Fortnightly Assignment; MONO (Discussion)

[Gandhi]

Well, ere we go again. This will close aprroximately 2 weeks from last sunday! Or maybe next wednesday. Who can say?

Should attract some heavy hitters this one. I would ask though that the photo's are taken for this assignment and not old ones you've dredged out of your portfolios cos ye cannae be assed!

Having said that though, new mono conversions of old shots are perfectly permissable.

It's all for your own good you know!

[DJW]

Well Bachs has set the standard for conversion then ;). Just a thought, do people think the theme is more biased to an actual shot in B&W, or a shot that is an interpretation of Mono :suspect1: ?

[Gandhi]

I guess it's down to your interpretation of mono........

The bullet train,

a unicycle,

Or just plain black and white. Up to you I guess dude!

[Warspite]

Bullet Train?:Ponders:

[Venomator]

Well ... one things for certain ... right now Bachs has the Mono-

poly on this assignment ! :laugh1:

Ps - You kindly provided a great big X link to the discussion thread from the Picture thread Spencer ... howsabout doing it in reverse - a X (http://www.thephotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5849) one would be very nice ? :smilenod:

Phew ... took me ages to sort that one out !

[SammyC]

Bullet Train?:Ponders:

Bullet train ain't a monorail. I think the Chinese one is and is maglev too.

[matty]

Well, ere we go again. This will close aprroximately 2 weeks from last sunday! Or maybe next wednesday. Who can say?

Should attract some heavy hitters this one. I would ask though that the photo's are taken for this assignment and not old ones you've dredged out of your portfolios cos ye cannae be assed!

Having said that though, new mono conversions of old shots are perfectly permissable.

It's all for your own good you know!

2 weeks sunday - thats why i didnt do it yet....:innocent:

[Venomator]

Sorted ... see CT's comment below !

[CT]

I've sorted the tags for Kcat.... now, you can see the pic OK.

[Venomator]

I've sorted the tags for Kcat.... now, you can see the pic OK.

Thanx CT - now all I need do is delete my comments ! :embarasse

[petemc]

Mono you say? Sounds tricky. :D

[SammyC]

Comments so far:

Bachs --- Like this a lot! V. simple and interesting! Although your front balls are blown on the LHS ;)

Kcat --- Really tranquil and a good mono conversion. However, I think the focus is on the trees seen under the bridge and I think it would look better with the bridge being sharp.

SW -- heh heh, cheeky chappy there! Lovely shot, all that needs to be said. :)

Sam.

[Swiftwind]

Thanks Sam! :) She sure was enjoying that sun yesterday, right until a huge thunderstorm started! I would have probably liked to take a different (more scenic) photo but haven't been able to go anywhere interesting since I've started back at college! :( I like the other two shots so far, I can't wait to see the other entries.

[Bachs]

A few entries there to wipe the smug smile off my face :p

[Boon]

have put my effort in, look rather like an infra red picture i think.

[DJW]

Cripes, some good Mono's there

[Boo]

Cripes, some good Mono's there

I was just thinking the same thing :shock: too much talent about thats the trouble lol

[DJW]

I was just thinking the same thing :shock: too much talent about thats the trouble lol

LOL , but we're up for the challenge aren't we ;)

[Fangman]

Couldnt resist this after a shopping trip to Peterboro and doing battle with the pavements. I could never shake shadows off my feet as a kid.

[Boo]

LOL , but we're up for the challenge aren't we ;)

I'll let you know once I've played with my new canon A610 :Ponders: Tis a tad intimidating with all the big SLR's taking shots lol plus I've not posted any pikkies at all yet so I'm being a scaredy cat :eek1: I'll give it a bash though even if I don't enter.

[Venomator]

What I don't understand is ... why do a lot of pics get dumbed down by their owners ? And I know I do it too - but I have reason enough ! :doh:

All the shots posted so far are shots I would be proud to post ? :clap:

Talk 'em up guys 'n gals ! :smilenod:

This could get changed

If it does can I bags it Steve ? :laugh1: :whistle2:

[stevegreen]

If it does can I bags it Steve ? :laugh1: :whistle2:

I'll sell you the copyright for a nominal fee, of course! :smilenod:

Some really nice pictures come in so far. I was trying to think of a picture that says 'mono' as apart from taking a picture and converting it. As it happens, the jug in my shot is virtually black anyway so no real de-saturation required. That pesky Canon does tend to make the snow blue though (maybe I should have set the white balance myself :doh: )

Softwind What a great expression on the little chaps face, I love this shot, great lighting.

