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One Lens Challenge 07-02-2016 - Competition Thread
I'm back in now, so time to look closely at the seven images and select that winner. Exercises like this are always interesting, because put seven photographers in one place and it's amazing how the seven will have different views on the world. We all see different things, and sometimes miss imag...
Posted by johnriley on 21/02/2016 - 13:26
Judging
I was terrified the first competition I won and had to set the subject then judge the images entered by many people who I thought and still do are better photographers than me. Afterwards it wasn't so bad, no one came back angry and just accepted "the judge's descision is final". In all the competit...
Posted by tyronet2000 on 04/12/2016 - 22:05
How to upload photos for monthly competition
Just had another thought. Log out of the site and log back in again, worth a try. I'm guessing here but perhaps it could also be to do with cookies. It is odd though because you can add comments and everything else.
Posted by JAK on 31/10/2016 - 13:46
How to upload photos for monthly competition
Hi, Thanks again. My latest Edge browser update was last Thursday. I've cleared all my browsers' history including clearing the caches. I've logged out, re-started the laptop and logged back in again. Still no luck! I've sent a message to Paul to see if he has any ideas. Gerald
Posted by newbiek50user on 31/10/2016 - 14:46
How to upload photos for monthly competition
I doubt Paul can do anything. Try JohnX's link to the entry page in the previous post. If that didn't work go to the competition page and use the ' Report Problem / Suggestion' at the very bottom of the page. That will flag it up to whoever at the site is available. If it gets late tonight and n...
Posted by JAK on 31/10/2016 - 16:02
Weekly #500 - Auto-Portrait
You're right. I expect some will get someone else to take it for them! Long focal lengths might be a bit of a give-away, or some have very long arms. Is an auto-portrait the same as a selfie (or however it's spelt?) I have taken self portraits (on a K5 and K3) using a long wired remote and pressin...
Posted by StephenHampshire on 06/02/2017 - 22:17
Weekly #500 - Auto-Portrait
The remote control for our DSLRs should be an obvious tool..... It can be held in a hand well below the frame, assuming a fairly close in portrait. Focusing well on the eyes will be the tricky technical thing, given inevitable small displacements each time we get up to check the camera screen. Do a ...
Posted by StephenHampshire on 06/02/2017 - 22:45
Weekly #500 - Auto-Portrait
Think most Pentax cameras allow focusing with the remote? You just need to activate the option in the menu; then there is the interval mode; also with an option to auto focus before each shot (granted, that requires synching your posing and possibly not in older cameras? ); and last but not least, f...
Posted by Mag07 on 07/02/2017 - 06:04
Weekly Competition "Out of Focus"
Heads up on this weeks competition I've just set. I'd be delighted if you give it a go and give me a tough job of judging next Monday. link[/link]https://www.pentaxuser.com/competitions/out-of-focus-726
Posted by Nigelk on 29/05/2017 - 19:01
Weekly competition #519 Wheels
I am working on it David. JaneM & I spent the day at the Amberley Museum in Sussex and perplexed several people because I kept photographing just the wheels! Back home I now find I have 152 photos to review and possibly process but hopefully I will have something to put in the competition soon. ...
Posted by GlynM on 23/06/2017 - 17:30
Weekly competition #519 Wheels
I am working on it David. JaneM & I spent the day at the Amberley Museum in Sussex and perplexed several people because I kept photographing just the wheels! Back home I now find I have 152 photos to review and possibly process but hopefully I will have something to put in the competition soon. ...
Posted by davidtrout on 23/06/2017 - 19:32
Weekly competition #519 Wheels
I've looked back at some of the weekly comps circa 2010 and around 20 entries each week seemed to be the norm then too. Anyone who gives up entering due to lack of entries is perpetuating the problem! I suggested a reader vote system late last year but it wasn't commented on further: https://www....
Posted by JAK on 28/06/2017 - 13:06
Weekly competition #519 Wheels
Like David I have been doing these competitions for a long while and they have definitely changed. The first one I had to judge was back in 2008 and I got 36 entries which was somewhat terrifying. Fortunately someone had already explained that the best way to manage this was to write up each entry ...
Posted by GlynM on 28/06/2017 - 15:59
Weekly competition #519 Wheels
I've just trawled back through the competitions to find the first one I judged - September 2008 - as a brand new member of PUF. There are 39 entries still in that gallery but in my judge's commentary I refer to more than 40. This may be because some time back when a number of members left PUF they ...
Posted by davidtrout on 29/06/2017 - 11:34
Weekly competition #519 Wheels
I wonder if part of the problem of late has been the weeks/months where the 'judge' hasn't bothered to come back and do the necessary, or even if a winner is selected has not bothered with anything further. Personally I may put these entrants on a mental blacklist and not enter a comp they set shou...
Posted by JAK on 02/07/2017 - 12:24
Weekly #552 - Still life with bottles Competition
Apologies, Magdalena... Your last link has now actually opened.... The early ones are what I would consider "still life"... to me, the "frozen action" pictures... some of which are links back to the first two links art... are frozen moments in time....not an arrangement of objects against a back...
Posted by drofmit on 08/02/2018 - 02:52
Weekly #552 - Still life with bottles Competition
We are straying a bit from the umbrella rules here - that is, the judge sets the brief and then once entries are in retires from threads and further comment until it's time for the judging. We also don't comment in the actual competition thread until the judging is done, instead using threads like t...
Posted by johnriley on 08/02/2018 - 07:24
Weekly #552 - Still life with bottles Competition
Now that is sad:cry: And I was sad that you withdrew... I had already judged your picture.... this is what I wrote. "Reused and Repurposed Bottle by JudithAnn Shame it is just the one "wax" bottle... I like this, it takes me back to my late teens and parties. You could've put a wine bott...
Posted by drofmit on 12/02/2018 - 09:24
Weekly #552 - Still life with bottles Competition
Now that the judging exercise is over, and keeping with the rules as specified by John, I'll offer some thoughts. Partly I suspect we are dealing with definitions, and my understanding centers around the word "life", with one dictionary having no less than 17 definitions. My understanding is that...
Posted by Noelcmn on 12/02/2018 - 10:12
Weekly #563 Ribbons Competition
Congratulations to poliver for his well managed competition which I thought should have attracted much more entries. I think this was a first time for poliver to run one of these competitions and I thought it was very nicely done. I just wanted to put up a picture showing how my was shot on ou...
Posted by GlynM on 30/04/2018 - 10:04
