Weekly Photo Contest (Oct 8th - 14th)

[liljohnny51]

Rules:

1. You may only submit one photo per contest.

2. The contest runs for exactly one week, from the first time stamp of the first post in the thread (this will be made by the winner of the previous week's contest).

3. Please refrain from commenting on the photos submitted in the contest. A good photograph is one that can appeal to someone who may not know much about the technical aspects of photography, so it would be best if the judge isn't swayed by someone else's opinion of the photograph.

4. The judge will choose his/her favorite at the end of the week, place a post listing it, and include a short synopsis of why he/she chose that photo. The winner is then responsible for choosing a new topic and starting a new contest thread, which will again run for exactly one week.

This week's theme is: Pumpkins

[Nicolasdec]

Very hard topic. Should have saved it for Halloween.

[jake.f]

Not complaining but ive got no photos for this. Guess ill just wait to see what other come up with, should be interesting.

[Chappers]

Very hard topic. Should have saved it for Halloween.
Or Canadian Thanks Giving...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)

[Azdel]

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii149/zakimball/Frog-Pumpkin.jpg

[jrm27]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2972442939_61bf0a719c_o.jpg

[firewater]

Pumpkins

[flosseR]

this is the only pumpkin shot i found...

[pdxflint]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zbn1AZDn-gg/Ss8KsoQczLI/AAAAAAAAL5k/GLW3GoD67fo/s800/2006-09-22-07.16.00.JPG

Model: NIKON D50
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Focal Length: 32mm

[munkees]

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=198258&stc=1&d=1255164234

[todd2000]

I have a grand total of 3 images of pumpkins :). Here is one of them

[sleepypanda]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/4004584074_8455682aeb.jpg

[Designer Dale]

My Entry

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3329/contestz.jpg

Dale

Edit: ImageShack lost this link. It is not a double entry.

[liljohnny51]

Contest is now closed. I'll post the results tomorrow.

[jake.f]

Damn I missed it, I was going to take a photo of my Smashing Pumpkins CD and submit it, oh well.

[anubis]

Next time, can we pick a topic that isn't so narrow? I count a whopping 9 entries. That's because most people don't have a large collection of pumpkin photographs. Maybe a snapshot or two. And that's what I mostly see here: snapshots. Topics that are more general and open to a larger variety of interpretations solicit a larger number of high quality photos and make for a better contest.

Thanks.

[liljohnny51]

I know it was kinda hard but I thought it would kinda neat to see what some people could up with.

I never judged one these before so i'll give it my best! lol

3rd place goes to:pdxflint Great shot. Really liked it, But I'm just not really feeling it. Maybe if you toned down the vibrance a little bit.

2nd place: flosseR Love how you have the sparklers with the pumpkin and also how it's an all black background. Really hard for me to pick either yours or the 1st place winner. Great work!

1st place goes too: sleepypanda Great macro shot I love the contrast and just how every thing is placed. It was really hard to pick yours or flosseR. you both had great photos good work guys!

Its off to sleepypanda for next week contest. Congrats to everyone that entered this week!

[Merzie]

I was carving a small pumpkin my mother got me when she was visiting me here at purdue university (boiler up!), and I thought--- "People might think this is cute." So I arranged my desk in a way that shows my apple pride while pulling in my creativity. Apple makes everything fun.

I'll post both because they kind of tell a story...

Sorry about the bad quality (iphone 2g). But enjoy nonetheless! :)

[Chappers]

Well done sleepypanda. I only really came over to congratulate you for producing one of the good photos in this weeks party.

I do hope that the rather tight confines of the contest don't continue into the future, as it will quickly kill the contest.

[Phrasikleia]

I do hope that the rather tight confines of the contest don't continue into the future, as it will quickly kill the contest.

Open-ended, conceptual terms do tend to draw the most entries.

[sleepypanda]

Wow! Thank you. This was a really fun subject. Surprisingly there were a ton of pumpkins in Tokyo for Halloween go figure.

This being one of my first posts here and I gather I need to start a new weekly thread with a new theme. Would it be bad to ask for suggestions? I have a couple ideas. I'll start another thread Saturday morning JST. :)

[Chappers]

Wow! Thank you. This was a really fun subject. Surprisingly there were a ton of pumpkins in Tokyo for Halloween go figure.

This being my one of my first posts here and I gather I need to start a new weekly thread with a new theme. Would it be bad to ask for suggestions? I have a couple ideas. I'll start another thread Saturday morning JST. :)

No more pumpkins :D:D:D

[liljohnny51]

Wow! Thank you. This was a really fun subject. Surprisingly there were a ton of pumpkins in Tokyo for Halloween go figure.

This being my one of my first posts here and I gather I need to start a new weekly thread with a new theme. Would it be bad to ask for suggestions? I have a couple ideas. I'll start another thread Saturday morning JST. :)

god forbid dont pick anything to hard ;)

[emorydunn]

Wow! Thank you. This was a really fun subject. Surprisingly there were a ton of pumpkins in Tokyo for Halloween go figure.

This being one of my first posts here and I gather I need to start a new weekly thread with a new theme. Would it be bad to ask for suggestions? I have a couple ideas. I'll start another thread Saturday morning JST. :)

Take a look at previous topics. As has been mentioned before conceptual topics are best.

