POTY 2011 Round 2 - Sooooo Cold! (Discussion) [Archive]

fabs

12-01-2011, 08:18

Welcome to the 2011 Talk|Photography Photographer Of The Year Competition.

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This year, the themes are designed to make you think, to encourage the imagination.

The deadline for entries is the 11:59pm on the last day of the month, shortly after that a POLL will be made for you to vote for you favourite entries that month. This process will then repeat each month with a leader board being published after each round. The winner of each month will receive a prize (this will be announced each month). The member with the most votes at the end of the year will win the coveted TP POTY Trophy.

So on with the competition;

The theme for February is:
'SOOOOO COLD!'

Supposedly the coldest month of the year, make us shiver and reach for those hats and scarves!

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Please take a moment to read the Rules and Guidelines (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=280717). before entering, also paying close attention to the following :

* Please note that any photos submitted must not be, or have been, shown on these forums before.
* From this year, no 'placeholders' will be permitted so enter carefully. Once you have placed an entry, you will not be able to replace it.
* To disqualify an image, we simply edit the post, removing the image in question, replacing it with a Staff message.If your entry has been disqualified due to image sizes, you may re-edit your post with a resized version of the same photo. This must be done by the closing date. All disqualified images that haven't been sorted by the closing date will be left out of the vote and marked VOID in the poll.
* If anyone wishes to bring one of the images to the attention of the staff for this or whatever reason, then please use the RTM button under the post in question (It looks like this http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/images/custom_blue/buttons/report.gif).

This thread is for DISCUSSION only do NOT post any entries in here. The Entries thread will be started on the first day of the month.

Shutter

12-01-2011, 12:56

How come this has already been posted up? We aren't even half way through the first month yet?! :shrug: :(

fabs

12-01-2011, 13:07

From this year, the theme for the following month will be announced once voting has ended from the previous month. Entries may be taken from the date the theme is announced.

Shutter

12-01-2011, 13:43

From this year, the theme for the following month will be announced once voting has ended from the previous month. Entries may be taken from the date the theme is announced.

But voting hasn't even begun has it? Oh, I'm confuzzled! I'll just go and concentrate on this months... :bang:

fabs

12-01-2011, 14:01

Voting from the previous month, in this case, December.

Shutter

12-01-2011, 14:17

:thumbs:

*runs off embarressed...*

jollyjack

12-01-2011, 15:15

You watch it will be the warmest Feb on record :bonk:

fabs

12-01-2011, 15:16

You watch it will be the warmest Feb on record :bonk:

That's where thinking outside the box comes in. ;)

Hope

12-01-2011, 17:53

So, is it still ok to enter for the New Beginnings??

fabs

12-01-2011, 17:57

So, is it still ok to enter for the New Beginnings??

Yep, closing date is on the entries thread

antihero

12-01-2011, 22:48

ooohhhhh!!! Got a good idea for this one! :)

swag72

13-01-2011, 07:27

Oh my goodness!! It's not very cold here in Spain!! -Off to find a box to think outside.

fabs

13-01-2011, 07:35

Oh my goodness!! It's not very cold here in Spain!! -Off to find a box to think outside.

Stop rubbing it in! :p

CrazyJay

13-01-2011, 10:54

What a good idea to give a bit of time to think about an idea prior to having to shoot it.

maninsuitcase

13-01-2011, 12:13

So we can shoot now for February, but not post until the thread opens?

Have an idea though probably a rather obvious one!

antihero

13-01-2011, 12:14

From this year, the theme for the following month will be announced once voting has ended from the previous month. Entries may be taken from the date the theme is announced.

fabs

13-01-2011, 12:17

Yes, shots must be taken after the theme is announced. The entries thread will be posted on the 1st Feb.

fabs

13-01-2011, 12:17

Or what Paul posted. :D

maninsuitcase

13-01-2011, 12:30

Thought so, was just double checking :thumbs:

robadob

14-01-2011, 20:24

You watch it will be the warmest Feb on record :bonk:

Sod's law.

Ratfinkz

15-01-2011, 01:34

*crosses fingers for some snow*

antihero

15-01-2011, 09:20

*crosses fingers for some snow*

But that would be toooooo obvious a choice for a shot :eek:

simmo

15-01-2011, 11:56

I don't think you will be able to rely on the weather for this one thinking cap on:D

Shutter

15-01-2011, 14:15

I have an uber amazing idea for this one, and cannot wait to shoot it, but am waiting untill I have gotten my week 2 52 out of the way (by tonight!!!!) arghh!!!!

maninsuitcase

15-01-2011, 17:22

You watch it will be the warmest Feb on record :bonk:

I just turned the heating down. Out of the box thinking ahead.

blondie606

15-01-2011, 17:57

I have a few ideas for this theme....just need some skill now:lol:

TheBigYin

15-01-2011, 20:43

I have a few ideas for this theme....just need some skill now:lol:

I've had that problem for the last 2 years worth of POTY :lol:

Right now, I've got 2 images that look absoloutely stunning in my head - it's just that they'll be depressingly poor by the time I manage to translate them into film / pixels :shrug:

Shutter

17-01-2011, 17:09

I have my entry ready now! :D

jollyjack

17-01-2011, 17:38

I have my entry ready now! :D

Hope you havent taken the picture yet :nono: Got to wait a few more weeks before taking it. If i am not wrong the image has to be taken on or after the first of the month even though we know what the subject is

fabs

17-01-2011, 17:39

Hope you havent taken the picture yet :nono: Got to wait a few more weeks before taking it. If i am not wrong the image has to be taken on or after the first of the month even though we know what the subject is

Nope. It can be taken after the theme is announced.

jollyjack

17-01-2011, 17:43

Nope. It can be taken after the theme is announced.

Sorry Fabs i was under the impression the announcement was to give us time to think about it but couldn't take the image until the 1st of the month.

I wish i had understood better could have got an image this weekend just gone for round two. :bang:

Shutter

17-01-2011, 18:06

:) Hehe

fabs

17-01-2011, 18:19

It's more about making sure that people take photos FOR the competition rather than within the month itself.

jollyjack

17-01-2011, 18:32

It's more about making sure that people take photos FOR the competition rather than within the month itself.

I read the rules but didn't read it properly, missed the bit that said about images could be taken after the announcement.

I am sorry shutter I made a false reply to your post

Shutter

17-01-2011, 18:50

That's alright! I wasn't clear on the rules at the beginning of this thread either, now hopefully it will be crystal for everyone and there is no harm in trying to give advice! :o)

mindcrime

18-01-2011, 18:22

Whoo-hoo, -27c finally has a use :clap: Must keep the camera safe though!

simmo

19-01-2011, 15:15

Thought of a great concept spent ages preparing the props only to find that my lack of experience has let me down not at all happy with the final results, but will keep it as a fall back in case it is the warmest Feb on record.

I am really glad to have joined in this year it has made me think a lot more about concept and execution.

