June Photo Contest - Refreshing

[.: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 June 22nd 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 23rd, 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 Infranippies.

Refreshing 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
March - Water
April - Rust
May - A bug's life

Please be prepared to choose something new if you win.

Enjoy

[Stetr24vw]

Modified by iDub 1.8Weee at 7:47 AM 6-9-2008

[ChubbaDub]

PBR & Jaegar

[INDAHAUS]

Taken Saturday June 7th

[pope66682]

Quote, originally posted by ChubbaDub »

PBR & Jaegar

The 2 nastiest things ever... cool coloring in the pic though

[ChubbaDub]

Quote, originally posted by ChubbaDub »

PBR & Jaegar The 2 nastiest things ever... cool coloring in the pic though

Thats what my buddy was drinkin....I was having an IPA but that pic didn't turn out as good.


Modified by ChubbaDub at 8:59 PM 6-12-2008

[synthsis]

Quote, originally posted by pope66682 »

The 2 nastiest things ever... cool coloring in the pic though

that's a rockabilly staple right there.

and the shot of the ice cube melting is excellent, I think it's safe to say we have an early leader

[SwinginChad]

couldnt sleep, 3am photoshoot results:

[sstratto]

[Huckvw]

it was so comfy too...

[breane24]

Huck - Could I see more pictures of her wrist? I'm thinking about my next tattoo potentionally being there or my back.

Would people mind if I use a photo NOT from the time period since my camera has a crap load of dust in the sensor. And it would take forever and a day to use the heal tool on it?

LMk.


Modified by breane24 at 8:22 AM 6-13-2008

[breane24]

Nah, I'll take one picture with my dirty sensor and show you. It wouldn't be able to be looked past. Trust me on this one. I think I may need a mirror replacement as well.

[1bar]

i think the rules are posted at the top it its stated this is not a conversation thread please pm eachother.

Thanks 1bar

[3mRoccoBoy]

The view from my hotel on Waikiki beach

[chefbartman]

[bartlett608]

The rain these clouds brought today was very refreshing:
(zero editing, straight from the camera)



Modified by bartlett608 at 11:39 PM 6-16-2008

[elias]

it was like 100 outside...so refreshing

[turbomonkeyexpress]

Taking a break from the texas heat

Modified by turbomonkeyexpress at 12:22 AM 6-18-2008

[Gundem]

INDAHAUS ... your shot is too good.

i will beat that...JUST WAIT!

[INDAHAUS]

Quote, originally posted by Gundem »

INDAHAUS ... your shot is too good. i will beat that...JUST WAIT!

Common now... its not a competition.... Oh wait, nevermind lol

[Gundem]

i'm hoping these are the pictures that people actually take, not find on internet.

[turbomonkeyexpress]

Well, i took the wet VW pic yesterday. feel free to see the rest of my pix in my build thread:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3860674

INDAHOUSE... that pic is really nice!

[bartlett608]

I took my picture too.

[sstratto]

i took mine as well thats my girlfriend and her bestfriend

[Gundem]

good. btw No HDR should be allowed XD

[INDAHAUS]

Quote, originally posted by turbomonkeyexpress »

INDAHOUSE... that pic is really nice!

Thanks! Can't take all the credit. Gotta thank my gf too for being patient with 2 hours of ice cubes. Shes a trooper and i love'r. Theres a couple more from that shoot on my flickr

[thatskinnykid]

Sick shot INSAHAUS! Sorry I haven't been around much lately. My computer took a crap so I'm adjusting to the MAC world. I'll probably be ready to go next month!

[turbomonkeyexpress]

Quote, originally posted by INDAHAUS »

Thanks! Can't take all the credit. Gotta thank my gf too for being patient with 2 hours of ice cubes. Shes a trooper and i love'r. Theres a couple more from that shoot on my flickr

Sometimes it takes 2+ hours to finally nab that perfect shot.... im sure you had one or two where the drop was just a hair too early.. or too late... or big or small... That's the love hate relationship with photography. Props for the patient girlfriend!

[2.0smurf]

Would you guys consider all of these "refreshing"?

[turbomonkeyexpress]

In some form or another- From my perspective, and as a photographer / fellow artist:

The beer: Deliberately refreshing... it's beer. and cold. Nuff said.

PBR/Shot: refreshments... thus refreshing, but the yellowish hue / white balance gives off a warmer feeling throwing the mood off just a tad.

Ice Cube Girlfriend: Melting water off an ice cube.. most definitely welcome in summer heat

Izze Blackberry: Well shot photograph, refreshing because of it's condensation, and the beverage itself is, by personal expirence, delicious, and the color contrast and variation give off an air of summer.

Girls in grass & Legs in grass: Arguably so, but It makes me recall summers in my childhood when i'd sit in the shade of the back yard and the grass would be comphy / tickle .

Moon @ Waikiki: That just looks like a nice summer night. Refreshing in it's brilliant atmosphere, nice coloring, and relaxing to look at.

Trike: Once again going back to childhood, the shade, the summer.. cold lemonade possibly?

Clouds: an impending storm to cool things off a tad

Man in a lake: read his caption... 100degrees out side, youbetcha that's refreshing

Wet VW: My shot was taken prior to a pretty heavy storm. Up until then it was a good 100degrees out and climbing. The rain knocked alot of the heat out of the sky, and made for some pretty livable weather for the rest of the day.

So in some way shape or form, I'd definitely recognize these all as refreshing in one way or another, weather it recalls memories, or is just in-your-face blatantly obvious. Each artist has their own take on things.

:Cheers:

[2.0smurf]

Figure id put my shot up...

[LUV_MY_FAST]

took this one this morning, just in time to get it entered

[enim]

[Gundem]

alright...here it goes right before we got into mexico...lol

[skatingzooyork]

^^
Gundem - If you want yours to be judged, you might want to remove the border and trademark/sig. (see the requirements in op)

And I know today is the 23rd but no one has voted yet so maybe people won't mind me added my last min idea/picture.

*On a Monday morning, just getting to work, nothing is more eye opening/refreshing then my coffee!!!

**MY VOTE GOES TO INDAHAUS**

Modified by skatingzooyork at 10:33 AM 6-23-2008


Modified by skatingzooyork at 10:33 AM 6-23-2008