The theme for round 14 of the photo competition is 'Weather'.

The weather has been making the headlines lately and this time of year we all seem to get lots of it. So see how you can catch Mother Nature in action.

To keep things tidy, entries only in this thread please - all comments should go here (http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=394867)



Good luck everyone, waterproofs at the ready.......:) or shorts depending on which part of the world your in.

Rules:

1. No image will be greater than 800 pixels along its longest side.
2. Image overall will not exceed 120kb.
3. Image must have been taken within the competition period, which is from 15th January to 15th Feburary.
4. Each submitter can change their posted image at any time (using edit function).
5. Maximum of three (3) images per submitter, per competition.
6. Digital manipulation is permitted in order to correct technical issues such as dust or noise on the image. Subtle sharpening, levels and contrast adjustment are allowed, provided that the end result faithfully resembles the image that was in front of the camera during the exposure. It is not permitted to add or remove elements of the image or to apply digital 'effects'.
7. Image must be hosted so that it appears correctly in the competition thread and must remain so for the period of the competition including voting. Any images that do not appear correctly won't poll may votes, obviously.
8. Image must be titled but not on the image itself. I.e. some bold text naming the image should be posted at the same time as the image itself. In addition, any details of the image itself should also be posted (this is a learning exercise after all). E.g. EXIF data or maybe just aperture, shutter speed, equipment used.
9. There will be no posts in the competition thread other than those for the posting of competition images. All discussion should be held in other threads.
10. There are no judges, only votes from Scoobynet members, and it's their collective decision which is final. The '10 points' voting scheme will be used.
11. Images will meet the requirements of the ScoobyNet T&Cs
12. Winner gets to choose the theme for the next round.

Ain't raining here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/markr1963/15%20Jan%202005/hillarys.jpg


Nikon D70
Shutter speed 1/125s
Aperture f9
Focal length 18mm digital

And a late entry...
Storm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/markr1963/15%20Feb%202005/stormynight.jpg

Nikon D70
Shutter speed 15s
Aperture f4.4
Focal length 46mm digital

Storm clouds over Digley reservoir

http://www.wilkinson42.btinternet.co.uk/CAR/GRAPHICS/photography_shots/storm_clouds_over_digley.jpg

(It doesn't look like my pc software transfers the exif data, so nothing to tell what aperture/shutter info. Taken with a Canon 300d and 35-70mm lens kit)

chris.

My first one from this afternoon's quick lap of Derbyshire

Moody Afternoon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/CharlieWhiskey/MoodyAfternoon.jpg

Fuji Finepix4800 (I really should learn to take the 300D out on these drives!):rolleyes:
ISO-125, F7, 1/137s, 9mm, pattern metering.
Boosted the contrast in Paintshop and tweaked the saturation to bring out the detail in the clouds.

A couple more playing with my new 10-22mm EF-S Lens :D

Clouds Gathering
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/CharlieWhiskey/SundayMeetRedLion038rgu.jpg

Canon EOS 300D 1/60th Sec. f/29 ISO-100 22mm -1.3 step re-sized, gamma 0.98 and Unsharp mask in Painshop Pro

I can see the pub from ere!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/CharlieWhiskey/SundayMeetRedLion044rgu.jpg

Canon EOS 300D 1/120th Sec. f/8 ISO-100 11mm -0.6 step re-sized, gamma 0.98 and Unsharp mask in Painshop Pro

My second entry, taken on a walk at the back of our house this afternoon:

SKY OVER MANCHESTER:

http://www.wilkinson42.btinternet.co.uk/CAR/GRAPHICS/photography_shots/sky_portrait_160105_smaller.jpg

canon 300d,28mm 1/200sec f11.0 iso 100, equalized in photoplus, contrast and brightness slightly adjusted, border added.
chris.

