Octobers theme is now up and ready for entries
@TheBigYin could you unsticky August and sticky October for me please?
@Carl Hall A late lunch today? Teasing aside, hope all is well?The poll is up, and will close in 98 hours! (Friday just before lunch)
We have got internet up here.
Admittedly I write my message on a bit of paper and give it to Hamish who faxes it to the English guy in Carlisle who actually adds it to the web, its a bit of a work around....
I think he ran out of time before having to leave for Scotland
@Carl Hall A late lunch today? Teasing aside, hope all is well?
No problem, thought I'd better give you a prod though as it's a bit of a nuisance if you remember on your own accord at an inconvenient moment (like just after you've climbed into bed for a good night's kip!). Anyway, forget about the league table until you're back home and fully rested after the F&C escapade, I'm sure if someone is that desperate they can work things out themselves.Ahh balls, I knew I forgot something
I didn't get a chance to do it before I left work, for some reason my boss didn't share my "winding down for holiday" work attitude and gave me an "urgent" job to do before I left. How cheeky!
I'll get the points up asap but the updated table will have to wait until I get back the Monday after next. Sorry folks!
Drat, drat drat drat. Back opened on my om2 with the double x from Onich. Not sure how much is lost but I let the youngest have a shot since the film was finished. Don't think it was her fault I think the clasp is on its way out so a bit of rough handling was all it took.
Anyway. Had shots in the can for this month and December, definitely lost this months it was one of the last on the roll.
Yikes. Hope you can salvage something from it.Drat, drat drat drat. Back opened on my om2 with the double x from Onich. Not sure how much is lost but I let the youngest have a shot since the film was finished. Don't think it was her fault I think the clasp is on its way out so a bit of rough handling was all it took.
Anyway. Had shots in the can for this month and December, definitely lost this months it was one of the last on the roll.
That was your first try with that film as well, if I remember?Drat, drat drat drat. Back opened on my om2 with the double x from Onich. Not sure how much is lost but I let the youngest have a shot since the film was finished. Don't think it was her fault I think the clasp is on its way out so a bit of rough handling was all it took.
Anyway. Had shots in the can for this month and December, definitely lost this months it was one of the last on the roll.
That was your first try with that film as well, if I remember?
Anyway. Had shots in the can for this month and December, definitely lost this months it was one of the last on the roll.
Now looking forward to seeing these.Well it's kind of a good news bad news. My street shots are blasted but most of the rest of the roll is fine including the ones from Onich. Whether that's good or bad probably depends on ones perspective.
Hypothetical question!
You can obviously join 2 or 3 photos together in Photoshop to create a panorama and submit that as an entry in a suitable category.
What about joining 2 or more photos together to create a diptych, triptych or montage?
I'd be interested to see opinions from anyone about this
I entered a tryptic in to the poty a few years ago so seems reasonable to me.
Maybe we could have a diptych or triptych month.
I think it's all down to acting within 'the spirit' of the contest. Anything too photoshopped/lightroomed/darkroomed to significantly add or subtract parts of the image is probably a step too far in my view. A composite or montage of photos should really go in a specific category for this, not be added as a 'standard' photo.
On the whole, I think presenting a set of images rather than just one is definitely a push for me as a photographer, and definitely part of being a better (film) photographer. I'd welcome a month where it was the theme (or part of a theme). But it might be hard to judge against single images in other months.
Might this be difficult to distinguish from a 'letterbox style' crop from something like a 120 6x9 shot? Also, I think we'd need to make sure everyone was happy with a stitched panorama as a theme before we voted for it though, as some people aren't as savvy with image manipulation software and it would be a shame for them to feel excluded.Panorama could also work as a seperate theme too (but without having to discount panoramic shots from other month's topics).
Might this be difficult to distinguish from a 'letterbox style' crop from something like a 120 6x9 shot? Also, I think we'd need to make sure everyone was happy with a stitched panorama as a theme before we voted for it though, as some people aren't as savvy with image manipulation software and it would be a shame for them to feel excluded.
Panorama's are fine in general IMO, even though they might be more than one photo stitched together, they're going to be the same "shot" from the same location (unless it's something arty with one half of the scene in summetime and the other in wintertime or something). Whereas a diptych / triptych etc. can be completely different shots, possibly taken at different times in different locations.
I think your suggestion of having it as a specific theme is a fair idea though. Panorama could also work as a seperate theme too (but without having to discount panoramic shots from other month's topics).
That will teach me not to read TP posts while scanning - nudged the film holder - got an accidental tryptych.
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You know what though, that actually works .
I think you're probably doing yourself a disservice there.Gosh - it's all getting a bit complex with this dip/trip that I didn't even know what it was! Stitching photos/panoramas etc. Obviously the majority view matters but it's sounding way to much already for me :-( I have a simple brain and if it takes much more than a crop then I'm stuck TBH.
@The Big Yin I forgot to ask, could you sticky Novembers theme and unsticky Septembers please?