Assignment #35: Chrome

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2007
    mwalters wrote:
    PS - Scotch version (the drink looks a bit pale, probably because of the strong side-lighting. Glenmorangie isn't very dark to start with, though - Lagavulin might be a better subject.) This image is also probably more suited to the 'Reflections' assignment than chrome!

    Another good one, even though a bit o a dark side, but hey, fine by me mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2007
    Guys,
    While I hope we continue to have fun with this assignment, I'd like to remind you that the subject is CHROME. mwink.gif
    Steel and other shiny metal objects are fine provided you get some CHROME too. deal.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • BeaKeRBeaKeR Registered Users Posts: 112 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    While I hope we continue to have fun with this assignment, I'd like to remind you that the subject is CHROME. mwink.gif
    Steel and other shiny metal objects are fine provided you get some CHROME too. deal.gif
    If may quote the assignment back to you...
    Nikolai wrote:
    Well, stainless steel, or any other shiny polished metallic surface would qualify, too.deal.gif
    It even had that little pointing-smiley-guy you like so much. You need to make up your mind, Rules Lawyer.

    And since I'm on the subject, technically all that stuff around the outside of your browser (menu, address bar, back/forward buttons, etc) is called chrome. So maybe I'll just take a picture of that! rolleyes1.gif

    (just giving you a hard time Nikolai, I'll see if I can find some real chrome... :D)
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2007
    BeaKeR wrote:
    If may quote the assignment back to you...
    ...
    It even had that little pointing-smiley-guy you like so much. You need to make up your mind, Rules Lawyer.

    It's only the fine-print :D For those poor chrome-deficient souls to be able to play. If I order a steak with some veggies, I want to get steak with the veggies, not the steak salad rolleyes1.gif

    BeaKeR wrote:
    (just giving you a hard time Nikolai, I'll see if I can find some real chrome... :D)
    I know, I know MR.SMaRTPaNTS mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2007

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    Okay, so maybe not chrome, but shiny stuff anyway!
    Emily
    Psalm 62:5-6

  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2007
    Okay, so maybe not chrome, but shiny stuff anyway!
    Good entry! Quite a difficult lighting, you pulled it off nicely! thumb.gif
    Care to find som CHROME, too? mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • SitterSSitterS Registered Users Posts: 586 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Shane, welcome to the Class! clap.gif
    Great entry! thumb.gif

    Do I get an A+. Oh please pretty please. bowdown.gif It would probably be the only one I have ever gotten in my life!!!!

    Shane
    www.imagesbyshane.smugmug.com

    Blogs:
    www.imagesbyshane.blogspot.com



    Canon 20d and 40d
    Canon 50mm 1.4
    Canon 85mm 1.8
    Canon 70-200L IS 2.8
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2007
    SitterS wrote:
    Do I get an A+. Oh please pretty please. bowdown.gif It would probably be the only one I have ever gotten in my life!!!!

    Shane

    Need... more... chrome... lol3.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Good entry! Quite a difficult lighting, you pulled it off nicely! thumb.gif
    Care to find som CHROME, too? mwink.gif

    Sorry Nikolai, I stopped shooting chrome a while ago when I went digital. HAHAHArolleyes1.gif

    Emily
    Emily
    Psalm 62:5-6

  • Bayer-Z28Bayer-Z28 Registered Users Posts: 392 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2007
    mwalters wrote:
    Spiritual Measures... Stainless steel.
    Matthew
    For some reason that picture says a lot...

    Nothing on you personally.. But it just seems to have it's place in a story line of some sorts. My initial impression was an immediate, WOW...

    It seems to say something more than words.. I can't explain it...

    Anyway..I took these a week ago, or so.. If you want to count them.. Of not, I can get some new stuff no problem.. :D .. But I'd have to wash the car first..

    Oh, the alignment of the second pic was PURLEY coincidental! But My OCD side likes it a LOT! Laughing.gif...


    My Car... 2000 Camaro Z28, My baby... Yes, the wheels are chrome.
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    Auto enthusiast. I drive a 2000 Camaro Z28. LOADED w/ mods.

    Camera: Nikon D80, 18-55 f3.5 stocker & 18-200 Nikon VR.... with a small collection of filters..


    My Smugmug.. STILL Under construction.
    http://bayer-Z28.smugmug.com
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Bayer-Z28 wrote:
    Anyway..I took these a week ago, or so.. If you want to count them.. Of not, I can get some new stuff no problem.. :D .. But I'd have to wash the car first..
    Great chrome! I like the low angle on #2, too! thumb.gif
    And yes, please reshoot so it's fresh:-) Besides, it's only fair to keep such a nice car clean mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Bayer-Z28Bayer-Z28 Registered Users Posts: 392 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2007
    Here we go.. New chrome shots for ya.. All I really had to work with..

