WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

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WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:48 pm

The aim is to pick 4 themes and everyone who wants to have a go at them can post up their 4 pics in the image section by midnight after the closing time and put a link from their thread into this thread.

Any DSLRusers Member who cares to can then vote for their favorite on the four themes and post up in this thread with any comments if they care to make them.

The Themes are:
Theme 1: ... something beginning with f
Theme 2: ... people
Theme 3: ... technology
Theme 4: ... multiple exposure

Voting lasts for 48 hours then i will tally up the votes and post up here.
If you win ... you get nothing but praise.
If you cheat ... you get nothing but Karma.
You cannot vote for your own pics.

Rules:
Pic must be taken in the Challenge Period by the entrant.
Any PP is allowed as the voters will say what is too much
Pic 800 on longest side.

We will start it at 5PM 28-03-08 and close it at 8AM Monday 31-03-08.
Pics to be entered by 12 midnight 31-03-08
voteing to be from 12 midnight 31-03-08 to 12 midnight 02-04-08

Don't forget ... its just for fun so even if you didn't get a fantastic pic for a theme ... post it up anyway
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:49 pm

themes will be added on friday 8)
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby colin_12 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:45 pm

look forward to the themes.....
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Viz on Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:03 pm

I'm strapped in.
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Bindii on Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:22 pm

And I'm going to try and not forget this time... :P
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby surenj on Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:55 pm

Awaits the posting of the themes....
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:38 am

I shall endeavor to allow the sacred giotto to enable the winds of chance to reveal the themes at sols zenith ...


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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Bindii on Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:51 am

Big Red wrote:I shall endeavor to allow the sacred giotto to enable the winds of chance to reveal the themes at sols zenith ...


:wink:


So you're writing the themes on scraps of paper and pulling them out of an old ice cream container?... :mrgreen:
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:16 am

:lol: actually i have all the themes on scraps of paper and put them in a container then use the Giotto rocket blower to blow air at them until 4 themes fall out :lol:

and the resultant themes are in ....


The Themes are:
Theme 1: ... something beginning with f
Theme 2: ... people
Theme 3: ... technology
Theme 4: ... multiple exposure
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Bindii on Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:16 am

Omg I actually remembered... :o

Alright.. I forgot about it really but just logged in and saw it... *phew*.. it will be interesting trying to get the pics though as I am flying to Sydney early tomorrow morning and driving back to Brisbane tomorrow night.. but I'll do my bestest... :P
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby colin_12 on Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:14 pm

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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:21 pm

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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Mr Darcy on Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:11 am

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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:29 am

We have until midnight tonight [monday] to get your entries in ...

don't forget to post a link from your post in the image review section to this thread. :D
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Louie on Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:35 pm

I have managed to find a bit of network, yay! My couple of efforts can be seen at:

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31707


Thanks for looking, and thanks again to Shane for continuing this :D
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby TonyT on Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:53 pm

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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Bindii on Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:04 pm

Yeah well I did it...

kinda... :oops:

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31713
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:45 am

Well, the entries are in so below are the links on the entries to vote on. 8)

voting finishes midnight wednesday 02-04-08

The Themes are:
Theme 1: ... something beginning with f
Theme 2: ... people
Theme 3: ... technology
Theme 4: ... multiple exposure

colin_12
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31698

Big Red
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31700

Mr Darcy
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31703

Louie
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31707

Tony T
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31705

Bindii
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31713
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:14 pm

My votes are:
Something Beginning with F: Bindii for "Fish"
People : Louie
Multiple Exposure: TonyT for Madison back & forth
Technology: Big Red

Louie's Flame was a close contender for F
I felt Technology in general was weak (mine included) I thought Colin's concept was good, but the photo itself held no interest for me.
Tony, just how did you get that double exposure so seamless? was it in camera, or PP? Or are they twins?
Louie's people has great action
Colin's daughter was "Person" rather than "people" otherwise it probably would have had my vote.
Again I liked the concept of Big Red's multiple, but I felt the execution was off. Too cluttered. Perhaps the reflections from the bonnet, or maybe it would have been better with one less bonnet shot.
I really do think Bindii had a worthy "Multiple Exposure", but she didn't include it in the comp.
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:19 pm

My Votes for the comp are:

Theme 1: ... something beginning with f
= Louie, nicely done flame, could have been used for a multiple exposure as well.