Boon The spire looks wierd on that church. I wonder if it's the camera telling lies cos it looks like it's going to fall down or was it built on a Friday afternoon? :beer:

[Swiftwind]

Thanks Stevegreen! :) My Chihuahua seems to work really well in b&w shots.. doesn't help that she turns her head away from the camera just as I'm about to take the photo everytime though!

Boo, don't worry! Practically all of my photos are taken with a Casio Exilim, which I don't really think can be compared to Canon digital SLRs. But in my opinion, good talent will shine through, no matter what the camera model.. you should enter! :)

[Boon]

Boon The spire looks wierd on that church. I wonder if it's the camera telling lies cos it looks like it's going to fall down or was it built on a Friday afternoon? :beer:

hi steve
apparently the spire was built quite normally, but because of the use of green timbers, or because of lack of bracing, it has twisted over the years. The spire itself weights 32 tons.
Read more here:
http://www.visitchesterfield.info/

[stevegreen]

Thanks Boon, I spotted your earlier thread on the subject too :)

[Steve400]

hi, is posting my entry enough or do i need to email it to someone!?!

thanks!

[markgray]

no, posting it in the pictures thread as you have done is fine

[Steve400]

thanks mark, i have sent it by email anyway there! :thumb:

[stepheno]

Hey Gandhi - are we still on 600 max for the compo or does anything go now :Ponders:

regards

[DJW]

Is it just me or do others notice how great peoples shots look in Mono, vs overall level of shots in previous Comps/Themes ?. I'm sure the current shots before conversion, the colours would probably distract from the composition & details in the shots.

More Mono's I say ;)

[Boon]

I agree dave, but we could have themed Mono pictures, now that would be good.

[Bachs]

A bit like the Bovril ad though...
you either love it or hate it :p

[SammyC]

Ok, attempting to continue my thoughts of the shots:

PeteMC:
Nice. I'm not sure it massively benifits from being mono but nicely done none the less.

Daveyuk:
Like this. Nicely composed, however it does seem to be ever so tight in the frame.

Stevegreen:
Nice and simple. Lovely. Reflection of the house and what looks like your garage doesn't help but great idea.

Fangman:
Heh heh, nice! Well captured.

Boon:
Weird photo! Really well processed though. Feels to me ever so slightly off level but that's probably the spire! lol

Glen:
Great photo, well processed. I think it'd take a bit of dodge and burn to bring out the brickwork though.

stevec:
I really like the simplicity of this. Needs some more processing in my eyes though to make it shine. Firstly the pillars aren't vertical, it needs some more contrast and probably levels and curves. Worth taking the time over and resubmitting mate.

Ally:
Well captured. Could do with a tighter crop (and straighten) which should help focus you on the subject rather than the door behind them.

Stepheno:
I like this. Quite calm. What's going on with the border in the top right hand edge?

Steve400:
Hmmm, not sure about this one. Something seems to have gone wrong in the conversion or processing. I think the levels are too close i.e. the greys are far too similar losing detail. Maybe have another attempt at processing?

MarkGray:
Lovely and very detailed. A little dark perhaps.


Just my opinions obviously. :)

[Keltic Ice Man]

Just thought I'd keep SammyC on his toes by adding another entry ;)

Allan

[SammyC]

Ah cripes!

KIM:
I like what you've attempted here, a portrait landscape IYKWIM! Its very pleasing but I feel that it could have been ever so slightly better. Compo-wise I think the large stone interferres with the background, a step or two to the left would have help balance it. PP -wise it's a little grainy (maybe intentional) and could do with some levels and curve to bring out the background detail.
But good none the less! :)

[daveyuk]

Sammy, many thanks for your comments.

I would like to say that all those who have entered so far, are of a very high standard.

[markgray]

Thanks for the comments SammyC.

Also want to say good luck to everyone who has entered.

