Welcome to the theme for Feb 2008 - TRANSPORTATION. This should be a very wide subject, from people on horses to Scoobs racing around the track. It could be anything that has boats, roads, planes, bikes, rockets, even satellites crashing to Earth etc! Hopefully there are easy pickings for ScoobyNet's crack photographers!

Discussion only in this thread please. Entries in the other thread.







Rules

1. Image must have been taken within the competition period, which is from Friday 1st Feb 2008 to Midnight on Sunday 24th Feb 2008.
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 Sunday 24th Feb 2008.
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 from Midnight on Sunday 24th Feb 2008 and closes 8pm Thursday 28th Feb 2008, 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. If the winner is away, after 5 days the runner up will get to choose, although the title of winner will retain with the rightful winner.

I really hope that the subject that I picked is ok?

Sounds good

Might have to crack open the light box, instead of going outdoors :lol1:

I might be able to come up with something, being in the rail business ;)

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 Saturday 26th Jan 2008.


OOoops! ;)

Ah, cut in haste :)

Mr Scoobs Peugeut 306 Maxi looks suspiciously like it was taken during the summer months (lighting levels, length of shadows, lack of rain etc.!) and would therefore contravene rule 1.!

Well that's where you're wrong Mr BMW, it was taken at Goodwood last Saturday (2nd February 2008), I await your apology

:D

Still waiting:brickwall

Well I like it Mr Scoob and with the current entries you get the following points:

5 - Mr Scoob - Peugeut 306 Maxi
4 - Mr Scoob - Peugeut 306 Maxi
3 - Mr Scoob - Peugeut 306 Maxi
2 - Mr Scoob - Peugeut 306 Maxi
1 - Mr Scoob - Peugeut 306 Maxi

:D

LOL, methinks more entries are needed, come on everybody.

There we go.... Riverdance sat on the beach at Blackpool.

I've not decided about leaving the title across the bottom yet; I was just messing about and thought I'd see how it looked. Might yet replace it with a "clean" one.

I'd have preferred to have taken the pic from further north along the seafront, but the closed off area stopped me going any further. If I get chance, I might have a look coming from Cleveleys.

much easier subject for me this month :D

There we go.... Riverdance sat on the beach at Blackpool.

I'm glad you told us what it is, tis a tad dark. ;)

I will be entering this if it kills me this month :D

Off to Santa pod on Sunday - should be something that fits the bill knocking about! :)

I will be entering this if it kills me this month :D

Like many others I've been down with flu so getting out there has been difficult, shame as there has been some really good picture taking weather recently.

I will be entering this if it kills me this month :D

So will I as long as I get my lazy arse into gear :lol1:

Chief Dude both shots :notworthy

if anyone doesn't like my watercolor filter, i'll remove the image.

:)

Chef, do you have the image without the filter (post it in here if you do) as I would like to see it without the filter

Im happy for it to stay in the comp, but would like to see the original :)

no probs. it's at home, so i'll post tomorrow.

I have also noticed that my border increases the image size to 827 px wide. I resized to 800 before 'adding' the border.

I'll do it smaller - don't want to contravene too many rules lol

ps, thanks trails :D

Scott, this photo is pure class :thumb:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2257996825_17be45de47.jpg

ps, thanks trails :D

no worries, the amputee getting off the bus...lucky timing or set up?

Scott, this photo is pure class :thumb:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2257996825_17be45de47.jpg

Uh ho, looks like things are hotting up :)

the amputee was a coincidence, but I waited for the screen on the side of the bus to scroll back to 'FRIENDS?'

By the way, here's the canal view before watercolor filter

http://www.reefbeasties.com/mt/RZ4N5648a.jpg

By the way, here's the canal view before watercolor filter

http://www.reefbeasties.com/mt/RZ4N5648a.jpg

Thats still a great shot Chef :thumb:

Thanks Sonic!

:)