Shutter

20-01-2011, 12:54

Ive just re-shot this and its 1000% times better than before!! I'm so totally excited about it, it was very fun!

TheBigYin

20-01-2011, 14:16

Ive just re-shot this and its 1000% times better than before!! I'm so totally excited about it, it was very fun!

:clap::clap::clap: And that everyone, is EXACTLY what this competition is (or should be) about ! :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

Rowee

25-01-2011, 17:17

Thats my entry for January. Not too sure where to go with this, but certainly have more idea's springing to mind this time round.
*Building his box in preparation of thinking outside of it*

Itti

26-01-2011, 14:51

Haha, I know exactly what to do for February but still don't know about my January entry. I need to get cracking with that!

maninsuitcase

28-01-2011, 20:10

Well thats my February bank shot done which gives me another 4 weeks to do something better/less obvious.

kiko

28-01-2011, 22:58

i'm so glad for the time restrictions, because i didn't take one single photo in the snow. now lets wait till the 26th of feb then i'll panic. hahaha

Graham00

29-01-2011, 22:03

I like the idea you can hunt for the next oppurtunity while still in January 'just' !!
Throw one image over your shoulder to concentrate on the next :)

TheBigYin

29-01-2011, 22:24

I'll soon be doing the leaderboard for one month, shooting a second, and worrying about the topic for the third! It's only January and already I don't know where the hell I am :lol:

Itti

30-01-2011, 12:43

Well I took my February shot today but it was pants because the lens I wanted to use is currently in for repairs and the minimum focus on the other one is something nasty.

Hopefully it'll be back in time for me to sort out a reshoot, but they said 4-6 weeks so don't know... :(

AshMashMash

31-01-2011, 06:17

I took my Febuary shot today... cold and bleak it is... hopefully acceptable :lol:

I am loving all the new rules and whatnot :D Makes it harder but more fun... I had to get up on a Sunday just to take this shot! :eek:

Itti

31-01-2011, 10:54

I am loving all the new rules and whatnot :D Makes it harder but more fun...

Yes, definitely agree! :D I love having to take a new one each month :D

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 11:30

I never had the back catalogue to root back into for stock shots anyway, and if I managed by some fluke to get a half decent picture I'd have posted it on here in any case, so the new submission rules hasn't really made much difference to me either way. But, if it stops "pot hunters" putting in a shot that's probably already won them goodenss knows how many other competitions in other places, then it's got to be a good thing.

I just wish that people would actually stick to the rules on the EXIF part of things - okay, there are issues with flickr - mainly due to having non-pro flickr accounts, or submitting flickr resized shots, but would it be so hard to put a direct link to the flickr metadata page below your shot if nothing else.

Out of the first 100 shots submitted in january, less than half the entrants had done what was asked of them! (48 had exif properly displayed - 33 needed to click-through to flickr, 9 had been voided for various transgressions and worryingly 10 shots had no exif shown at all.) It's a hard enough job for Marc to keep a handle on this competition as it is, without this (imho) staggeringly low level of co-operation from us! The rules have been posted for all to see - and a extra re-emphasis of the need for shooting within the timeframe of the competition, and the need for EXIF details to confirm this, and yet, over half of us seem incapable of complying. Personally, I hope that Marc takes a hardline on this from February. Perhaps a couple of dozen DQ's might help focus peoples attention :shrug:

Itti

31-01-2011, 11:36

I thought the EXIF data just stayed magically in the photo. Am just about to upload my January entry (late as always). How do I find out if the EXIF data's still there?

Itti

31-01-2011, 11:37

Also it's difficult to crack down on including the EXIF data because of film submissions. :-/

maninsuitcase

31-01-2011, 11:41

Out of the first 100 shots submitted in january, less than half the entrants had done what was asked of them! (48 had exif properly displayed - 33 needed to click-through to flickr, 9 had been voided for various transgressions and worryingly 10 shots had no exif shown at all.) It's a hard enough job for Marc to keep a handle on this competition as it is, without this (imho) staggeringly low level of co-operation from us! The rules have been posted for all to see - and a extra re-emphasis of the need for shooting within the timeframe of the competition, and the need for EXIF details to confirm this, and yet, over half of us seem incapable of complying. Personally, I hope that Marc takes a hardline on this from February. Perhaps a couple of dozen DQ's might help focus peoples attention :shrug:

I think click through to flickr is fine, the data is there just flickr are a pain and doesn't pass it through on the resized images. Mines in that pot atm but from next month I aim to self host so this issue will go away (until my hosting gets pulled knowing my luck :lol:).

The exact wording in the rules is (my emphasis): With this in mind, EXIF data should be included where possibleSo I think so long as there is at least a reasonable attempt to provide proof of date (be that exif or what ever) then that should be fine. However if they clearly haven't bothered reading the rules (many have as proven by the Jan discussion re EXIF) then a void is the way to go.

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 11:47

Also it's difficult to crack down on including the EXIF data because of film submissions. :-/

Not at all - most commercial lab scanners will embed their own exif data into the picture - okay - so it's not the time of pressing the shutter, but it's arguable with film, that it's only a latent image until developed anyway, and certainly the only time you'll get to see the shot is after it's out of the minilab.

Admittedly, this doesn't cover people like myself who shoot film, develop our own work, and home scan, which is why, sadly, I'm going to be less likely to submit shots on film this year. I may submit something on film, if the subject matter SCREAMS out that it was shot "for the competition" - as for example with my january one, which was actually shot on digital - but there you go :lol:

Itti

31-01-2011, 11:52

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 11:54

I think click through to flickr is fine, the data is there just flickr are a pain and doesn't pass it through on the resized images. Mines in that pot atm but from next month I aim to self host so this issue will go away (until my hosting gets pulled knowing my luck :lol:).

The exact wording in the rules is (my emphasis): So I think so long as there is at least a reasonable attempt to provide proof of date (be that exif or what ever) then that should be fine. However if they clearly haven't bothered reading the rules (many have as proven by the Jan discussion re EXIF) then a void is the way to go.

Click through to flickr is better than nothing - a direct link to the metadata page on flickr is even better. Sadly, some people have used flickr for hosting, but haven't included a back-link to the flickr account (which is actually a contravention of the terms of agreement with flickr!), so the only way to get back to their flickr account is to use some sort of reverse look-up website such as this one (http://curiouskiwi.com/Brenda/flickrsearch.htm). It is, however a faff, and turns what should be a 10 second task into a 2 minute one. Multiply this up by a hundred or so, for 12 months, and its a fair bit of time wasted. Hence my "call to arms" for people to just try a little harder to make the staff's job as easy as possible.

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 11:59

I rather assumed those who still used film were self-developers, but I don't know a lot about film photography having only ever used P&S film cameras myself!

How do I work out if I've got EXIF data in my picture? I thought I could right click > properties to find it but that doesn't seem to work for online photos. "Image info" doesn't include it, does that mean it's not there or that I'm looking in the wrong place?

