Photo Contest - I'm Ready For My Closeup, Mr. DeMille (8/23-8/30)

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around a photo contest themed "close-up pictures," where participants share their close-up photographs and discuss their submissions. The scope includes artistic expression, photography techniques, and personal anecdotes related to capturing close-up images.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • Participants share various close-up photographs, including images of pets, nature, and personal moments, highlighting the theme of the contest.
  • Some participants express challenges in capturing close-up images, particularly of moving subjects like kittens.
  • There are discussions about the technical aspects of photography, such as camera settings and the difficulties of action photography.
  • One participant mentions the need to adhere to contest rules regarding photo size and editing, prompting reminders from others.
  • Several participants comment on each other's photos, offering praise and discussing the merits of different submissions.
  • There is a playful competition among participants regarding who might receive more votes based on their submissions.
  • Some participants express uncertainty about identifying specific plants or insects in their photos, inviting others to contribute their knowledge.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the contest rules and the theme of close-up photography. However, there are multiple competing views regarding the best submissions, and the discussion remains unresolved as to which photo might be favored in voting.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the identification of subjects in their photos, and there are mentions of technical limitations related to camera equipment and settings that affect photo quality.

Who May Find This Useful

Photography enthusiasts, participants in online contests, and individuals interested in close-up photography techniques may find this discussion useful.

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I'm Ready For My Closeup, Mr. DeMille!

This week's theme is all about close-up pictures. If you've used the close-up macro on your camera, then that picture qualifies. However, your picture need not be taken only using this function. Any picture that is a closeup of, or up close to, an object or a subject is accepted. The close-up subject must be the main focus and occupies the majority of your picture.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a grey area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 650 x 490 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. But other than that, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. These pictures must be something that you took, not something taken off someone else's photo albums or taken by someone else. I have no way of checking if you did this, so we'll go by the honor system.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread.

Zz.
 
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"e' string" (standard tuning) :smile:

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5780/guitaroa4.jpg
 
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Alright, I have learned my lesson, my bridge pic, which I choose because it was "different" turned out to be like its subject.. a loser... so... Think cute.
http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Ricochet/Meja.JPG

Sleepy pup.
 
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http://www.mcschell.com/rose_small.jpg

-GeoMike-
 
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Bumble bee in Morning Glory

http://home.comcast.net/~larkspur2020/beebutt2.jpg
 
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cat's curiosity.

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5483/p1010006md2.jpg

cat's curiosity.
 
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GeoMike said:
http://www.mcschell.com/rose_small.jpg

-GeoMike-


Beautiful shot! GeoMike is tough competition.
 
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I too have learned that when all else fails, cute kittens always get at least a few votes! :biggrin:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8344/emberun2.jpg

Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a close up photo of a moving kitten?!
 
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Moonbear said:
I too have learned that when all else fails, cute kittens always get at least a few votes! :biggrin:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8344/emberun2.jpg

Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a close up photo of a moving kitten?!

Which was harder, holding her down to put on that eye liner or taking the picture?:biggrin:
What a pretty kitten!:smile:
 
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Considering the eyeliner is only on one eye, I'll let you decide. :biggrin:

If I could reach the camera now, I could get one of her lying still...she's stretched out in my arm sleeping. Tough typing one handed!
 
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My daughter Danielle at age 2 (She turns 19 and starts college next month.)

http://home.earthlink.net/~parvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/dani.jpg
 
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http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7107/gas1ik1.jpg

gas puddle
 
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Here is a Waspy thing on some plant I have in my garden I took 5 minutes ago for this very competition. Excuse my lack of knowledge about natury things but perhaps all the guys and gals on here would have fun working out what the little flying thing is and what plant its sitting on is :wink::smile:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9569/waspything3lj9.jpg
 
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Hover-fly aka wasp-fly. Not a wasp
 
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Andre said:
Hover-fly aka wasp-fly. Not a wasp
there's the animal now anybody any guesses about the plant? (Astronuc I'm looking at you.)
 
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hypnagogue said:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7107/gas1ik1.jpg

gas puddle

:eek: cannot compete with that!
 
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Kurdt said:
there's the animal now anybody any guesses about the plant? (Astronuc I'm looking at you.)
Some form of Allium?
 
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Fly sitting on my pond
 
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Swerve... did you intentionally post that pic thinking that this was a physics forum and that the oil looked a little like the mandlebrot set? Very well done if you did, nice picture if you didn't :)
 
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I wish I had a pond.
 
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Molydood said:
Fly sitting on my pond

Please read the contest rules, especially #2. Please modify the size or it will not appear in the voting thread.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 650 x 490 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. But other than that, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

Zz.
 
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the gas puddle owns. heh, it looks like that "yin and yeng" sign.
 
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0TheSwerve0 said:
:eek: cannot compete with that!

yeah, I know where my votes going so far, fluid dynamics induce erotica
 
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Taken through an open window from a distance of about a foot. This guy is the alpha male of this year's brood of ruby-throated hummingbirds, and he won't have adult coloration until next year's visit. Nevertheless, he acts the bully and aggressively defends this feeder. MINE!

These guys are so fast that I got about 40 pictures of an empty feeder and only 3-4 decent shots of the birds. Their stops at the feeder are very brief, and my Olympus C-3040 has an unacceptably long delay after pushing the shutter before it takes a shot. Don't get one of these cameras if you want to do action photography.

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/4464/hummingbirdpe7.jpg
 
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turbo-1 said:
Taken through an open window from a distance of about a foot. This guy is the alpha male of this year's brood of ruby-throated hummingbirds, and he won't have adult coloration until next year's visit. Nevertheless, he acts the bully and aggressively defends this feeder. MINE!

These guys are so fast that I got about 40 pictures of an empty feeder and only 3-4 decent shots of the birds. Their stops at the feeder are very brief, and my Olympus C-3040 has an unacceptably long delay after pushing the shutter before it takes a shot. Don't get one of these cameras if you want to do action photography.

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/4464/hummingbirdpe7.jpg

excellent photo!

I like the fly on a pond too.
 
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rocketboy said:
excellent photo!
Thanks. Since the background was very bright and the feeder is in shade, I had to use flash to fill in the shadows. These brave little guys didn't care - they acted like it was no problem. I got a couple of good shots of this guy because it's HIS feeder. The other birds are tougher to photograph because they make brief hit-and-run raids on the feeder until he chases them off. He's the only one that actually perches and takes his time drinking the sugar-water, except for one mature female that he tolerates - I think it's his mother.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Please read the contest rules, especially #2. Please modify the size or it will not appear in the voting thread.



Zz.

apologies; now corrected.
 
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http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6479/plantnf3.jpg
 
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Nice shot, detta. I don't know the fname of that stuff, but it is VERY fragrant when you crush it in your fingers.
 
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Turbo...We have a few feeders in our yard including one on a window. I have been trying for a couple of years to get that shot. Nice pic indeed. My Nikon has the same problems with shutter delay as well.
 

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