WPC 1546 - Travel* RESULTS
Nov 23, 2015 05:38:05 #
The winners of Travel* with 54 entries and (342) votes are...
1st place = plessner with 10.13 points and (25) votes (1st) taken 2015:11:12
2nd place = Double E with 10.09 points and (23) votes (1st) taken 2015:11:12
3rd place = Sdubois with 9.57 points and (22) votes (1st) taken 2015:11:13
4th place = Zulu inc with 7.20 points and (17) votes (4th) taken 2015:11:18
Congratulations everyone - especially those who added a little more by telling us about their photos!!!
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Running Totals - Underlined equals multiple time winners (RESET)
1st = Beercat, DavidT, RogueStorm, DWU2, pjarbit, jr168, Fuzzycoach, DavidT, RGreenway, Zulu inc, bob44044, Bonn, gotphotos, greg vescuso, Severums, BigEasy, loschiavo, BeaverNewby, bob44044, bob44044, plessner
2nd = Captain Tom, kizzyk, ofwiah, wowbmw, mffox, actigner, stumbo, sleepydrdr, dwcee, Beercat, debbie wrazen, BasqueLady, Zulu inc, Gadgetaka, bob44044, debbie wrazen, erickter, DavidT, Margaret Greenway 1, Zulu inc, Double E
3rd = Edas, photobyal, Indy5, DavidT, dsherwood3, Barbwire, ColdSnap, bosan, Beercat, Captain Tom, aesop, daldds, gjim9beam, goldie2, SunnyB, BasqueLady, pfrancke, debbie wrazen, Dots, LolaPL, Sdubois
4th = LPigott, Captain Tom, sleepydrdr, jvcookies, Photos by Paula, jims203, Photos by Paula, MJPD, Fuzzycoach, jcjr8, pepper84, BigEasy, LeeG, DJ Craig, Arlene777, RGreenway, neco, Linda Strawbridge, Karen_F, haroldross, Zulu inc
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1st place = plessner with 10.13 points and (25) votes (1st) taken 2015:11:12
2nd place = Double E with 10.09 points and (23) votes (1st) taken 2015:11:12
3rd place = Sdubois with 9.57 points and (22) votes (1st) taken 2015:11:13
4th place = Zulu inc with 7.20 points and (17) votes (4th) taken 2015:11:18
Congratulations everyone - especially those who added a little more by telling us about their photos!!!
> http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=195 <
- Click (ratings) to see all the entries at once
Running Totals - Underlined equals multiple time winners (RESET)
1st = Beercat, DavidT, RogueStorm, DWU2, pjarbit, jr168, Fuzzycoach, DavidT, RGreenway, Zulu inc, bob44044, Bonn, gotphotos, greg vescuso, Severums, BigEasy, loschiavo, BeaverNewby, bob44044, bob44044, plessner
2nd = Captain Tom, kizzyk, ofwiah, wowbmw, mffox, actigner, stumbo, sleepydrdr, dwcee, Beercat, debbie wrazen, BasqueLady, Zulu inc, Gadgetaka, bob44044, debbie wrazen, erickter, DavidT, Margaret Greenway 1, Zulu inc, Double E
3rd = Edas, photobyal, Indy5, DavidT, dsherwood3, Barbwire, ColdSnap, bosan, Beercat, Captain Tom, aesop, daldds, gjim9beam, goldie2, SunnyB, BasqueLady, pfrancke, debbie wrazen, Dots, LolaPL, Sdubois
4th = LPigott, Captain Tom, sleepydrdr, jvcookies, Photos by Paula, jims203, Photos by Paula, MJPD, Fuzzycoach, jcjr8, pepper84, BigEasy, LeeG, DJ Craig, Arlene777, RGreenway, neco, Linda Strawbridge, Karen_F, haroldross, Zulu inc
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While on a recent photo trip through Utah, Arizona, and Colorado an unplanned stop at the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado, turned out to be very exciting, beautiful, and a lot of work to climb the dunes!
