo]

Here is the vase that I entered in the photo contest today. It has wonderful colors, with an acid-etched surface, and an unpolished pontil. It is less than 4" tall, so it's pretty tiny.

 

[Redbelly98]

And swallows? (no idea if this is european, or african one):

African swallows are non-migratory.

 

[Andre]

This is the gadget that I took a smaller part of on the left side for the unusual picture.

I realize that this Christmas ball sized piece of glass is rather unusual too but I thought it better to use a fragment of it for aesthetical reasons

 

[Borek]

Right decision IMHO, I find this fragment more interesting than the whole thing.

 

[Andre]

Actually, considering the physical limitations of glass-blowing, it's amazing how to get such an ornament into a glass bulb.

Anyway, these were disqualified for this weeks fog contest, all made on the same location:

 

[Borek]

Browsing my trees...

I like first for its treelikeness, but it has ugly colors. Second one was taken in the same fog that helped me won an earlier fog contest. Third and fourth are much better in color.

 

[Redbelly98]

Browsing my trees...

I especially like the one in the fog.
Was the 4th picture taken with a polarizer? It's such a nice shade of blue.

 

[Borek]

Was the 4th picture taken with a polarizer? It's such a nice shade of blue.

Quite possible, but I don't remember.

This is scanned negative, no idea how the color was corrected.

 

[GeorginaS]

Yes, absolutely I love the fog tree.

 

[rewebster]

Borek--your photos reminded me of this Pairpoint (reverse painted) lamp:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260545037246&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016

 

[lisab]

Yes, absolutely I love the fog tree.

I must be extra tired...I scrolled back, looking for the frog...

 

[Gokul43201]

Too late for the contest, so I'll put them here - a small sampling from my collection of tree pictures. Besides, I wouldn't have been able to decide which one to use.

 

[Gokul43201]

These pictures didn't make the final cut (or rather, were randomly ruled out) for the Framing contest.

1. This is a picture taken from inside a tiny cave below the "Diving Board" - a rock ledge at the top of a 1000ft cliff face on Half Dome Mountain, in Yosemite National Park, CA. See smaller pictures for location.

Location:

2. This picture - looking towards Vernal Falls, from a wooden bridge across the Merced River - was also taken in Yosemite.

3. I like this picture because it is naturally framed by the background and the contrast provided by the shade from the trees, rather than by an object in the foreground. It was taken at the base of Mt Moosilauke, in New Hampshire.

 

[Gokul43201]

Borek's thread of pictures from Białowieża reminded me of another picture I had that would've been suitable for the 'Framing' contest:

It is a rather hurried picture taken in some nearby woods, during an Orienteering competition.