Photography Contest - And the winners are...

No prizes! Just the ego-boosting glory of having your photo chosen as the best!
Rules/Instructions:

• Add links (see post #13) for up to 5 photographs
• Include a short, optional, description of each
• The contest will close when 100 photographs have been received or 9:00 PM PST (GMT -8), December 23rd, 2008 whichever comes first
• I will upload the photographs as they are available to an account that I have on ImageEvent
• On Jan 1st or when there are 100 photos I will provide a link to the photos and add a poll to this thread so that people can vote for their favorite. And BTW, I won't allow voting for yourself:)

Click here to see the current submissions.

Vote now!

My sister is a photographer. Is it okay if I use her photos or ask her to post them?

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Originally Posted by Fromethius

My sister is a photographer. Is it okay if I use her photos or ask her to post them?

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I probably couldn't tell but I'd like to limit it to non-professional-photographer VBF members.

I just decided to delete the non-serious posts. Please cooperate and don't post Chit Chat in the thread. (Yes, I know this is the Chit Chat forum).

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Originally Posted by MartinLiss

I probably couldn't tell but I'd like to limit it to non-professional-photographer VBF members.

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She isn't actually a photographer as a job or anything. It's just a hobby of hers. She's only 18. She has taken some classes though.

Hi Martin!

Here are my entries. I'm not a professional photographer however I do enjoy taking pictures when I do get a chance.

Camera used is Nikon Coolpix S4.
No editing has been done on the pictures.

DSCN4060.JPG - Picture of an OLD tree from a railing fronting the Municipal Hall of Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental Province in the Philippines at dusk.


DSCN4393.JPG - Picture of the boulevard of Dumaguete City at night. The stretch covers the entire City coast. A very small City. Towards the other end, you can see the port.

DSCN4418.JPG - Picture of the busy coast of Dumaguete City in the dawn.

DSCN6328.JPG - Modern Art called "chalice" found in the Cathedral Square in New Zealand.

DSCN6521.JPG - I don't know what this bird is called, but this picture is taken on a hill in New Zealand.

Fromethius... I think it's best if we stick to pictures that we've taken, it's a tiny showcase of our own talent or lack thereof.

Martin, any size limits? Do you accept panorama shots too?

If you want us to fit 5 photos into a zip file and expect them to be 500kb or less then we'll have to make them all 256 color and shrink them down to the size of icons.

Nobody is going to want to scale down their masterpieces because then they look crummy, and my photos are bad enough before I've shrunk them.

VB's upload rules are no good for this type of contest. Maybe one of the mods (or a generous member) could setup a FTP server for the duration of this contest?

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Originally Posted by mendhak

Fromethius... I think it's best if we stick to pictures that we've taken, it's a tiny showcase of our own talent or lack thereof.

Martin, any size limits? Do you accept panorama shots too?

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As I said I use ImageEvent. There are no size limits or formant restrictions that I know of.

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Originally Posted by wossname

If you want us to fit 5 photos into a zip file and expect them to be 500kb or less then we'll have to make them all 256 color and shrink them down to the size of icons.

Nobody is going to want to scale down their masterpieces because then they look crummy, and my photos are bad enough before I've shrunk them.

VB's upload rules are no good for this type of contest. Maybe one of the mods (or a generous member) could setup a FTP server for the duration of this contest?

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oceanebelle figured it out; just put them in multiple zips.

Her pictures are tiny.

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Originally Posted by grilkip

Her pictures are tiny.

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With an apology to wossname that's true. So I guess someone will have to find a place that will host them where I can copy them, or we could try having them sent to me in an email. PM me for my email address if you want to try it that way.

Alright, then use ImageShack or Flickr to host the images, post the links here as your entry. Is that good enough?

Will I be able to copy those images from those places?

Yes, they'll give you a link, you will click on the "All Sizes" link just above the image, and you can then save those images to your own hard drive.

Look at this random example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesec/170423167/

Okay.

Five Photographs - Linked to my flickr & zooomr accounts :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/...1df1ea92_b.jpg --> Underneath the bridge

http://static.zooomr.com/images/2444...d796ce7d_b.jpg --> Capitol Building

http://static.zooomr.com/images/380199_0c69edbbbf_b.jpg --> The cyclist

http://static.zooomr.com/images/379512_2c028b9135_b.jpg --> SMILE

http://static.zooomr.com/images/281620_9591014c0b_b.jpg --> Mule Train

:wave: :wave:

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Originally Posted by abhijit

Five Photographs - Linked to my flickr & zooomr accounts :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/...1df1ea92_b.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/2444...d796ce7d_b.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/380199_0c69edbbbf_b.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/379512_2c028b9135_b.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/281620_9591014c0b_b.jpg

:wave: :wave:

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Okay, got them. If you and oceanebelle (and everyone else who enters)would also supply a short description to go along with the photo I'll include it.

