Photo Comp: Mar 2011 "Revisited"

[RiK]

Cheers Fil, I'll set up the poll later to ensure it ends on time.

[Meow]

Sorry Meow, your pictures look suspiciously like two photos taken at the same time,

About 45 Minutes apart. I was walking the dog down town and on the way back. Good call tho...Technically i thought might count I guess not.

[Mr Dom]

Dammit - too late to vote.
I would vote for Ratsoap, as I find the picture more interesting
and scary...

Spoiler: show

I find Riks' is kind of like the Taj Mahal at dawn - the awesomeness is there already just point and shoot, although the difference from before & after is huge - after is mhaving learnt to get a better angle, and the light conditions are great. However, Ratsoaps' subject matter had less awesome to work with, as it were...
Umm.. I'll stop there before I dig a bigger hole!

[RiK]

Dammit - too late to vote.
I would vote for Ratsoap, as I find the picture more interesting
and scary...

No it's not. The poll should be running until midnight (ish) tonight, unless I borked something when I set it up?

[RiK]

The poll should be running until midnight (ish) tonight, unless I borked something when I set it up?

Which, apparently, I did! It seems I set it to end a day early. DOH!

It's a bit annoying that polls can't be set to end at a specified date/time, only for 'n' days from when they start. To make them end at a sensible time I have to wait until midnight to set them up and then add the correct number of days. Obviously I was out by 1.

[mattley]

I'm gonna vote RiK.

Ratsoap's entry definitely capturers the spirit of the theme and better demonstrates the passage of time but sometimes nothing beats technical excellence.


I know he's a cheaty bastard 'cos he does it for money and he's really good at it and he's got all the kit and he knows what he's doing which is fucking cheating IMO, but that bridge shot is really something.

[RiK]

I know he's a cheaty bastard 'cos he does it for money

Err, actually I don't. I'm a martial arts instructor. I do have aspirations of selling a few prints to pay for more nice toys but it really is just a hobby.

he's really good at it

That's really very kind of you. Thanks

he's got all the kit

That's just because I don't drink, dont smoke, don't have a mortgage to worry about and don't spend my money on anything else!

and he knows what he's doing which is fucking cheating IMO

How so? Like I said, it's just a hobby. I've had to visit that bridge about 20 times over three years to get about 10 shots I was happy with. Not sure how that's cheating?

but that bridge shot is really something.

Thanks again, I'm chuffed to bits that you like it

There are a few more in this set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardolp ... 040090774/

[Muttley]

I honesly couldn't vote for anyone other than Ratsoap. He looks too much like Fagin not to.

[mattley]

and he knows what he's doing which is fucking cheating IMO

How so? Like I said, it's just a hobby. I've had to visit that bridge about 20 times over three years to get about 10 shots I was happy with. Not sure how that's cheating?

Sorry if you've taken offence there chap, none meant.

I know you do martial arts for a living but for some reason I thought you also did photography as a semi pro, if you don't you should try it. I certainly didn't mean 'cheating' in the deceitful or underhand sense, just in the 'you know what your doing and I don't and that's not fair' sense.

Nice stuff on Flickr, ssc8851 doesn't need a crop IMO, good rule of thirds and the crop would upset the balance of the slipway in the foreground, another beautiful composition.

[RiK]

Sorry if you've taken offence there chap, none meant.

Nah, not at all mate. i just read it as cheeky

I'm nowt special as a photographer, I just put the hours in and as with the above will frequently visit somewhere multiple times to get a feel for the place and get the shot I want. That ain't cheating, it's just perseverance and an awful lot of rejected shots before I get something I like.

I know you do martial arts for a living but for some reason I thought you also did photography as a semi pro, if you don't you should try it.

I'm in two minds really. Whilst I've sold a few shots and that's nice for pocket money a big part of the reason I took up photography was to give me a new hobby given that my main one previously had become my job. At the moment I'm happy to keep it that way as I'm enjoying being able to do this stuff with no pressure other than what I put on myself.

just in the 'you know what your doing and I don't and that's not fair' sense.

Well, as I said, it's mainly perspiration more than inspiration, take a lot of shots and sooner or later something sticks

Nice stuff on Flickr, ssc8851 doesn't need a crop IMO, good rule of thirds and the crop would upset the balance of the slipway in the foreground, another beautiful composition.

Cheers. That's a really old one now from about 3 years when I first got my 40D. One of the first ones I did of the bridge that.

[RiK]

Well done Ratsoap!

Over to you for April then. PM me a topic and I'll set it up