[Venomator]

I'm in - but sadly won't be here for the results unfortunately ! :sadcry:

Good luck to everyone ! I have to say the number of entries and general standard of stuff being posted is phenomenal ! :clap:

Keep it up one and all ... things can only get better ...imo of course ! :thumb:

[DJW]

Very clever Rog ;)

[Venomator]

Very clever Rog ;)

Thanx Dave ... having trouble with download so it is not the one I want ! :Ponders:

[Keltic Ice Man]

KIM: PP -wise it's a little grainy (maybe intentional) and could do with some levels and curve to bring out the background detail. :)

Thanks Sammy - useful crit. I've run the pic through Neat Image and its cleaned it up a bit. Also tweaked the background a little with a curve to bring out the clouds in the sky more.

[Venomator]

Very clever Rog ;)

BTB ... it is inconsequential but shot was taken using the Maplin thingy we've been discussing in other thread recently ! :thumb:

Does good job but needs practice ... as you can see on my part ! :smilenod:

[Glen]

Thanks for the comments sammy...I wanted to do it in the first place but wasn't sure whether to or not, as I didn't want to over do it, anyway took your advice, what do you think?

[Glen]

If some of you are wondering where this picture is, it's of Newstead Abbey. The reason I chose this pic from the others in the end is all that's left of the actual Abbey is one wall, on its own (mono) if you know what I mean.:Ponders:

[Keltic Ice Man]

The reason I chose this pic from the others in the end is all that's left of the actual Abbey is one wall, on its own (mono) if you know what I mean.:Ponders:

Now we're getting deep Glen, but good call.

Can I say I picked mine because I used my monopod :whistle2:

:getmecoat

Allan

[Glen]

Nice one....

[Steve400]

Ok, attempting to continue my thoughts of the shots:

Steve400:
Hmmm, not sure about this one. Something seems to have gone wrong in the conversion or processing. I think the levels are too close i.e. the greys are far too similar losing detail. Maybe have another attempt at processing?

Just my opinions obviously. :)

:D ive tried in vain sammy!! lol :banghead: im beginning to think i should have went for a different shot but im too busy this week to look at anything, ahh well! thanks for opinion!! :thumb:

[SammyC]

Thanks for the comments sammy...I wanted to do it in the first place but wasn't sure whether to or not, as I didn't want to over do it, anyway took your advice, what do you think?

Now that's much snappier! :)

You should submit this to critique, you can then let others attempt to show you how far you can go (or not in some cases).

[SammyC]

:D ive tried in vain sammy!! lol :banghead: im beginning to think i should have went for a different shot but im too busy this week to look at anything, ahh well! thanks for opinion!! :thumb:

No problem Steve. I think the photo could be fine its just something seems to have got messed up in the processing leaving you with an image that has no white or black in it, just middle greys.

[SammyC]

Thanks Sammy - useful crit. I've run the pic through Neat Image and its cleaned it up a bit. Also tweaked the background a little with a curve to bring out the clouds in the sky more.

Getting there ;) Much cleaner now, but I still think you can go further on the curves/levels side of things. But it's your photo and if you are happy with it then that's all that matters!!! :)

[Keltic Ice Man]

Getting there ;) Much cleaner now, but I still think you can go further on the curves/levels side of things. But it's your photo and if you are happy with it then that's all that matters!!! :)

Thanks Sammy appreciate comments, I'm happy with it now you can see the lichen on the rocks and also see the mist in the valley. Putting in more tones to the fells darkens the rocks at the foreground. I wanted to take the viewer through the tallest rock to the valley behind, and up helvelyn to the snow. :Ponders: I think.

Allan

[Bachs]

Kelticman...your image is coming along great!

The real trick to successful monochrome conversions (to me at least) is selective contrast enhancement.

'One click' across the board solutions very rarely work successfully unless you get immaculate lighting at time of shooting.

Bring out the luminance in selected parts of a shot, especially landscapes and your'e onto a winner.

BTW... there's a great alternative to the traditional PS dodge and burn tools to bring out detail in the shadows.

Create a new layer above the image by holding down the ALT key then clicking the new layer icon on the layers palette.
This will open a layer dialogue box where you can select the blending mode. Set that to 'overlay' and tick the tickbox that then appears for 'fill with overlay-neatral colour (50% grey).
This will create a new layer filled with 50% grey in overlay mode.

