August Competition


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August theme: Open - this is the opening month, we're still testing this idea out!

Rules:

-Editing allowed (but lets not turn this into an "I can Photoshop better than you" war)

-Can be Scanned film picture

-Unlimited pictures per member can be posted every month (Well at least for this month and we'll see later).

-Please resize the picture for Bandwidth reason and link to external website

-Polarizer filters can be used of course

The way you should post:

Name: Your Neowin name

Name of the picture: Find a cute name

Camera: Brand 18-55mm blahblah

Edits: e.g. Contrast, B&W Filter, Colour Saturation

Explanation: Explain what is the picture or/and what it represent for you (just 1-3 lines)

Have fun!

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Name: MonkeyClaw (Nic Goodman)

Picture Name: Sound Sailing

Camera: Nikon D50; 18-55mm

Description: This was taken last week on Ocracoke Island, NC facing the Pamlico Sound. The subtle sunset and brilliant orange red color of the sail just really complemented the entire scene and I felt that it would make for a great composition.

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Name: JeT

Photo title: Sly

Camera: Canon 350D 18 - 55m

Description: Was a photo shoot for a friends car, in an abandoned industrial area. I thought it was a great location for the type of car (Celsior) and the colour of it. No editing apart from the frame.

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Name: _-Psycho-_

Name of the picture: Are those ghosts?

Camera: Samsung Digimax i50

Edits: Just the boarder

Explanation: I really like this picture. I cant explain why but i hope you do too.

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Name: _-Psycho-_

Name of the picture: Ahhh.. boats

Camera: Samsung Digimax i50

Edits: Just the boarder

Explanation: I really love the colors in this one. And i think the water looks great.

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Name: Keito

Name of the picture: Home Window View

Camera: Nikon F60 with 28-105 Sigma Lens

Edits: Black-to-transparent gradient (I dond't have an actual lens filter for that yet...)

Explanation: This is what I see when I look out the window from my room at a clear sunset... I really like the view :)

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Name: Keito

Name of the picture: Under The Bridge

Camera: Nikon F60 with 28-105 Sigma Lens

Edits: Played with the contrast a bit.

Explanation: The view from a bridge I cross when I'm heading towards a friend's place... I really like the light from the top - which is actually just some blue-tinted plastic/glass :D

Yes, I scan my film. 16BASE to be exact... which comes out at slightly more then 6 megapixels, so the quality is really good if you ask me.

I've got one more pic, but I find it too much editted for this competition as I played pretty much with the contrast / levels on that pic... still it's the best one I have made IMHO; Click here for the dA

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Name: James Risk

Picture: Sunday Paper

Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Exposure: 1/1300 at f/5 ISO100

Focal Length: 70mm

Edits: Crop. Levels. Saturation. Curves. Unsharp Mask.

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Name: Timmah

Picture Name: Fire in the hole

Camera: Nikon D50 with kit lens (18-55mm)

Edits: Tiny little bit of tweaking the levels and contrast

Explanation: Went to a mini-festival/party yesterday and after the bands had stopped there was a group of us and my friends were breathing fire. This picture shows how they were trying to set fire to a caravan, and nearly succeeded at one point.

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Name: saxondale.

Name of the picture: Swan

Camera: Canon 350D - 18-55mm

Edits: Contrast, Colour Saturation, Exposure & Brightness

Description: I just love animals in their natural habitat, outside, not restricted and i thought this captured it just well

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Name: saxondale.

Name of the picture: Track Life

Camera: Canon 350D - Sigma 70-300mm APO

Edits: Contrast, Desaturation, Exposure & Brightness

Description: Shows a sense of emptyness, the b/w enhancing that feeling

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Name: saxondale.

Name of the picture: Where am I?

Camera: Canon 350D - 18-55mm

Edits: High Contrast, Daturation, Exposure & Brightness

Description: A sense of mystery, being lost and confussion in this photo

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Name: saxondale.

Name of the picture: Summer Life

Camera: Canon 350D - 18-55mm

Edits: Contrast, Increase Colour Saturation, Exposure & Brightness

Description: This is summer, lovely sky, bright, warming and of course flowers

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Edited by saxondale.
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Jediweasel

Canon EOS 2000

800 Speed 35mm

Interior shot with built in flash.

No edits done.

Name of Picture - Pass the Doritos...

