July 2013 Assignment - Comments & Questions

[Bjorn van Sinttruije]

This is the thread for any comments or questions concerning July's Competition.

- Bjorn

[mikeroch]

I chose TREES because I was inspired by that splendid shot by OPTIMAN in the May competition and also because it had been suggested in the 'ideas and suggestions' section some time ago. I reckoned it could work for every continent (except perhaps Antarctica!) and every climate / season, so would not disadvantage anyone anywhere.

I would suggest that what we are looking for is a stunning composition in which a tree plays a major part, not necessarily to the exclusion of everything else however, other elements might sit well with it.

Come on gang .... let's see some ACTION from you!

[Jiko]

I remembered a shot I took but didn't get to redo it - and the original one was older than six months. But OK... I just wanted to share it again even if it's not taking part in the assignment:


Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Sigma 12-24mm EX DG HSM @12mm
F4.5
ISO 2.500
1/100 sec

[mikeroch]

Well done Jiko, nice shot .... I thought TREE would be so easy and accessible to everyone that we would get lots of good entries ... how more wrong could I be! Sometimes I despair for the future of this monthly competition. This one shot in the Namib Desert

[Bjorn van Sinttruije]

Indeed we had a low number of entries in July, despite the very accessible theme. Still, I and others enjoy having a themed assignment to work on every month, so let's keep it up.

On to more exciting stuff: we have a winner for July's assignment! Congratulations Savlet/Sarah!

- Bjorn

[Savlet]

Indeed we had a low number of entries in July, despite the very accessible theme. Still, I and others enjoy having a themed assignment to work on every month, so let's keep it up.

On to more exciting stuff: we have a winner for July's assignment! Congratulations Savlet/Sarah!

- Bjorn

Huge thanks to those of you who voted for my photo 'I want to be a tree', much appreciated. I was sat at work eating my lunch and decided to check my emails and low and behold, I get the pleasant news! I look forward to learning more about wildlife photography.

Sarah

[pierovera]

Congratulations!

[4xxxx]

Congratulations Sarah.

Cheers

[oldCarlos]

Many congratulations Sarah. A worthy winner.

[Savlet]

Thank you pierovera, 4xxxx and oldCarlos

[mikeroch]

My July comment has been hacked and modified then posted here .... I have reported it

MikeR