>> challenge 46, opposites <<

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited September 5, 2005 in The Dgrin Challenges
dgrin challenge 46 is here. it will run from monday, august 22nd at 12:00:01 a.m. nyc time, through monday, september 5th at noon nyc time. the guest judge for the challenge will be the winner of challenge 45, as determined by the voters.

remember, in order for everyone to benefit, you should be commenting and critiquing for others as much as you expect to get for yourself. you've got to give to get!

the challenge 46 theme is "opposites."

this thread, is the one into which you post your challenge entry, and remember, one entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during the challenge period. you must post the date the photograph was taken or it will be deemed ineligible.

all of the rules of the dgrin photo challenges apply, please read them!.

***challenge 46 will close to entries on monday, september 5th, 2005 at 12 noon nyc time***

enjoy (challenge) photography,

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2005
    Old and New or bright and dull
    Exif. 300D aperture priority F8, 1/320 Iso100 taken on 23/08/05 picture is focus stacked from 2 images of same flowers (Hybrid Hybiscus syriacus).

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  • SnapHappySnapHappy Registered Users Posts: 328 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2005
    Knives opposite Forks
    DSCF2506.jpg

    22nd August 2005 1/4 2.8/f
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    Opposites: Fire and Ice
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    Click on the piccie for the EXIF data.

    Here's short version:
    Aperture: f/6.3 ISO: 800 Focal Length: 114mm (guess: 157mm in 35mm) Exposure Time: 0.0031s (1/320)

    Taken Sep 3 about 6 pm, with Canon 20D + Tamron 70-300 LD. Tripod, ADIDT remote, full manual. My daughter Helen assisted with moving ice into the fire and back during the session.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    Salt and Pepper
    8/27/05
    Nikon D70
    Nikkor 28-70, f2.8
    45mm
    f14
    1/60

    33680737-M.jpg
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2005
    Half Empty, Half Full
    Title: Half Empty, Half Full
    Date: 8/31/2005

    Camera: Canon D Reb 300
    Lens: Tamron 18-200 DI
    Post Work: Photoshop Elements 2.0
    The Rest: 1/25s f/8.0 at 73.0mm iso100

    48527741.jpg

    Thanks for looking.
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2005
    Half open....Half closed
    Another title would be "Opposite Sides" :D

    Camera: Sony DSC-F828
    Post Work: Photoshop CS2 with Mike's Framer Script
    EXIF:
    ISO 100
    EXP 1/640 at F2.2
    EXP Mode Manual
    Meter Mode Pattern
    Focal Length 18.9mm
    WB Auto
    Low flash setting for fill
    Date Taken 08/30/2005

    Bloomers1-vi.jpg
    Canon 60D | Nikon Cooloix P7700
    Manfrotto Mono | Bag- LowePro Slingshot 100AW

    http://www.graphyfotoz.smugmug.com/
  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2005
    _______________________________________________
    "A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know." Diane Arbus

    Email
  • kudbegudkudbegud Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2005
    Echo vs. Caterpillar

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    my little Toyota Echo and a massive sugar plantation hauler, shiny vs rusty, new vs old
    full exif: http://kudbegud.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=33818937
  • behr655behr655 Registered Users Posts: 552 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2005
    Taken 8/26

    Reflection

    33635472-M.jpg
    Date Taken:2005-08-26 07:09:57Date Digitized:2005-08-26 07:09:57Date Modified:2005-08-26 22:30:07Make:PanasonicModel: DMC-FZ20 Size: 2362x1774 Bytes: 195984 Aperture: f/2.8 ISO: 80 Focal Length: 6mm (36mm 35mm) Exposure Time: 0.04s (10/250)JPEG Quality:fineFlash:Flash did not fire, compulsory flash modeExposure Program:Manual

    Bear
  • NetgardenNetgarden Registered Users Posts: 829 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2005
    Inverse faceoff
    34272377-L.jpg

    I thought my photo showed both opposing directions and also male vs. female. Their inquisitive recognition of the opposite ends was funny to watch.
    Taken Aug. 29, 05.
    EXIF
    F 4
    S1/250
    S priority
    75mm
    ISO800
  • Blue SnapshotsBlue Snapshots Registered Users Posts: 101 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2005
    The Same
    Taken 8/28/2005

    34288475-L.jpg
    My Smugmug Snaps

    "The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." - Dorothea Lange
  • adrian_kadrian_k Registered Users Posts: 557 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2005
    hot/cold
    I toyed with the idea of lighting but decided the daylight gave the ice a more blue hue and looks colder and defiant against the flames.

    Dsc08700_f.jpg

    taken: 26th Aug '05
    Camera: Sony DSC-W12
    Exp: 1/40sev @F2.8
    7.9mm iso100
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
    Adrian
    my stuff is here.....
  • zigzagzigzag Registered Users Posts: 196 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2005
    Trinity: the sacred reflected in the secular

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    Photograph Details34401489-Ti.jpgDate Taken:2005-08-29 14:50:13Date Modified:2005-09-02 07:32:42Make:NIKON CORPORATIONModel: NIKON D70 Size: 1946x2742 Bytes: 4331160 Aperture: f/8.0 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 12mm (18mm 35mm) Exposure Time: 0.0008s (1/1250)Exposure Program:Aperture priorityExposure Bias:-0.33ColorSpace:sRGB
  • DavidoffDavidoff Registered Users Posts: 409 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2005
    "Fighting the opposite side"

    challenge46.jpg


    3rd September 2005
    f/4.5
    iso 200
    focal length: 48mm
  • SandySandy Registered Users Posts: 762 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2005
    The Opponents
    Canon 20d
    f/5.0 400 iso
    Taken 9/3/05


