March 2009 Photo Competition: Entries

[Frank Lopes]

March 2009 Photo Competition

Theme:

• Reflections
  The theme was picked by our February competition winner: MrTee.

Entry Period:

• March 1, 20009 to March 28, 6:00pm EST

Voting Period:

• March 28, 6:00pm EST to March 31, 10:00pm EST

Discussion Period:

• March 1, 20009 to March 31, 6:00pm EST

Voting Tabulation:

• Vote for the 3 entries you like the best by considering how well a photo captured your attention, how well it dealt with the subject, how well it fits with the chosen theme and how well the technical details were handled.

• Votes are weighted to give greater weight to First Place votes than to Second and greater weight to Second than to Third place votes. When you place a vote for First Place, that entry will receive four (4) points; when you place a vote for Second, that entry will receive two (2) points, and a vote for Third Place will receive one (1) point:
  • Entry X (their name) - First Place
  • Entry A (their name) - Second Place
  • Entry C (their name) - Third Place

• In case of a tie, first place will be giving to the person with the most "first place" votes

• If there is still a tie, first place will be giving to the person with the most "second place" votes

• If there is still a tie, first place will be giving to the person with the most "third place" votes

• The winner will be notified and will choose a subject for the following month.

Tips & Rules:

• Be sure to make your entry as large as possible within the forum's restriction: usually less than 100k. Please confirm that the uploaded image is the size you desire.

• Each member may submit only one entry for this competition however, you may change your entry (by submitting another entry in its place) up until the deadline.

• The goal of these friendly competitions is to inspire members to grab their camera and actually use it. New photos are our goal, but we also accept recently photographed/recently processed images that fit the topic also.

• The usual "copyright" requirements apply. You must have shot the picture or have the rights to it. Honor system applies.

• Since this is a learning forum, we'd love to hear any shooting info you have, shutter speed, ISO, f-stop, as well as any photographic post-processing: cropping, levels, saturation, dodge/burn, etc.

• This is NOT the forum for photo art filters or art programs - let's keep the photos looking like photos.

• Entries may be deleted if they do not meet criteria (nudity, photo art, etc.), but we do not encourage arguing about entries -- the voters will decide which images they prefer.

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

• Post your photo submissions without commentary. There is a separate thread for discussion of this assignment as well as your comments regarding any of the entries that strike your fancy.

• All RetouchPro members may take part in the competition and all members may vote, whether they have submitted an entry or not.

[Frank Lopes]

Here is my entry

Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikor 18-70mm
Fstop: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/60s
ISO: 220

[swarbees]

dress shopping

Canon 20D
Shutter 1/100
ISO 200
Flash fired
Focal length 28
Fstop 3.5

[WendyBobz]

Details for my picture:
Canon 400D
Lens - Tamron 70 -300 at 114mm
1/400 s
f 7.1
ISO 200

[CathyH]

Hi everyone, I'm working on this months contest. I have taken several different kinds of reflections, and i might end up changing my entry but this is what I got so far.

Nikon D40
200 mm
f 5.6
ISO 200

[DannyRaphael]

Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, WA where I live.

Nikon D300, w/18-200 VR
1/500 sec
20 mm
f 8
ISO 200
Matrix netering

[K_GiMiNi_M]

some one in my class suggested, sense i asked, to take a picture of cd's so here is my best result

[Janet Petty]

Here is mine. It is a stitch of 16 to make the whole panorama.

Canon 40D
24-105 lens with 35mm focal distance
F4
ISO 400
1/500 of a second

[sycamorebirds]

here's my first attempt. no need to say where it is.

Malcolm

[Bro Photo]

I hope this meets the criteria!
Shot with Canon EOS 5D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

[crazyfly1]

1/80 sec
f/2.2
ISO 100

[Stevequad]

Here is my entry

[Nasturtium]

Really had fun with this one.

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FX35
Exposure: 0.6
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 4.4 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: +0.33 EV
Flash: Off

[OhThatGirl2001]

Here is mine. It's a mirror like reflection at Como Lake.
Canon 40D

[Frank Lopes]

The voting period is closed.

And the winner is: OhThatGirl2001 with 19 points

Congratulations!

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