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  • Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

    As the (very surprised) winner of the last Salon, it's now my duty to replace Stephen as the curator of the competition for the next fortnight. You all therefore have from today (Thursday 5th Oct 2006), until Thursday 19th October 2006 at 6pm, to submit your entries.

    The theme of this salon is Shooting Towards the Sun; the only criteria being that your image must feature either the sun itself or at least an obvious indication that you were aiming more or less in it's direction. The photographs themselves can feature virtually any subject matter on the proviso that the theme is adhered to. All I would ask is that you take care to avoid looking directly at the sun yourselves!

    Here are the rules. Please take a moment to read them prior to shooting or uploading your submissions. Good luck

    1) All photographs are to be uploaded to the photo gallery at http://dpnow.com/galleries/, they can be put in members own gallery if they wish. The resulting link generated for the photo will then be pasted into the next available space in the Salon thread.
    2) One entry per user ID only please, which must be the personal work of the entrant
    3) Entries should be "in line" within the thread (not as links to an image held somewhere else)
    4) Comments only on entries are welcome within the salon thread itself
    5) After the close the curator will indicate a winner and a couple of runners up.
    6) The curator's decision is final.
    7) Winners should be offered first refusal to choose the next theme and curate the next salon.
    If the winner is unable to curate the next salon the current curator may offer that "honour" to any willing volunteer, possibly the entrant in second or third place
    9) These rules are to be copied and pasted with a new theme by the new Curator at the top of the new Salon thread with a finish date and time
    10) As with all photos posted on DPNow, copyright remains with the photographer and DPNow will not use them without permission

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    Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

    Ok will try this one.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/petebphotos/

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    • #3
      Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

      Well that definitely meets the criteria, so thanks for that

      Where was this taken, BTW?

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      • #4
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        This was taken on a recent cruise.

        We approached Lisbon just around 0730 hours. I used my Canon G3 Powershot camera with the ND filter switched on.

        Last edited by Stephen; 06-10-06, 08:42 AM.
        Audrey

        https://www.flickr.com/photos/autumn36/

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        • #5
          Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

          Here's my effort, despite the fact that I can't enter the competition on this occasion

          Taken at Crawfordsburn beach, near Belfast, Northern Ireland yesterday evening. Used a Canon 5D and an EF 17-40mm f4L (f22 @ 1/60th, ISO 100). Curves, saturation and sharpness adjusted in Photoshop.

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          • #6
            Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

            Well that definitely meets the criteria, so thanks for that

            Where was this taken, BTW?

            Hi Bearface. This was taken about 3 months ago on a puffin hunt. It was when I came back to Guernsey after being around the smaller Islands looking for puffins. The towers are in the north of the Island at the power station.
            Last edited by peter; 06-10-06, 10:12 AM.
            http://www.flickr.com/photos/petebphotos/

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            • #7
              Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

              Shooting towards the Sun eh Well here's something a little different.


              Stephen

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              • #8
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                This is the Bandstand outside the De la Warr. It was a very bright, contrasty morning but I didn't want to leave without at least trying to get some shots of the bandstand. I kept this one because of the lens flare and shaft of light on the inside of the roof. pity I clipped the edges of the roof but hey .. at least I got a pic of almost all of the bandstand.



                Pol

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                • #9
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                  This was taken late afternoon, with lots of luck and little technical know-how. The thing that caught my eye and prompted the photo was the effect of the sun highlighting the mist/wind-blown sand along the beach.

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                  • #10
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                    Took this one in June at Cobo, one of our popular west coast beaches.
                    Last edited by Stephen; 07-10-06, 09:55 AM. Reason: to delete too many IMG tags & centre

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                    • #11
                      Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

                      Originally posted by Bearface View Post
                      Here's my effort, despite the fact that I can't enter the competition on this occasion

                      Taken at Crawfordsburn beach, near Belfast, Northern Ireland yesterday evening. Used a Canon 5D and an EF 17-40mm f4L (f22 @ 1/60th, ISO 100). Curves, saturation and sharpness adjusted in Photoshop.
                      Interesting and curious! Why did you choose such a small aperture? The scene looks like it was set fairly wide on the zoom, so depth of field should have been pretty secure from just a couple of feet out to infinity even with a wider setting. At f/22 the edge in sharpness may have been lost, possibly? Photozone's review of this lens shows that the sweet spot for resolution is f/8 and is dropping off by f/11, though they don't test at any smaller apertures, unfortunately. There also looks to be some vignetting at the periphery as well, which may be a consequence of the small aperture but more likely to be the full frame sensor of the EOS-5D combined with a lens not optimised for digital.

                      I think it's a very impressive picture, mind you, but I just wonder about the camera settings and the darkening to the periphery.

                      Ian
                      Last edited by Ian; 08-10-06, 08:25 PM.
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                      • #12
                        Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

                        If Thierry Legault were to enter, I guess the we'd know the winner instantly!

                        Don't miss the pic right at the bottom of the page

                        Ian
                        Last edited by Ian; 08-10-06, 08:24 PM.
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                        • #13
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                          Forthightly Salon Competition (No 2)


                          Last edited by Pops; 07-10-06, 09:16 PM.
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                          • #14
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                            Hi Pops - there is a problem with the url of your photo - have private mailed you with some tips to fix it.

                            Ian
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                            • #15
                              Re: Fortnightly Salon Competition (No.2)

                              Here's one of mine ... thought it might be unusual !!



                              Jay
                              Canon 7D, Canon 40D, + lots of bits

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