Use a low opacity soft brush to paint on that layer...white will dodge or lift dark areas, black will burn or darken areas. if you make a mistake, create a 50% grey foreground colour by clicking on the foreground colour pallete and in the colour picker menu that appears and where it says H, S, B:
enter 50% in the 'B' section and paint away your mistakes to restore the image.

You will be amazed at how much detail it can lift from the darkest of shadows. If there's any detail there at all, this method will bring it out.

The shadow/highlight tool applies the effect across the entire image which is not always what you want and the traditional dodge and burn tools can look patchy and over-processed.

You may need to protect the areas around the detail you are bringing out by masking it with a selection.

Try it peeps...it's a great tool!
I'll be adding a video tutorial on this in the near future ;)

[SammyC]

It always god doing these thing via layers as it means you are not modifying the original image and therefore losing information.

Nice technique there Bachs, I shall give a whirl next time! :)

[DJW]

Working 7 days a week doing up next house & covered in plaster dust most of the time, so no DSLR near that Sir.....so it will have to be a conversion of archive for me.

[Bachs]

Superb entry Noah...
Textbook stuff for me and an ideal candidate shot for monochrome.
Simple composition, great range of tones and good use of lighting. :thumb:

[noah]

thanks bachs, very kind of you to say so. i was a big fan of yours too, lovely range of tones and strong comp.

i did think hard about how i could use yesterday's rain to good effect, and i was borrowing my friends 10.5mm fisheye. i spent a while down there and took some time to think about the lines and perspective and thats what i came up with :)

swiftwind: i really liked your entry, its very striking with good focus and a nice balance of detail and high contrast.

[CT]

A lovely lot of entries and a great standard again! :thumb:

[RobertP]

I'm going to pass on this one. Not felt like picking my camera up lately.
My Mother passed away in the early hours of Monday morning after an illness that had her admittted to hospital a week previously.

Too much going on in my head to have room for creativity.... not just because I don't 'get' most mono shots.

I do like most of the entries so far though ;)

[Glen]

Sorry to hear about that.

[daveyuk]

Rob, sorry to hear your sad news

[RobertP]

Thanks.

I know the members here well enough to know they will all share your sympathies. I don't want to turn this into a condolences thread and take it off topic. I know you all care so I may start another thread later with more details.
Please keep this thread to assignment comments.

[Keltic Ice Man]

BTW... there's a great alternative to the traditional PS dodge and burn tools to bring out detail in the shadows.

Thanks for the idea Bachs, I've gone back to mine and tried this on the background to bring out some of the detail on the hills.

Allan

[DJW]

Changed my shot to a Landscape ;)

[Mr THX]

Dave.............you've got a great splodgy of sensor dirt which could do with shopping out fella...........

[matty]

some top class stuff coming out in this round!

[jewel]

Yeah I agree matty, definately some top notch stuff this round. How long I got left eh? Time running out...


jewel :)

[DJW]

Dave.............you've got a great splodgy of sensor dirt .......

NOOOOOOOO :hissyfit: :hissyfit: :hissyfit: PS'ed it out ;) Cheers Matey

[Steve]

Changed my pic :)

[Keltic Ice Man]

Is today the last day for submitting / editing?

I lose track of the weeks these run :confused:

There's some brilliant entries. Great to see so many people having a go - Good Luck everyone

Allan

[Bachs]

This is going to be a real toughie to vote on this time.
Some superb conversions and compositions. :thumb:

Good luck to everyone who entered!

[DJW]

Changed my pic :)

Bugger ;)

[Steve400]

whens the closing date?!

i havent had time to post up the modified photo yet! lol

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Steve]

Well its been almost two weeks since we started this one, is everyone happy with it being closed tomorrow at say 20.00, so that voting can begin. That will give anyone who hasn't entered a chance to get something in and anyone who wants to change their entry a little more time to become certain :)

[matty]

thats fine by me, i was going to let it run till sunday but we got a lot of stunning entries already!

