Photo Comp - July 2012 - "Not my usual thing"

[TheGoodbyeGirl]

Ohh I really like Gnu2000's second shot and Goatfoam's ghosts

Pretty cool topic Rik, I tend not to take photos of people, I must prefer things, my fav being graveyards show me an old graveyard and I am happy to spend hours wandering around taking photos

TGG

[RiK]

Pretty cool topic Rik

Thanks. I figure the whole point is to get people out making a bit of an effort with their photography and sometimes you need to get out of your comfort zone a bit to raise your game

[matt303]

Went to see my Dad and step Mum today and took the opportunity to take pictures of people for a change.


Dad by matt303uk, on Flickr


Janet by matt303uk, on Flickr

Not sure if one of these will be my entry, I need to ponder a bit more.

[RiK]

The one of your dad is ace

[Geenius]

I'm not one for photographing people either (or much else, if truth be told - this will change!)

I went to watch a dance school performing last week and took some snaps. Here's probably my favourite:

[tufty]

Flowers...


CIMG0239 by tufty tufty tufty, on Flickr

[Chontler]

First day of sun that I could actually go out in and it's windy as feck, so I figured I'd try out the cheapo macro tube set that's been lying in my bag unused for months. I soon discovered that they significantly mess up exposure times, so was forced to use an ancient 1.4 prime lens with it. Trying to shoot a thistle head bobbing around in the wind by hand gave me about 2 millimetres of focal range.

Thistle bugs by Chontler, on Flickr

[RiK]

Love it. Good skills!

[Xstreme]

I seem to be a bit of the odd one out here. The majority of my photos involve people. Wild life for example (dog snapshots excluded) isn't really my thing.

However I was covering a wedding in a national park in the South of France earlier this month. These guys arrived in the bottom prairie to see what all the fuss was about. I took a few frames on the SLR though I've not had chance to look over them as yet. I grabbed this shot with my iPhone for a little instant instagram action:

[RiK]

Cool stuff this month guys.

Entries now closed, I'll pick a shortlist in the morning

[RiK]

Some pretty good entries this month folks

Here's my shortlist, I'll set the voting up at midnight..

TheGoodbyeGirl

Legs 11 by thegoodbyegirl1804, on Flickr
Nice tights!

StuartB

Droplets 2 by Gnu2000, on Flickr
Having fiddled around with water drops a bit myself I appreciated the effort taken to get this entry so that's a no-brainer

geenius

(Bit soft, but I like the captured moment)

Chontler

Thistle bugs by Chontler, on Flickr
If you hand-held that, you must have arms of steel!

Xstreme

Nearly didn't pick it due to the lack of semi-naked women, but I loved the tones..


Also in the running were Paula's reflection shot and Matt303's mum.. Hard to choose but in the end I thought the other shots were just a bit more unuasual and therefore more on topic so there we go..

[Chontler]

thanks but my arms are scrawnier than the thistle stem.
It's all in the lens. exif: f1.4, iso320, 1/200

[GoatFoam]

Bah. I forgot to upload my proper entry *again*.

All good, except for the bugs which are just freaky.

[RiK]

Well done to TheGoodbyeGirl.

PM me a topic for August and I'll set it up :-)