Heading south - flight plan approved
Train Girl, A lovely young woman waiting for a train. She looked up at the sound of the shutter
Travelling on the bus to Brighton
Nov 23, 2015 05:43:32 #
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Nov 23, 2015 11:44:53 #
An interview with Sdubois,
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I have been interested since I was a child, having played with a few Kodak Brownies that my older siblings left within reach, then a Polaroid and then at age 17, real 35mm Pentax K1000! After taking a few satisfying landscapes in black and white and a few shots of my then girlfriends I was hooked!. Sadly I lost my camera at 18, then raised a family and didn't pick up another SLR until November of last year.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
No formal training at all, just advice from other photographers and lots of reading. I like all genres of photography. But lately I have been doing a lot of portrait work.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
Anything that invokes emotion. It doesn't have to follow any rules.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
I carry a D7100 with a 105mm 2.8 lens everywhere I go and on this particular evening on my commute back from work I was in the zone. I captured several of this young lady and a few shots of coworkers and others along my route. One modelled soon after this shot.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
So store them using ViewNX2 then delete the one's I'm not happy with and open the one's I like in Photoshop for some light post-processing.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
Ansel Adams and my friend John Soulnier.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
Not a single thing.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
To buy a Full Frame camera instead of the DX format I started with. I wasted some serious money on Crop format lenses.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
Lens Tissue and Cleaning solution.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
85mm 1.4 it's sharp and fast and has beautiful bokeh.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
Depends on the shoot, I like natural lighting but I bring along a few SB-800 speedlights for portrait work but I have strobes and softboxes in the studio.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
I am a Sr. Presales Engineer for a technology reseller. I would prefer to take pictures.
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
I'd have to get back to you on that..
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
sure
www.p2images.com
www.stephendubois.500px.com
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
Buy at least one lens with a aperture of f/2.8 or less if you haven't already and be prepared to take your photography to a new level.
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I have been interested since I was a child, having played with a few Kodak Brownies that my older siblings left within reach, then a Polaroid and then at age 17, real 35mm Pentax K1000! After taking a few satisfying landscapes in black and white and a few shots of my then girlfriends I was hooked!. Sadly I lost my camera at 18, then raised a family and didn't pick up another SLR until November of last year.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
No formal training at all, just advice from other photographers and lots of reading. I like all genres of photography. But lately I have been doing a lot of portrait work.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
Anything that invokes emotion. It doesn't have to follow any rules.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
I carry a D7100 with a 105mm 2.8 lens everywhere I go and on this particular evening on my commute back from work I was in the zone. I captured several of this young lady and a few shots of coworkers and others along my route. One modelled soon after this shot.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
So store them using ViewNX2 then delete the one's I'm not happy with and open the one's I like in Photoshop for some light post-processing.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
Ansel Adams and my friend John Soulnier.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
Not a single thing.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
To buy a Full Frame camera instead of the DX format I started with. I wasted some serious money on Crop format lenses.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
Lens Tissue and Cleaning solution.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
85mm 1.4 it's sharp and fast and has beautiful bokeh.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
Depends on the shoot, I like natural lighting but I bring along a few SB-800 speedlights for portrait work but I have strobes and softboxes in the studio.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
I am a Sr. Presales Engineer for a technology reseller. I would prefer to take pictures.
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
I'd have to get back to you on that..
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
sure
www.p2images.com
www.stephendubois.500px.com
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
Buy at least one lens with a aperture of f/2.8 or less if you haven't already and be prepared to take your photography to a new level.
Nov 23, 2015 11:47:20 #
An interview with plessner,
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I have had a camera in my hands for probably 40 years, but did not become a serious hobbyist until I bought my first digital in 2007
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
no real training, took a class when I bought my first 35mm. I do enjoy scenery the most, but tell people "I take pictures of everything"
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
When you first see it and you have to say "OH WOW" not very technical I guess--but works for me!
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
I use a Sony A65 I had just returned home from a 2 week photo trip through Utah, AZ,and CO. While looking at the map and planning our route I noticed we would be near the CO Sand Dunes. I think I have seen pictures of the area before on UHH and suggested that should be a stop. We were very happy we did!
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I use picassa, usually just working with cropping and contrast
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
As I am getting older and not able to participate in the sport activities I used to, photography has become a great hobby. For this photo, as I made a stop at the rest room first, I was the behind the 2 people I was traveling with. They and a few others had started up the dunes ahead of me. They looked so small, I wanted a photo to show the size of what was ahead of us.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
We spent 1 1/2 hours climbing on the Dunes--I would stay longer if I had the chance to do it again--and maybe climb higher!
