Photo contest- Beginner- November '10

[Call_Me_Bob]

Hi guys! Some of you may have seen the thread entitled "Winter Project" We have decided to do a photo contest, about once a month. The object of this is to further our photography skills with a little friendly competition and critique.

We will have two divisions. One for beginners and one for intermediate/advanced.

We will have two judges, one for each division. They will critique each picture, so that we can learn, and pick three winner. One first, one second, and one third. We will also have a members choice award. There are no prizes, unless someone wants to donate, so winners just get satisfaction as well as learning from the judges.

THIS THREAD IS ONLYFOR POSTING PICTURES! NO CHIT CHAT we will have another thread for the chit chat.

How to enter:

* each entry must be on one post, but separate ( i.e. three different pictures, links or attachments all onone post) There is a 3 entry limit.

* please include the following
1) The picture ( duh! :P )
2) Camera settings ( f-stop, shutter speed, ISo, and flash) if available
3) Picture title ( use the title bar for the thread )
4) an explanation of what the picture is. ( lets keep it small, just a sentence or two, please)

* submit your thread.

*** the deadline is November 30th. any post after that date will not count.

i will reply to this thread with an EXAMPLE so you can understand what i mean


again, please NO CHIT CHAT!

edited- to clarify some things

[Call_Me_Bob]

this is just an example!

Camera settings- f-1.8, shutter speed 200, ISO 300

This is a picture of an orchid belonging to a friend of mine, I do not know the name.

[flhiker]

1 camera= Canon Powershot 720A
2 date/time= 6/13/09 at 12:09 pm
3. Shutter speed 1/60
4. Aperture= 2.8
5. ISO = 125 auto
6. lens = 5.8 - 34.8mm
7. Focal length = 5.8mm
8. Hand held no tripod

Shot in the wild at the Fakahatchee State Preserve.

[flhiker]

1. Camera= Canon Powershot 720A
2. date/time= 6/13/09 - 7:19 am
3. Shutter speed= 1/50
4. Aperture = 2.8
5. ISO = 200
6. lens 5.8 - 34.8mm
7. Focal length = 5.8mm
8. Hand held no tripod

Shot in the Fakahatchee Strand State preserve

[flhiker]

1. Camera= Canon Powershot 720A
2. Date/Time= 4/15/10 at 11:50 am
3. Shutter Speed = 1/250
4. Aperture = 4.0
5. ISO = 80 (auto)
6. Lens = 5.8 - 34.8mm
7. Focal length = 5.8
8. Hand held no tripod

This is a plant I own and was taken on my front porch that faces south.

[Royal]

Camera: Kodak Easy Share (point and shoot )
Settings: ???

One of the few stands of Cypripedium kentuckiense left in Texas.

[Royal]

Camera: Kodak Easy Share
Settings: macro, no flash
Lighting: natural


Thought to be extinct in the wild, Laelia gouldiana survives in the collections of hobbyists. Smells like raw green beans.

[cb977]

I know you said no chit-chat but...



I'm making this thread a "sticky"

[kavanaru]

Ok, and now my entries for the beginner category. I have selected some pictures taken as snapshot, mainly at times when I had no time to prepare anything: either orchid shows or being in a hurry... IMO these shots have many beginner mistakes, and could provide good stuff for discussion and suggestions to correct these mistakes in future shots.

1. Paphiopedilum henryanum
Nikon D80
Hand held (No tripod)
f/5.6
1/125
ISO 1000
No Flash
Focal Length 170 mm
Paph shot under lateral T5 Light.

Paphiopedilum henryanum by kavanaru, on Flickr

2.- Cattleya xgransabanensis
Nikon D80
Hand held (No tripod)
f/5.6
1/60
ISO 500
Flash Auto, Fired, Return detected
Focal Length 120 mm
Natural hybrid from Southern Venezuela, photographed under the stress of a well attended Orchid Show in Switzerland.

Cattleya xgransabanensis by kavanaru, on Flickr

3.- Cattleya jenmanii
Nikon D80
Hand held (No tripod)
f/10.0
1/125
ISO 200
Flash Auto, Fired, Return detected
Focal Length 26 mm
cattleya (one of the parents of the hybrid shown in the previous photo) grown in the garden of a Pemon (Amerindian Ethnia) family in Southern Venezuela Photo taken late at night.

Cattleya jenmanii by kavanaru, on Flickr

[camille1585]

Here are mine. No idea what the criteria are to know if I'm beginner or intermediate/expert, but considering I have zero photo knowledge, I posted here.

Phal Noid
No idea where to find the camera settings, but I fiddled around with the manual settings of my point n shoot (Canon Powershot 510A).
No flash, used natural light.




Phal equestris 'Dark'
(Same comments as above)