I'm willing to make the effort but I may need help :lol:

To be honest, looking through the entire 2010 entries, I'd be surprised if there were more than 20 entries shot on film in the year, so it's not a major problem - even hardened old film fogey that I am, I only did 4 out of 12 :shrug:

There are a number of ways to check the EXIF data. Opanda Iexif (http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/)is one such way, or there are a number of add-ins for firefox...

AshMashMash

31-01-2011, 12:46

Click through to flickr is better than nothing - a direct link to the metadata page on flickr is even better. Sadly, some people have used flickr for hosting, but haven't included a back-link to the flickr account (which is actually a contravention of the terms of agreement with flickr!), so the only way to get back to their flickr account is to use some sort of reverse look-up website such as this one (http://curiouskiwi.com/Brenda/flickrsearch.htm). It is, however a faff, and turns what should be a 10 second task into a 2 minute one. Multiply this up by a hundred or so, for 12 months, and its a fair bit of time wasted. Hence my "call to arms" for people to just try a little harder to make the staff's job as easy as possible.

I can't see the problem with a link back to Flickr? That's how mine is entered, and the metadata is available from the Flickr page.

Also Jeffery's Exif viewer (http://regex.info/exif.cgi)is the one I use for anything I want to snoop on! :thumbs: (though yes, resized, deirectly linked Flickr photos don't have Exif data intact)

maninsuitcase

31-01-2011, 13:04

Click through to flickr is better than nothing - a direct link to the metadata page on flickr is even better. Sadly, some people have used flickr for hosting, but haven't included a back-link to the flickr account (which is actually a contravention of the terms of agreement with flickr!), so the only way to get back to their flickr account is to use some sort of reverse look-up website such as this one (http://curiouskiwi.com/Brenda/flickrsearch.htm). It is, however a faff, and turns what should be a 10 second task into a 2 minute one. Multiply this up by a hundred or so, for 12 months, and its a fair bit of time wasted. Hence my "call to arms" for people to just try a little harder to make the staff's job as easy as possible.

Fair point, 2 clicks to 1 does save time especially over such a large volume. However I am of the opinion (flickr T+C aside) having no exif and no flickr link back is a void, just because a judge *could* find the image on flickr and look it up doesn't mean they should, besides I'm sure they have a whole bunch of other things he'd rather do.

Also competitors can (and should imo) help out by reporting images in breach of the contest rules.

Keenbfb

31-01-2011, 13:47

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 14:30

Mark please remember that some software programes don't leave the exif data in the final image either.

For Januarys shot I used somewhere around 277ish images all merged together into one shot using startrails the only date left on the image is the date that the images were merged I'm not sure about how other programes such as focus stacking handle such things either.

I'm pretty much of the opinion that the date that the files was merged IS the date and time the picture was created in that case - similar to my argument about a "latent image" on a piece of film, and the scan date from the mahoosive Kyocera minilab I mentioned earlier. The thing is, at least you've tried to keep some date details. Some people have either not bothered, or, it seems to me, have gone out of their way to remove the data. These are the ones that I think are acting outside of the spirit of the competition - I say spirit, as after all, it was phrased as "With this in mind, EXIF data should be included where possible"

Keenbfb

31-01-2011, 14:47

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 15:16

I agree it should be included where possible Mark and it does bug me a little that people don't read the rules and stick up images that weren’t taken within the time frame. I think that round 1 for this year has been a learning curve for many of us as far as the new rules go.

On a side note I know that it's possible to alter the exif data in a photo using certain exif viewers if people are so determined to cheat then I'm afraid that the inclusion of the exif rule won't stop them.

Sadly, when the rule changes were mooted, and a restricted timeframe was put on entries, I knew it would come to this. The very fact that so many people have been unable or unwilling to comply with a very basic rule saddens me to be honest. Okay - there are obvious exceptions - composite star-trails, film shots, etc. where the EXIF is either non-existant or not at the instant of shutter release, but that's not the vast majority of shots submitted so far. The fact that so far 6 shots have been canned for being outside the timeframe shows that people are either not reading the rules, or flouting them. It's meant as a friendly competition, and an exercise in developing your photographic abilities for goodness sakes - so either you shoot something for the competition and submit it or you don't submit something. Nobody will die because you don't enter.

All I'm trying to say here, is can't we all just read the rules, stick by them, and do what we can to make the staff's job as easy as we can as a thankyou to them for running this competition?

Shutter

31-01-2011, 16:35

I'm feeling a little less excited about my shot now, for some reason?! :shrug:

Keenbfb

31-01-2011, 16:48

I'm feeling a little less excited about my shot now, for some reason?! :shrug:

HaHaHa

I get that feeling every month right after the part where I click the button to submit my entry.

simmo

31-01-2011, 17:09

I'm feeling a little less excited about my shot now, for some reason?! :shrug:

Ditto :bonk:

Graham00

31-01-2011, 17:23

Have i got it right regarding displayment of EXIF ? Photo is clickable taking the viewer to the photo on my flickr -> click on D300 top right -> displays EXIF data.

blondie606

31-01-2011, 18:15

HaHaHa

I get that feeling every month right after the part where I click the button to submit my entry.

Ditto :bonk:

Glad it's not just me feeling that way .
I still really like my shot , I tried stuff never attempted or even knew was possible before but the quality of some of the photo's is breath taking .Guess we all start somewhere & I'll keep on entering (as long as I have a suitable idea) even if the photo is a very very poor relation to the other entrants as it's good fun just taking part .
I may have to re-read this/edit this when I fail to get even 1 vote :lol:

SamuelSlade007

31-01-2011, 20:09

this theme has got me thinking...BUT i only hope i can build my idea in time...and hey...i don't need to pray for 'cold weather' .. :D

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 20:20

I'm feeling a little less excited about my shot now, for some reason?! :shrug:

I've had an awful sinking feeling straight after posting my picture for...ooohh... the last 24 months :lol:

Comfy

31-01-2011, 20:30

After reading through this thread I've gone back to add an exif link to my entry for January.
Thanks for highlighting the issue :)
On a different note, I never did get Paintshop pro to retain exif data whatever I tried so all editing has been done in Lightroom (and learnt a few things doing so, bonus!). Must go get photoshop this weekend and stop putting it off. Thank you POTY comp for the indirect 'nudge' in the right direction, hehe.

jennyb

31-01-2011, 21:02

I never did get Paintshop pro to retain exif data whatever I tried so all editing has been done in Lightroom (and learnt a few things doing so, bonus!).

