Weekly Competition Chat thread - Decay - 30th July to 6 August 17

[anglefire]

Weekly Comp:30/07 - 06/08/17 - CHAT THREAD – Decay

The topic for this week is Decay

Hopefully something a little different - Decay being anything you like - so buildings, plants, trees, even people as long as they are still alive 

No restrictions  on editing. Pictures to be taken preferably between now and Sunday 6th Aug 2017, 23:59, OR  please enter something from your personal archives.

Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23:59pm Monday  7th August 2017.

Poll will be up Tuesday 8th August 2017 .

Winner to be announced Saturday 13th August 2017

The Rules for the weekly competition are...

By entering you agree to take responsibility to

Post a topic on the Sunday (or sooner) following your declared win

Create an entries thread

Create a chat thread

Create a poll for that weeks comp and declare the winner on the Saturday

(if for any reason there is a problem and no subject is posted by the winner by Monday night admin will advise second place winner to post the topic asap, do the poll etc)

In case of a tie, the first entry posted wins.

[David Blandford]

Does it count if only the background is decayed ?    I thinking of entering a shot but then again I may choose something from my past shoots. Just thinking aloud.

[anglefire]

Anything with decay in is fine.

[David Blandford]

Thanks for clearing that up for me!   

[Reinardina]

I loved photographing decay, so should have several archive shots. I'll see if I can find any.

[Kerry Holt]

This week I'm in with an entry

[Simple]

Back from Holiday, put in an entry to make up the numbers.

[David Blandford]

Not my first choice But I am in with Park life to make the number up!     

[Reinardina]

My last tutor hated 'arty farty' photos. For him a photograph was a photograph, while I often like to change it into something totally different. Sadly I lost him last August, so he cannot scold anymore.

Alan (ABERS) always rejoiced in my attempts to create something new, but sadly, he is gone too, so I have to find my own way, without advice, scorn or praise.

I photographed a dried out orchid leaf, with some equally dried out flowers, and set off on a journey. Ended up with a sort of pen and ink drawing.

This is my entry for the 'Decay' competition:

Floating decay

[Jediboy]

Thats certainly arty R. Good to see you back in the comps.

[Reinardina]

Thanks Chris. I have been doing a bit more photography related things, but am still miles removed from my previous enthusiasm. Don't know if I'll ever 'get back' to where I was.

I have recently returned from a holiday in Vienna, and really loved going into town without a camera! The freedom to just enjoy the atmosphere and architecture, without the urge to photograph everything, and thinking about angles, was liberating.

[Jediboy]

Pleased other not.
I know what you mean about the freedom of not having the camera with you. I have to make a conscious decision on occasions not to take the camera on family days out. Drives the wife crazy and I want to photograph everything. Its better if I go out on my own for photography. It works better.

[jinky]

Nothing from me this weekend as I`ve been decaying myself. Nasty virus has laid me low for nigh on 10 days now triggering all sorts of health issues like my old balance problem, IBS and the like. Just about coming around as I set off on a 3 day music festival at Cropredy laid on by fairport Convention. Hope I`m well enough to manage it all!

[Kerry Holt]

Above it says winner announced on Saturday 13th, so does it mean yesterday as in Saturday or today as in 13th?!

[Hinfrance]

It should have been Saturday, but it was set up to close this evening. But I'll take a wild stab right now at who is going to be the winner . . .