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The subject for next weeks competition is .....

"Droplets"

Allways wanted to give this art form a try. I know a few of you have done this with great results, so if there are any tips for set up please post them  :beer:

Rules:

Pictures to be taken between 00.01am Monday 28th to Sunday 3rd January.
Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59pm Monday 4th January.
Poll will be up Tuesday 5th January until 23.59pm Friday 8th January.
Winner to be announced Saturday 9th (winner should post the new topic no later than 23.59 Sunday 10th January).


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 sunday xx to Monday xx

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

Poll to be created Tuesday to run till Friday, winner declared Saturday

Editing limits to be specified by the person choosing the competition subject, if nothing is mentioned then there is no limit to editing allowed.

Montage images should only contain images taken within specified dates

Please don't vote for your own entry

Everyone is welcome and comments and critique on the entries are also welcome

Posting your entries, and settiing up the poll.  Instructions are here: http://cameracraniums.com/forum/index.php?topic=382.0

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_IMG_4734web.JPG) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/IMG_4734web.JPG)

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_Water%20Drop%20Web.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Water%20Drop%20Web.jpg)

Water droplets on a fairly large scale. If this does not meet the criteria for the weekend comp feel free to exclude it  :)

Fantastic, what spirit, house might catch fire but wait, a photo op :)     certainly fine by me for the comp  :beer:

Quote from: oRGie on January 01, 2010, 12:46:32 AM
Fantastic, what spirit, house might catch fire but wait, a photo op :)     certainly fine by me for the comp  :beer:

I will give my boys their due they did a wonderful job keeping the back fence and deck wet whilst I took my photo opportunities  ;) just waiting for them to finally give the all clear so I can open the nice bottle of French Bordeaux that I was going to have last night  ;D

Had a go. Not to the same standard as bones, I'm lazy with my set ups :D

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_IMG_6587-web.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/IMG_6587-web.jpg)

Edit -- This is my last one I'm trying for this comp. You could be at it for ages and still think you could get a better one. ::)

Decided on this one for my entry, was hoping to have more time to play tommorow, but work becons..

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_droplet_0713.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/droplet_0713.jpg)

I gave up on the splashes pictures - my efforts this time were poorer than the last time I tried it. A definite back to the drawing board picture for me:

Droplets on a Leaf:

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_Droplet%20on%20Leaf_IMGP5790co_border.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Droplet%20on%20Leaf_IMGP5790co_border.jpg)

Note to self - get a proper macro lens.  :D

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_cc_droplets.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/cc_droplets.jpg)

Candle droplets

My water droplets were an unmitigated disaster, so I went for wax droplets instead!

Here's my entry for this weeks competition.  ;D

Frozen Drops:
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_DSC_1007%20Frozen%20Drops.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/DSC_1007%20Frozen%20Drops.jpg)

Good luck all.  :tup:

here is mine
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/gunniglealan/liquid%20splash/DSC_6450.jpg)

Some excellent entries, guys on such a frustrating (but enjoyable ) topic. Well done to all  :tup:
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_long%20drop_filtered.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/long%20drop_filtered.jpg)

Guys & Galls I've made the entry thread the poll thread mainly because Alan hasnt used the CC gallery for his entry.

It would be great if all entries were in the CC gallery to make life easier, or perhaps we should just do it like this anyway. Either way this will work for this week I'm sure  :beer:

Good luck all, great range of entries, hope you all enjoyed it  :legit:

FWIT I think that adding a poll to the entries thread makes a lot of sense - much easier and faster plus you can see any explanatory comments that people have put with the entries.

I agree absolutely with Howard :)

A good point for the future - maybe a good idea for "the other side" where things seem REALLY complicated.

Excellent photos everyone, I promise to try and join in this week.

another vote for this method, or at least give it a try for a few weeks

Well I struggle to do the poll on the other place,except when people use Flickr images, and I struggle on here too so makes little odds to me ;D.
It is nice to see images in the same thread as poll entries though and must save time if it is easy to add poll later.

Did not get time to do a shot this week ut will try next.
Some nice shots making it hard to choose.

Quote from: alan1572 on January 05, 2010, 09:06:14 AM
another vote for this method, or at least give it a try for a few weeks

Only one problem I can see with this.  The winners are supposed to create the poll, and I think members can only start polls on their own threads.  So that would mean one of the moderators would have to add the poll every time.   Unless I can find a permission setting somewhere.  

typical, didn't think of the problems it would cause, admin do enough without having to do the poll every week.

I dont mind taking the responsibility to add the poll each week, (so dont worry about changing permissions Mick).

But, it would still be good to have the entered pics in the CC gallery ;)   

If anyone doesnt want to have the comp pics in their normal gallery, start a comp entry gallery in your gallery, hope that makes sense, take alook at mine if not  :beer:

Quote from: oRGie on January 05, 2010, 11:06:50 AM

But, it would still be good to have the entered pics in the CC gallery ;)   

If anyone doesnt want to have the comp pics in their normal gallery, start a comp entry gallery in your gallery, hope that makes sense, take alook at mine if not  :beer:

Just a reminder really. There all ready is a comp gallery in the album selections under cc meet-ups and weekly comp entries

now starting to use it...
you'll get us all house trained sooner or later.  :tup:

Quote from: jimthetrain on January 05, 2010, 04:08:58 PM

Quote from: oRGie on January 05, 2010, 11:06:50 AM

But, it would still be good to have the entered pics in the CC gallery ;)   

If anyone doesnt want to have the comp pics in their normal gallery, start a comp entry gallery in your gallery, hope that makes sense, take alook at mine if not  :beer:

Just a reminder really. There all ready is a comp gallery in the album selections under cc meet-ups and weekly comp entries

Thanks for pointing that one out Jim.  I did post about it when I first added that folder to the gallery.  The very reason for the folder was,

1: All the comp images are in one place. so adding them to the poll would be easier.
2: Using the "Embed URL" link in under each image in the gallery the images would all be the same size when posted into the comp threads.
3: People can't comment on or rate the pics.
4: Stops cluttering up your galleries. 

Not wishing to be forward, did I win this one? If so I have a topic ready, just let me know . .

Yep, without a doubt - a clear winner according to the terms of the comp.
Unable to get to the computer to announce it due to adverse weather!  ;D :tup: :beer: :doh:

Thanks, I'll post the next one later on. Got to get my 'frosty' picture done first.

Forgot to say great shot and deserved win H. Got my vote and for me picture of the month too - who needs a macro when you can get detail like that eh  ;) . Well done

Quote from: jinky on January 11, 2010, 06:15:22 PM
Forgot to say great shot and deserved win H. Got my vote and for me picture of the month too - who needs a macro when you can get detail like that eh  ;) . Well done

Hear hear! :tup:

Thank you chaps. Can't help thinking a proper macro would make life a bit easier, especially out in the garden. The bargain basement Tamron is a fine enough lens, but a little on the heavy side, and not fast or close focusing.

As the saying goes -
"It's not  what you got it's what you do with it that counts"  :tup:

You shouldn't believe everything your wife tells you  :D

Why - does she prefer something that is lighter, faster and closer focusing?  ::)