Automotive Photography Competition 43

[LongbowX]

Week 43.

Week 42 Results!



Congratulations to LongbowX!! ^^ Thank you to everyone who voted. And thank to everyone who entered as well!

-LongbowX---13
-TVR&Ferrari_Fan---3
-homeforsummer---1
-NISM0_SKYLINE---1
-LikeStig---1

Winner: Week 41 - Theme chosen by LongbowX

THEME: In his words: "Silver. Find those silver cars, and snap a photo of 'em. "

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The rules:

-Each competition's voting will end on a Friday at 5pm GMT. This gives chance for people to engage in religious activities, rest and time with family on Sunday.

-Entries must be in by 5pm on a Wednesday, no exceptions. If your work is not submitted by then then you must wait until the next week.

-All entered photographs
must have been taken between January 2008 and the present day.

-Enteries must be posted as a thumbnail without extending 400pixels on the longest side. Full sized images may be no larger than 900pixels on their longest side.

-You must only submit your own photographs, do not post anyone else's wheter from the internet or if someone you know took the photograph.

-Any watermark you place on your image must be in any corner of the image as long as it does not obstruct the subject of the image.

-Only one photograph per person. You can not change your entry.

-You must not vote for your own photograph when the Poll is up. Only vote for a photograph taken by another enterant.

-The photograph must be submitted with the following information: Subject, Location, Date and Camera used.

-Levels, Curves, Colour Balance, Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation, cropping, or anything else capable in the development process or with filters and common special lenses are allowed to use in Photoshop or other image editing softwares. Other adjustments and effects are not allowed to be used in your picture.

-No HDRI shots allowed



Entries must be in on the Thursday at 5pm GMT.
The poll will be up at 5:30pm GMT on this day and will end on a Saturday at 5:30pm GMT.

Thank you for taking time to read this and I will hope to get a good number of entries on Thursday the 20th of August.


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[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Oh great timing. I'm goin to the Dream Cruise tomorrow, but I'm sure someone will do something better...like always. Oh well

 

[LongbowX]

Oh great timing. I'm goin to the Dream Cruise tomorrow, but I'm sure someone will do something better...like always. Oh well

No one wins them all, it usually is a different winner every week. And as long as you keep trying - I think it will happen.

I hope you have fun at that Dream Cruise too. ^^

 

[homeforsummer]

I'm actually gonna hold out for this one too until after Sunday. I'm going to a Volkswagen festival so perhaps there'll be something interesting there...

 

[Boffin]

Silver eh?

I'll have a rummage.

 

[SPhilli911]

SLR Mclaren
New York City
July 2009
Nikon D90

 

[Pebb]

Click for the full size

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss
Goodwood FOS, UK
4th July 2009
Nikon D90​

 

[LongbowX]

I thought there was a chance we might end up with a Mercedes theme. Heh.

Brilliant shots so far. They have upped the bar considerably this week...

 

[Syntax error]

I'll buck the merc trend...

Mazda MX-5
Oran Park Raceway, NSW, Australia
25th July 2009
Canon 5D​

 

[Speedster502]

Didn't have anything new, but this photo is still valid according to the rules.

Porsche 911 Turbo
911 Sport Horncastle, UK
18th of August 2008
Canon EOS 350D
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[homeforsummer]

Golf



Harewood Volkswagen Festival
16th August 2009
Nikon D40​

 

[boiltheocean]

Jag E-Type
Donnington Park
16th August 2009
Sony Alpha 200​

I think your date is wrong Syntax, the 25th August 2009 is quite a few days away still.

 

[LongbowX]

I think you date is wrong Syntax, the 25th August 2009 is quite a few days away still.

Who are we to doubt him? He's so good he can take photos in the future. I know it.

 

[homeforsummer]

Some stunning photos in this thread. I'm beginning to think I should have posted something a bit more exotic!

I've had an idea about these competitions in general too - perhaps, as current organiser of these competitions, LongbowX might be able to decide if it's a good idea - these threads are fantastic resources for some absolutely beautiful automotive photography.

My idea is that a sticky could be started, similar to the WikiWonderWall, where each post corresponds to one of the Auto Photo Comps and offers users the 400px links to the images used so far, all in one place? Eg. Post #1 has links to all the images from the first auto photo comp, post #2 has links to images used in the second photo comp and so on...it would be a great resource for some great images that aren't too hard on those with slower connections.

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Well the Dream Cruise didn't help at all, well I didn't really look. Hopefully this one is silvery enough .

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Mid Ohio
8th August 2009
Canon Powershot A630​

 

[LongbowX]

Some stunning photos in this thread. I'm beginning to think I should have posted something a bit more exotic!

I've had an idea about these competitions in general too - perhaps, as current organiser of these competitions, LongbowX might be able to decide if it's a good idea - these threads are fantastic resources for some absolutely beautiful automotive photography.

My idea is that a sticky could be started, similar to the WikiWonderWall, where each post corresponds to one of the Auto Photo Comps and offers users the 400px links to the images used so far, all in one place? Eg. Post #1 has links to all the images from the first auto photo comp, post #2 has links to images used in the second photo comp and so on...it would be a great resource for some great images that aren't too hard on those with slower connections.

I know, there certainly are stunning shots so far. I will have to search very hard to find anything to match up.

I haven't been running these things forever, as you seem to know. I am actually the third person, I think. I've probably done it for the last third or so. We can always collect them up though, I think they are all still here. I think it is a very good idea. Something to work on, before the summer ends.

Well the Dream Cruise didn't help at all, well I didn't really look. Hopefully this one is silvery enough .

I'm sorry to hear it didn't go as well as planned. And this one is silver enough, methinks. ^^ A good shot, as well.

 

[homeforsummer]

I haven't been running these things forever, as you seem to know. I am actually the third person, I think. I've probably done it for the last third or so. We can always collect them up though, I think they are all still here. I think it is a very good idea. Something to work on, before the summer ends.

I did have a look through and the pics seem to start disappearing off the organiser's photobucket account by the time you get to #30ish, but I presume the people who entered their photos into the competitions still have them and these can then be used. I certainly have mine somewhere, though I had a big break from this comp between the mid #20s and about five weeks ago, and didn't participate in the first twenty or so either. I expect some people will have to dig deeper to find theirs than others.

 

[LongbowX]

I did have a look through and the pics seem to start disappearing off the organiser's photobucket account by the time you get to #30ish, but I presume the people who entered their photos into the competitions still have them and these can then be used. I certainly have mine somewhere, though I had a big break from this comp between the mid #20s and about five weeks ago, and didn't participate in the first twenty or so either. I expect some people will have to dig deeper to find theirs than others.

This would be quite the project then. We probably wouldn't be able to get all of them. Some, probably. Not all. It depends on how good people's organization is...

 

[Syntax error]

I was just testing out a flux-capacitor I picked up from ebay.... Clearly effective

 

[LongbowX]

I should inform people that they have an extra day to get in their entries - this competition will now close on Thursday, the 20th of August, due to my unavailability tomorrow. Thank you. ^^;


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Final Entry

Chevrolet Corvette
Mosport
May 17, 2009
Canon Rebel XTi




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Now closing...later. Probably around 11 GMT.