Going round Savannah, GA

An Islington sunset

Creepy treees in Tobago

Monument to the dead, Singapore

Black spider monkey, Malaysia



My humble submissions. All taken with a Fuji Finepix S602 Zoom. No post-processing.

i have an ftp server that i can setup if that will help

well i went ahead and did it anyway...

Address: "subsoft.net"
Username: "vbfphotos [ AT ] subsoft.net"
Password: "vbfisthebest"

When you upload, please make a folder with your username and upload them there.

Please dont upload junk, crap, spam....

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Originally Posted by grilkip

Her pictures are tiny.

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That's the setting of the cam when the pictures were taken.

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Originally Posted by oceanebelle

That's the setting of the cam when the pictures were taken.

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It doesn't matter. They will all be shown the same size. I looked at yours and they don't lose any noticible resolution when expanded to the size I'm going to show them at.

ah, yes martin i did make that ftp upload just for vbf photo contest, thanks for noticing, oh, and did you just get a hair cut? looks great!

lol @ dclamp.

Zaza - that sunset is a winner.

Marty, here are my entries:

Tibetan Prayer Flags

Centipede

Island Sunset

Himalayan Lake

Ruins by the sea

It's too bad I can't change my entries... :'(

Forgot about this one. :'(

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Originally Posted by grilkip

Her pictures are tiny.

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They're bigger than the size I usually use (800px max dimension). I hope that's not considered too small.

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Originally Posted by penagate

They're bigger than the size I usually use (800px max dimension). I hope that's not considered too small.

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They'll be fine...

But why would you use a size so small? You can always take them at large dimensions and then resize them for when you want to share them with friends or post them somewhere. At least you have the larger sized images as a 'raw' ready to be manipulated again and again.

I was using that size earlier, but when I look at those images now, my neck clenches in pangs of regret.

I do take them at 'large dimensions' (not that I have a choice in that matter). I just resize them to 800 pixels since that's what most forums stipulate as a maximum dimension. I assume that 10 megapixel RAW files are of little use to anyone.

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Originally Posted by MartinLiss

It doesn't matter. They will all be shown the same size. I looked at yours and they don't lose any noticible resolution when expanded to the size I'm going to show them at.

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What are the dimensions that you're going to use, Martin?

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Originally Posted by penagate

What are the dimensions that you're going to use, Martin?

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There are several choices at ImageEvent and I've chosen "large" which is 800x600 (depending on orientation) as the default, but the viewer can change that to "Small" 320x240, "Medium" 576x432, "x-Large" 1024x768 or "Original".

Yes Martin I would be happy to share my photos...

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

Photo 4

Photo 5

I encourage you all to take a look at the rest of my flickr if you desire, mix of Nikon D50 and Samsung Digimax A5.

I have uploaded a couple on dclamp's server. I didn't notice any other entries.

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Originally Posted by abhijit

I have uploaded a couple on dclamp's server. I didn't notice any other entries.

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your a trend starter

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Originally Posted by I_Love_My_Vans

I encourage you all to take a look at the rest of my flickr if you desire, mix of Nikon D50 and Samsung Digimax A5.

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I like this one.

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Originally Posted by dclamp

your a trend starter

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If try to connect to your server, now it gives me this.


Status: Connecting to subsoft.net ...
Status: Connected with subsoft.net. Waiting for welcome message...
Error: Disconnected from server
Error: Unable to connect!

Thanks Marty for the invitation. :)

I wish I had a 'real' digital camera. :D Here are some pics taken with my Nokia 5300 Cameraphone (1.3 Mega Pixels). Hope you don't dislike them. :p

Editing done: Croped/Resized and/or adjusted saturation

1. Buddhist Wall-hangings
Description: Taken indoor. Very poor lighting condition. Nightmode OFF.

2. Low Light
Description: That 0-watt lamp was the only source of light. Nightmode OFF.

3. Sunset

4. Macro with magnifying glass
Description: One advantage of cameraphone is, they are good for casual macro photography (If you get the focus correctly).

5. Birdie
Description: Another advantage of cameraphone - I was able to fit the tiny lens inside a gap in the net.

@abhijit, that 'under the bridge' photo is awsome !!! :thumb:

Including 5 of my own we now have 35 very nice photographs. I guess there's no harm in providing the link so here it is. http://ImageEvent.com/martinliss/contest