The Brightest Droplet

http://www.cawte.nildram.co.uk/Brightest.jpg

Canon EOS 1D, 1/500 sec, f/9, ISO 640, 50mm lens on extension tubes, blue flash

Maybe completely off-topic, but I had to share this one - taken using an identical setup to the shot above, but turning the camera through a few degrees to catch a street lamp in the frame:

Sodium Light Through a Rain Soaked Window

http://www.cawte.nildram.co.uk/Sodium.jpg

Canon EOS 1D, 0.4 sec, f/4, ISO 1250, 50mm lens on extension tubes.
--No Photoshop processing at all-- :)

Winter Storm brewing over the lakeland fells

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/SNphotocomp/ANC/Winterstorm.jpg

http://anc.fotopic.net/p10881837.html


Fuli Finepix 6900z 1/210, F3.5,10mm with a polarising filter

This Morning

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/Rickymac2000/RESIZEDforweb149er.jpg

Heavy Snow
http://bbs.sidc.co.uk/attachments//heavysnow%2Ejpg

Clearing Skies
http://bbs.sidc.co.uk/attachments//clearskies%2Ejpg

Morning Sun
http://bbs.sidc.co.uk/attachments//morning_sun%2Ejpg

All taken with a Sony DSC-P10 digital camera, and full auto settings. All this lens and F settings mean nothing to me!

Editted to make them images rather than links - I will read the rules correctly next time :D

Heavenly

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/zeroone/sunshine.jpg

Nikon Coolpix5700 : f/5 1/4000sec ISO-100



Winter's Sun

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/zeroone/winters_sun.jpg

Nikon Coolpix5700 : f/8 1/1660sec ISO-100


WizzBang

Lets see some more, there's plenty of weather knocking about.:D

Its too wet and windy to go out!

1- Sunset over Brooklyn - http://tinypic.com/1ep3kj 18/1/05 bridge over the east river to brooklyn from manhattan (taken from within a moving car through tinted glass- thats what the light marks are, the glass was covered with road salt and figerprints...)

2- Central perky nipples - http://tinypic.com/1ep3sw 17/1/05 Central Park NYC

3 - Get your skates on- http://tinypic.com/1ep3ya 17/1/05. Central Park NYC

All taken with Sony U30 digital in low res mode

Red Clouds

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/SNphotocomp/ANC/redclouds.jpg


Fuli Finepix 6900z 1/140, F3.1, 8mm

Its too wet and windy to go out!
:lol: Is that not.... weather?? :lol1:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/Yve2003/MistyGreen9.jpg

Very early one morning.......using my Canon S60

Apparition,

Can I refer you to rule number 3 above. Must be taken in the competition period.

Cheers

Ian

:lol: 7/08/2004 5.56 :nono:

Have a looksee at this. Never have quite got the hang of a direct link using Fotopic.
Up early last Sunday Morning in deepest Herts near Buntingford.

Nick

http://nickjdavies.fotopic.net/p11055581.html

Canon 300D - colour balanced in photoshop and resized

http://www.petriepc.com/images/storm800pixels.jpg

I Watkins and Fuzz.........
Sorry, didn;'t notice that, it was taken just days before I moved house and I haven't had the opportunity to shoot since, In fact I haven't really been anywhere for 2 months now 'cos of a really inflamed disc in me back. You'd better disqualify me then .
Just thought it was a nice pic and that others might like to share. No one need vote for it. Never entered anything like this before.

I Watkins and Fuzz.........
Sorry, didn;'t notice that, it was taken just days before I moved house and I haven't had the opportunity to shoot since, In fact I haven't really been anywhere for 2 months now 'cos of a really inflamed disc in me back. You'd better disqualify me then .
Just thought it was a nice pic and that others might like to share. No one need vote for it. Never entered anything like this before.
Tiz a nice pic, I made this mistake first time I entered a photo. See if you can get some more good ones. The low light and misty conditions which are common this time of year make for great snaps.

here is my entry. taken on holiday in lanzarote.

Sunset over Montana Blanco

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/bigsinky/IMG_0826small.jpg

1/125, F9, 28mm, ISO 100

Weather is a very difficult subject and I'm not sure whether(!) these pictures of clouds are appropriate :freak3:

Red Sky At Night

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/homerdog/sunrays2.jpg
17mm, under-exposed by 1 stop


Ray of Light

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/homerdog/sunrays.jpg
180mm(ish), under-exposed by 2 stops


Stormy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/homerdog/ship.jpg
70mm, under-exposed by 2 stops

All taken with Canon 20D, levels/USM in Photoshop

Love pic no.2 daryl - looks like the beginnings of a volcanic eruption :thumb:

The Thirsty Plant

http://www.dwcsystems.co.uk/pics/plant1.jpg

Taken this afternoon - 2nd pic with my new camera !!!

f/3.3 1/18sec ISO100 30/1/2005:12.59

resized in Photoslop, thats it..

TT (BB)

Heavy snow up north!

http://www.adamdavis.vispa.com/front_snow1.jpg

:)

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