Glad it is not just me who has trouble with exif in Paintshop pro! Sadly, I am not planning to try to get my head around some different software :bang:

Jenny

Molly47

31-01-2011, 21:25

Its all good fun, isn't it? No one takes it mega seriously do they? :D

leftcurl

31-01-2011, 21:38

Its all good fun, isn't it? No one takes it mega seriously do they? :D

are you havin' a laff?! people have been known to end it all just because they didn't get their entry in on time :help:

DOH! i've not uploaded mine yet :bang: oh no.. this is Feb discussion thread ... oh jeepers... i'm all in a pickle

Keenbfb

31-01-2011, 21:55

Its all good fun, isn't it? No one takes it mega seriously do they? :D

To most it is but we have had people prepared to cheat in the past and several people have spat their dummies out as well.:nono:

If you use it as a learning experiance and a way in which to improve rather than the competive side of things then I'm sure you're going to enjoy entering each month.:lol:

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 22:11

To most it is but we have had people prepared to cheat in the past and several people have spat their dummies out as well.:nono:

If you use it as a learning experiance and a way in which to improve rather than the competive side of things then I'm sure you're going to enjoy entering each month.:lol:

I've been doing that for the last 2 years as well! Still waiting for the improvements to kick in though :thinking:

Molly47

31-01-2011, 22:14

TheBigYin

31-01-2011, 22:20

I see you made it Leigh, very clever certainly thinking outside that box ;)

Cheat!! omg thats sad :shake: I am doing it for just those reasons Karl, maybe if I ever get half decent & I don't get my shot in on time I might throw a paddy, but cheat, never!!

Oh dear, then there is no hope for me Mark

There's always hope, and to be serious for a moment, the discipline of actually doing this competition has brought my work on a long way. Problem is, I had such a long way to go, I'm still not where I want to be, so I guess I'd better keep going this year as well :lol:

leftcurl

31-01-2011, 22:32

To most it is but we have had people prepared to cheat in the past and several people have spat their dummies out as well.

If you use it as a learning experiance and a way in which to improve rather than the competive side of things then I'm sure you're going to enjoy entering each month.

I've been doing that for the last 2 years as well! Still waiting for the improvements to kick in though

i'm so glad you highlighted the part in blue there Mark... i thought you were opening a HUUUUGE can of worms for a split second! :lol: i just imagined someone reading this on a black and white monitor!

how do you select multi-quotes? i thought i was computer savvy... obviously not!

leftcurl

31-01-2011, 22:34

I see you made it Leigh, very clever certainly thinking outside that box ;)

Cheat!! omg thats sad :shake: I am doing it for just those reasons Karl, maybe if I ever get half decent & I don't get my shot in on time I might throw a paddy, but cheat, never!!

Oh dear, then there is no hope for me Mark

that's what really gets my goat too... running out of time, ideas and skills!
you get an idea... eventually find the time... and then things just don't pan out in the final image... but i suppose that's all part of the enjoyment :bonk:

Daisey

01-02-2011, 00:20

It's not just me that has had problems with Paintshop Pro then. I couldn't get PSPX3 to retain my exif data so I had to use PSPX2 on my old computer to do it...still not sure If I got it right. I can see the exif data on Photobucket but not sure if I needed to post a link as well for it to be accessed. I'm a bit computer illiterate I'm afraid. :$

maninsuitcase

01-02-2011, 08:21

Having looked back through some previous months I can see why some folks have cheated in the past, there where some serious prizes on offer (1 month stands out to me) which will often lead to people gaming the system as it where. It's a shame but seems to be a fact of life.

I am also treating this as a learning experience, both my shots so far (Jan entry and my Feb bank shot) have both taken about an hour or so each with me tweaking bits trying to get exactly the look I was thinking of.

TheBigYin

01-02-2011, 15:26

So... it's February - shouldn't the entried thread be open now ? ;)

not that I've got anything to go in it, still drawing a blank i'm afraid, and keep getting distracted by January's voting :lol:

fabs

01-02-2011, 15:32

So... it's February - shouldn't the entried thread be open now ? ;)

not that I've got anything to go in it, still drawing a blank i'm afraid, and keep getting distracted by January's voting :lol:

Oops! :$

That's because I was so efficient with the voting thread! :lol:

Entries thread is up now. :thumbs:

TheBigYin

01-02-2011, 15:35

Hey, you were so quick getting the poll posted, that I needed a lie down in a darkened room, so I reckon you can be excused :lol: And anyway, there's only obsessive little me that noticed ;)

fabs

01-02-2011, 15:37

Hey, you were so quick getting the poll posted, that I needed a lie down in a darkened room, so I reckon you can be excused :lol: And anyway, there's only obsessive little me that noticed ;)

Okey doke. Then we'll keep it just between us. ;)

simmo

01-02-2011, 17:53

Well I have posted my effort for this theme, did not quite work as well as I had hoped ( looked a lot better in my head) but I think the concept was quite good just a little let down by the execution.

I am really enjoying entering these gives a bit of motivation to get taking photos. I am sure one of the themes will play to my strengths :lol:

jollyjack

02-02-2011, 10:51

Well i have had to add mine early this month as i may not get chance to revisit it due to very heavy work load this month. Forgot to link the original upload from flickr so added a exif link below the image.

mikesmith1949

02-02-2011, 12:13

Im new to this site and am being 'thick' how do I post a photograph to the competition thread sooooo cold, also can I post pictures not taken in the UK, I live halfway up the Himalayas :)

TheBigYin

02-02-2011, 15:42

Im new to this site and am being 'thick' how do I post a photograph to the competition thread sooooo cold, also can I post pictures not taken in the UK, I live halfway up the Himalayas :)

Well that's it then... waste of time me bothering posting anything this month :lol:

You can post shots from anywhere in the world, providing they were taken after 12-01-2011, at 09:18 which is the start of this months competition timeframe.

You will need your shots hosted with someone on the internet, or with TP's own gallery. If you can organise this, then ask again, and someone will help you out with the next stage, i'm sure :thumbs:

stupar

02-02-2011, 15:53

leftcurl

02-02-2011, 16:04

Im new to this site and am being 'thick' how do I post a photograph to the competition thread sooooo cold, also can I post pictures not taken in the UK, I live halfway up the Himalayas :)

welcome mike! :wave:

are you sure you'll be able to find a suitable subject for the theme... when does it start getting cold round your neck of the woods? :lol::lol:

TheBigYin

02-02-2011, 16:10

welcome mike! :wave:

are you sure you'll be able to find a suitable subject for the theme... when does it start getting cold round your neck of the woods? :lol::lol:

At a guess July and 12,000 ft ?

PaulF

02-02-2011, 18:10

Ooo, Oooo I've got an idea for this that is 'out of the box' but I suspect my ability will fall way short of my ambition :thinking::help::D:D

blondie606

06-02-2011, 21:47

Almost finished with my cold entry though still not sure wether to post it :bonk:

So ,when does next months theme get announced ? Good to know early on , leaves more time for :thinking:

TheBigYin

06-02-2011, 21:50

Almost finished with my cold entry though still not sure wether to post it :bonk:

So ,when does next months theme get announced ? Good to know early on , leaves more time for :thinking:

It'll be sometime after the poll closes for January I'd expect. Hope so at least, as I'd get awfully confuddled organising the leaderboard for one month, shooting second month, and worrying about the third. :lol:

Not that i've actually got anything to shoot for February anyway. :bonk:

michael23

06-02-2011, 21:54

Its mega hard this month! I just cant get my creative juices going! I will not give up though!!!

fabs

06-02-2011, 21:54

The next theme will be announced after the winner is announced for January. Any earlier and we would have 3 months running at the same time! :gag:

TheBigYin

06-02-2011, 22:38

Its mega hard this month! I just cant get my creative juices going! I will not give up though!!!

