WPC 1510 - Dawn's Light RESULTS
Mar 13, 2015 23:56:32 #
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The winners of Dawn's Light with 128 entries and () votes are...
1st place = Photon with 9.75 points and (19) votes (1st) taken (Unknown)
2nd place = wowbmw with 7.07 points and (17) votes (1st) taken 2011-01-23
3rd place = jcjr8 with 6.09 points and (16) votes (4th) taken 2014-11-16
4th place = melequus with 5.30 points and (12) votes (2nd) taken 2014-05-17
Congratulations everyone - especially those who added a little more by telling us about their photos!!!
> http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=160 <
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Running Totals - Underlined equals multiple time winners
1st = Mobad58, Nosaj, Kalina54, CaptainC, smd25, jcjr8, mcdykes, Nikocarol, O hi O, Photon
2nd = FrodoBaggins, Shaughnessy, patcarls47, BigEasy, Bridgeman, Coolcameragirl, melequus, manofhg, charben, wowbmw
3rd = LovePhotography330, fjrwillie, KTJohnson, Bushpilot, garthurdavis, LovePhotography330, Skip Murphy, roxiemarty, jcjr8, jcjr8
4th = blackbear, Preachdude, O hi O, Photos by Paula, sedwards3, North West Bob, manattee scrubber, jcjr8, bob44044, melequus
The winners of Dawn's Light with 128 entries and () votes are...
1st place = Photon with 9.75 points and (19) votes (1st) taken (Unknown)
2nd place = wowbmw with 7.07 points and (17) votes (1st) taken 2011-01-23
3rd place = jcjr8 with 6.09 points and (16) votes (4th) taken 2014-11-16
4th place = melequus with 5.30 points and (12) votes (2nd) taken 2014-05-17
Congratulations everyone - especially those who added a little more by telling us about their photos!!!
> http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=160 <
- Click (ratings) to see all the entries at once
Running Totals - Underlined equals multiple time winners
1st = Mobad58, Nosaj, Kalina54, CaptainC, smd25, jcjr8, mcdykes, Nikocarol, O hi O, Photon
2nd = FrodoBaggins, Shaughnessy, patcarls47, BigEasy, Bridgeman, Coolcameragirl, melequus, manofhg, charben, wowbmw
3rd = LovePhotography330, fjrwillie, KTJohnson, Bushpilot, garthurdavis, LovePhotography330, Skip Murphy, roxiemarty, jcjr8, jcjr8
4th = blackbear, Preachdude, O hi O, Photos by Paula, sedwards3, North West Bob, manattee scrubber, jcjr8, bob44044, melequus
Breaking Through
Just before sunrise on the beach in St Augustine, Florida
Dawn at the Pond
Corolla, NC
Mar 14, 2015 00:05:10 #
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Mar 16, 2015 15:46:05 #
An interview with Photon,
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I am so happy to have won! This was the first contest I entered on UHH and so this was a very happy surprise.
I have been into photography since I was about 10 years old. I have an aunt that was a great amateur photographer and she used to take pictures of a very young me and she had won a contest with one of them and that really got me started. I was using any film camera I could get for a long time. Then I stopped for awhile and just about 7 years ago I got a DLSR and the bug was back.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
I am autodidactic by nature so though I did take a few photography classes and workshops I would mostly say I taught myself. My favorite is landscape photography but I do shoot many bands which is completely different but also fun. Both live and studio shots.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
A good picture has to have that wow factor. Balance is my key to everything is life so a well balanced photo in terms of exposure, colors, framing with a great subject is my best formula. Sometimes it can be a single blade of grass, an entire seascape or something entirely different depending on the situation.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
This was taken with a Nikon D600 a very cheap tripod (as in hey photo store guy what is the cheapest tripod you have right now- and I need a better one actually) and Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 G lens. I got there at about 4 am because I knew that when you start taking long exposure shots that the time just flies by. It was pretty dark at 5am when I got this great capture with a ISO 800 F/5 and 25Sec.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I really try to be one of those SOOC (Straight out of the Camera) guys but I still do some processing in Lightroom when its called for- and sometimes when its not. This could have been a great SOOC image but I didn't have my split ND Graduated filter so I used LR4 to just put in a graduated filter to lighten up the bottom half of the image.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
Really my Aunt Janet that told me that a great image can be anywhere if you look for it was my main photography inspiration. She was always the one to encourage me and follow my heart.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
I would have had my GRD filters and a backup camera so I could have taken a video of the sunrise at the same time.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
That there is no magic to it, you just need to practice, change one variable see what happens and repeat while learning along what works and what doesnt. You can take classes or read books all day but you really need to get out and shoot in manual mode all the time to get the real feel for it. I read a lot and shot little at first when I got into digital photography to start again I would read a little and shoot a lot.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
Multiple Off camera flashes with remote triggers. They just open up so many possibilities of what you can do with a shot and some lighting adjustments. I also enjoy LED lights to light paint a long exposure photo. Like when I went to Hawaii I did a lot of light painting of ALOHA.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
For me it would be a lens I dont yet own myself. The Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 is a great lens that I have borrowed and loved but have not yet had the extra cash to get one myself. I used this for a trip to Ireland and just loved the way the images came out.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
On a landscape shoot I will take at least a 900 Speedlight. I do a lot of night photos and its always good to be able to light up something is the foreground to get a nice balanced image.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
I do have a photography business but I also have a job in I.T. so whatever I do it is with gadgets and technology of some type. With the DSLRs they really fuse the two disciplines but I enjoy my photography so much more. I remember working for the Portsmouth Historical Society for a photo shoot a few years ago (and many images were published in a book- which was very cool for me) and one particular day I had to leave at 4am drive a couple of hours away to a photo shoot then head to a location a few hundred miles away where I had to document and photo artifacts for 10 hours- I finally got home at 10pm and my wife said, bad day honey? and I said, oh no today was photography not I.T. so it was a GREAT DAY
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
Not so much funny but I am increasingly being asked why I am taking photos by police officers. I was shooting a photo of a bridge and was approached by a State Trooper asking what business I had there. I asked what business do I have in a public park with a camera? I get asked more frequently and I dont understand it. If I was up to no good, would I just say oh you got me?
