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Weekly competition #573 Curves
The subject for this week's competition is Curves. Please interpret this as you think best. Landscape curves, abstract curves, curves in nature, architecture or in the human form. The brief is wide open, hoping to attract a wide ranging entry. Rules are simple, entries must be taken on Pentax camer...
Posted by davidtrout on 02/07/2018 - 15:40
September Monthly Competition Contre-jour
This months competition is all about creating an image shooting into the light. Any natural and or artificial light source can be used to create your image. This is a technique that can be used successfully for almost any subject matter or genre. I've seen great examples of people, animal and archit...
Posted by Nigelk on 02/09/2018 - 19:43
September Monthly Competition Contre-jour
I view Contre-jour as shooting into the light. It is usually about the back illumination of a subject matter, which is what I had in my mind, could be trees, a landscape, people any object. On that bases seeing the light source and having sunstars is not a problem but the image should have back illu...
Posted by Nigelk on 03/09/2018 - 07:18
September Monthly Competition Contre-jour
Assuming the old arrangement where once the first entry is up the judge does not look in this thread I just wanted to show how my entry was shot. However I will leave a big gap just in case Nigel is not aware of this old, probably unwritten, rule to hopefully safely get himself back out :D. . ...
Posted by GlynM on 12/09/2018 - 21:13
IRIX 150mm macro lens testers wanted
I see the price of the Irix 150mm macro is going to be a very reasonable €595 If it's as sharp and good as I expect it will be, that's a cracking price. (To me anyway) Release date is in December I'd think that the main issue for you will be the lack of an aperture ring :) You had to go and spo...
Posted by derek897 on 18/11/2018 - 17:38
Weekly #633 - Soft Focus-Discussion
The competition is in the usual place, but here's a thread for discussion. Soft focus is something that I personally have to work at a bit, because my instinct is to produce sharp, crisp images. But, in the right hands, soft focus shots can be really effective, so I'm hopeful that we'll see a few...
Posted by johnriley on 26/08/2019 - 23:49
Weekly #634 HDR Competition
Reading through the requirements, I interpret them as simply wanting an HDR image, the subject being open. My soft focus competition was also a technique, any subject, and I'd approach this one in the same way. HDR can be many things of course, sometimes just a means of getting a huge dynamic ran...
Posted by johnriley on 02/09/2019 - 14:55
Weekly #673 Discussion
Thank you John for advice. I am afraid I cannot seem to upload a file to competition and also I cannot remember if the picture was taken with a Pentax, I had several different makes back then. Regards John
Posted by takuman on 18/06/2020 - 18:02
Weekly #738 Discussion
Continuing from Flan's comment, if you had a face like the back of a bus (heaven forbid) then that might win twice too.
Posted by davidwozhere on 16/10/2021 - 01:09
Weekly #738 Discussion
Continuing from Flan's comment, if you had a face like the back of a bus (heaven forbid) then that might win twice too. That could work also David but I’m far to handsome for that to qualify in both comps Now if I was a handsome bus driver on the other hand,then a self portrait when at work would ...
Posted by Flan on 16/10/2021 - 20:34
New competition awaited
I've sent a reminder to Snakey that the weekly competition is overdue. Hope all is well with him. If I don't hear back by tonight I'll step in and set a new weekly competition.
Posted by johnriley on 16/02/2023 - 08:50
Judging
Apologies Simon, I've been away from the site for a few years and only recently came back. I'm still learning the ropes again. Weirdly, I did edit my judging comment to add a 2nd and 3rd place but didn't click the right button to save the edits and lost the extra comments. I know for future and if a...
Posted by ForgottenHeritagePhotography on 15/09/2025 - 13:38
Judging
Apologies Simon, I've been away from the site for a few years and only recently came back. I'm still learning the ropes again. Weirdly, I did edit my judging comment to add a 2nd and 3rd place but didn't click the right button to save the edits and lost the extra comments. I know for future and if a...
Posted by Simonmac on 15/09/2025 - 13:53
Judging
Thanks for the feedback so far, there seems to be a mix of people keen to do the judging, others not so much. I think a happy solution to this would be have the option to opt-out of creating the competition and judging on receipt of the winner email, handing it back to Admin for their week, which...
Posted by rick on 16/09/2025 - 09:00
Judging
Thanks for the feedback so far, there seems to be a mix of people keen to do the judging, others not so much. I think a happy solution to this would be have the option to opt-out of creating the competition and judging on receipt of the winner email, handing it back to Admin for their week, which...
Posted by Simonmac on 16/09/2025 - 11:43
MZ5 & FA* 85mm F1.4
Was it in fact taken at full aperture f1.4 ? It was taken at F2 and 1/60s. The DOF at the distance and F1.4 is so small that one of the eyes would have been out of focus.
Posted by niblue on 13/09/2007 - 17:40
Some more studio shots
4 looks a bit flat FLAT....................yes she is flat.................flat on her back on the floor :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Posted by McBrian on 14/09/2007 - 22:01
First photo's taken with my Pentax. (be gentle please)
Of the first set I like #3 a lot. Of the last set only the final one does anything for me - in particular the focus point looks out on the 3rd one. Regards steve
Posted by niblue on 23/09/2007 - 09:58
Recent Trip to Scotland
Well, the weather wasn't too good for most of the visit. 100% condensing humidity is not what you want around electronics. I was glad to have my moisture sealed bag to protect my equipment. The last day, when we were due to fly back, was fine and that is the day almost all my pictures were taken....
Posted by Tyr on 19/09/2007 - 09:08
Recent Trip to Scotland
Good collection. I like the waterfall particularly - it is just so Scottish :D Just back from Scotland too! It was too damp and grey for me to get any really good photos, and a badly sprained ankle didn't help matters either :( I'm still going through mine to see if there are any keepers, but...
Posted by Gwyn on 19/09/2007 - 09:37
