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MIDNIGHT 21ST SEPTEMBER - POLLS CLOSED - WE HAVE A WINNER!

Congratulations to popo for winning the August assignment with 10% of the votes! As always this means popo gets to choose the theme for our next assignment, and has until the end of September to let us know what it is - please let us know in the August 2010 COmments and Questions thread!

Congratulations to everyone who entered, and especially to our winner and runners-up. In joint second place came AL and Razvan with 8% of the votes each, followed by KevinM, 4agze and daisy in joint third place with 4% of the votes each.


MIDNIGHT 31ST AUGUST - SUBMISSIONS CLOSED!!!

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE PHOTO!

PS - please remember to vote fairly. Please don't ask your friends to vote for you as this can easily skew the result. Thanks, Gordon


Hi everyone! Welcome to August's Assignment! 

The theme for this month is "Colour", as suggested by naniani who won the June 2010 competition. Be sure to read the whole post for the rules. 

In naniani's own words: 

"My choice for next months assignment is COLOUR. 
You can submit an entry which is dominant in any one colour of your choice, Or it can be a variety of colours. It can be contrasting, or moody, dramatic , bright and bold, or very subtle, i leave it up to you to decide. I would like to see photos that scream out WOW. So come on everyone have a go show us what you can do. 
No colour popping is allowed, and not too much pp.
I hope to see loads of entries. 
Good luck to you all. 
Sue"



The rules! 

1: You can only submit one image and it has to be taken during August 2010. Photos taken earlier will be disqualified! 

2: All images submitted must be no more than 500 pixels on their longest side, although you can include a link to a full resolution version if you like. Flickr users must link back to the original version to comply with its latest rules. 

As always, please exercise good judgement on what is suitable for the forum. See the Forum Rules for guides. 

Please include a sentence or two with your photo describing what you were trying to achieve and if there were any particular challenges in doing so like, for example, any special exposure or lighting setup. 

We're all enthusiasts here, so it's also great to see what equipment you used and the settings too. So please also include the following: 

Camera Model: 
Lens and focal length: 
Aperture: 
Shutter Speed: 
Sensitivity: 
Post processing: 

Submissions will close at midnight GMT on 31st August 2010. The final poll will follow. 

Please remember this thread is for submissions only. If you'd like to comment on any of the submissions or ask any questions, please do so in the August 2010 Comments and Questions thread! 

Thanks and good luck! 

- Bjorn -

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Let's jump start this contest with a "Girl in Green"



Alpha 700 with Sal 18-250

A rare Arizona Rainbow

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Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture f/22.0
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV

PP: color boosted a lil and temp lowered a lil as well

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First night shot with my new 550D

Location: Birrarung Marr, Melbourne Australia
Camera Model: Canon 550D
Lens and focal length: Tamron 12-24mm f4 @ 20mm
Aperture:f/4
Shutter Speed:1''
Sensitivity:ISO 400
Processing: Photoshop CS5 slight de noise and shadows/highlights

full res link: http://s611.photobucket.com/albums/tt19 ... bourne.jpg

Picture taken in Mayfield Lavender Farm at Surrey a few hours before they start harvesting.



Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Lens and focal length: Canon 24-105mm F4L IS @ 105mm
Aperture: f/4
Shutter Speed: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Post processing: CS5

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I was playing about with my new 10-20mm and ND8 today, and spotted this leaf trying its best to hang onto a rock in a stream.

Large: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amr276/486 ... otostream/



EXIF:

Camera Canon EOS 50D
Exposure 5
Aperture f/22.0
Focal Length 20 mm
ISO Speed 100

PP: Slight crop, levels adjustment, and small saturation increase

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This years dour grey Scottish summer offered no colourful photo opportunities, so a visit to an oriental cash-and-carry solved my problem!



Pentax K20D 18-55mm Pentax DA2 lens ISO400 1/180 @ f5.6
PP: Auto contrast, sharpen, crop, resize to 500 square

Wild Blue Yonder.... with a hint of afterburner.

Camera Model: Nikon D80
Lens and focal length: DX Nikkor 18-135mm G ED-IF @ 135 mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Post processing: Lightroom 2.something

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Nikon D90
55-200mm@200
f/10
1/4000th

negative 2 on exp comp,....and "warmed" to about 6k.
Sprinkle of vibrancy and couple of ticks of saturation,...nothing
jacked.
A cooler version is in my stream,...

Cheers!

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Colours In A Spin



Camera Model: Nikon D300s
Lens and focal length: 36mm
Aperture: F14
Shutter Speed: 0.6s
Sensitivity: ISO-100
Post processing: Resized and slightly sharpened
Taken on: August 7, 2010 at 7.51pm

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I love rust!
It brings out colors that are crazy and textures like no others.



Camera Model: D300
Lens and focal length: Nikon AF-S 14-24/2.8 at 24mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Post processing: cropping, saturation, clarity, curves, noise reduction

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Colorful Chalk

Camera Model: Sony a200
Lens and focal length: 55mm
Aperture: 8.0
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Sensitivity: 400
Post processing: Contrast adjustment and maxed the clarity slider in LR3

Aside from catching the colour, i was also trying to exaggerate the texture of the chalk.

Here's my entry for this month's assignment. I was shot at a school that my sister in law teaches at.



Camera Model: Nikon D3000
Lens and focal length: DX Nikkor 18-55mm @ 18mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Post processing: Capture NX2

"While my guitar gently... sleeps"

trying to achieve smooth and warm vibes with this one


Camera Model: Canon Rebel T2i/55OD
Lens and focal length: Stock lens 18-55mm, FL 30mm
Aperture: F10
Shutter Speed: 8"
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Post processing: 5 steps of contrast level
Taken on 8/08/10



Full res version at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/redzonevisuals/4874542521/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Part of my "neon planet" series



Camera: Canon EOS40D
Lens and focal: 28-135mm IS USM at 28mm
Aperture: F5.6
Shutter: 10 seconds
ISO: 100
PP: Levels, color temp, clarity, vibrance (Lightroom)

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