[Steve]

Sorry mate, no problem leaving it until Sunday :)

[matty]

its ghandis fault:p , he was premature again:shock: (insert premature joke here)

[Ross]

Mr THX I dunno if you realise but your pic is marginally over the size limit at 337.84 kB :confused:

[Mr THX]

Mr THX I dunno if you realise but your pic is marginally over the size limit at 337.84 kB :confused:

Thanks for that :thumb: Glad we have someone on the forum who has the time to go through and check all the images. ;)

[matty]

dammit we missed that one, your cards marked now though sunbeam...:)

[Ross]

Thanks for that :thumb: Glad we have someone on the forum who has the time to go through and check all the images. ;)

Nope it's just that I am stuck with peasant-speed 1Mb broadband at home and your pic took a few seconds to download ;)

[SammyC]

Peasant!



(same here)

[daveyuk]

Yep peasent here as well!!

[markgray]

well, what does that make me then i am stuck with 56k dial up till i get a new cable for my 2mb broadband router (knew i shouldn't have moved the living room around) :banghead:

[Steep]

Should be on 8mb after the end of the month, if the upgrade of my exchange goes well :p

[Glen]

I read in macuser a few weeks ago beause of the crap cables BT have that we will be lucky to get past 8mb. :banghead:

Although I think companies can do a mod at the exchange which can get them up past 8mb.

It also said that places like Sweden have had 25mb :shock: for the last 3 years...that makes us all peasants.

[Peterg984]

I read in macuser a few weeks ago beause of the crap cables BT have that we will be lucky to get past 8mb. :banghead:

Although I think companies can do a mod at the exchange which can get them up past 8mb.

It also said that places like Sweden have had 25mb :shock: for the last 3 years...that makes us all peasants.


I was speaking to a tech for my isp, And he said that by the end of THIS year bt plans to have all the exchanges upgraded to the same standard as Japan which he said was 256mb

I want some of that please :D

[Glen]

woooohhh :cool:

Bet that won't be £14.99 a month!!!

[SammyC]

No, but this speed slowly filters down to the rest of us mortals/cheapos! :)

[Ross]

I was speaking to a tech for my isp, And he said that by the end of THIS year bt plans to have all the exchanges upgraded to the same standard as Japan which he said was 256mb

I want some of that please :D :offtopic:
Your techie is full of it sadly. Japan's telecoms infrastructure (since we bombed the sh*t out of the major cities during the 2nd world war) is mostly fibre optics. We are stuck here with mainly copper wires (at best) and (at worst) really crappy aluminium and most of it is around 50 to 100 years old so in a bad state of repair. OK so we do have some fibre optic laid, but this is used by business customers who pay a fortune for between 2Mb to 1000Mb/sec links.

In my last job, I worked for an LEA reselling broadband to schools. Schools pay between £6000 per year for asymmetrical 2Mb link upto 30k+ for 100Mb asymmetric links. And those prices were very heavily subsidised by the government. The average cost to dig up the road and lay fibre from the nearest exchange to a school (normally less than 1 kilometre)??? - £82k :shock:

It's all very well having the exchanges upgraded, but until BT dig up all the streets and replace the crappy wires with lovely fibre then we aren't going to see speeds anywhere close to what the japanese get.

In central London where I live, the best I can get is 1Mb lol

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2148449/asia-adopts-speed-fibre

Sorry for going off topic :whistling

[SammyC]

Yep, I think you have to live in an exchange to get these kinds of speeds.

:D

[Gandhi]

lowly 2Mb here. And my leech of a flatmate normally sucks all that. Anyone got any ideas on how to limit his connection?

Yes, we did start this one a bit prematurely, but it should end this weekend, sunday pm to be a bit more precise. I think I'm gonna re-title it 'occasional assignment, as it's hard sticking to the fortnightly gig when you have to vote and do all the democratic BS with the next subject. lol. Unless someone has some suggestions? anybody? dust? dust? anybody? dust?

Sorry I haven't been around much in last few weeks, but been very busy with work, g/f taking up too much time etc. Can't even remember where I've put my camera. the shutters probably healed up by now!

[Steve]

I had not noticed you hadn't been around ;)

The voting and chosing the subject for next round is half the fun, as is shouting at staff to get things done, or so I am told :smilenod:

[SammyC]

What's the point of having staff if you can't shout at them that's what I say!

