Treasure Hunt 12
5 categories, enter up to one picture for each.
How you interpret the category is up to you.
How voters interpret the category is up to them.
Whether voters pick photos with the most technical expertise, the wittiest interpretation of the category or the best post production polish is up to them.
No archive pictures allowed -you must take and post your masterpieces between now and 11:59:59.99 PM eastern on Sunday, August 15th 2010.
The Entrant with the most category wins wins, in the event of a tie, the one who has the most total votes, then earliest entry gets the honors. Prize is to pick the categories for treasure hunt 13.
There are no limitations regarding pre or post production enhancement, red eye removal or photo editing, provided YOU took the pictures of all the elements included in the shots, and YOU do all the digital manipulation.
Here are your words:
1. Curve
2. Texture
3. Boundary
4. Night
5. Peaceful
Those are some interesting categories right there, I don't care who ya are.
Looking forward to it.:thumb:
Curve - Vicky, where'd it go ?
Peaceful
This is the 'new' bridge, it's kinda dull. The old bridge was made of bits of rusting iron and had real character but it was slowly dismantling itself and was a little scary to cross, it seemed to make different complaining sounds, creaking and groaning, every time you used it. Still, it was quite sad when it was gone, even my teenage daughter misses it. This is what we have now though and it's still a lovely, peaceful place.
You can see the village where I live just over the small barley field, my own house is out of shot to the top right beyond the beech leaves.
Oh, that's good. I like bridges. They make good subjects.
It's looking unlikely that I'll be contributing to this hunt. We head out on vacation in the morning, and I have a lot to do before then.
Curve, texture, boundary, and peaceful
Gotta quick question regarding the term 'archived'. Does this mean we can't use photos that are, let's say, 8 months old or that we can't use photos that have already been posted and are in the Cellar's archives?
You can use a picture of an eight month old, but you can't use an eight month old picture. Perhaps you could retake the pic?:blush:
The idea is for YOU personally to take a picture during the time allotted.
Gotta quick question regarding the term 'archived'. Does this mean we can't use photos that are, let's say, 8 months old or that we can't use photos that have already been posted and are in the Cellar's archives?
You can only use photos you took since you read the categories.
Texture.
You can use a picture of an eight month old, but you can't use an eight month old picture. Perhaps you could retake the pic?:blush:
I'll have to wait for another blizzard to drop a 36" snowfall to properly replicate that pic. Oh well!
Boundary
Curve
Oh, that's good. I like bridges. They make good subjects.
Bridge makes a nice predicate as well.
Great shots Rhianne!
Rhianne, I love both you shots. In Boundary, I don't understand why the fence is up against the wall? Do you know if it's to keep the animals from rubbing against the stone?
You can only use photos you took since you read the categories.
Yabbut...
Did you go back to Dayt-uhn? :rolleyes:
I have no idea about the fence Bruce but the sheep or cattle that are likely to have been in the field generally quite like rubbing up against the walls. The fence is old but it can't be older than the wall which seems to have been repaired, in history, with differeent methods and varying levels of success - parts of it look very unsafe. Perhaps the fence was put up at one time to protect the field's inhabitants from the danger of knocking the wall over!
I think Bruce may have been thinking along the same lines -
Sheep or cattle rubbing against it may may the stones in the wall lean over time to the point of the wall coming down and the herd getting out or predators getting in.
Oh and yeh - more dangerous for the stupid humans.
Almost forgot - Love the Pic!
You're texture image is excellent as well.
Thanks for the comments everyone, I've really enjoyed these competitions even though I only have a silly little camera these days. I do have some decent equipment up in the attic but who wants to mess about with film now? Perhaps I should invest...
Its not easy finding film nor places for developing. At least round these parts
One in MD another one in SEPA and one in SNJ
Yabbut...
Did you go back to Dayt-uhn? :rolleyes:
Thunder over Michigan Sat. :p: Time travel, tha knows..... 2010 show was this weekend
Ohhhh, I just knew it had been at the Air Force Museum (I recognized it) and you were there last year. :blush:
I should know better. You all like the planes, like I do.
I really didn't know the rule so was surprised when you said when it should be taken. Then I went back and read the rules. ;)
Anyway, it's a fine shot of a neato plane!
Boundary
Survey marker set in 1851 for transfer of Federal property into State and private ownership for all of Oregon and Washington.
:lol: It's a B17 -the "Movie Memphis Belle" -i.e. not the original Memphis Belle, but the one they used in the movie. There are about a dozen in the world that are still flyable, and eight of them were in the air at once at the airshow. They were some of the planes made at the Willow Run Factories where "Rosie the Riveter" came from. Willow Run Airport is where Thurnder over Michigan is held :)
Night
Nighttime view from my window - Not
:lol: It's a B17 -the "Movie Memphis Belle" -i.e. not the original Memphis Belle, but the one they used in the movie. There are about a dozen in the world that are still flyable, and eight of them were in the air at once at the airshow. They were some of the planes made at the Willow Run Factories where "Rosie the Riveter" came from. Willow Run Airport is where Thurnder over Michigan is held :)
Ahhh, I got dumber by the post in this exchange. :lol:
That's really cool! :)
I can't get the 'Image Insert' thingy (or any of the other buttons) to work. Am I just an idiot or is something wrong?
dangerous question to ask here. :P:
If you are attaching an image using the
there must be some text (even just a ".") or you cannot post.
