May 2009 Photo Competition: Entries

[Frank Lopes]

May Photo Competition

Theme:

• Flowers
  The theme was picked for our April competition winner: Sweetlight.

Entry Period:

• May 1, 20009 to May 28, 6:00pm EST

Voting Period:

• May 28, 20009 to May 31, 6:00pm EST

Discussion Period:

• May 1, 20009 to May 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

• If there is still a tie, first place will be giving to the person that first posted his/her entry

• 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. Honour 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.

• This is NOT the place to showcase your abilities with layers, masks, collages or overlays of multiple images. The intent is to showcase the photograph and not the skills of the photographer during post processing.

• 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.

[CathyH]

This sure is a great time to take flower pics, I was outside last evening and here is one of my favorites.
Nikon D40
200 mm lens
ISO 200
f 5.6
tripod and lens hood to cut down on any lens flares

[Janet Petty]

Although my favorite photo subject is flowers, this assignment was difficult. I have so many to choose from, especially as I'm in the process of replacing a lot I took with an inferior camera.

F 3.5
ISO 100
1/250th of a second

Enjoy,

Janet

[Southbay]

Spent the evening shooting macro on the many wonderful moss covered stones. As the sun set, I banged off some quickies on the way out...

55mm on a 200mm lens
1/200 sec.
ISO 400
f 7.1

[philbach]

This was photographed with a Nikon D-70. f16; iso 200 at 1/250th of a second.

[Stevequad]

My Grand daughters TwoLips. (Come on, you knew this would happen)

[JAJohnson]

Flowers on water edge - Iso 200 - f5.6 1/2000 - small reflector was used due to no light though the forest trees along this area of water...

[Nasturtium]

To tell you the truth, after spending the day at Keukenhof last month I was kinda sick of flowers, lol.

I took this one today of a wildflower. There were some 'stowaways'. :-)

[limey-g]

A simple dandelion ( Sony R1.)
Geoff

[LQQKER]

Day Lily, no post processing. The only thing done to the image was a crop.

Aperture 2.0
ISO 100
F-Stop 5.0
Focal Length 13.9 mm
Center weight metering
No flash

[RAG]

I shot this in the morning with the sun hitting the morning dew.

55mm
f5.6
ISO 100
1/500s

[swarbees]

no post processing---I recently replaced my laptop and my software is at home in Houston so I don't have any image editing software available.
Canon EOS 20D f/5.6 1/160 sec. ISO 800 85mm

[Algarve Images]

Hibiscus shot against a deep blue mediterranean sky.

Manual, ISO 200, 1/320, F.8
Converted from raw with Capture One,

Gary..

[lkroll]

Cactus flower

Just reduced the size and sharpened and then reduced the quality to fit the forum. Info in the EXIF, but I'm also copying the info here.

ImageDescription -
Make - SONY
Model - DSC-W7
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
DateTime - 2009:05:18 01:40:43
YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited
ExifOffset - 256
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 6.30
ExposureProgram - Normal program
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExifVersion - 0220
DateTimeOriginal - 2009:05:09 11:08:06
DateTimeDigitized - 2009:05:09 11:08:06
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel - 8 (bits/pixel)
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 2.83
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
LightSource - Auto
Flash - Flash not fired, auto mode
FocalLength - 10.70 mm
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 1000
ExifImageHeight - 750
InteroperabilityOffset - 2278
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
SceneType - A directly photographed image
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
White Balance - Auto
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal

Maker Note (Vendor): -

Thumbnail: -
Compression - 6 (JPG)
Make - SONY
Model - DSC-W7
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch

[0lBaldy]

Came as a box of buds.. a few days later.. opened pretty good by Mothers Day

Taken 2009-05-10 (Mothers Day)
NIKON COOLPIX S51c (point N shoot)
Time 17:28:08
Exposure 1/30
FStop 3.3
Focal length 6.3 mm
ISO Speed 100

[DiamondsDr47]

Hi everyone:-)
640/3.2 100 @somebody's yard, it(dont know the name) was behind the fence...
noname.jpg

[DannyRaphael]

Nikon D300
18-200 VR, 110 mm
f/4, 1/30 sec (hand held)
available light
iso 6400

Post processed in Photoshop, including application of an Alex Frazier tone curve.

[Veralisa]

Exposure 1/40 at f/3.6
ISO 400Focal length 19.2mm
I took this picture on 5/18/09 and my camera is a Panasonic DMC-FZ18.

[WendyBobz]

I took this photo for a college assignment last week.
F6.3
1/10 sec
ISO 200
+1.7 exp compensation
Canon EF 50mm 1.8II lens with extension tube

[palms1]

Clematis "Nelly Moser"

Kodak c813
Auto setting

Palms

[pavel123]

The duck just didn't take a hint and wouldn't leave. This is all about flowers

Camera data attached as JPEG. Normally I would have to use a tripod....

Pavel

[learninlady]

Apple blossoms in my back yard. May 23, 2009

Fugifilm finepix2800z
F number: 4.8
Shutter speed: 1/315sec
focus length: 24.3mm
flash: none
ISO speed: 100
exif: 02.10

[Frank Lopes]

Syberian Crabapple Tree (Malus Baccata) flowers

Model : NIKON D70s
Focal Length : 70.0 mm
FNumber : F5.6
Exposure Time : 1/500 s

[Sweetlight]

Hi Everyone,
I have been corrected in my thinking that I was not eligible this month so please consider this image my entry for judging. This is called Indian Blanket or Firewheel.
Thank you for your votes last month.

c

[sharynideas]

Hybiscus unfurling

Kodak Z712
Automatic flower mode
(f4.8, 1/100th sec, ISO64)
adjusted levels in Photoshop

[K_GiMiNi_M]

here's my pic

[Frank Lopes]

Entry period for this month's competition is now closed.

Please vote here