General Photography Competition #156

[zeppelin]

Congratulations to superwaxer for winning competition #155!

• The deadline is Saturday 11:59PM
• The photograph can contain any non-automotive image (other than adulterous material)
• The proposed picture must be your own and not found on the net.
• The photograph must be attached using the UCP system. Any picture not attached using the UCP system will not be in the voting thread.
• Your image may be up to 800 pixels wide or tall.
• Photograph may contain post-processing editing
• It is preferred that you state enhancements made, but not necessary.
• The photograph must be taken no earlier than three months before start date
• Each photographer cannot vote for himself, they must vote for the others.
• Any users who enter and vote for themselves automatically receive a 2 week penalty from the competition and all votes previously given to his/her photo are removed.
• The entry must contain the following information in the same order :

User name
Subject matter/photo title
Date taken
Camera Type | additional information you feel important

Manik: 6
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Dary: 5 / zeppelin: 5
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Sauc3: 4
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Ecnelis: 2
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carinho40: 1 / basman007: 1 / aiasib: 1 / <AAA-MOD>: 1 / kvisser: 1 / nopassn: 1 / Piacki_117: 1 / IBrake4Rainbows: 1 / RacingManiac: 1 / #1 Mustang Fan: 1 / orne: 1 / SPHFerrari: 1 / LeonOfTheDead: 1 / cmcpokey: 1 / superwaxer: 1
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January: basman007 / February: Sauc3 / March: Manik / April: kvisser / May: Piacki_117 / June: IBrake4Rainbows / July: Sauc3

[scottie300z]

Scottie300z
Football Clash
Denton, Tx
Sept 6
Canon Powershot sx100
Only slight color edits

[aiasib]

Aiasib
Sugar hill
8.2.2008
Powershot s5 is | crop + clarify

[drakkie]

Drakkie
"Please dont fall apart !"
Abandoned harbour crane on the RDM docks
31-8-2008
Pentax K100D Super + 18-55mm
- B&W conversion -



For many many years the RDM(Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij) was one of the biggest shipyards in Rotterdam. Through the years they did many interesting projects, like the building of the SS Rotterdam. But they even went through the construction of submarines for the Royal Dutch Navy.

Today not much remains of the former glory. During a very difficult period in ship construction, the RDM yard was merged with Verolme, Wilton-Feyenoord and Schelde yards. This very large company went bankrupt in 1983, after which the RDM was again on it's own legs. From then on, it went fine for a few years, until sold in 1991 to the illustrious business man Joep Van Den Nieuwenhuyzen. It was soon over after that, in 1996 the last activities were on this terrain.

That was until the city of Rotterdam wanted to use these halls again. The RDM Campus is a highly ambitious project to create a lively student community here. Amongst many others, my school is busy creating new workshops and classrooms here. The old glory will be kept as much as possible, by building around the old and worn structure and building a greenhouse inside the halls.

For more info and pictures, see my website. It includes stuff both inside and outside of these huge halls and docks !

This shot was by the way taken from the narrow stairs leading up to the crane drivers cabin. My fear of heights really played up here as you could look down like 10 meters through rusty stairs !

[John Thawley]

John Thawley
Chillin'
Naples, Florida
July 24, 2008
Leica D-Lux 3 (point n' shoot)
1/400 sec.
f/8
6.3mm
ISO 100

[faksta]

faksta
Sunset
August, 14
Samsung NV-8
No editing

[orne]

orne
Red Flower
2008-07-27
Sony DSC-H5

[superwaxer]

superwaxer
Auckland Lights
13/09/2008
Canon 400D | f/13 | 1 minute exposure | ISO 100 | 18mm
Cropped | Adjusted Levels

[RacingManiac]

RacingManiac
.45 Auto(Airsoft)
Sept 14, 2008
Sony Alpha 700 + Minolta 50mm F2.8 Macro
Raw conversion, WB, contrast.

[zeppelin]

zeppelin
Old Against New
September 17 2008
Canon EOS 350D | HDR



Voting will be up tomorrow afternoon.

[RacingManiac]

a question about your HDR shot. Do you just use a single pic and adjust the exposure to get multiple shot and process HDR?

[Dary]

Dary
London eye
29-6-2008
Nikon D300 + Sigma 10-20mm | B&W HDR

[shockwaveracing]

shockwaveracing
"Trouble Lurking"
21.09.08
Canon EOS350D + RAW edit + crop

[zeppelin]

a question about your HDR shot. Do you just use a single pic and adjust the exposure to get multiple shot and process HDR?

Nope, all my HDRs are actual multiple exposures, most hand held too. I set exposure compensation range from -2 to +2 and shoot in burst mode, which gives me three different exposures instantly.

[RacingManiac]

I asked because I thought its wierd that those people are fixed in frame, not blurred out....