Photo Comp March 2013 - "Snaps of Churches"

[Surfr]

Bah, I went to buy Camera+ in the hope that I could use scene modes but it turns out that they are all post processing options and thus identical to instagram in their use so banned here. Am I using it wrong?

[RiK]

Bah, I went to buy Camera+ in the hope that I could use scene modes but it turns out that they are all post processing options and thus identical to instagram in their use so banned here. Am I using it wrong?

Nope, that's the way it works. If you want pre-shot film and lens selections, go for KitCam instead :-)

[Zoot]

Or one might argue that this could destroy the well-intentioned attempt to level the playing field. The "non-detachable lens" thing was, as you very well know young Mr Olpin, a rule to stop lens selection.

I know very well that you are taking the pi$$, but my view is that the best photographers will still take the best pics, regardless of cameras.

Of course, if you feel that you need to bend the rules to give you an advantage, maybe you aren't as good as I thought?

[RiK]

Ah, well yeah sort of, though in that particular app the 'film' and 'lens' selections only offer a similar range of looks that are available on even quite a modest compact camera. You've obviously only got a fixed optical lens on a phone but they offer things like a monochrome film look, or maybe a more vivid / contrasty look as you might get from a 'landscape' picture style etc.

Playing devil's advocate a bit.. My little compact does all sorts in camera such as retro style vignetting, depth-of-field effects, etc. In the spirit of the rules this months I probably wouldn't use them, but they're all there as a single button push from the shooting menu. In actual fact, it has a lot *more* of that stuff available to dick around with when taking 'snaps' than my £3000 Canon 5D Mark III does featuring *no* such auto modes.. It's much more pure in the sense that you need to know what you're doing to get the most out of it..

Just saying like..

[supermario]

Thanks for the clarification - just trying to head off a schism before it starts... Heres one to start off with, view between the towers of Yorkminister cathedral from a couple of years back:

From 2000

Nah yours is better (mind you mine was taken on a dead cheap camera and then scanned. Not official entry...)

[(o)(o)]

Well if we're posting some (non-entries) from the archives...

Here are a few of mine, S.O.O.C. from the S100 or the iPhone.



Paris-0702-Mono by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr
(Yes, that is as taken. The camera was in it's monochrome picture style)

I just love this one. Besides the angle, the sky, etc it gives me a feeling of timeliness.

Note: I tried to click on it but Flickr says it's private

That ones taken on the S100. A £440 point and shoot.

I can only dream of owning a camera that is capable of taking pictures like this one did.

Let's see what you can do with a 1.3MP camera, Rik.

[RiK]

That ones taken on the S100. A £440 point and shoot.

Actually, It cost me about £200 from DigitalRev. The current model is £255. That's not an outlandish cost for a great little compact.

I can only dream of owning a camera that is capable of taking pictures like this one did.

So why not buy yourself one then? Pretty much any sub-£100 compact has the capability of taking these sort of pics. It's not my fault if you don't have a camera is it? I don't own a horse but you don't see me complaining that I can't enter a horse race because other people do!

Let's see what you can do with a 1.3MP camera, Rik.

Why? It's not 1990 any more. You can buy a 12mp compact for well under £100.

I posted those pics as they met the spec that Paul had chosen, and as an illustration of the point discussed last month. They were taken as holiday snaps on a compact camera.

Perhaps you're not getting the point previously discussed, and the inspiration for this topic. It's not about the camera, it's about the photographer.

[GoatFoam]

It's not about the camera, it's about the photographer.

And what about those of us who catch fire whenever we get too close to churches?

[RiK]

Quick reminder, in accordance with the photo comp rules, any off-topic posts will be removed from the comp threads. If you want a discussion about general photography topics etc please keep it to another thread.

[Zoot]

It fills me with sadness that, despite the attempts to do what was asked, it would appear that it is not enough. I had been saving the theme of churches in case I won one month, and was happy to use it to do what had been requested, but it would appear that we still can't people happy.
Perhaps I should have insisted on a cardboard box and a pin?
Sheesh.......

[Meow]

The Church Yard???

[ElfQrin]

Not for the contest, as they were shoot a few years ago.


The Vatican from Castel Sant'Angelo.


St. Peter's Basilica from the river Tevere by night.


Internal courtyard in the Vatican.


The Vatican museum.


Pope Benedictus XVI speaks from his office.

[F-ZeroOne]

Funny. Thought he'd be taller.

[(o)(o)]

Internal courtyard in the Vatican.

Looks a bit like Colditz..

That's a great shot, really captures the atmosphere.. you can feel the volume of space

[PFVA]

For the fun of it,

a snap taken in 1983, in Brazil, with a cheap locally made camera, no hand focus, no interchanging lenses, none of that, and scanned almost 10 years ago from a 4X6 print.