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    Opposites:
    Thinking inside and outside the box
    Opposing directions
    Siamese vs. Tiger Strip
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2005
  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2005
    Radical pants
    Took a picture of my 60's style pants, and then I made it inverted... they're radical enough naturally, even more so when you invert it :)

    34598341-M-1.jpg

    EXIF:
    Date Taken: 2005-09-02 21:27:27 Date Digitized: 2005-09-02 21:27:27 Date Modified: 2005-09-04 01:22:49 Make: Canon Model: Canon PowerShot Pro1 Size: 1600x1200 Bytes: 388531 Aperture: f/3.2 Focal Length: 19.96875mm (guess: 117mm in 35mm) Exposure Time: 0.2s (1/5) JPEG Quality: 5 Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode Exposure Bias: 0 DigitalZoomRatio: 2592/2592 SensingMethod: One-chip color sensor ColorSpace: sRGB
  • jweathersonjweatherson Registered Users Posts: 81 Big grins
    edited September 4, 2005
    My Roman Oposite
    "Zebra Crossing"

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    EXIF:
    Camera Manufacturer : NIKON CORPORATION
    Camera Model : NIKON D70
    Orientation : top-left (1)
    X Resolution : 300
    Y Resolution : 300
    Resolution unit : Inch
    Software : Ver.2.00
    Date modified : 2005:08:24 12:22:39
    YCbCr Positioning : co-sited (2)
    Exif offset : 216
    :
    Exposure time : 10/3200
    F-Number : F8.0
    Exposure program : Unidentified (0)
    EXIF version : 02.21
    Date taken : 2005:08:24 12:22:39
    Date digitized : 2005:08:24 12:22:39
    Components configuration : YCbCr
    Compressed bits per pixel : 4
    Exposure bias value : 0/6
    Max aperture : F4.4
    Metering mode : Multi-segment (5)
    Flash : No flash
    Focal length [mm] : 70.0000

    -James Weatherson

    http://brit.smugmug.com
  • imaximax Registered Users Posts: 691 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2005
    Roe vs Wade

    34514480-M.jpg

    Date Taken:2005-09-03 09:56:45Date Digitized:2005-09-03 09:56:45Date Modified:2005-09-03 09:56:45Make:CanonModel: Canon EOS 20D Size: 741x800 Bytes: 259564 Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 238mm (guess: 253mm in 35mm) Exposure Time: 0.002s (1/500)Flash:Flash did not fire, compulsory flash modeExposure Bias:0White Balance:manualColorSpace:sRGB
  • amadeusamadeus Registered Users Posts: 2,125 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2005
    2/4
    I'm In Love With My CarWords and music by Roger TaylorThe machine of a dreamSuch a clean machineWith the pistons a pumpin'And the hub caps all gleamWhen I'm holdin' your wheelAll I hear is your gearWhen my hand's on your grease gunOh it's like a disease sonI'm in love with my carGotta feel for my automobileGet a grip on my boy racer rollbarSuch a thrill when your radials squealTold my girl I'll have to forget herRather buy me a new carburetorSo she made tracks sayin'This is the end nowCars don't talk backThey're just four wheeled friends nowWhen I'm holdin your wheelAll I hear is your gearWhen I'm cruisin' in overdriveDon't have to listen to no run of the mill talk jiveI'm in love with my carGotta feel for my automobileI'm in love with my carString back gloves in my automolove 34664464-L.jpg
  • jmhjmh Registered Users Posts: 14 Big grins
    edited September 4, 2005
    Tank Busters
    The old and new - a rusting gun from an A10 Warthog and a modern missile. Shot at the San Diego Aerospace Museum restoration facility at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, CA on 08/26/2005. Camera is a Canon 20D using a Sigma 50-500 EX DG zoom.

    34697308-M.jpg
  • AlkhemistAlkhemist Registered Users Posts: 35 Big grins
    edited September 5, 2005
    Allen M.
    Alkhemist
    www.alkhemist.smugmug.com

    "Photography is a medium of formidable contradictions. It is ridiculously easy and almost impossibly difficult." Edward Steichen
  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2005
    Opposites Attract?
    Please click on image for EXIF.

    34735794-L.jpg
  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2005
    Opposite opinions
    8/27/05 - 1/15 F7.1 ISO 800 70mm

    33967449-L.jpg
  • thegreeneggthegreenegg Registered Users Posts: 551 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2005
    Opposite Socks
    Opposite Socks
    Taken- September 4 2005 8:19:17 pm
    Shutter Speed- 0.5
    Apeture- 4.5
    ISO- 400

    All the drama kids do it...
    Green is the way to be!
    ashleyharding.smugmug.com
  • Nee7x7Nee7x7 Registered Users Posts: 459 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2005
    Big Truck, Little Truck
    I had trouble with the upload...prob'ly too late, but here's my (maybe) entry?


    Exif info:

    Canon 350D
    ISO 800
    Onboard Flash
    Auto Settings
    Date Taken: 9-5-05
    http://nee.smugmug.com[/COLOR]
    http://www.pbase.com/rdavis

    If at first you don't succeed, destroy all the evidence that you tried~
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