I think that the problem i'm having is that the topic naturally lends itself to a outside shot, but that's weather depedent, and I'm just sat here, watching weather forecasts for a dozen locations and counting the days off in a short month! I've already tried 2 of my backup ideas and they suck. Big Time. I even found myself wishing I was still working at the Ice Cream Company for a few seconds, until I managed to snap out of it :lol:

TheBigYin

06-02-2011, 22:40

The next theme will be announced after the winner is announced for January. Any earlier and we would have 3 months running at the same time! :gag:

:nuts: That'd be crazy, CRAZY I tell Theee!!! :lol::lol::lol:

maninsuitcase

07-02-2011, 10:08

I think that the problem i'm having is that the topic naturally lends itself to a outside shot, but that's weather depedent, and I'm just sat here, watching weather forecasts for a dozen locations and counting the days off in a short month! I've already tried 2 of my backup ideas and they suck. Big Time. I even found myself wishing I was still working at the Ice Cream Company for a few seconds, until I managed to snap out of it :lol:

That's exactly why spent an evening with a washing up bowl full of ice :lol: Bonus was I got to drink my prop afterwards :thumbs:

Nemesis

07-02-2011, 17:48

I even found myself wishing I was still working at the Ice Cream CompanyI sometimes have the same wish, although it's less to do with photography and more to do with eating ice cream!
Mmm... Ice cream...

TheBigYin

08-02-2011, 09:39

Well - that's another option that I can't try... Mrs Yin refused point blank to model for me, when I came up with a song-inspired image (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUFO_04J1r4)... can't think why :thinking:

(not that I was sugesting to throw her all over a stage or anything... just a slightly creepy shot featuring a toe-tag and a freezer :lol:)

swag72

10-02-2011, 18:35

I'm starting to work on this theme now - I've not looked at the entries thread, so don't know what has been posted or whether my idea has already been done. I decided that was a good way to go about it and just hope that no one else had my idea!!

ohansen

10-02-2011, 21:40

I was hoping for some nice cold weather again, but I give up, gonna start stuffing stuff in the freezer...

Got a pet? Here's an idea...:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=37699118

Hypnorm

11-02-2011, 12:02

just posted my entry trying to think out side the so cold theme, may not be to every one s taste, just messing around with some corn flour, red food colouring etc.

Gupster

12-02-2011, 16:02

fabs

12-02-2011, 16:04

Just posted my image for this month.

Left it a few minutes and then went back into the "entries" thread to check all was well with the post and it had disappeared!!!!:thinking:

Sorry Fabs, I hadn't read the NSFW rules. Thanks for sorting out a link :thumbs:

Mark

No probs Mark. I'll also add a note when I put up the poll to make sure people know that it's a valid voteable entry.

Gupster

12-02-2011, 16:09

No probs Mark. I'll also add a note when I put up the poll to make sure people know that it's a valid voteable entry.

Ah, brilliant. Thanks Marc.

TheBigYin

12-02-2011, 16:22

:lol: if that's NSFW, i dread to think what you'd have had to have done for my "Cold Ethyl" idea... just was well that Mrs Yin's veto'ed it I suppose :shrug:

Keenbfb

12-02-2011, 19:55

:lol: if that's NSFW, i dread to think what you'd have had to have done for my "Cold Ethyl" idea... just was well that Mrs Yin's veto'ed it I suppose :shrug:

Mark I have to agree with you on this one I'd have only have classed that as NSFW if I was a priest:eek:.

I'm glad I didn't go with my other idea of what happens to the male body when ice is put in certian areas:nono::nono:

fabs

12-02-2011, 20:04

Mark I have to agree with you on this one I'd have only have classed that as NSFW if I was a priest:eek:.

I'm glad I didn't go with my other idea of what happens to the male body when ice is put in certian areas:nono::nono:

Unfortunately, we have to take it as if it was being opened at the most puritanical workplace. It's not about what we think, it's about what the viewer's employer might think.

Keenbfb

12-02-2011, 21:04

I understand why it's done and to be fair if just one member wasn't able to visit the forum from work becase of something I'd posted then I'd feel guilty as hell so fair play.

It would have to be one hell of a puritanical workplace though to ban access for the entry in question when you can see images of a much more graphical nature in the daily papers.

TheBigYin

12-02-2011, 22:04

As per Karl - I wasn't actually questioning the fact that it needed to be marked as NSFW - i've actually worked at a place that would have seen you lose your internet access for anything like that image going through their proxy server - it was more a comment that if a back and bum were unsafe, what would I have had to do with a blue woman dressed in a toe-tag and reclining in a deep-freeze :lol:

Keenbfb

12-02-2011, 22:24

You wouldn't know what to do Mark???:thinking:

How long you been married?:lol:

TheBigYin

12-02-2011, 22:29

Long enough to consider shutting the lid and sitting on it until it stopped moving under me :shrug:

Keenbfb

12-02-2011, 22:38

Long enough to consider shutting the lid and sitting on it until it stopped moving under me :shrug:

Hahaha I like it:thumbs:

I guess now I know why she won't pose for you in the first place

TheBigYin

12-02-2011, 22:55

I only said CONSIDER.... :lol:

(there goes the distaff section of my votes for round two.... pmsl)

phil8139

13-02-2011, 09:10

Long enough to consider shutting the lid and sitting on it until it stopped moving under me :shrug:

Mark, where do I send the invoice for the cleaning bill? Coffee everywhere!!

leftcurl

15-02-2011, 16:20

i keep checking the entries to see if anyone's posted anything like my idea.. but it hasn't happened yet!!

i just need one prop so i can get the shot... and i just can't get it!!! :bang:

Keenbfb

15-02-2011, 19:40

i just need one prop so i can get the shot... and i just can't get it!!! :bang:

At time's like this a simple prop for a shot where quality of the prop don't matter then ebay's your friend, if you can find it cheap enough.:thumbs:

chris321

16-02-2011, 10:27

Meh, that's my entry in. I was holding out for some really cold weather for another idea, but as I look outside it's just glorious sunshine as far as the eye can see, and the weather forecast is being particularly optimistic :bang:

Ah well :D

leftcurl

16-02-2011, 10:39

At time's like this a simple prop for a shot where quality of the prop don't matter then ebay's your friend, if you can find it cheap enough.:thumbs:

haha.. if only it were that simple.