Theme 2: ... people
= Bindi, like the shot but a bit brighter red would have been even better.

Theme 3: ... technology
= Mr Darcy, this theme was harder than i thought.

Theme 4: ... multiple exposure
= TonyT, great job on the multi.
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby TonyT on Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:55 pm

My votes

Something beginning with f

Fish - Bingii
Louie was a close second.

People - Louie - liked the view over three levels.

Technology - Mr Darcy
Agreed it was a difficult theme.

Multi exposure - Colin_12
Again another difficult theme.

With regards to the comments on my multi exposure shot of Miss Madison (granddaughter), there is only one Miss Madsion and we're happy about that and so is her mother.

Mounted on a tripod, manual exposure, put in CS3, superimposed over first picture, erased over top layer to reveal second Madison, curved layer to lighten shadows.

Thanks to Big Red for organising this and looking forward to the next challenge this month.

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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby whitey on Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:59 pm

Hi My votes

Theme 1: ... something beginning with f - Bindii (Fish)
Theme 2: ... people - Tony (Westfield belconnen)
Theme 3: ... technology - Mr darcy
Theme 4: ... multiple exposure - Tony - (madison back and forth) v hard to make a choice in this category though liked them all.

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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Bindii on Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:46 pm

Here's my votes..

Something beginning with F..
Colin with Fido..

People...
Mr Darcy..

Technology...
Big Red..

Multiple Exposure..
Big Red.. I thought that one was very clever..
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby colin_12 on Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:48 am

My votes are:
Something F Bindii
technology Big Red
Multiple exp Mr Darcy
People Tony
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:06 am

The Themes Results are:
Theme 1: ... something beginning with f
Bindii 4, Louie 1, Colin_12 1.

Theme 2: ... people
Louie 2, Bindii 1, TonyT 1, Mr Darcy 1, Big Red 1.

Theme 3: ... technology
Mr Darcy 4, TonyT 1, Big Red 1.

Theme 4: ... multiple exposure
TonyT 3, Big Red 2, Colin_12 1.

Thanks for Participating Guys and Gals ... see ya on the next one :mrgreen:

*edit due to storm girl :mrgreen: *

The Themes Results are:
Theme 1: ... something beginning with f
Bindii 5, Louie 1, Colin_12 1.

Theme 2: ... people
Louie 2, Big Red 2, Bindii 1, TonyT 1, Mr Darcy 1.

Theme 3: ... technology
Mr Darcy 5, TonyT 1, Big Red 1.

Theme 4: ... multiple exposure
TonyT 3, Big Red 3, Colin_12 1.
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:51 pm

next one will probably be on the 26-27 april :mrgreen:
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Louie on Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:24 pm

I had plans for Wednesday night.

I was going to set up my new modem, log on to DSLR users, check out all the weekender entries and submit my votes.

Alas, you may have heard of the wee storm we had in Melbourne yesterday??
No Power. No internet. No vote able to be cast :cry:

So, very sorry for my apparent lack of participation! It was not intentional.
I do enjoy this weekender challenge and look forward to the next one :)
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Mr Darcy on Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:50 pm

No Power. No internet. No vote able to be cast :cry:

Hey we're all friends here. Vote anyway. It's not as if our lives depend on it. And comment. Entries are for fun &/or learning
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Louie on Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:31 pm

Mr Darcy wrote:
No Power. No internet. No vote able to be cast :cry:

Hey we're all friends here. Vote anyway.



Late votes just in!



Something beginning with 'f': Bindii (though all those fish eyes freak me out a bit!)

People: Big Red

Technology: Mr Darcy

Multiple exposure: Big Red (tough decision between this and TonyT, I loved both)


Cheers :cheers:
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Bindii on Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:36 am

Big Red wrote:next one will probably be on the 26-27 april :mrgreen:


Onya... I was in Sydney for the last one... and will be in Melbourne for that one.. :)
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Big Red on Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:51 pm

Bindii wrote:
Big Red wrote:next one will probably be on the 26-27 april :mrgreen:


Onya... I was in Sydney for the last one... and will be in Melbourne for that one.. :)


why do you think i picked that date :wink:

results have also been edited due to the late vote entry from Storm Girl :lol:
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Re: WEEKENDER THREE 28-03-08 to 31-03-08

Postby Louie on Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:02 am

Big Red wrote:results have also been edited due to the late vote entry from Storm Girl :lol:


Thanks Shane!

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