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    Auto enthusiast. I drive a 2000 Camaro Z28. LOADED w/ mods.

    Camera: Nikon D80, 18-55 f3.5 stocker & 18-200 Nikon VR.... with a small collection of filters..


    My Smugmug.. STILL Under construction.
    http://bayer-Z28.smugmug.com
  • mwaltersmwalters Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2007
    Bayer-Z28 wrote:
    For some reason that picture says a lot...

    Nothing on you personally.. But it just seems to have it's place in a story line of some sorts. My initial impression was an immediate, WOW...

    It seems to say something more than words.. I can't explain it...

    Thanks, I'm glad you like the photo. I thought for quite a while about the title, I was a bit concerned that people might take offence.

    Matthew
  • mwaltersmwalters Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2007
    Bayer-Z28 wrote:
    Here we go.. New chrome shots for ya.. All I really had to work with..

    Great wheels!

    Matthew
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2007
    Bayer-Z28 wrote:
    Here we go.. New chrome shots for ya.. All I really had to work with..

    Nice wheels!

    However, unless I'm gravely mistaken, you've fallen into the basic chrome trap I warned everybody about in the lead post: don't get your own reflection. deal.gif
    In your case both shots carry a lot of you, hands in #1 and jeans in #2. The trick to avoid it is to position yourself in a way where the curvature would hide you in a couple of pixels.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Bayer-Z28Bayer-Z28 Registered Users Posts: 392 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2007
    ^ I allways try not to get my own reflection.. I liked the effect that the blue jeans had in the reflection...

    Ehh...
    Auto enthusiast. I drive a 2000 Camaro Z28. LOADED w/ mods.

    Camera: Nikon D80, 18-55 f3.5 stocker & 18-200 Nikon VR.... with a small collection of filters..


    My Smugmug.. STILL Under construction.
    http://bayer-Z28.smugmug.com
  • pyroPrints.compyroPrints.com Registered Users Posts: 1,383 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2007
    That's noise that's my dirty car (i know about the jeans)
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    My friend's Copper
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    Random Jag
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    Random Lex
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    pyroPrints.com (my little t-shirt shop)
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2007
    Pyro,
    That's noise that's my dirty car (i know about the jeans)
    My friend's Copper
    Random Jag
    Random Lex

    Yeah.. First one is definitely sub-par. The rest is nice though, I only wish they were zoomed/cropped in more...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • dlscott56dlscott56 Registered Users Posts: 1,324 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2007
    Some shiny stuff

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Dave,
    dlscott56 wrote:
    Some shiny stuff
    Nice entries, thanks! thumb.gif
    The last one also doubles as VP :-) mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • mwaltersmwalters Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Fashion Chrome
    Some cufflinks...

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    Matthew
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Matthew,
    mwalters wrote:
    Some cufflinks...
    Matthew
    Cool idea, great entry! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • bavasshokiebavasshokie Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2007
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2007
    Brian,
    bike
    Thank you!
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2007
    Chrome and reflex
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    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2007
    chrome

    Antonio,
    thank you, but let's take a look at the actual assignment again:
    ...try to avoid catching your own reflection...
    mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Antonio,
    thank you, but let's take a look at the actual assignment again:

    mwink.gif

    Nikolai.
    That is not me. Honestly !
    I was wearing light brown trousers. :D

    But as you do have mentioned, I am in the picture indeed.
    I am the one on our right side, very thin !

    I saw myself for the first time in this photo.

    You were right after all... :cry
    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2007
    Nikolai.
    That is not me. Honestly !
    I was wearing light brown trousers. :D

    But as you do have mentioned, I am in the picture indeed.
    I am the one on our right side, very thin !

    I saw myself for the first time in this photo.

    You were right after all... :cry

    You're the skinny guy right at the chrome edge, with something like a monopod :-)
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    You're the skinny guy right at the chrome edge, with something like a monopod :-)

    Yes. It's me and it is one leg of the tripod.
    I use the tripod to rest my arms and to stand the camera while I shoot with the other.
    I run the risk of not seeing the tripod and camera to "run away" :D, so I always have one eye on it.

    It is not a very secure way to shoot. :cry
    I don't recomend it, at all.

    This picture was shot with the 70-200. Usually I take the camera and lens combo (can I use this word here ?) from the tripod, shoot and put it back.

    I usually walk with the tripod on the shoulder, like in the army men do with a gun.
    All the best ! ... António Correia - Facebook
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited January 9, 2008
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