March Photo Contest - Water

[.:RDriver]

The monthly contest will continue this month.

As a reminder, please do not enter the contest unless you have an idea for a topic next month. Many winners have said "I didnt expect to win so I'm not sure what I should do for a topic." Have it in your head already or DO NOT enter the contest because if you win you MUST come up with something.

I must receive an IM with the new topic at the beginning of the month. I will not start the new month till I have that topic IMed to me so please make sure you do this. If you're traveling or going to be unavailable at the time the contest ends, make sure you give me an IM before then or make sure someone else can contact me.

These rules arent hard, please be prepared if you are going to participate.

Whatever the winner wants the topic to be, that is it. Do not start polls or have questions about what would be good. Send me the topic so we can move forward...period.

I dont have the time to watch over or organize this, however, I will post the sticky for each assignment. You guys must self regulate and come up with your own ideas.

At the end of the month, the winner will choose the new topic and let me know via IM or email (jimmy@speedarena.com) and I will update the assignment thread.

Please note that from March till October I am extremely busy and travel a lot so there may be times where I will not be able to hold perfectly to the schedule getting things posted, please bear with me, I'll do my best.

If this becomes a problem, or too much babysitting is involved, I'll unsticky it and you guys will be on your own. Please report any problems or issues directly to me, keep all assignment related questions to the person in charge that month.

Rules

1. Photo must be taken DURING the assignment time period. That means shot after the first posting of the assignment and before the deadline. This encourages you to go out and shoot with the assignment in mind. Please keep exif intact so that others can see it. If you use a host that does not retain the exif, please link back to the original photo at the host site. Do not use "save for web" to save images as that strips the exif info, use the regular "save as" command to insure it remains intact.

2. Basic Photoshop/editing is allowed (levels, exposure, saturation, sharpening, etc), but no complete altering of the photo/subject, as in, no fake blurs, no HDR, no dropping one subject into a different background, that kind of stuff. Converting to B&W and selective color is ok.

3. No borders or frames on the photos. This tends to detract from or unfairly add to a photo and the judging is on the photo itself, not how nicely you can present it.

4. No nudity, illegal activity, implied illegal activity, or anything else that would normally not be allowed in this forum should be posted.

5. Post entries in this thread, do not make a separate thread for each entry. You have until midnight PST on Sunday March 23rd to post your entry.

6. The assignment thread is for posting photos ONLY, no discussion until voting starts and all ideas/questions should be directed to the person who is in charge of the assignment that month.

7. On the 24th, use THIS thread to post critiques and who you think the winner should be. Until a better alternative is found, the person in charge of the month will tally the votes and declare a winner. Any entry deemed NOT on topic may be left out of the poll at the discretion of person in charge of month. Voting will last till the last day of the month when a winner will be chosen and the new assignment will start. So you should be ready to take over for the next month and have a topic in mind that you can send to me immediately.

Everyone is encouraged to participate regardless of skill level. With or without an SLR. It will help you grow as a photographer to see how others perspectives on a similar subject.

Person in charge this month is gsusmaniac.

Water is the topic for this month. Do with it what you will.

Previous topics have been:

april- reflections
may- life's simple pleasures
june- landscapes
july- industry
August - Solitude
September - City Life
October - Silhouettes
November - no contest
December - Holidays
January - Music
February - Motion

Please be prepared to choose something new if you win.

Enjoy


Modified by .:RDriver at 6:12 PM 2/29/2008

[Twelvizm]

Fine, I'll be first and break the ice. There's no EXIF because this is a composite.

Water is in snow form. And, the glacier that is being ridden on, supplies the water to my city.

[NIKONMAN]

so basic photoshop editing I can send in composites then??

[synthsis]

Quote, originally posted by NIKONMAN »

so basic photoshop editing I can send in composites then??

yea, that composite isn't going to fly in the end. but it's early enough that he can resubmit another shot in it's place.

[Huckvw]

I'll try...it's some dumping site at an abandoned mining facility. The white sign across the lake says "DANGER CHEMICALS" and the orange rocks were directly beneath a drainage pipe.



Modified by Huckvw at 1:14 PM 3-4-2008

[vwgilly]

[laurenexclusive]

Quote, originally posted by vwgilly »

mmmm water.. =]

[H. Stark]

snow = water ??

[gsusmaniac]

Well heres my submission for the month...got the 55-200 VR from the wife for our anniversary.

[onelowdub82]

here's my submission: small water fall @ Beltzville State Park, PA

[tachycardia]

Milford Sound, South Island, NZ.

Edit: not taken this month - dq'd.

Modified by tachycardia at 8:53 PM 3-8-2008


Modified by tachycardia at 8:22 PM 3-10-2008

[Motorwerks]

Prolly wont win took this yesterday. They are in front of water Ying is drinking water, and we were all soaked from riding

[fastGTI4u]

on my vacation

[kaylexty]

im still learning so i probably wont win but heres my shot

[phiberglass]

I'll have to go take some pictures.

[fazed1]

Quote, originally posted by 89glwiththat »

snow = water ??

yeah, well an inch of rain is equal to 10 inches of snow.

[WhiteAudi]

not taken this month so I dont qualify to enter but I want to share anyways.

[JUSTINCASE1021]

[vwgilly]

Is that the Blackstone? I'm moving back to RI this summer. RI is much more photogenic than FL, IMO.

[OWENthatsmyname]

Modified by OWENthatsmyname at 8:31 AM 3-14-2008

[skatingzooyork]

Here is my submission for the month:

* I just realized I didn't shoot this in RAW! Flickr does show the date taken as 3/2/08 which is true.

Modified by skatingzooyork at 10:28 AM 3-21-2008

[gsusmaniac]

I shoot all mine in JPEG.

[skatingzooyork]

Quote, originally posted by gsusmaniac »

I shoot all mine in JPEG.

Quote, originally posted by .:RDriver »

Person in charge this month is gsusmaniac.

Well then I guess I won't worry. Thanks

[enim]

Bigger sizes in my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24096159@N07/

Modified by enim at 12:02 PM 3-17-2008

[skatingzooyork]

Modified by skatingzooyork at 10:30 AM 3-21-2008

[ZFrizl]

Just got my Rebel XT and thought I'd try my hand at it. Pretty mundane shot but its a start!

[mod_589]

Oregon Coast sunset taken a few weeks ago. My first DSLR. I'm still learning.

Modified by mod_589 at 2:58 PM 3-18-2008


Modified by mod_589 at 3:01 PM 3-18-2008

[vwgilly]

Quote, originally posted by mod_589 »

Oregon Coast sunset taken a few weeks ago. My first DSLR. I'm still learning.

Do you have a tripod? That would have made the shot a little better in about five minutes after that photo was shot, IMO. I keep trying to get to the east coast before sunup, because the light is fantastic right before sunup/after sundown, but alas I am too busy sleeping!

[mod_589]

No tripod, it's on my list of things to buy though.

[NIKONMAN]

My Banana Tree,life is great in Florida.

[2002_Turbo]

[GTIFreak_]

Here's mine for the month:

The Sutro Bath ruins in infrared:

[Eedubz]

hope this counts, theres water in the pic i guess

[INDAHAUS]

Took this at my moms place yesterday. The icicles were forming with feet that kind of looked like webbed duck feet. It was really cool. Rotated, cropped with a slight bump in saturation

[stripethree]

From yesterday, Seven Falls in Sabino Canyon.