July 2007 Competition - Launch and Discussion

[Zone]

Here we are, the half way point of the year, six down with six to go

Congratulations to PeteB_2000 for winning June’s competition (on the theme of Britishness) with his line of five traditional red telephone boxes

Pete’s choice of theme for July is…….Opposites.

Interesting choice of theme, one that isn’t simply black and white when you think a little deeper

I'll try and keep the thumbnail page up to date as and when entries come in.

Please make yourself familiar with the rules before posting, any questions pm/email me

Gordon @ is once again offering his service for a free ISF calibration, terms and conditions apply, see below

are once again supplying a 10x8" print of the winning shot

And of course the winner has the honour of choosing the following months theme

Competition ends Saturday 28th July at noon, or thereabouts


Terms and conditions for ISF Calibration prize:
Prize: 1 x ISF calibration
Only available on mainland uk
Calibration will be done when Convergent are already in your area
There is no cash alternative
If winner is outwith mainland UK then if travel costs are covered we will honour the prize

[Bigmoisty]

That's going to tax the old gray matter. Chalk and cheese anyone? lol

[wobblebottom]

LOL i just asked the kids where their chalk boards and chalks were...

[TopGirl]

oo i like this theme, lots of different ideas.

[SweetGirl]

Awesome Theme Pete_2000

Thinking caps on, Battery charged up, Camera lens cleaned...off we go.....again

Good luck everyone

[Bigmoisty]

I am finding it quite hard to distinguish between an opposite and something that is just a different type of the same thing. For example a "goth" and "chav". Not really opposites, just 2 forms of the same thing.

[macker2006]

Cool, this should be interesting !

[vulkan75]

Can we post from today???I have, but thinking of it now I dont know if its allowed as its still June.

[Tobers]

Hmmmm....opposites. Very interesting.

Digital Grin has a running set of competitions with this sort of thing, where the theme is something like "smooth or rough" or "curved or angular" etc. Worth a look for some inspiration probably.

[Gadget Daddy]

thanks for the , didnt want to take it down a particular path, wanted to leave it WIDE open, which should hopefully encourage a real diverse set of entries

Pete

[Liquid101]

Originally Posted by vulkan75

Can we post from today???I have, but thinking of it now I dont know if its allowed as its still June.

I entered my 'soft' entry before the month started. As far as i'm aware as long as the photograph was made after the launch of the comp it's OK.

[vulkan75]

Yes.....i just checked through the rules..seems like it'll be ok
thanks mate

[Spaced_K]

Good theme. This one really is open to interpretation.

[Saggy]

I see all the pics each month and am amazed at the quality. Honestly what can the starter create with more of a point and shoot camera. I have a sony f717 I think is the model and it has a few options but nothing like a DSLR.

Any recomendations to get the best out of it?

Martin

[Liquid101]

I would say most of the winning shots have been more about the interpretation of the theme rather than purely technical aspects. You certainly don;t need a fancy DSLR to do well.

I would just fire away and see what happens.