Photo Competition Round 35 – Deterioration - Entries (Ends 27/5/07)


Seeing as it's now spring with growth all around what better than to photograph the exact opposite, be it natural corrosion or made-made decay, there's plenty of ways to interpret the theme.

Entries only in this thread please.


Discussion Here (http://bbs.scoobynet.com/photography-360/601087-photo-competition-round-35-deterioration-discussion-thread.html#post6865538)

Rules

1. Image must have been taken within the competition period, which is from Tuesday 24th April 2007 to Sunday 27th May 2007.
2. No image will be greater than 800 pixels along its longest side.
3. Image overall will not exceed 300kb (defined as 307,200 bytes).

If a submitted image contravenes rules 1 ,2 or 3 could people please mention this in the discussion thread so that the poster can fix it, some advice to the poster about how they might rectify the problem might be handy. No image which breaks any of these rules will be included in the voting thread so let's try to avoid a submission being left out due to not meeting the rules.

4. Each entrant can change their posted image at any time (using edit function) up to the closing date for submissions which is midnight UK local time on Monday 28th May 2007.
5. Maximum of three images per entrant.
6. Digital manipulation is allowed in order to correct technical issues. Sharpening, levels, contrast and colour adjustments are allowed as is the cloning out of minor defects.
7. If you feel the need to use other digital tools or effects then these must be fully documented so that people can learn how to use such tools/effects.
8. Image must be hosted so that it appears correctly in the competition thread using something like photobucket or a direct link to the photo if you cannot do this.
9. Image must be titled but not on the image itself, i.e. some bold text naming the image should be posted above it. In addition, to benefit others, please post some details below the pic e.g. EXIF data or just aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, equipment used etc. (this is a learning exercise after all).
10. There will be no posts in the Entries thread other than those for the posting of competition images.
11. There are no judges, only votes from Scoobynet members, their collective decision is final.
12. Voting should be 29th May-1st June, anyone with a Scoobynet log-in will be eligible to vote, not just those submitting pictures.
13. Images will meet the requirements of the ScoobyNet T&Cs
14. Winner gets to choose the theme for the next round.

Ashes to Ashes, Rust to Rust
http://www.norwichphoto.co.uk/portfolio/photos/Fun/Scoobynet%20Photo%20Comp/dust2dust.jpg

30D, 24-105IS L f4.0 1/60 bit of flash, old scrap car.

Off-Roader

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/General/IMG_1681a.jpg (http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/General/IMG_1681a.jpg)

Eaves

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/General/IMG_1683a.jpg (http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/General/IMG_1683a.jpg)

Both with 350D 70-200 F4 - b/w conversion (exif attached)

Nick.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f380/bootsy13/IMG_0622.jpg
400D kit lens

My first compo attempt......

Missing a few bits
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g13/Rinedomain/Bike1.jpg
Cropped



Heavenly Rust
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g13/Rinedomain/HeavenlyRust1.jpg
Rotated slightly and cropped

About Right

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/Beanchimp/britain.jpg

Cropped from original :)

Old Wall

[/URL][URL="http://www.thegaddfamily.co.uk/Other%20Pictures/Images/wall.jpg"]http://www.thegaddfamily.co.uk/Other%20Pictures/Images/wall.jpg (http://www.thegaddfamily.co.uk/Other%20Pictures/Images/wall.jpg)




Modified Sony F707, 1/200th at F4, Hoya R72 IR filter. Slight crop and level adjustment in Photoshop

Anyone for a dip ?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/DJDunk/DSCF2421a2.jpg

Taken just before the rules week with my cheapo camera, but pointing through a fence too high to see over :D

Fuji Finepix E550, 1/350th, f/2.8, ISO 100, . . . not that I know what this means.

OK here is my effort:

Wounded Monument

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/stuartjw/DSC00291.jpg (http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/stuartjw/DSC00291.jpg)

Taken on a Sony DSC-H2 f2.8, 1/160, ISO 80, B&W, brightness slightly adjusted

Down in the Dumps

http://Mog.smugmug.com/photos/149912100-L.jpg

350D f9, 1/80, ISO 100, 47mm
Cropped & USM in CS2

Near Rydal Water, Lake district

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/paulwhittle/Stone-building.jpg (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/paulwhittle/Stone-building.jpg)

Canon 5D, 24-105L with polariser
tweaked levels, B&W gradient map
f13 1/20th

The Wheelbarrow

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/mass555/Canon%20400D%20Pics/Photocomp.jpg
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/mass555/Photocomp.jpg)

Canon 400D 18-55mm, 1/160, f5.6, ISO 100, cropped.


Little Weed

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/mass555/Canon%20400D%20Pics/Photocomp2.jpg
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/mass555/Photocomp2.jpg)

Canon 400D 18-55mm, 1/125, f5.6, ISO 100.

Wreath

http://recordproduction.smugmug.com/photos/154947723-L.jpg

Canon 5D, 24-70L at f/2.8, 44mm


Decaying Tree

http://recordproduction.smugmug.com/photos/154947667-L.jpg

Canon 5D, 24=70L at f/4, 70mm


Death Metal Man

http://recordproduction.smugmug.com/photos/151884823-L.jpg

Ok, ok, it's not a rusty bucket but this guy is a death metal man so where there is death there is deterioration!