[Gandhi]

I think you're probably right there. I fit ain't broke, why fix it?

I have been sticking my head round the door occasionaly but it's been a busy old week! Just had my shot's accepted by a stock agency. So have spent most of this week either re-processing old stuff to fit their technical criteria or keywording.

Selling them is a different matter all together though! :)

[Steve]

What's the point of having staff if you can't shout at them that's what I say!

You are not the only one :innocent:

[Peterg984]

damn
i wish i could just get full speed on my 2mb connection

[Ross]

lowly 2Mb here. And my leech of a flatmate normally sucks all that. Anyone got any ideas on how to limit his connection?
If it's a Linksys router (WRT54g v.1-4 / WRT54g / WRT54L) you've got then you can using a 3rd party firmware and using QOS http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=31

or http://www.ezlan.net/monitor.html

or you can use http://www.netlimiter.com/

If it's your router you could also block P2P between certain hours

Otherwise you need to get all geeky and install a NAT box.

damn
i wish i could just get full speed on my 2mb connection
What sort of speeds do you get? On a 2Mb ADSL you will see (at best) approx 246kb/sec downloads...

[Steve]

I hate to be picky gents but can please try to keep threads remotely on topic? There has been a lot of off topic posts around the forums lately.

We have a section in the forums were questions on BB speeds and routers can be asked and answered.

Thanks.

[Steep]

It's the nature of (long) conversations to wander off course, makes things interesting.

[Arkady]

Or dull if you (like me) haben't a scooby WTF people are on about...

[Arkady]

So... what do we do now? Rip the **** out of everyone's pictures and vote who wins?
Apart from Mine, my short list goes in no particular order goes: CT, DJW, Keltic Ice Man; Steve.

Since this is a mono comp - do we crit the B&W processing as well as image content, composition etc? I think we should. Noticed a couple of 'old' images creeping in here as well - I do think peeps should try and post stuff we haven't seen before, even a shot from the same sequence would be better than one we've all seen before (ahem)...

[Bachs]

Since this is a mono comp - do we crit the B&W processing as well as image content, composition etc? I think we should

I agree.
The post processing is an important part of monochrome, arguably more so than colour and can make or break a monochrome image.

[CT]

This round ends tomorrow evening (Sunday) and a poll will be put up for people to vote on the entries. Once the result is in then feel free to critique the pics - that's the real value of these assignments - we'd like as many people as possible to write critiques, but please try to remember that some people are more used to critique of their pics than others, so keep it constructive and helpful, there's no need to dishearten people completely.

Re the off topic comments, we all do it from time to time, but Steve isn't willy waving for the sake of it, the mods get a lot of complaints about threads going OT and we're just trying to keep the board pleasant for everyone.... thanks! :)

[Arkady]

hehehehh Mwa HAHAHA

[Mr THX]

the mods get a lot of complaints about threads going OT

My god how anal are some people....... :confused-

[Steep]

Steve isn't willy waving for the sake of it

Do we have a smiley for that? :shock:

[Arkady]

Do we have a smiley for that? :shock:

:yuck: Bluuurgh...puke...spew....:hand:

[Peterg984]

deleted as it was OT

[DJW]

Cracking shot there Cheryl :thumb:

[RobertP]

As it was such a long fortnight I've had a go :)

[Swiftwind]

Robert, I like your entry.. it seems very naturally set up.

[Fangman]

Do we have a smiley for that? :shock:

Try these
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7898/mspankbottom6nf.gif

[Steve]

Ok I am going to close this in the next hour and start the voting. If you have an entry ready or want to change your picture, you have about 55 mins. :)

[DJW]

Just replacing mine now. In the spirit of the Assignment I went out today to specifically take a shot for the comp...hope you like.

[Steve]

Please don't add or change any more pictures as I am now setting up the voting :)

Good luck to everyone that has entered, some good work and a great turn out for this (slightly longer than) fortnight.

[Steve]

Poll now added to the "picture thread" here (http://www.thephotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5849)

Please keep all comments (should you have any) in this thread though :)

[minimeeze]

So many good entries this time..hmmm, decisions, decisions :Ponders:

[Fangman]

Spoilt for choice.

