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Entries thread is HERE (http://cameracraniums.com/forum/index.php?topic=3137.new#new)
This week's challenge is to show us an interesting photograph that represents collecting and collectibles. Everybody has a collection of something*, whether deliberately or not. But if you can't think of something you have collected, then feel free to photograph someone else's. Photograph a whole bunch of things or some representative detail - it's up to you.
*I bet most of you have a collection of Christmas decorations, for example :tup:
No restrictions on editing.
Pictures to be taken between 00.01am Monday 17th December 2012 to 23:59 Sunday 23rd December 2012 .
Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59pm Monday 24th December 2012.
Poll will be up on Christmas Day, as soon as I have unwrapped my pressies and put the duck in the oven.
Winner to be announced Saturday 29th December 2012.
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
I`ve got a rubbish collection of photos :D
Quote from: jinky on December 16, 2012, 10:41:32 AM
I`ve got a rubbish collection of photos :D
Probably be better off photographing a collection of rubbish :legit:
Quote from: Hinfrance on December 16, 2012, 10:46:19 AM
Quote from: jinky on December 16, 2012, 10:41:32 AM
I`ve got a rubbish collection of photos :D
Probably be better off photographing a collection of rubbish :legit:
Not sure I agree H. A picture of a load of rubbish pictures (where did you get those Jinky? They can't be your own surely?), can be very eyecatching!
I'm now off, to try and shoot the sort of picture I had in mind, when I set this weeks comp!
I've been racking my brains on this one - I am beginning to realise what a stiff challenge this one is.
Still, jinky art least can always take a picture of his increasing pile of photography prizes ;)
Quote from: Hinfrance on December 20, 2012, 10:13:02 AM
I've been racking my brains on this one - I am beginning to realise what a stiff challenge this one is.
Still, jinky art least can always take a picture of his increasing pile of photography prizes ;)
What about your collection of torture tools?
I am collecting so much, most of it unwillingly, that I don't know what to go for.
Quote from: Reinardina on December 20, 2012, 10:34:26 AM
What about your collection of torture tools?
I admit there is a DVD of Mama Mia! in the house, which has never needed to be used, but that's not really a collection, is it?
Quote from: Hinfrance on December 20, 2012, 12:34:18 PM
Quote from: Reinardina on December 20, 2012, 10:34:26 AM
What about your collection of torture tools?
I admit there is a DVD of Mama Mia! in the house, which has never needed to be used, but that's not really a collection, is it?
I was thinking of your dark pictures of the axeman and knifeman and upside down Barbie.
I know Re, but I can't think of anything more horrifying than Mama Mia! :)
Got an idea now, so will have a bash at it later.
Quote from: Hinfrance on December 21, 2012, 08:18:01 AM
I know Re, but I can't think of anything more horrifying than Mama Mia! :)
Got an idea now, so will have a bash at it later.
Is that the musical or the ABBA hit? I know the second, but not the first.
In spite of my rather large collection of assorted 'props' I regularly pick up in charity shops, I have problems finding a way of photographing any of them. Had a go yesterday, but the light was bad and the result so-so. See if I can do better, otherwise it has to be the tarted up version of a small collection of 'tat.'
My mum died just over a year ago after suffering with gradually worstening dementia for several years. During that time she often talked very fondly of the only car she ever had - which she loved. To keep her reminded of it I modified a "collectible" Matchbox toy car - painted it the correct colour, added the woodwork and spotlights - to make it more like hers. Early this week I photographed it and also a possible scene to put it in, as a backup entry.
So since we're now well into the third day of continuous heavy rain with lots more forcast and our garden beginning to flood I've no chance of photographing the other idea I've had.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10222/normal_IMG_3912Rs_st_serfs_tron_sq_mums_mini.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=12931&fullsize=1)
A Matchbox Car
What a lovely idea Simon. I bet she was thrilled to bits, to have that very recognisable reminder of her car.
It's very wet here too, though yesterday it was brilliant.
My 'collectibles' are typical 'indoor' things, and I was too busy yesterday to shoot them in good light. I fear I'm stuck with the one I've got, which, after tarting up, may be acceptable.
I'm in with a small part of one of my Grandfather's post card collections - Shots of The Viceroy and I assume her interior?
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11049/normal_olvice.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=12932&fullsize=1)
Oh boy, what a ship! I'd sign up straight away, if she were still sailing.
Quote from: Reinardina on December 22, 2012, 08:18:29 PM
Oh boy, what a ship! I'd sign up straight away, if she were still sailing.
Everything is so much faster today - I bet the experience of travel in those days had a real romantic air - I can see well shod gents in their silk smoking jackets puffing on large cigars turning the sitting room air quite a cloudy blue ;)
It was stylish, and that atmosphere still lingered when I started cruising in the mid seventies. Also, the passengers you came across in those days, were seasoned ship's passengers, who enjoyed the relaxed shipboard life, knew what the weather could throw at you and that at sea, nature rules, which might mean changes to scheduled itineraries.
Ah modern day cruising, floating holiday camps for the aged! :legit:
Quote from: ABERS on December 23, 2012, 08:46:03 AM
Ah modern day cruising, floating holiday camps for the aged! :legit:
If only! I might, just about, be able to cope with that, even though I don't like the holiday camp idea. (Who really wants to go rock climbing or ice skating at sea?) It is however (dare I say it), the younger generations, that can't cope with the enormous amounts of alcohol that are consumed at sea, and the undisciplined behaviour of (some) children and teenagers.
For me, sea travel is about peace and quiet, the gently (or wildly, I love that too!) movement of the ship, the library, the bars and the 'saloons,' and the occasional 'stop off' at a port.
I think I was born hundred years too late!
But now I'd better get on with my competition entry. I did not like my original shot, however hard I tried to 'tart it up,' so I just took a few others. If they don't 'come out,' there will be no entry from me this week.
Finally managed a shot that's not too bad, and which also gave me a lot of pleasure when I used it as the basis for a 'scary doll shot.'
This is my entry:
Hairy Monsters.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11140/normal_Hairy_Monsters.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=12936)
And this is the nightmare it has become:
The Curse of the Golls.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11140/normal_The_Curse_of_the_Golls.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=12937)
Well, I'm in with some dolls too, although they're not mine I hasten to add . .
Monster High:
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10146/normal_Monster_High_HWK55713_flickr.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=12938&fullsize=1)
Nearly forgot, so a quick one from me.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10256/normal_Music.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=12939&fullsize=1)
I've got my days in a muddle and intended taking one today, then realised it's Monday and so going with a ship in a bottle from last week. I don't actually collect them, but I am fascinated by them and if I did collect them, then I would want this in the collection!
Bit of a rush job snapping in more confined space than I needed when shooting and then rushing to find a way to use the images today whilst missing out on Christmas eve meal preparations. Well I cannot miss the Christmas week comps can I.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10154/normal_masks.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=12941&fullsize=1)