Description - This is my 16 year old cat (Monza) after she had a party with the lid from the catnip container. She got so baked she passed out on the lid.

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Thanks.

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I only have 35mm so excuse any imperfections you may will find, I'm also not too great with Gimp so the colours are a bit off but anyway enough explanation.

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Name: OrganicPanda

Name of the picture: ".. He Started It"

Camera: Canon EOS300 35mm SLR - 28-80mm AF lens

Edits: Gimped Scan, Levels, Saturation, Lightness, USM

Explanation: This photo represents how stubborn my friends are, even though they are posing for the photo you can really imagine there was a pre-photo argument over something trivial like: which is better, Family Guy or Futurama.

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Name: _-Psycho-_

Name of the picture: Water lights

Camera: Samsung Digimax i50

Edits: Just the boarder

Explanation: Was roaming the city the other day and found this fountain in a garden. I thought it was beautiful.

Water_Lights_by_psycho_michael.jpg

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Name: Jack Pearce

Name of the picture: Experimenting with Macro

Camera: Canon EOS 350D 18-55mm

Edits: Small changes in Picasa

Explanation: Macro of a wasp/fly. Snapped it quick in the garden.

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peterish

The Stare

Nikon D50

Brightness, Contrast, Color Balance, Hue/Saturation, Sharpening, Cropping.

I don't think this shot has any 'deep' meaning; I just like the way it looks.

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peterish

The Stare

Nikon D50

Brightness, Contrast, Color Balance, Hue/Saturation, Sharpening, Cropping.

I don't think this shot has any 'deep' meaning; I just like the way it looks.

65231605.syqAv3Fg.tiger2B.jpg

Wow! Great capture.

Where was this taken?

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Just a note. Let's try and keep quoting pictures down to a minimum. It'll make browsing the competition pictures easier if there's only one of each submission. :D

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Name: Xu Han

Name of the picture: Red

Camera: Nikon D50 18-55mm

Edits: No edit (apart from resize)

Explanation: I am not professional, I just like to caption people in real life. Here is one from my holiday in Rome

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Name: ENUTPNUT

Name of the picture: Window

Camera: Canon Powershot A520

Edits: Contrast, B&W Filter, Border, Signature

Explanation: It is a picture of a glass shower door in front of a window.

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Name: AlleyMan

Name of the picture: Swiss Lake

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ20

Edits: Color boost, border, signature

Explanation: Taken on my recent trip to Switzerland at Interlaken. Taken on a pier waiting for the boat (in picture) to arrive. The water had a surreal color to it and it just made the shot for me.

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Name: drunk_monk

Name of the picture: (err ...) Beach

Camera: Sony DSC-W100

Edits: none

Explanation: Took this when I was on holidays in Portugal, I like this picture because in all my other pictures family members jump into the picture and smile even though I don't want to take a picture of them ... :D

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Name: CiwirXP

Name of the picture: Formula 1 Bolid 01

Camera: Nikon D50 + Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D @ 50mm

Edits: Contrast, nik Color Efex Pro 2 Stylizing filter: Duplex: Color

Description: My son driving his F1 bolid

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Name: CiwirXP

Name of the picture: Formula 1 Bolid 02

Camera: Nikon D50 + Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D @ 50mm

Edits: Contrast, nik Color Efex Pro 2 Stylizing filter: Photo Styler: Russet

Description: My son driving his F1 bolid

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Name: CiwirXP

Name of the picture: Friends

Camera: Nikon D50 + Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G @ 18mm

Edits: Contrast, Converted to B/W

Description: I with my whife, son and my friend with his wife and daughter :-)

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User Name: FlishFun

Picture Name: Sensitivity

Camera: Kodak C340

Edits: Contrast, Color Adjust, Border Added

Description: A picture of my Sensitive Plant in bloom out on my balcony.

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User Name: FlishFun

Picture Name: We Are Not Amused

Camera: Kodak C340

Edits: Contrast, Color Adjust, Border Added

Description: A picture of my cat Mishka, that I accidentally woke up.

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Name: saxondale.

Name of the picture: Mixed Nature

Camera: Canon 350D - 18-55mm

Edits: Increase Contrast, Increase Colour Saturation, Cropping, Exposure & Brightness

Description: Possessions placed in nature, an odd feel to the photo, yet it fits.

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