[Chappers]

god forbid dont pick anything to hard ;)

Like "Purple cars with white walled tyres with German shepherd and Dalmatian dogs on the back seat smoking cigars and reading the Times newspaper."
:o

[jbernie]

Like "Purple cars with white walled tyres with German shepherd and Dalmatian dogs on the back seat smoking cigars and reading the Times newspaper."
:o

nuts! I had the perfect photo for that ready and waiting to go.... seriously...







ok...not really :)

[deep diver]

Like "Purple cars with white walled tyres with German shepherd and Dalmatian dogs on the back seat smoking cigars and reading the Times newspaper."
:o

Damn. I've got two of those on my block but they read the Post.

[pdxflint]

Could you guys quit whining about pumpkins... holy moly! Give the guy a break...:eek: :cool: :)

The guy picked a topic he wanted, and that was his privilege since he won the previous contest... and it was fairly challenging, probably requiring most folks to actually go shoot something pumpkin related, since, like me, they probably didn't have much in the archives.

To the winner: Pick any topic you want. That's the challenge. Heck, in the fortnight challenge they've resorted to picking the latest word of the day as the topic... and it does make it challenging, but sometimes a bit odd. Challenge your entrants. If they don't already have a "winning" shot that fits the topic, maybe they can actually get their cameras out and go create one...
or they can wait until the next contest (a week.)

The contest will not die because only a few entrants participate on a given week, but it might die if the spirit of it goes away, and new people start feeling like they've got to please the old guard. I once had a topic which I though about long and hard, thinking it had lots of possiblities, "technology in our world" and only had a handful of entrants... I even suggested approaches folks could think about with the topic, to open up the creative brain storming. I expected tons of entries, but that didn't happen. I think it was too much for lots of people who just wanted to show a picture and get some feedback, and not have to think about it that much.

I'd say to just not overthink it. Go with your gut, and choose your topic. It'll either attract lots of entries, or it won't. But, it's your contest this week. And hopefully, I can come up with something to add to it... but... no promises. ;)

[Chappers]

Could you guys quit whining about pumpkins... holy moly! Give the guy a break...:eek: :cool: :)

The guy picked a topic he wanted, and that was his privilege since he won the previous contest... and it was fairly challenging, probably requiring most folks to actually go shoot something pumpkin related, since, like me, they probably didn't have much in the archives.

To the winner: Pick any topic you want. That's the challenge. Heck, in the fortnight challenge they've resorted to picking the latest word of the day as the topic... and it does make it challenging, but sometimes a bit odd. Challenge your entrants. If they don't already have a "winning" shot that fits the topic, maybe they can actually get their cameras out and go create one...

;)
I don't want to get into an argument as I greatly respect you but I think a light hearted whinge is all it was and I reserve my right to an opinion. I always try and support the contest every week but we don't see pumpkins where I'm at so it would be a bit tough to get out and actually shoot something pumpkin related.

PS - The Fortnightly challenge didn't "resort" to anything. Someone had the idea of "word of the day" people liked it and it stayed. However when the "word" topic appears to be difficult an alternative is offered up. So we can have more than one theme running.

When your choice of photo contest "Technology of the world" wasn't a hit - it was a surprise - its such a diverse topic. However, when "Pumpkins" was chosen, it came as no real surprise to see so few join up. Very nice shot by you by the way.

[pdxflint]

I don't want to get into an argument as I greatly respect you but I think a light hearted whinge is all it was and I reserve my right to an opinion. I always try and support the contest every week but we don't see pumpkins where I'm at so it would be a bit tough to get out and actually shoot something pumpkin related.

PS - The Fortnightly challenge didn't "resort" to anything. Someone had the idea of "word of the day" people liked it and it stayed. However when the "word" topic appears to be difficult an alternative is offered up. So we can have more than one theme running.

When your choice of photo contest "Technology of the world" wasn't a hit - it was a surprise - its such a diverse topic. However, when "Pumpkins" was chosen, it came as no real surprise to see so few join up. Very nice shot by you by the way.

Hi Chappers... dang, that's the thing about posting on a forum... sometimes the slight tongue in cheek is a bit hard to convey... I was just taking up for the guy a little bit cause it seemed folks were picking on him a bit - although I admit I wasn't too excited about the topic myself.

Sometimes I'd be better off if I didn't hit "submit reply" as it can come across too blunt, perhaps, when I don't really mean it that way. I have the greatest respect for you, and just about everyone else here on this forum who contributes regularly, and for the second time today, I offer my apology if I came across a bit rude. It certainly wasn't meant in anything but the spirit of brotherhood (the sense that with friends you can maybe say what's on your mind without it affecting your real feelings for them... maybe I was a bit clumsy there :o ,) and perhaps to offer a little support to a fairly new member to keep him from being discouraged about continuing his participation.

Anyway, I respect where you're coming from, and always believe you should not only feel free to express your opinion, but you should do just that.
Cheers, and no personal offense meant... :) -phil

[Chappers]

Cheers, and no personal offense meant... :) -phil

Me too. I should probably have put a few smilies on my post to make my whinging obviously light-hearted. The Aussies don't call us whinging Poms for nothing you know:D:D:D