CHAT thread for weekly comp 22nd August --- 28th August--- The Great Outdoors

[jimthetrain]

This weeks subject is ---- THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Anything that depicts the beauty of the outdoors in your country.




Pictures to be taken between 00.01am Monday 22nd August 2011 to 23:59 Sunday 28th August 2011 .
Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59pm Monday 29th August 2011.
Poll will be up Tuesday 30th August 2011.
Winner to be announced Saturday 3rd September 2011.

The Rules for the weekly competition are...

By entering you agree to take responsibility to
Post a topic on the Sunday 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.

Photos to be taken during the specified dates, ie Monday xx to Sunday xx

Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59 Monday night

[Reinardina]

Probably be brollies and floods! The weather is fine at the moment here in Soton, but from tonight onwards, we're back to thundery showers and mayhem. They say. And today I'm housebound, by housewifely apron strings, IE chores.

Never had a proper go at 'the world in a tropical rainstorm,' so it may well be a good thing; if I don't drown or attract a lighting strike, I may learn something new.

[greypoint]

Ah..the beauty of the local outdoors...a few shots of warehouses perhaps 

[Reinardina]

Well, I did wear wellies on my shooting trip. It was raining, but I managed to find some weather resistant outdoor life!

[Oldboy]

The weather people forecast rain in Birmingham today, but all we had was clouds this morning and sunshine in the afternoon. This evening the weather forecaster said she didn't know what happen to the rain? 

[jimthetrain]

I left work around 10:45 this morning and headed north to escape the rain that never materialised. Only day I have available to shoot something. The reservoir at Haweswater is at it's lowest I've seen for along time. Expect a hosepipe ban in the north west mid October. 

[Reinardina]

Rang a friend in Holland this evening, and they had all 'our' thunderstorms! They apparently passed to the south of us and went to France and Holland. We just had rain. Nothing spectacular, just wet.

[Hinfrance]

Today, after a week of heatwave, we have finally got the place to ourselves and I was in a position to contemplate getting a shot or two. But now it's persistently raining, as they say, so I am literally taking a raincheck - at least for today.

[greypoint]

persisting it down in the Rose of the Shires too..and I've got the day off work

[Reinardina]

Just stopped raining here. I think I might have seen something akin to the sun just now!

I'll have to be quick though as it is supposed to return later today!

Sunshine and showers tomorrow.

[Beaux Reflets]

With a broad category there were lots of opportunities this week.



This was my other choice, but the first grips me more on the second view.

[Markulous]

Luckily had one I'd taken this week that matched the title - despite having the 7D with me I used the G11 as we didn't stop (too many people with our 3 dogs!) but quite pleased with what it turned out

[Delamanda]

Went out today to a new location I've discovered with the intention of shooting something for this week's comp. and once I'd set everything up, realised I didn't have a single SD card with me   Moral of tale - stick to habit of having SD cards kicking around in fluffy bits of pockets and bottom of bag and don't try and be smart by clearing and formatting them all in one go!  I've had to go with something from earlier in the week ...

[Oldboy]

Went out today to a new location I've discovered with the intention of shooting something for this week's comp. and once I'd set everything up, realised I didn't have a single SD card with me   Moral of tale - stick to habit of having SD cards kicking around in fluffy bits of pockets and bottom of bag and don't try and be smart by clearing and formatting them all in one go!  I've had to go with something from earlier in the week ...

Done that before, which is why I always carry spares in my pocket.