The prop i need is defo not available on ebay... and if it were would be jumped on by every court in the land :gag:

Keenbfb

16-02-2011, 10:52

haha.. if only it were that simple.

The prop i need is defo not available on ebay... and if it were would be jumped on by every court in the land :gag:

Sounds mysterious now I’m intrigued, :thinking: an illegal prop you’re not following Mark’s idea and shooting the wife are you??:shrug:

leftcurl

16-02-2011, 11:17

Sounds mysterious now I’m intrigued, :thinking: an illegal prop you’re not following Mark’s idea and shooting the wife are you??:shrug:

same answer as before.... if only it were that simple - i've had that planned many times before :lol:

antihero

16-02-2011, 15:32

well, mines in...must say it was fun, as well as very challenging, to shoot. Cold was not the word! :bonk:

Doog

16-02-2011, 15:36

well, mines in...must say it was fun, as well as very challenging, to shoot. Cold was not the word! :bonk:

You have the same eyes as Marty in your avatar.;):eek:

antihero

16-02-2011, 15:52

You have the same eyes as Marty in your avatar.;):eek:

fortunately mine point in the same direction :nuts:

Molly47

16-02-2011, 22:44

i keep checking the entries to see if anyone's posted anything like my idea.. but it hasn't happened yet!!

i just need one prop so i can get the shot... and i just can't get it!!! :bang:

:thinking: Trying my mind reading skills to pinch Leigh's idea :thinking:

leftcurl

16-02-2011, 23:17

:thinking: Trying my mind reading skills to pinch Leigh's idea :thinking:

take it carole... please... take it! it's doing my fruit in, and the more i'm thinking about it, the less thrilled i am about the whole idea anyway. :shake:

just have to see how it turns out ... if it turns out at all.

Molly47

17-02-2011, 22:34

At least you have an idea, all my ideas have been posted. I never thought I would be wishing for a bit of a cold snap, although I would only want it to last an hour or so ;)
Good luck with finding your prop though :)

stupar

18-02-2011, 06:43

Well my entry is in. Not my original idea as what I did have panned was quickly shot and presented by others :razz:

So plan B it was! :D

fabs

18-02-2011, 06:51

I'm curious as to why people are worried about someone else getting an idea in first. Surely it's about best rather than fastest?

TheBigYin

18-02-2011, 09:33

I'm curious as to why people are worried about someone else getting an idea in first. Surely it's about best rather than fastest?

Very true... but if someone posts a pretty much definitive version of what you intended, then you're often better binning the idea, and shooting something original, than posting a weaker "me too" entry.

fabs

18-02-2011, 09:37

Very true... but if someone posts a pretty much definitive version of what you intended, then you're often better binning the idea, and shooting something original, than posting a weaker "me too" entry.

Well that's a point, but part of me says that's just an excuse to make your version even better and that a new idea would be hurried and done for the sake of it.

stupar

18-02-2011, 09:50

I'm curious as to why people are worried about someone else getting an idea in first. Surely it's about best rather than fastest?

It never worries me, I just think it would be a bit boring if there were a whole host of identical looking shots. Granted it would then be down to technical merit etc.

TheBigYin

18-02-2011, 10:03

Fair comment again. Though personally I'd sooner not be posting (say) the 17th image of a bottle lying in a bucket of crushed ice (no offence to the people who have posted this very image - in fact I liked the shots very much, and would rather not compete directly with your images, as I'm sure i'd come off very much second best!).

Last year's competition threw up a month where there were lots of "me too" images - the high speed photography round - where there were lots of water drop shots (at least 30 out of 132 entries!) I quickly decided that there was no point whatsoever in trying to compete with people who had already been doing that sort of thing for the last 6 months, especially as at the time, I hadn't even realised that my Canon 450D actually had a built in flash (I know, I KNOW!) as using flash just never came up on my radar. So - I went outside the box - perhaps a little too far outside the box, but at least I picked up a couple of votes, which I'd have been highly unlikely to have done with even the best of my 1500+ water drop shots (yes - i DID try it, that was the object of last years comp - to try new processes or methods).

fabs

18-02-2011, 10:06

All fair comment guys, just not sure if I had put a lot of hard work into an image that I'd be happy to bin it if someone else post something similar before me.

stupar

18-02-2011, 10:11

All fair comment guys, just not sure if I had put a lot of hard work into an image that I'd be happy to bin it if someone else post something similar before me.

If I had already taken the shot and put time and effort into it then I agree with you fabs I would still enter it than write it off.
For this theme I hadn't actually taken the shot yet hence going back to the drawing board.
Considering what I original thought of doing, my plan B and actual entered shot was somewhat more challenging to obtain, which I take as a plus point.

TheBigYin

18-02-2011, 10:14

I have to admit, there have been times when i've seen someone's shot and thought "Hmmm.... Nice Idea, I think I'll go try that" :naughty:

stupar

18-02-2011, 10:16

I have to admit, there have been times when i've seen someone's shot and thought "Hmmm.... Nice Idea, I think I'll go try that" :naughty:

Lol know what you mean!
Won't be the first time I have looked at others photos for inspiration!:whistling:

chris321

19-02-2011, 14:58

stupar

19-02-2011, 15:34

TheBigYin

19-02-2011, 15:40

Typical. I submit an entry because it looks like the weather is far too nice for me to get a better one, then the next weekend 3 inches of snow materialises halfway through a MTB shoot. That'll teach me :bang:

Yep - only day of the week I absolutely, positively, definitely can't get out and shoot is Saturday, and what did I wake to - snowing like a good 'un. Chance of getting out tomorrow, and guess what - it's pretty much all melted :thumbsdown:

Back to plan F, and something out of the freezer then :gag:

chris321

19-02-2011, 17:24

That's a B**ch! Bet your gutted

Nah, the shoot was still awesome :D! Best fun I've had in a while!

Yep - only day of the week I absolutely, positively, definitely can't get out and shoot is Saturday, and what did I wake to - sowing like a good 'un. Chance of getting out tomorrow, and guess what - it's pretty much all melted :thumbsdown:

Back to plan F, and something out of the freezer then :gag:

Apologies, but it does make me feel slightly better that it wasn't just me who had this issue :D :lol:

Itti

21-02-2011, 23:19

Okay, back to the Exif thing... It's not something I ever paid attention to before but I have just been experimenting with some of the Exif viewers recommended in this thread, and it seems that my version of Photoshop (which is admittedly very old, v6, pre-CS) does not preserve Exif data, at least not for jpgs. I couldn't get the website to load the tiffs.

Is it okay to write the data in manually? I could provide a screendump of the RAW info in DPP if it were really necessary but I'd rather not faff around with taking and uploading a bunch of extra stuff unless I really had to.

Itti

21-02-2011, 23:36

Well I just included the screenshot anyway for February since I had it there in front of me. Not sure I want to do that every month though.

