Photo Contest - Things That Go Bump In The Night (5/16-5/24)

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The current photo contest invites submissions based on the theme "Things That Go Bump In the Night," requiring night shots taken outdoors. Participants must adhere to specific rules, including submitting only one photo per member, resizing images to 650 x 490 pixels, and avoiding extensive editing—only cropping and watermarking are allowed. Flash usage is permitted, and twilight is accepted as part of the night theme. Photos must be original works, and once submitted, they cannot be reused in future contests. The contest will culminate in a voting process to determine the best entry. Participants are encouraged to share tips on capturing night shots, including using tripods and manual settings for better exposure. The discussion also highlights the importance of following the contest rules to maintain fairness and enjoyment among participants.
  • #31
It took me sometime to realize that I had an entry for this contest.

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That is a 15 sec exposure of an http://www.satobs.org/iridium.html" . This one was as bright as flares can get - nearly 40 times brighter than Venus and a 100 times brighter than Jupiter at their brightest.

The star that you see to the bottom right is Canopus, the second brightest in the night sky.
 
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  • #32
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Zz.
 
  • #33
neutrino said:
It took me sometime to realize that I had an entry for this contest.

That is a 15 sec exposure of an http://www.satobs.org/iridium.html" . This one was as bright as flares can get - nearly 40 times brighter than Venus and a 100 times brighter than Jupiter at their brightest.

The star that you see to the bottom right is Canopus, the second brightest in the night sky.

What game is that? :)
 
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  • #34
http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/6/3/3/1044336.jpg

Please note, I did not take this foto. I just thought it was amazing and wanted to share it. :wink:

(Feel free to delete this post if you want to Zz)
 
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  • #35
I will let it stand for now, but please keep all photo submission in this thread to be relevant only to the contest. If not, it will just make my task a bit more difficult, and I've already screwed up one polling thread as it is already.

Zz.
 
  • #36
Thanks Zz, I have the perfect church to foto, but no camera :frown:
 
  • #37
ToxicBug and Zz's are the best now. Zz's is so good good—you can see fine detail. However ToixicBug's is quite pleasingly artistic.
 
  • #38
Er... russ, if you're going to submit something to our contest, you'll (i) have to pick just one and (ii) have it uploaded to one of the photo server. I'm not accepting attachments.

Zz.
 
  • #39
D'oh, sorry. Perhaps I should start reading the rules... I'll fix it.
 
  • #40
http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/wolf.JPG

Pumpkin
 
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  • #41
You didn't take this picture yourself, did you?
 
  • #42
Integral said:
http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/wolf.JPG

Pumpkin
OOOH! Cool! Did you carve that design?
 
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  • #43
What is that?
 
  • #44
heartless said:
What is that?

...Erm, mine?
 
  • #45
yeah, your's. I'm not able to recognize the mysterious object therefore I need to ask. I'd be glad to know about it. :)
 
  • #46
It's a streetlamp that sits outside my house. :) Not that interesting, I must say.
 
  • #47
I like it. It's quite interesting to me. I have a strange feeling looking at it. I inverted its colors in Gimp, it also looks cool the other way.
 
  • #48
Thanks! :) I took two, but I really liked the color in that one, it seems almost surreal.
 
  • #49
ZapperZ said:
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.

So I don't think that's allowed... I don't really care though.
 
  • #50
I figure that modification means putting it in photoshop and giving a bird a third eye... wouldn't it?
 
  • #51
If you took the picture using a setting that's available with your camera, then that's perfectly OK. The only thing that's prohibited is akin to "post processing", i.e. modifying your picture using Photoshop, etc.

Zz.
 
  • #52
Integral said:
http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/wolf.JPG

Pumpkin
First thing on seeing that picture I saw was the fence. Puzzles me.. :confused:
 
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  • #53
Math Is Hard said:
OOOH! Cool! Did you carve that design?

My wife did that one.
 
  • #54
Mk said:
First thing on seeing that picture I saw was the fence. Puzzles me.. :confused:
What is puzzling? The pumpkin is sitting on my deck, in the near back ground is the deck railing, the top of my fence is silhouetted in the far back ground.
 
  • #55
Integral said:
My wife did that one.
Amazing work! :approve:

I failed to notice the wolf (or whichever animal it is) for a long time. :bugeye:
 
  • #56
ZapperZ said:
If you took the picture using a setting that's available with your camera, then that's perfectly OK. The only thing that's prohibited is akin to "post processing", i.e. modifying your picture using Photoshop, etc.

Zz.
Actually, the camera does post-processing also. I can set mine to bump up the sharpness, saturation, and contrast, as well as the white balance is post processing of course! So that negative feature that he has, that's post-processing, only its done by the camera and not a software application. Just so you know :)
 
  • #57
I think everyone here is aware of the "spirit" of this contest - which is more of a composition/subject matter rather than "look, I can get special effects in my photograph". In the end, I can't police such a thing and I leave it up to the voting members if a photo has more to do with the skill of the photographer or the skill of digital manipulation.

Zz.
 
  • #58
Since I don't have any skill, am I authorized to use cheesy special effects?
 
  • #59
Ivan Seeking said:
Since I don't have any skill, am I authorized to use cheesy special effects?

Nope... because it'll just make your picture looks... er ... cheesy.

I'd say that it is safe to assume that most of us here are not professional photographers (I certain am not). I can easly make sure of that by including a "no professional photographers" in the contest rule. But at some point, all of this will start becoming tedious and no longer fun. That is not what this whole contest is about.

Zz.
 
  • #60
I plan to try for something nearly every week. Every now and again I manage a good shot.

I hope this continues. It's fun.
 

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