[Barbara G.]

ShutterTalk Digital Photography Contest September 2014: Your Best Photo


Category: Your Best Photo
Contest Begins: September 1st, 2014
Contest Ends: September 30th, 2014
Open To: ShutterTalk Digital Photography Forum Members
Contest Type: International Photography Contest
Prize: Amazon Gift Card (Undisclosed Amount)

Guidelines:

Submit up to three photos of digital photographs of some of your best photo shots.

Images must be posted here in this forum thread and be owned legally by the contributing member. Please also submit information about where the photo was taken along with some brief details.

Digital photography entries should be family friendly and be taken within the last 90 days from the date of entry into the contest. A small amount of post processing is preferred. The photograph should be interesting and draw the individual into the scene and have few distractions.

Judging

Judging will consider different criteria including, but not limited to, creativity, relevance to category, and photo quality. Judging will occur when the contest ends and results will be posted in the forums as soon as possible.

Winning Multiple Times During Monthly Contests - NEW

A member can be chosen as the winner twice within a six month period. This will even the "playing field" to some degree to allow other members the ability to enter their high quality photographs and have the opportunity to also be chosen as the winner during a new monthly contest theme.

Please refrain from commenting on other's posts in this thread until the contest end date.

How do I upload photos on the forums?

Here are a few threads which should be helpful in uploading photos to the forums. Please feel free to send me a message if you need additional help.

How To Attach Multiple Photos

How To Attach Photos

Letting Others Know about the Contest

We would love to let others know about our contests. We plan to have a contest each month. If you have friends who love photography, please let them know!

If you love social media, please share with your media friends about the contest on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, your blogs, everywhere! We would love to have them in here in the forums and be a part of the contests!


Questions?

Please let us know if you have any questions!

[davemcdade]

    This shot was taken on a days hill walking on the Isle of Arran on the scottish west coast. it shows Glen Sannox with the summit of cir Mohr and the ridge known as the Saddle shot on my Canon EOS 600D with the 18-55mm kit lens set at 18mm with a circular polarising filter to take out some of the suns glare. 1/100at f8

[davemcdade]

    this is a west coast sunset taken on Barrassie beach Canon Eos 600D with 18-55mm kit lens set at 18mm 1/10th sec at f22 ISO 100

[CraigB]

This is a picture I took at Hartland in Devon using a Canon 400D, Lens EFS35-80 f?4-5.6 with an ND8 filter. Shot at f16 ISO 100, I'm not sure of the exposure time but I think it was around 2 seconds.

[EdMak]

1.6 secs. Ed.

[WDHewson]

Swoop.

[webber]

I took this at a bike show in Bristol England. The look of pride in the bikers face towards his dog is what compelled me to take the picture.
Canon 70d. 18-55 lens, f5.6. 1/500 sec. Some work in photoshop to bring up detail.

[Derbygirl]

   

Banded Kingfishers in flight

[Paul I]

I took this on September 30th 2014 at BMO field in Toronto. The Toronto FC vs the Philadelphia Union. Shot with a Sony A7, F4, 1/1000th of a second, lens was a 70-200 f4 G lens

[EdMak]

A Belter. Ed.

[Paul I]

Shot taken on September 13 / 2014 at Toronto flower market shot with a 105mm at F5.6, ISO200, 1/250s

[Paul I]

Taken at High Park in Toronto. 105mm lens, F4, ISO 100, 1/125s

[WDHewson]

Tourism is down.

[EdMak]

DEPTH.

Sony a290, Tamron 18/200mm @ 18mm, 1/100th @ F10, 100 IS0 Ed.

[ikisshorses]

   

[WDHewson]

Odd one.

[Tel]

Photo named speed. Tried to capture motion in the photo. Camera was Canon EOS 5D.
Lens: Canon 24-70mm. Photo taken at 70mm, 1/80th sec, f20 and ISO 400.

[brianapenney]

    This is Victor. The first polar bear to live in England for 10 years I believe. Hopefully he will soon have friends at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park

[dwbooker]

Common Green Darner resting on Beauty Berry. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Sigma DP1x.

[davemcdade]

    This shot was taken at Seamill on the Ayrshire coast at about 8:30pm. it shows the view across the firth of Cyde with the Isle of Arran n the background. I have tried to find out what the wooden pillars in the sand were but no one seems to know.
Shot on my Canon EOS 600D with the standard 18-55mm Kit lens set to 18mm. 1/4sec at f/22 ISO100

[dwbooker]

Common Green Darner resting on Beauty Berry. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Sigma DP1x.

[EdMak]

Not having a lot of luck, take a look here. Ed.


http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/Thread...1#pid96901

[terrivid]

Red Tailed Hawk on a post at Waterton River Suites, Alberta, Canada. September 11, 2014. Sigma Lens 150-500; ISO 200; f/8; 1/1600.

   

[terrivid]

I was fortunate enough to see this pretty Red Fox on the lawn at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta, Canada. Sigma Lens 500mm; ISO400; f/7.1; 1/500.

   

[terrivid]

This young brown bear reminds me that we should all stop and smell the roses. I can't help but smile every time I look at this picture. Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta, Canada. ISO 250; f/6.3; 1/500.