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
http://cmo-photography.com/ is a work in progress. Currently hosted by 500px but there are some nice images up there.
My Facebook page- everyone is welcome to like/follow or what not http://www.facebook.com/CMOPhotographyStudios?ref=hl
And Fine Art America http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/corey-oneil.html
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
Shoot, make notes of what works, learn new techniques and shoot some more.
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I am so happy to have won! This was the first contest I entered on UHH and so this was a very happy surprise.
I have been into photography since I was about 10 years old. I have an aunt that was a great amateur photographer and she used to take pictures of a very young me and she had won a contest with one of them and that really got me started. I was using any film camera I could get for a long time. Then I stopped for awhile and just about 7 years ago I got a DLSR and the bug was back.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
I am autodidactic by nature so though I did take a few photography classes and workshops I would mostly say I taught myself. My favorite is landscape photography but I do shoot many bands which is completely different but also fun. Both live and studio shots.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
A good picture has to have that wow factor. Balance is my key to everything is life so a well balanced photo in terms of exposure, colors, framing with a great subject is my best formula. Sometimes it can be a single blade of grass, an entire seascape or something entirely different depending on the situation.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
This was taken with a Nikon D600 a very cheap tripod (as in hey photo store guy what is the cheapest tripod you have right now- and I need a better one actually) and Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 G lens. I got there at about 4 am because I knew that when you start taking long exposure shots that the time just flies by. It was pretty dark at 5am when I got this great capture with a ISO 800 F/5 and 25Sec.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I really try to be one of those SOOC (Straight out of the Camera) guys but I still do some processing in Lightroom when its called for- and sometimes when its not. This could have been a great SOOC image but I didn't have my split ND Graduated filter so I used LR4 to just put in a graduated filter to lighten up the bottom half of the image.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
Really my Aunt Janet that told me that a great image can be anywhere if you look for it was my main photography inspiration. She was always the one to encourage me and follow my heart.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
I would have had my GRD filters and a backup camera so I could have taken a video of the sunrise at the same time.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
That there is no magic to it, you just need to practice, change one variable see what happens and repeat while learning along what works and what doesnt. You can take classes or read books all day but you really need to get out and shoot in manual mode all the time to get the real feel for it. I read a lot and shot little at first when I got into digital photography to start again I would read a little and shoot a lot.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
Multiple Off camera flashes with remote triggers. They just open up so many possibilities of what you can do with a shot and some lighting adjustments. I also enjoy LED lights to light paint a long exposure photo. Like when I went to Hawaii I did a lot of light painting of ALOHA.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
For me it would be a lens I dont yet own myself. The Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 is a great lens that I have borrowed and loved but have not yet had the extra cash to get one myself. I used this for a trip to Ireland and just loved the way the images came out.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
On a landscape shoot I will take at least a 900 Speedlight. I do a lot of night photos and its always good to be able to light up something is the foreground to get a nice balanced image.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
I do have a photography business but I also have a job in I.T. so whatever I do it is with gadgets and technology of some type. With the DSLRs they really fuse the two disciplines but I enjoy my photography so much more. I remember working for the Portsmouth Historical Society for a photo shoot a few years ago (and many images were published in a book- which was very cool for me) and one particular day I had to leave at 4am drive a couple of hours away to a photo shoot then head to a location a few hundred miles away where I had to document and photo artifacts for 10 hours- I finally got home at 10pm and my wife said, bad day honey? and I said, oh no today was photography not I.T. so it was a GREAT DAY
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
Not so much funny but I am increasingly being asked why I am taking photos by police officers. I was shooting a photo of a bridge and was approached by a State Trooper asking what business I had there. I asked what business do I have in a public park with a camera? I get asked more frequently and I dont understand it. If I was up to no good, would I just say oh you got me?
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
http://cmo-photography.com/ is a work in progress. Currently hosted by 500px but there are some nice images up there.
My Facebook page- everyone is welcome to like/follow or what not http://www.facebook.com/CMOPhotographyStudios?ref=hl
And Fine Art America http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/corey-oneil.html
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
Shoot, make notes of what works, learn new techniques and shoot some more.
Mar 17, 2015 04:37:31 #
I just wanted to share a quick before and after image. The first is unprocessed SOOC just a raw file saved to .jpg. The second is after my one Lightroom4 GRD Filter touchup which is all that was done for that image.
Mar 18, 2015 11:25:02 #
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