[Swiftwind]

Spoilt for choice.

I agree, it was a tough decision.. I would have loved to vote for more than 1 entry!

[jewel]

Try these
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7898/mspankbottom6nf.gif

rofl, where do you guys get these smilies?LOL :laugh1: *ahem* ooops getting off topic here. :D

It was a hard decision folks. Alot of great entries this round! I have voted so good luck to everyone! :)


Jewel

[DJW]

Voted & I have to say the standard of shots in this Assignment is a step up from previous ones !!! :thumb: Pats on the backs all round :beer: :beer:

[Bachs]

Voted.
An almost impossible task and gave it much deliberation.
Incredible standard I must say.

[Peterg984]

Voted,

Man that was difficult

[Fangman]

rofl, where do you guys get these smilies?LOL :laugh1: *ahem* ooops getting off topic here. :D

It was a hard decision folks. Alot of great entries this round! I have voted so good luck to everyone! :)


Jewel

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/aktion/action-smiley-057.gif
Try this for a start
[url]http://www.clicksmilies.com/
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[feenster]

Hmph, had a converted shot all lined up for this but missed the deadline :(

Matt

[InaGlo]

Havent voted yet ... I chose a pic early on, then another, ooh & then of course there was that other one that made me change my mind again ... damn youre just all so sickeningly talented!!!

[Bachs]

Well done Noah and CT...both images were my favourites.
Superb images in their own unique way.

It was a difficult one to vote on as there were a lot of superb entries. :thumb:

[CT]

Well done Noah, and top marks from me for going to that environment at night to get that great shot. Thanks to everyone who voted and everyone who entered, there were some really superb entries for this round. :clap:

[Steep]

Very well done guys, both excellent images.


What's next???

[noah]

well done to all, loads of great images there

and well done to yourself too CT, as it happens it was yours that got my vote :p beautiful composition :thumb:

thanks all, very flattering :)

[CT]

You want to choose the subject for the next round Noah? I don't think i couild stand the responsibility. :D

[Keltic Ice Man]

Well Done Noah and CT - Great shots. :clap:

Really high standard of pics from everyone! - isn't it great to see how much we all learn from this forum.

and thanks for all the votes mine received as well - It's the best I've ever done

[RobertP]

Congrats both :)

And thanks to whoever gave me 2 votes. Quite an achievement me getting votes on a mono theme. Doesn't make me like mono though ;)

[Mike Aiken]

Well done Noah and CT

Great shots

And well done to everyone else too.

Mike

[noah]

You want to choose the subject for the next round Noah? I don't think i couild stand the responsibility. :D
now thats a frightening prospect, i shall get my thinking cap on but ideas welcome from everyone too :)

[Mike Aiken]

Not Subways :getmecoat

[ed34]

well done ct and noah :clap:
lots of great shots this round ,,so hard to choose :)

[Steve]

Sorry guys, for the fortnightly assignment the subject is supposed to be voted on by everyone not chosen by one person. However if people want to suggest some subjects to go into the poll that would be great :)

[SammyC]

Didn't we have a list lying aronud from last time?

[Steve]

Pass :whistle2:

[Swiftwind]

Congratulations CT and Noah! :) And well done to everyone else who entered.

[matty]

excellent shots chaps, having to work a lot at the moment, so not having much time to devote, but should be back to clacking again soon, in the meantime, heres the list we had last time, take off mono though eh?

http://www.thephotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5267

[Mike]

Congrats to Noah and CT, a well deserved win for you both. And a special mention for the 22 other people who finished in the same position as myself http://www.smileypad.com/v224/Personal/Group-Hug.gif :)

Mike

[daveyuk]

Crongrats and very well done to both Noah and CT well done guys

[markgray]

Congrats Noah & CT great pics, do we know what the next theme is yet?

[Ross]

Well done guys

[kcatstoney]

Awesome work Noah and CT!

[matty]

New theme is Movement

[Gandhi]

Kudos to the joint top dudes!

Both good interpretations, but noahs edges it for me though.

[Warspite]

Congratulations to the winners, and well done all who took part:clap:

[Glen]

well done everyone esp. Noah & CT :thumb: