September Photo Challenge - Comments

[Photo Challenge]

Post your comments on the September Photo Challenge Entries here.

[MrB (Simon)]

COLOUR
Top choice David.
This should open the flood gates, looking forward to this one!

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

*cough* Bolts got my vote *cough*
Damn that's impressive!

[sheeny (Al)]

Thanks Mitchell...

you might want to wait and see what the "big guns" lurking till the last minute come up with.

Al.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Gee thanks Humayun, you just had to take it up a notch didn't ya
You too Al with ya rusty old bolt

[Octane (Humayun)]

Adam,

I wouldn't worry -- I have a tendency to get low ranking votes.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by lacad01

Gee thanks Humayun, you just had to take it up a notch didn't ya
You too Al with ya rusty old bolt

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Wow H, love your shot. Silly question, how are the images picked?

Dave

[Octane (Humayun)]

Dave,

You mean, to be voted on?

Moderator puts a multichoice poll up and people choose between 0 and 4 images. Results tallied after a week to announce supreme ruler of the terrestrial photography challenge.

Regards,
Humayun

[Liz]

I cried when I walked into that church Humayun, it is so beautiful - one of my highlights for Paris .... ah, memories

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Your latest lorikeet is heaps better than your original posting Liz

[Liz]

Thanks Adam ... I knew I had some better shots in my seemingly endless stored photos

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Quote~ MrB - Erm.. Mark, this months subject is Colours

Perhaps he is looking at it, in the abstract of absence?

Oh, I am so going to try some bubbles tonight!! Sounds like a challenge! Love that pic!!

[firstlight (Tony)]

Maybe that is LOTS of colour... for Melbourne

[Photo Challenge]

Originally Posted by Lumen Miner

Quote~ MrB - Erm.. Mark, this months subject is Colours

Perhaps he is looking at it, in the abstract of absence?

Originally Posted by firstlight

Maybe that is LOTS of colour... for Melbourne

Yes I think Mark's entry is very clever, "A cold Melbourne September morning" - the feeling and atmosphere that the lack of colour invokes is quite powerful.

I've deleted Mr B's comment since we want to keep that thread only for entries and not for comments on other entries.
All comments about entries are to be posted here thanks.

Keep them coming everyone, looks like a good round again this month.

[markgo76 (Mark)]

You're all getting warmer... :-) I used B&W to bring out the spectrum of the subject(s). Look closer.

Mark.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Liz,

Know what you mean.

I almost didn't get a chance to see it as I waited for about 2 hours (if not more) outside the church waiting to get in as the queue was that long. I think I got in about 20 minutes before closing time. I missed out on Notre Dame. Perhaps next time.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by Liz

I cried when I walked into that church Humayun, it is so beautiful - one of my highlights for Paris .... ah, memories

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by Lumen Miner

Oh, I am so going to try some bubbles tonight!! Sounds like a challenge! Love that pic!!

Go for it! I'll be giving it another go.
It's probably not as frustrating as I experienced.
My 300D was playing up on me, couldn't change the white ballance settings(stuck on incandescent) as some of the buttons aren't working, so I changed to the PowerShot.
PowerShot was giving me focus issues(has been dropped a few times) and I was losing my lighting as the sun kept coming and going.
Oh yeah, and bubbles popping

Get prepared and things should go smoothly. And try avoiding modded/dropped camera's

A couple of tips....
Sugar apparently slows down the amount of time it takes for bubbles to pop... tho I didn't realy notice much difference... if any.
Blow on the bubbles to get the patterns moving.
You want a VERY diffuse light source... I used some white acrylic sheet(same as used on those X-Ray viewing board things in the movies) with direct sun shining on it. Anything like a large white bed sheet should do.
Black background... I was blowing the bubbles on a black plastic bin liner.
Edit: Erm.. ignore my tip on diffuse lighting, just noticed your thread on "Illuminated Objects"!

You don't need a huge amount of zoom, posted a full frame shot to give an idea of scale, notice the two reflections of the lens

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by markgo76

You're all getting warmer... :-) I used B&W to bring out the spectrum of the subject(s). Look closer.

Mark.

I'm with you. Clever idea.

Al.

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Well done all!! Nicely achieved Simon, well deserved indeed. I gave bubble shots a go, so I know how hard they are..

[sheeny (Al)]

Congratulations Simon! A deserved win! well done!

Good to see so many people participating too (and producing such great photos).

Al.