Chris Owen

22-02-2011, 06:16

Now that was a tough one! We had a really cold January here in Germany where subject would have been easy to come by. February has been rather mild (although the last 2 days have been -8, typical as my shot is in now) and taken quite a lot of thought! My wife came up with the idea for the shot and voulentered to be my guinea pig! I wasn't sure if the shot I had in mind could be achieved but am quite happy with the result.
Looking forward to March now!

Sectionate

22-02-2011, 14:13

Mine is up, be kind, I knocked myself out the preceding day and was suffering a massive concussion!!!

TheBigYin

22-02-2011, 16:30

Mine is up, be kind, I knocked myself out the preceding day and was suffering a massive concussion!!!

Did it knock the EXIF details out of the file as well ?? :lol:

Keenbfb

22-02-2011, 17:59

Did it knock the EXIF details out of the file as well ?? :lol:

Nope their in there if you do the detective work :lol:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5421306112_868a80c56c_o.jpg

jennyb

22-02-2011, 19:14

Starting to panic a bit now. I am really annoyed that we are not going on our skiing holiday until March, where I am sure I could have got a decent shot :( It looks like I will have to go with one of my backup shots, which I am not particularly happy with.

I will hang on a bit longer just in case, but things do not bode well for this theme with snowdrops, primroses, crocuses and daffodils out in the garden already!

Jenny

TheBigYin

22-02-2011, 20:24

It looks like I will have to go with one of my backup shots, which I am not particularly happy with.

I will hang on a bit longer just in case, but things do not bode well for this theme with snowdrops, primroses, crocuses and daffodils out in the garden already!

I know exactly what you mean - I can see me posting one of my shots of something out of the 'fridge at five to midnight on the 28th :shake:

Sectionate

22-02-2011, 20:46

Nope their in there if you do the detective work :lol:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5421306112_868a80c56c_o.jpg

;)

vixmix

23-02-2011, 11:31

Well initially I wanted to do light painting around a snow covered tree but the flurries if snow here have been heavy and wet and not covering trees at all. So back up plan thought out by my darling husband seems good to go. In fact I rather like it. It will involve the freezer. Lol

PaulF

23-02-2011, 21:26

I've posted mine up now, it took a while and a few re-shoots to get any where near the image in my head :bonk:

uniquegardens

23-02-2011, 22:35

Phew! Thats me in, certainly seemed harder than it should of been. Got a few more ideas for nexts month.

Good luck all.

Graham.

Graham00

23-02-2011, 22:52

Some great ideas coming in lately, you can't beat variety....it's the spice of life :)

Doog

24-02-2011, 15:20

I've now shot the picture I'll most likely go with. Not entirely happy so will see what else I can come up with before the end of the month. I'm not sure what kind of reaction I'll get with this.:eek:

leftcurl

24-02-2011, 16:17

I'm snookered.

the idea i had has fallen on it's big fat derrière! i have a couple of other ideas but don't know when I'm going to get out there to take them :bang:

Comfy

24-02-2011, 22:08

That's my image in, star trail taken 20th of last month (anytime after the 12th if I've read the rules right). No exif data due to it being 60 images brought together in 'startrails' software.
I can provide the exif from one image of the sequence if you'd like.

Edit: Added exif data from a picture at the start of the sequence

TheBigYin

25-02-2011, 09:43

I hope that ZhaoSuKe used "stunt whisky *" for the picture - hate to think that you'd mess up the good stuff like that :gag:

* cold tea or maybe apple juice - maybe even something from the former colonies... anything but the real thing!

TheBigYin

26-02-2011, 11:55

Well - I've just checked the weather forecast for the rest of the month and... looks like it's going to have to be a picture from an indoor shoot again this month :(

On the upside, I spent most of yesterday evening working on something, just having a second pass at processing it now, and hopefully i'll be sorted today (dependent on my terribly slow photoshop technique... I sometimes think I was actually QUICKER in the traditional wet darkroom!)

Edit: oh well - I'm in now, for better or worse :shrug: Now to concentrate on March :lol:

stupar

26-02-2011, 16:38

So you got there in the end Mark, took you long enough! :D

TheBigYin

26-02-2011, 16:48

So you got there in the end Mark, took you long enough! :D

I'm terrible at faffing around... I've done 6 versions of the PP on this shot today, and ended up choosing the second one, which I finished before breakfast today! Could have saved myself a day on the computer, and had a day out shooting something in the fresh air :bonk:

stupar

26-02-2011, 16:51

6 PP versions! Christ the subject would be stone cold not soooo cold! :lol:

I missed a chance to get out in the great weather today and do some shooting.

lexie

26-02-2011, 17:01

I'm terrible at faffing around... I've done 6 versions of the PP on this shot today, and ended up choosing the second one, which I finished before breakfast today! Could have saved myself a day on the computer, and had a day out shooting something in the fresh air :bonk:

i feel your pain mate. i was out to get a shot this morning, back in the house by 10am and then couldn't settle on how to edit my 2 possible entries. about 4 versions of each to choose from and i could have futtered with them till the 28th. in the end my girlfriend gave me her 'input' in her usual blunt fashion lol.

Keenbfb

26-02-2011, 17:11

phil8139

27-02-2011, 12:01

Got mine in, last ditch attemt to grab something cold. Took my camera to the supermarket, strange looks of the people though :D

TheBigYin

27-02-2011, 12:16

Doog

27-02-2011, 14:43

Hopefully there's going to be a late flurry (ouch!) of entries before the cut-off tomorrow, as everyone that's been holding out for a snowstorm decides to post their "get out of jail free" image instead.

Personally, i'm looking forward to seeing how people have thought "out of the box" on this one - much as I enjoy snowy landscape shots - and would have happily shot and submitted one myself - it'll be great to see just how far and wide peoples imaginations can roam :thumbs:

It'll be hard to beat some of the images already posted that's for sure. I've got two but not really happy with either of them.:( I'll leave it till last minute though in case I have a light bulb moment:thinking:

blondie606

27-02-2011, 18:59

Whew....finally managed something ,still not 100% happy with it but still learning :lol:
Best of all I get to eat the props:thumbs:

Just having a panic....is the exif data in tact ? Edited in PSE & Picnik plus paintshop to resize ?

Nemesis

27-02-2011, 19:18

yes Lynne, EXIF is showing fine :thumbs:

blondie606

27-02-2011, 20:04

yes Lynne, EXIF is showing fine :thumbs:

Thanks for letting me know Michael :thumbs:

philthejuggler

27-02-2011, 22:10

Hmm - that was a tough month - broadly happy with the result & trying to do something a little different. I have a feeling it is going to be difficult to compete with some of the great landscape shots.

Phil

helen_s

28-02-2011, 14:22

Yes that was a really tough month, finally gave up on the hope of frost or snow and snapped something else instead today. Actually to be honest there was frost here this morning but by the time I got back from the school run it was gone.

