Competition FH Photo Comp #17

[TdC]

As suggested by Tom, this is the official photo competition thread.

Subject

The subject for this competition is Architecture as chosen by tierk winner of compo #16

Deadline

29th october, 21:00


Prize

Picking the next comps subject.

Rules

* The photo must be your own
* No text that isn't part of the original photo
* No merging of more than one photo, however panoramas are now allowed.
* Keep photos to a sensible size. It shouldn't be tiny, and viewers shouldn't have to scroll.
* Max of three entries. Multiple entries of the same shot from different angles etc not allowed. If you are unhappy with one of your entries, clearly point out which one and the mod will remove it. Keep this within reason please.
* Entries must be within the CoC (no cock, no flange)
* Allowed 'shopping : Rotating (finished image must be cropped to a rectangle), cropping, resizing, red-eye removal, lens correction (only to remove lens distortion, chromatic abberation and light falloff, etc.), non-selective image adjustments (changing levels throughout full image, blur, sharpen, noise reduction etc), gradient masks (linear only) for exposure correction

Previous subjects were:
apathy,the night,reflection,heritage,city,if you go down to the woods today,neglect,water,landmarks,transport,up close,summer,landscape,circular,no topic

 

[milou]

Clouds reflected in the façade of the National Media Museum in Bradford last month after a meet with Jon and Gary to see the Don McCullin exhibition and for a bit of a natter.

 

[old.user4556]

Really like that a lot Milou, I knew that one would be an entry

Here's my first, The Armadillo on Glasgow's Clyde and it's associated bridge.

 

[Tom]

Manchester wheel, reflected in the M&S building in Manchester.

 

[Jupitus]

Tom - that's an totally awesome pic, but for me it's not close enough to the theme... sorry :/

 

[00dave]

also how many times with that bloody manchester wheel appear in these competitions

 

[old.user4556]

*shakes fist* Leave it out, it's very much down to personal taste, if you don't like someone's shot then don't vote for it .

/climbs off self-righteous high horse and climbs back onto Trem's ass.

 

[tierk]

Seems ok to me and i am now realising that i have probably ruled myself out of this months competition with the topic i have choosen

 

[DaGaffer]

Seems ok to me and i am now realising that i have probably ruled myself out of this months competition with the topic i have choosen

Yeah, you really didn't think this one through did you?

*Looks around Dublin, sees little architecture worth the name, gives up*

 

[old.user4556]

Get a finger out Gaff, get snapping!

 

[milou]

Duomo & campanile, Florence reflected in an ambulance windscreen.

Ought to take something for the competition.

 

[tris-]

gonna give these a go. i dont know if dry stone walls can count as architecture, but they take skill and someone built them by hand. so if you dont like it, someone can delete it out!

#1

at the front is captain cook's monument and behind it is roseberry topping
Great Ayton - Captain Cook's Monument
Roseberry Topping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

#2

 

[old.user4556]

Ought to take something for the competition.

You're damn right! I think we need a handicap for you!

All those in favour for milou taking shots with his eyes shut, say aye?

That shot is actually one of my all time favs of yours, makes me want to get to Italy asap.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

I knew as soon as this topic came up we'd get a raft of reflections.

 

[JingleBells]

How long will this be open for? I'm off to Hong Kong on Sunday, might be able to get some pics taken there (I'll have net access over there) with my shiny new camera

 

[tierk]

How long will this be open for?

Till the 29th October.

 

[JingleBells]

Till the 29th October.

Ahaha, god I'm blind

 

[caLLous]

About as recent as the architecture gets around here.

 

[Vasconcelos]

^-----


Love it! You put a knight and some peasants in that photo and could be like a glance to the 12th century

 

[tierk]

About as recent as the architecture gets around here.

TBH i was hoping you that we would see a bit more than just modern office buildings in this competition. I like it a lot and hope to see more stuff from the killer photographers on here in the coming days.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Let's have a few (old ones):

1 - Shade

2 - Faceless Eyes - I love the way this (now ex) building reminds me of 80s/90s gaming.

3 - Rottingdean Windmill

 

[Tom]

The photograph of the Windmill is lovely Wazz. Although the top right is slightly distracting Oh and use less compression!

 

[old.user4556]

#2 "Architect this"

Rocamadour, France. A town literally crafted into the side of a sheer cliff.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

The photograph of the Windmill is lovely Wazz. Although the top right is slightly distracting Oh and use less compression!

I dislike it when this page takes more than 30-60 seconds to load

 

[tierk]

These are not entries from my side but i thought they would be of interest to some of us.

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Landscape photo of the year 2009

Some of these snaps are awesome.

 

[Shagrat]

first one of sunrise on skye is beautiful

 

[old.user4556]

This was the best they could get?

I don't like the Skye shot, the sloping horizon is a distraction and the colours give me a headache. I also don't like like the distraction of the highlights in the Cumbria shot. The Rannoch Moor (actually a shot of Buachaille Etive Mor) shot has been taken thousands of times (including me) from that angle, nothing new, that great or original about it.

 

[milou]

More

As regards the first one, Crabgate

 

[old.user4556]

Re Rannoch Moor - Buachaille Etive Mòr - Flickr: Search

Take your pick of 3377 version of it .

Interesting post Milou . Btw, did you enter any compos-of-the-year this year? Your stuff shits on that stuff from a huge height.

 

[JingleBells]

Some pictures I took in Hong Kong last week I think fit this competition:
#1 I like this for a mix of old (St John's Cathedral) and new (Cheung Kong Centre, Bank of China Tower and Citibank tower), I'm just annoyed I missed the top of Citibank Tower, only just noticed that now


#2 The Lippo Centre (centre), with Bank of China Tower on the left, and Citibank tower on the right:


I just wish I'd had a tripod with me, my pictures of The Symphony of Lights would've come out so much better