Photo Comp Feb 2013 - "Sharp Focus"

[PFVA]

So far i the only thing i got a kind of sharp

(the gusty winds have not been helping)

[Whiteball]

Bit pants I know, but all I could think of and my poor camera skills don't help.

[Whiteball]

So far i the only thing i got a kind of sharp

(the gusty winds have not been helping)

I really like this. For some reason when I look at it I imagine that flower to be ten feet tall.

[RiK]

So far i the only thing i got a kind of sharp

Ooh, I like that a lot. :-)

[(o)(o)]

And the winner of this months biggest fastest most nerdlinger lens competition goes to.....

[(o)(o)]

[RiK]

Nice, what is it, a button?

[RiK]

And the winner of this months biggest fastest most nerdlinger lens competition goes to.....

Didn't know we had one of those, thought it was a photo comp, not a gear one?

However, pictures of tech porn would probably be a popular topic round these parts..

[Xstreme]

Here's my lovely friend Jodie, who I borrowed this afternoon for a few snaps.. She doesn't scrub up too bad :-)


Jodie by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

Pretty, pretty!

[Stuart B]

Can't resist sharing how this one came out:


Crown by Gnu2000, on Flickr

Captured using one Raspberry Pi and one external flash.

[RiK]

Pretty, pretty!

I know!

Have another, as Perou would say, fur coat no knickers...


Jodie by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

[(o)(o)]

Nice, what is it, a button?

It's a handmade brass mandala box from Tibet.

[Dvorak]

My hometown Detmold.
The Wallgraben.
Tilt-Shift experiment.

Image taken last July I have to admit - but of historical value already since by the end of this week all of the trees you see will be chopped down, and all brushes will be eradicated. There will be grass and gabions instead.
Heat pipeline.

Residents go ballistic, but city council is determined (work nearly done, only four old trees left. Will fall tomorrow).
Thanks, mayor Rainer "clear-cut" Heller.
May google link this attribute to your name for evermore.

This is my entry for February 2013.
Something you, or me, will never see again.

Sorry for the emotionalism, but I'm really fucking angry.

[Stuart B]

A mopey macro from last night:


A picture says a thousand... by Gnu2000, on Flickr

[PFVA]

Thanks for the comments on the pink flower. I use the vignette (combined with the matte) effect when the stuff around the flower is unsightly or not very interesting.


Dvorak, i thought that kind of mayoral behavior was exclusive of this corner of Europe. Several cities in California and thru out the States have laws that forbid the cutting of trees even in private property unless there is specific reasons such as being deseased or to pass new train lines, etc and they have to hold open meetings to explain that to the public. Fines were not that heavy, US$ 500.00 per tree but another had to be planted in the same exactly spot. Maybe such laws could be introduced in Germany, and hopefully the rest of the EU could fall suit.