If you are using the
then you are linking to a place on the web. IF the image is on your comp use the former - if its on a flickr type site use the latter.
good luck
Thanks Classicman, I couldn't get anything to work at all other than basic text but a cookie clearout seems to have fixed things.
So back to the competition, I planned to enter 'Black Cat in a Coal Cellar at Night' where I would post a photo taken with the lens cap still on, but in the end I’ve decided to submit this one of some local shale bings:
Night.
I really slacked this time around.:(
Are we extending? If so...
Night(rfn).
I'm thinking no on the extention :lol:
;)
Well you're such a show off!
(lovely pics)
Thx :D
How long should we extend? When does glatt get back? When was SG gonna post hers?
Are we extending?
Is that what
she asked?
Is that what she asked?
Nah. She asked "Are we exten---O. M. G!"
:evil2:
I'm too busy mate, I'm having a big pre-40th-birthday party tomorrow -yes, all y'all are invited- then we're going on vacation camping up North first thing monday morning.....
Party @ Monster's place!! :birthday:
thanks it was cool, if a little diminished due to weather
Since the voting threads aren't up yet, I'm just going to go ahead and post some entries. I didn't remember any of the categories when I was off on vacation, but I think I found some images that fit the categories.
Here's "peaceful" to kick things off.
Sunrise on the balcony at the lodge on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Here's "boundary." A cattle guard to keep cows on the proper side of the fence.
Let's see, that brings us to "texture." This is the wall of a wash in Capitol Reef National Park.
And finally, "night" in Springdale, Utah. Just outside of Zion. The blurs are from a passing tram heading up to the park.
No entries from me this time round - had a grim couple of weeks (financial worries) and couldn't get motivated. Will be back on board next time.
Excellent job glatt! Looks like a friend of mine was on almost the same vacation as you... grand canyon, zion, bryce, arches, mesa verde etc... perfect road trip.
We ran into a family from PA on three separate occasions at three separate places. I doubt the world is that small, but this friend of yours wasn't part of a (Mom/Dad/teenage girl/tween boy) family by any chance?
It was an excellent trip.
No, 2 guys and a dog, lol...
What was your favorite place?
Either Zion or Capitol Reef.
Zion was at the start of the trip, and we still had two full weeks ahead of us, so we were all in a great place mentally. The adventure was just beginning. There were some good hikes and that's also where we did a horse ride. Spectacular scenery. But very crowded, even after we had hiked in for an hour from the trail heads. Hard to get a picture of anything without having other people in it. But I liked Zion a lot.
Capitol Reef was very intimate. Almost nobody goes there, so we had the trails totally to ourselves. It's a smaller scale than the other places, but the rock formations are much more interesting close up, and the kids can climb all over the place. The rangers were much more friendly and relaxed than at the bigger parks, where they have hundreds of people a day to talk to. It's a really special place. That "texture" picture pretty much sums it up.
Bryce was nice, but way too crowded. The stars were the best thing about Bryce. We hiked into the rock formations one day, and that was pretty cool, but again, it was too crowded.
Grand Canyon was as spectacular as always, but I decided I like the South Rim better. The North Rim doesn't have the mind blowing view. You can only see like a third of the canyon from the North Rim. But it's still the Grand Canyon, and very impressive.
We came across a neat place called Pipe Spings National Monument. It was just a fort in the middle of the desert, but it was fun to explore, and the Rangers there were really laid back too. Happy to see you. We stopped there on a fluke, and I'm very glad we did.
Basically, the more popular the park, the less fun it was. Except for Zion. Zion was popular, but they do a good job managing the crowds.
Public pictures on Facebook for anyone who's interested:
Zion
Bryce
Capitol Reef
Hope to post the Grand Canyon ones tonight. I took a LOT of pictures and it takes time to go through them.
Either Zion or Capitol Reef.
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We stopped there on a fluke, and I'm very glad we did.
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Finding something unexpected, especially when it's completely by chance, has been a lot more fun for our family than our planned events.
Grand Canyon was as spectacular as always, but I decided I like the South Rim better. The North Rim doesn't have the mind blowing view. You can only see like a third of the canyon from the North Rim. But it's still the Grand Canyon, and very impressive.
I agree. :yesnod:
Fantastic pictures Glatt! I wanna go now.
No archive pictures allowed -you must take and post your masterpieces between now and 11:59:59.99 PM eastern on Sunday, [COLOR="Red"]August 15th 2010.[/COLOR]
yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe tomorrow I'll do some voting threads.
This contest is dead. It's not pining for the fjords, it's not resting. It has ceased to be. Its head has been removed form its body, and thrown through a brush chipper. The headless body has been quartered and sent to the four corners of the British Empire to be impaled on pikes, and displayed in front of Greeley's Saloon.
Awww, I'm just fuckin' with ya. I know the poll makers have stuff to do, they may even have a life.:3eye:
A life? I think I had one of those once.
I'm back, I'll try to get to the polls but hell, do i have a shitload of laundry.... meanwhile, i think we should just start the next one anyway, so I'll go right ahead and do that in a few minutes.....
(just chilling with a couple of beers after the 5 hour drive home from Sault St Marie, can't go straight to bed when I get in..... poor old beest has to get up in 5 hours for work :()