Mini Challenge #227 - The small things
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Mini Challenge #227 - The small things
Doing a lot of hiking, I see people all the time that only look at the big picture and fail to notice the small things that can be just as interesting and add even more to the experience. This challenge is intended to be about the smaller details of a bigger scene. The doorknob on the big beautiful house instead of the whole house for example.
This challenge will run for 2 weeks - from today until Sunday, June 5, 20156@ 8:00 am EST-USA.
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OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and YOU POST 1-3 IMAGES. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter. The 1st place winner becomes the next host, chooses the next topic and becomes the next judge.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
5. You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
6. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and re-size your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post, change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (See here for help).
7. Don't be hesitant; share 'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round, your first step is coming up with a new theme and starting a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging, start a new thread (again using the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up. It is important to have runners up in case the winner does not show within the 72-hour window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72 hours to set up the next mini-challenge.
7. If the winner does not show/start the next mini-challenge after 72 hours, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the next mini challenge!
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Examples:
On a hike with great views, I also notice this little guy on the ground
In a patch of Lupine, this was how the water was gathering on plants after a brief ran shower
With gorgeous views in all directions, I made sure to take plenty of pictures of the rime ice around the summit as well
Details found in the window of an interesting abandoned house
Doing a lot of hiking, I see people all the time that only look at the big picture and fail to notice the small things that can be just as interesting and add even more to the experience. This challenge is intended to be about the smaller details of a bigger scene. The doorknob on the big beautiful house instead of the whole house for example.
This challenge will run for 2 weeks - from today until Sunday, June 5, 20156@ 8:00 am EST-USA.
################################################## ##########################
OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and YOU POST 1-3 IMAGES. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter. The 1st place winner becomes the next host, chooses the next topic and becomes the next judge.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
5. You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
6. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and re-size your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post, change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (See here for help).
7. Don't be hesitant; share 'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round, your first step is coming up with a new theme and starting a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging, start a new thread (again using the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up. It is important to have runners up in case the winner does not show within the 72-hour window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72 hours to set up the next mini-challenge.
7. If the winner does not show/start the next mini-challenge after 72 hours, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the next mini challenge!
################################################## ########################
Examples:
On a hike with great views, I also notice this little guy on the ground
In a patch of Lupine, this was how the water was gathering on plants after a brief ran shower
With gorgeous views in all directions, I made sure to take plenty of pictures of the rime ice around the summit as well
Details found in the window of an interesting abandoned house
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"If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use?" - Anonymous
"If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use?" - Anonymous
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... and your examples are wonderful - I saw the frosted branches in your smugmug gallery the other day and I admired it a lot!
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1. Souvenir crafting in the plaza of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
2. Leaf cutter ants in Valle de Anton, Panama
3. Keyhole on an antique door in Sagunto, Spain
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Thank you GrandmaR - I took it some years ago and completely forgot about... thank to the mini, I found the opportunity to show it
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1. Spring Flowers
These were flowers in the sidewalk next to a shop that I went into in Willemstad (north Holland - not the one in Curacao) to get out of the rain
2. License
I have a habit of taking photos of license plates. I think they are interesting although they aren't as picturesque as old windows and door handles. I collect the photos rather than the plates themselves. This was taken of the car in front of a taxi in Antwerp
3. Scorpion
From Manuel Antonio rain forest in Costa Rica. I have more colorful little animals, but I picked this one because I found it myself and the guide didn't see it. After I pointed it out to him, he took a leaf and moved it to a nearby bush because he said it was dangerous on the hand railing.
These are all pictures from 2015-2016. Normally I have some old photos to include, but I decided not to this time.
1) Window-pull in the city hall, Hamburg, Germany
2) Detail from a ceramic vessel, Chateau de Blois, France
3) Flowers and spiderweb
I have a gallery of just license plates and bumper stickers myself. Anything that I find humorous or creative (provided it's safe to take a picture at the time). In a state with lots of custom vanity plates, there are some good ones around to find.
"If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use?" - Anonymous
Yes most of the time I do this in the US. And if I post those, I usually smudge the plate numbers. But I do often take photos of the license plates on cars in the Caribbean - it is sometimes important to know if they have special plates for rental cars or for taxis. (And if I am on a tour where there are several identical vehicles in the parking lot, I may take a photo of the license plate of the one I came on so I can be sure of getting back on the right one.)
STRINGS ATTACHED
WINDOW FAN
Do I just get three? Hard to choose!
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Little stamens
Tiny flowers among big leaves
JustRambling AKA: Diana
Currently a Newbie
Camera: Nikon D3300
1. Seedling sprout (although a bit manipulated
2. Banana seed (yes bananas have seeds! They are benign seeds, but they are there just the same, in the fruit)
3. Wet Pussy Willow
A small fern frond in Fern Creek, Yosemite Valley.
Grass reflections along the Merced River outside of Yosemite NP.
More small fern fronds growing wherever they can - off of a tree limb- Hoh Rain Forest, Washington State.
And the following one is not for judging - small things in the larger picture......my height-challenged friend embedded in a fallen Giant Sequoia.
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2) Grass Hopper on Grass
3) Faerie Chair
Image close to actual size.
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'I was older then, I'm younger than that now' ....
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#1 Part of a Tree
#2 Part of a Guitar
#3 Part of a Sunflower
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"If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use?" - Anonymous
#1: No entry
#2: Turn right
#3: Rocks on the roof
My SmugMug
1. Birds do it, bees do it... and apparently so do butterflies.
2. Get that bug off my back!
3. Dainty steps for a dainty piggy
Natures smile but you have to look hard
“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”
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Drone drop off of a very little sushi
“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”
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Memorial Day prayer
It was taken on Monday and the only bird shot I got in a 2 hr hike ,when I got home and saw the shot on the computer
“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”
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"If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use?" - Anonymous