Canon 5D, 24-70L, 1/40, f/2.8, ISO 400.

Down & Out
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/69wrx/downout.jpg

Canon 5D, 45mm, F9, 1/125, ISO 100.
Shot using a single portable studio-type flash with Gold reflector/Umberella, Run by a car battery & inverter. :)
Photoshop - levels, resize & border added.

Old for New

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/gazc/Distressed.jpg

Canon 30D with Sigma 27-70 f2.8 macro. Cropped only.

Can you guess what it is yet?

http://www.rollingthunder.tv/monza_1.jpg (http://www.rollingthunder.tv/monza_1.jpg)

Nikon D2Xs with Nikon 80-200 f2.8 at 135mm, 1/90sec cropped only.


Crumbling glory

http://www.rollingthunder.tv/monza_2.jpg (http://www.rollingthunder.tv/monza_2.jpg)

Nikon D2Xs with Nikon 80-200 f2.8 at 86mm, 1/125sec cropped and coverted to monochrome. Polarising filter.

Both the above shot at Monza a couple of weeks ago

British Summertime - an interlude

http://www.rollingthunder.tv/haga_sil_07.jpg
(http://www.rollingthunder.tv/monza_3.jpg)

Nikon D2Xs with Nikon 80-200 f2.8 at 200mm, 1/250sec, cropped and sharpened very slightly.

All shot at Silverstone yesterday while enjoying a great British bank holiday weekend...

SB

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/bilposter/IMG_7649-01_7-01_8-01pre_filteredre.jpg

(30D 17-50 Tamron lens @17 F10 1/80 AV, Three exposures +/-2 Auto bracketed, RAW converted and tonemapped with Photomatix, levels and high pass sharpening.)

Not required at the farm anymore

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/Lathafummi/SN/farm1.jpg

Eos 350d

The Falling Dollar

http://i.pbase.com/o6/17/757117/1/78960210.UmbgNkiB.RZ4N1886.jpg

50mm @ f/1.2 1/1000s ISO320

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/paulwhittle/lilly.jpg (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/paulwhittle/lilly.jpg)

Canon 5D, 24-105L IS
2/150s, f16, with studio light bounced off background
levels slightly altered, some USM

URL below for those who can't view

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/paulwhittle/lilly.jpg

Ancient China
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l26/manners_2006/IMG_1434.jpg

Modern China
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l26/manners_2006/IMG_1480.jpg

Hung out to rot
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l26/manners_2006/IMG_1514.jpg

All shot in China Canon 350d Tamron 17-50

Final Flight

http://www.cawte.nildram.co.uk/final-flight.jpg

Canon IXUS 800IS, ISO 200, auto

A note of explanation, in case it's not entirely clear: this is the view from inside my office, looking out through the window where a pigeon failed to quite stop in time and left this wonderful imprint. It was the second one in as many days - the first left an even more distinct impression, though not quite such a detailed one.

I really must stop leaving bird seed just behind the window :D

Poverty with Pride


http://www.hogtronix.com/PovertywithPride.jpg


Nikon D70, kit lens, colour and levels tinker in CS2, No crop. Taken in Torrox Pueblo, Spain

Here goes.

Framework

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/CharlesW/Framework.jpg

20D, 18-55mm @ 18mm, f13, 1/125

Jawbone

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/CharlesW/Jawbone.jpg

20D, 18-55mm @ 55mm, f10, 1/250

Weathering

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/CharlesW/Weathering.jpg

20D, 18-55mm @ 18mm, f10, 1/500

Hope you like them.

Ok, here's my enteries.

All three have had a little usm applied, bike was taken on ixus 700, pier (converted to greyscale) and sheet metal on 400D with 18-55 kit lens.


West Pier (Brighton)

http://www.wallace-dand.com/subaru/brightonsm.jpg

Bike

http://www.wallace-dand.com/subaru/bikesm.jpg

Sheet Metal

http://www.wallace-dand.com/subaru/metalsm.jpg

Click on the image to see it properly, the size compression seems to make them look a bit jaggy.

Both Taken on D80 slight crop to 2nd image

Wild Barge

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/NixxyD80/WildBarge.jpg

Do you remember when we were tree's lads ?

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/NixxyD80/Rememberwhenweweretrees.jpg

Today was far too rainy to take some photos specifically for the comp.
So, I'll add this taken a couple of weeks ago in the Jewish Cemetery in Prague.

Flesh May Wither... and Stone May Crumble...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/MissyC/Prague/DSC_0783_c.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/MissyC/Prague/DSC_0783_c.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/MissyC/Prague/DSC_0783_c.jpg)
D200 18-200 lens at 80mm
F/5 1/200s ISO 100

In need of renovation
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/CharlieWhiskey/Miscelleanous/_MG_8764-02sc.jpg

Billske Postki
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/CharlieWhiskey/Miscelleanous/_MG_8715-01.jpg

After 26 miles you need a drink
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/CharlieWhiskey/Miscelleanous/_MG_8713-01.jpg

All from a recent visit to Prague

Trains won't stop here any more
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/snetDaveD/IMG_0998_sm.jpg

Waiting for the ship to come to shore
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/snetDaveD/IMG_1017_sm.jpg

Lock keepers house
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/snetDaveD/IMG_1024_sm.jpg