August Photo Challenge - Voting *Pick 3*

[Photo Challenge]

Voting for the August Challenge.

View the Entries here: August - "Love" (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=34695)

Rules:

1. Don't vote for yourself.
2. Don't reveal which entry you voted for.
3. Pick your 3 favourite entries.
4. Winner will be announced at the end and gets to choose this month's subject.

Good luck!

[ving]

very cool images peeps! very cool! :D

[h0ughy]

some very good images there - one is a classic

[h0ughy]

only a few hours to go on voting on this one.......

[Photo Challenge]

OK we have a winner.

The August winner is #5: "Rings that I love...." by astro_south (Andrew).

Congratulations Andrew on a wonderful and imaginative image.

A very nice collection of photos on the topic of 'love', well done to all that entered.

The entries are:

1. Sheeny
2. Calin
3. Venus
4. firstlight
5. astro_south
6. telemarker
7. Ric
8. Sharnbrook
9. ving
10. Robert_T

So Andrew could you please announce this month's topic for us.

:)

[h0ughy]

woo hoo congratulations on a well deserved win Andrew!!

[astro_south]

You Beauty!!!

I started out with just the idea of the ring and the shadow forming a heart shape as I had seen it before in wedding photos. The trick was finding a book that was thick enough to do it and that would provide the right stand for the ring to stand still. I grabbed the nearest thick book which happened to be O'Meara's Caldwell Objects, then the link to my favourite DSO type (planetary rings) sprung to mind. It took a bit of work to find the right page and intially I was going to show it next to the picture but I couldn't get the composition right. Then I realised if I could find the right line in the text then I could also get the result I wanted. I managed to get both M57 and NGC3132 in the same line and isolated in focus - and the result is what you see.

Haven't thought long about this month's challenge subject , so how about we run with "Reflection".

[RB]

Congrats Andrew what a wonderful photo it is too, very well executed, perfect DOF and composition.

:thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Congratulations on a very creative and apt photo Andrew, along with a big well done to all the other entries. I really enjoyed browsing the growing portfolio of entries as the days slipped by for the month.

Cheers

Dennis

[firstlight]

Great shot Andrew, I knew that it was the winner the moment I saw it. Well done everyone else.

[sheeny]

Congratulations Andrew! As I said before, it was a clever piece of work!

Al.

[Ric]

Well done Andrew, that is a very nice picture with great use of light and shadow.

Cheers

[ving]

great shot andrew and well deserved :)

much better than my flies having sex anyway :P

[Sharnbrook]

Well done Andrew, congratulations. I note that so far this year, all the winners have been from Brisbane. Keep it up Lads (and Lassies)

[venus]

Congratulations, well deserved win.

[astro_south]

Thanks for the comments all - I was happy with the way it came out and I enjoyed adding the bit of cryptic cleverness :)

I hope the "reflection" theme has peoples minds ticking over already

[Ric]

It's a good theme selection Andrew. The old grey matter is already ticking over.

Cheers

[Striker]

Congrats Andrew.

Deserved winner.

[Omaroo]

Andrew - very clever indeed. I reckon that this is what interpreting a challenge theme is all about. Well done! :thumbsup:

David - you're a crackup. LOL! "Fly love"!

[jjjnettie]

Well done Andrew. You had my vote!

[Robert_T]

Andrew, my belated congratulations too. Such a brilliant multi-layered image, I showed it to the wife and it got the inevitable awwww!

You deserve the beer I was kissing in image 10 as a prize.... but, ah too late, and that was true love too:D

[astro_south]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Nice to hear that people enjoyed it. I have to start thinking about a subject for this month's image now....

[acropolite]

I agree with Robert, a beautiful image Andrew, very imaginative. I was certain it was be the winner as soon as you posted.:thumbsup: