August 2007 Photo Assignment -- Competition with Voting

[CJ Swartz]

The subject for this month's competition has been chosen by the winner of our July competition -- SwampDonkey!

The theme for August 2007 is "Sunrise". That should allow for a variety of subjects to be included - people and landscapes and animals.

Deadline for submitting your image: Wednesday August 29th, 2007 at 12 pm EDT.

The goal of this thread is to inspire more of us to grab our camera and actually use it. New photos are our goal, but we will accept recently photographed/recently processed images that fit the topic also.

If you can share, we'd love to hear when you shot the image, any shooting info you have (shutter speed, ISO, f-stop, filters used, post-processing (normal photo processing allowed - sharpening, adjust exposure -- this isn't the place for art filters [we have forums for that too!])

Feel free to add info about what/where you shot, and why you chose your subject/composition, etc. when you post your image in this thread.

What does the winner get? The winner gets to choose the next assignment PLUS gets all the nice accolades that come from being chosen "Winner".

Post your photo submissions in this thread, and we'll have the separate thread for discussion of this assignment and your comments regarding any of the entries that strike your fancy.

Again, we'll let all RetouchPro members take part in the voting, whether they have submitted an entry or not.

[ScubaMargie]

At the moment it is too cold and very wet here in Tasmania, so I found a pic that was taken earlier this year, which I have made adjustments to the levels and a small curves adjustment as well. It was taken at St Helens, on the north east coast of Tasmania. St Helens is the most easterly point in Tasmania.

Taken with
Panasonic FZ-20
F6.5
1/1000 sec
ISO 80

[fpellerin]

This was shot on the edge of the Gatineau river. Post processing was limited to a slight levels adjustment and some cropping.

Nikon D50
Nikkor 70-300 @70mm
f/6.3
1/500 sec.
ISO 200

[camilla_k]

taken at Huk (the Oslofjord) in Oslo, Norway.

no image manipulations, only cropping.


Model: NIKON D70
Shutter Speed: 1/500 second
F Number: F/14.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 200

title: Embrace me


thanks for looking ...

[Nikolas]

I would like to introduce everyone to Northern Ontario Canada! This was taken while on a camping trip up that way.

My OLD camera - Canon PowerShot G6
@ f/3.2; 1/60

Slight levels adjustment, and minor cropping.

[Janet Petty]

YAWN!!!!!! Who said sunrise anyhoo?

Sunset picture for me. If this disqualifies, then so be it. Double Grin. No hard feelings at all. YAWN!!! again.

Janet

[CJ Swartz]

I haven't made it up in time for "Sunrise" either, Janet. Anyone who wants to comment on possible disqualification -- please post in the discussion thread. I don't really know if there's a way to determine whether a photo is a sunrise or a sunset -- if anyone knows how to tell the difference, post that also in the discussion thread.

[SwampDonkey]

Working opposite this beast of a structure has it's upsides ....

Pete

[CJ Swartz]

This thread is now closed - there is a separate thread to post your vote for your 3 favorite images.

You may view all the images together via this link:

http://www.pbase.com/shadepuppy/augu..._retouchprocom

[CJ Swartz]

The photo that received the most votes was submitted by fpellerin -

Congratulations, Frank! You are the winner of the August Photo Competition!

You get to choose the subject for the next competition.

First Place - fpellerin

Second Place - CamillaK -- Congratulations on your submission!

Third Place - SwampDonkey -- Congratulations!
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