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
I need to get better at PP skills
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
I had never used my monopod much before this trip, and then used it every day. I will continue to use it more. Especially when hiking, it made carrying my camera easier.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
I usually have an 18-250 on my camera, and love it for the range it covers.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
only the pop up flash
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
my other hobby is crafts. Both of these work well into our farming schedule
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
My cousin along on this trip likes to enlarge his photos to what he calls "over the couch size" he was calling his wife and telling her to start shopping for more couches--they were going to need 3 in each room! I will be thinking of that now every time I get one I like!
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
I keep wanted to get a web site put together, but have not done it yet
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
keep shooting and have fun with it!
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I have had a camera in my hands for probably 40 years, but did not become a serious hobbyist until I bought my first digital in 2007
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
no real training, took a class when I bought my first 35mm. I do enjoy scenery the most, but tell people "I take pictures of everything"
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
When you first see it and you have to say "OH WOW" not very technical I guess--but works for me!
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
I use a Sony A65 I had just returned home from a 2 week photo trip through Utah, AZ,and CO. While looking at the map and planning our route I noticed we would be near the CO Sand Dunes. I think I have seen pictures of the area before on UHH and suggested that should be a stop. We were very happy we did!
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I use picassa, usually just working with cropping and contrast
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
As I am getting older and not able to participate in the sport activities I used to, photography has become a great hobby. For this photo, as I made a stop at the rest room first, I was the behind the 2 people I was traveling with. They and a few others had started up the dunes ahead of me. They looked so small, I wanted a photo to show the size of what was ahead of us.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
We spent 1 1/2 hours climbing on the Dunes--I would stay longer if I had the chance to do it again--and maybe climb higher!
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
I need to get better at PP skills
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
I had never used my monopod much before this trip, and then used it every day. I will continue to use it more. Especially when hiking, it made carrying my camera easier.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
I usually have an 18-250 on my camera, and love it for the range it covers.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
only the pop up flash
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
my other hobby is crafts. Both of these work well into our farming schedule
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
My cousin along on this trip likes to enlarge his photos to what he calls "over the couch size" he was calling his wife and telling her to start shopping for more couches--they were going to need 3 in each room! I will be thinking of that now every time I get one I like!
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
I keep wanted to get a web site put together, but have not done it yet
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
keep shooting and have fun with it!
Nov 23, 2015 11:49:49 #
An interview with Double E,
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
About 4 years now. I was so disappointed with a point and shoot of Pelicans in flight my wife got me a DSLR (Canon T2i with a couple of kit lenses.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
No I don't - took a one hour class in 'getting to know your DSLR'...probably do more macro than anything else
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
When the picture tells a story or invites the viewer to create a story.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
Canon 5D Mark III and a Tamron 150-600 mm
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I use Lightroom 5 and try to limit the amount of tweaks.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
I am in awe of some of the great photographers out there and keep trying to capture that WOW shot.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
Not much to change with this one...
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
Better composition and understanding of available light.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
Battery grip - haven't gotten caught mid session since then
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
Canon 70-200 mm USM II...mighty fine lens
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
580 EX II and a 430 EX II
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
Woodworking
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
not yet--but I am sure they are coming...
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
Flickr
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
find something you want to improve or know about and get that "mastered", keep critiquing your own work, keep shooting
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
About 4 years now. I was so disappointed with a point and shoot of Pelicans in flight my wife got me a DSLR (Canon T2i with a couple of kit lenses.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
No I don't - took a one hour class in 'getting to know your DSLR'...probably do more macro than anything else
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
When the picture tells a story or invites the viewer to create a story.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
Canon 5D Mark III and a Tamron 150-600 mm
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I use Lightroom 5 and try to limit the amount of tweaks.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
I am in awe of some of the great photographers out there and keep trying to capture that WOW shot.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
Not much to change with this one...
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
Better composition and understanding of available light.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
Battery grip - haven't gotten caught mid session since then
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
Canon 70-200 mm USM II...mighty fine lens
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
580 EX II and a 430 EX II
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
Woodworking
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
not yet--but I am sure they are coming...
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
Flickr
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
find something you want to improve or know about and get that "mastered", keep critiquing your own work, keep shooting
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