H x

GrittyShaker

28-02-2011, 14:59

Got my entry in, but I can't say I'm happy with it. I travelled over 200 miles to get the shot too, but at least I had fun doing it, and got to visit some friends in the process. :)

The church is a paranormal investigation site. :cuckoo:
http://www.paranormalinvestigationsltd.com/coldchristmaschurch.htm

Popular with devil worshippers, if rumours are to be believed. :nuts:

Personally, I only found the climb up and down the well-worn, narrow spiral staircase to be the only scary bit.

Ratfinkz

28-02-2011, 16:34

Well I got my entry up :D

Does my exif show up on it?

helen_s

28-02-2011, 16:40

Well I got my entry up :D

Does my exif show up on it?

yep!

Jamesstan

28-02-2011, 19:35

Hi guys, i was just about to upload my entry for this month and have released that my new 60d camera hasnt had the date and time set since i bought it. the date on the pics that i took for the comp is back in may 2010. now the exif data shows that its a canon eos 60d, and the release date of the canon 60d was in august 2010 which proves i couldnt have taken then picture back then (plus the fact that theres no snow in moscow in may lol) so will i be able to enter my picture with this misinformation???

Keenbfb

28-02-2011, 20:39

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 20:45

I'd be tempted to upload it and contact fabs to explain the situatuion you might just get away with it

Agreed - what's the worst that can happen? it gets DQ'ed and you don't have an entry - or you don't submit one at all, and you don't have an entry... :shrug:

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 20:48

I guess Scott's sitting back right now drinking his subject matter :beer: :lol:

foggy4ever

28-02-2011, 20:53

O yes except it's not really part of the diet but we must pay a big price for our art :D

david357

28-02-2011, 20:54

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 21:20

I have added my entry, but as I haven't changed the in-camera copyright notice (still 2010), then here is the exif data:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/Exif_for_She_loves_me_not_.jpg

Thanks.

Glad you mentioned that - i've just checked my camera, and i'd not updated either! :bonk:Still - I'm not too worried - it's pretty plain to see from the contents of my picture that it was taken expressly for the competition.

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 21:31

O yes except it's not really part of the diet but we must pay a big price for our art :D

Hey, you don't suppose that all those impressionist painters drank Absinthe for the fun of it, do you :gag: we got to suffer for our art maaannn!

Keenbfb

28-02-2011, 21:37

Alcohol seems to be playing a large part in this months theme, brought it home to me when I saw Scott's church down by Ware and all I could think of was hey I've been there and I was drunk for almost the entire week.

foggy4ever

28-02-2011, 21:38

Hey, you don't suppose that all those impressionist painters drank Absinthe for the fun of it, do you :gag: we got to suffer for our art maaannn!

I didn't say I was suffering ;) but alcohol does help provide some of the best ideas.

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 21:38

Keenbfb

28-02-2011, 21:40

It should have been Formaldehyde for my entry :lol:

Once the wiskey has been finished I'd drink that just to keep me going:lol:

david357

28-02-2011, 21:44

I did wonder what sort of artists this group were, seeing so many alcohol related pictures!

Keenbfb

28-02-2011, 21:50

I did wonder what sort of artists this group were, seeing so many alcohol related pictures!

This is the result of a TP meet last October in the Yorkshire Dales

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5048370594_dcf2cf1e56_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karl_rowe/5048370594/)
A drink or two (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karl_rowe/5048370594/) by KeenBfB (http://www.flickr.com/people/karl_rowe/), on Flickr

alcohol played a large part in that meet:thumbs:

david357

28-02-2011, 21:53

'Twas the impression I had, Karl, happy to join you!

leftcurl

28-02-2011, 22:02

This is the result of a TP meet last October in the Yorkshire Dales

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5048370594_dcf2cf1e56_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karl_rowe/5048370594/)
A drink or two (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karl_rowe/5048370594/) by KeenBfB (http://www.flickr.com/people/karl_rowe/), on Flickr

alcohol played a large part in that meet:thumbs:

that was for one night right? :thumbs:

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 22:09

I like the single jar of Nescafe in the top of the bucket :lol:

leftcurl

28-02-2011, 22:38

eventually got an entry in!

my original idea was blown out of the water when i couldn't find anyone with a baby :suspect:

from when the theme of so cold was announced i had the idea of doing a triptych of ice ice baby. i even bought the bags of bloody ice... just couldn't get the final part :bang:

ah well... i wonder how long my idea for 'be still' will take to be binned :D

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 22:44

This competition must have worked wonders for the sale of ice!

vixmix

28-02-2011, 22:46

I know exactly what you mean - I can see me posting one of my shots of something out of the 'fridge at five to midnight on the 28th :shake:

Yeah, my shot WAS the fridge at nearly midnight :D

I knew weeks ago that's what I was going to do, but I took me til today to get and paint the little soldiers. Couldn't possibly be happy with cheap little green plastic ones now! Really enjoyed painting them too.

leftcurl

28-02-2011, 22:50

Doog

28-02-2011, 22:52

SamuelSlade007

28-02-2011, 22:52

Yeah, my shot WAS the fridge at nearly midnight :D

I knew weeks ago that's what I was going to do, but I took me til today to get and paint the little soldiers. Couldn't possibly be happy with cheap little green plastic ones now! Really enjoyed painting them too.

i was THIS close to posting one very similar, glad i went with UPS 'Hand'ling...

btw ALL... Flickr is suggesting i took the photo on 1/3/2011..yet uploaded 28/2/2011..??? according to EXIF data... will this disqualify me anyone know... though i guess pasting BBCode here might validate my claim... :thinking:

Flickr seems to display the data as on PST... ? anyone know how to change that setting? thanks

foggy4ever

28-02-2011, 22:53

I like the single jar of Nescafe in the top of the bucket :lol:

It was a great weekend, we even managed to take a few pictures in between the emergency runs to the off licence.

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 22:54

There's some serious cutting it fine going on this month!

With the amount of time I mess about with PP these days, I wouldn't dare still be shooting at after 11:00pm... I admire your nerve!

Keenbfb

28-02-2011, 22:54

I like the single jar of Nescafe in the top of the bucket :lol:

Well someone had to stay sober incase they were needed to do a beer run:cool:

that was for one night right? :thumbs:

For some reason people didn't drink as much on the second night:shrug:

Doog

28-02-2011, 22:55

Just thinking, if the site goes down now there'll be lots of tears.:D

TheBigYin

28-02-2011, 22:56

i was THIS close to posting one very similar, glad i went with UPS 'Hand'ling...

btw ALL... Flickr is suggesting i took the photo on 1/3/2011..yet uploaded 28/2/2011..??? according to EXIF data... will this disqualify me anyone know... though i guess pasting BBCode here might validate my claim... :thinking:

Flickr seems to display the data as on PST... ? anyone know how to change that setting? thanks

I'd bet that the clock in your camera is still on BST!

It's pretty obvious that your shot was taken for the competition - a nice touch might have been to embed (http://qrcode.kaywa.com/) the TP Competiton Details into the QR Code :shrug: