WEEKENDER FIVE 30-05-08 to 02-06-08

[Big Red]

The aim is to pick 4 themes and everyone who wants to have a go at them can post up their 4 pics in the image section by midnight after the closing time and put a link from their thread into this thread.

Any DSLRusers Member who cares to can then vote for their favorite on the four themes and post up in this thread with any comments if they care to make them.

The Themes are:
Theme 1: ... Wet
Theme 2: ... Plane
Theme 3: ... Mineral
Theme 4: ... Five

Voting lasts for 48 hours then i will tally up the votes and post up here.
If you win ... you get nothing but praise.
If you cheat ... you get nothing but Karma.
You cannot vote for your own pics.

Rules:
Pic must be taken in the Challenge Period by the entrant.
Any PP is allowed as the voters will say what is too much
Pic 800 on longest side.

We will start it at 5PM 30-05-08 and close it at 8AM Monday 02-06-08.
Pics to be entered by 12 midnight 02-06-08
voteing to be from 12 midnight 02-06-08 to 12 midnight 04-05-08

Don't forget ... its just for fun so even if you didn't get a fantastic pic for a theme ... post it up anyway

[TonyT]

Count me in, was on holidays for the last one
will be harder this time as the quailty shots for the last one were a another step up

[Bindii]

God... who chose these themes!

Mineral.. plane.. *grump*..

[Mr Darcy]

God... who chose these themes!

Mineral.. plane.. *grump*..

but you should have no trouble with Five and Wet

Plane...hmmm any flat surface is a plane: table, water; A waterskier planes over the water;...
Mineral: almost anything not animal or vegetable The plate perhaps

Looking forward to this one.

[ATJ]

Mineral.. plane.. *grump*..

Sue,

Gold and silver are minerals. Has your man not given you any of these?

[Big Red]

God... who chose these themes!

Mineral.. plane.. *grump*..

you guys chose all these themes ... i just printed them out , cut them into strips and blew air at them to pick 4 of them ...

still got quite a few to go as well

[Louie]

Aargh, I'll have to miss this one - am going away for the weekend and won't be near a computer again until Tuesday.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!!

[Big Red]

heres mine ...
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32636

[paulmac]

Here's my attempt.

http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32639

Great fun.

[Mr Darcy]

My take on the themes:
http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32640

[paulmac]

This is my daughter Sarahmac's entry.

http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32641

If she's welcome I'll register her in time for the next round.

[firsty]

I only managed to cove one of the topics this weekend

you can see the results here http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32642

[TonyT]

My Try

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32645

[ATJ]

I bombed out this time. My whole plan was based on getting a photograph of a sea star for "five" on my dive on Saturday. I didn't see one on the whole dive, let alone get a photograph. I then lost interest.

[Bindii]

This is my daughter Sarahmac's entry.

http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32641

If she's welcome I'll register her in time for the next round.

Of course she is welcome I seriously doubt that anyone here would not want her to join in on the fun!

and..

I didn't have time.. I tried to I really did.. but in between dates, the PMA thingy, an interstate houseguest for the weekend, a 50th birthday party and a seminar that took up most of Saturday I'm still trying to figure out what day it is.. sorry I'll do better next time I promise.. and you all have to forgive me though cause I've not yet cast my votes...

[ATJ]

a 50th birthday party

Happy Birthday, Sue. That is indeed a milestone.

[Big Red]

the links to the entries are

Big Red viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32636

paulmac viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32639

sarah mac viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32641

Mr Darcy viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32640

firsty viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32642

TonyT viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32645

The Themes are:
Theme 1: ... Wet
Theme 2: ... Plane
Theme 3: ... Mineral
Theme 4: ... Five

voting is open and finishes wednesday midnight 04-06-08

[Mr Darcy]

Theme 1: ... Wet
A tough call. I like TonyT's interpretation; Firsty has a great photo that I could look at all day, but I feel the winner by a nose is PaulMac as his photo screams "Wet" to me.
Theme 2: ... Plane
PaulMac A great abstract, yet still recognisably on subject
Theme 3: ... Mineral
SarahMac... Great idea and brilliant timing. Did you have to bribe those birds?
Theme 4: ... Five
BigRed... It loses points because it's 55 not 5, but it's still the clear winner for me...

EDIT: Oh and happy birthday Sue. Did you get a photo of your cake. It surely had a "five" on it

[TonyT]

MY PICKS

WET Paulmac - also liked Firsty's pic, but thought yours was more wet.

PLANE Mr Darcy - couldn't find all the parts to mine and thought the electric planes didn't do it.

MINERAL Big Red

FIVE Sarah - In my dreams too, but the wife won't let me.

Sarah, I look forward to seeing more of your pics and more than happy for you to participate in the next challenge.

Cheers all and thank again to Big Red

[Big Red]

My votes are:
Theme 1: ... Wet = firsty
Theme 2: ... Plane = Mr Darcy
Theme 3: ... Mineral = Sarahmac
Theme 4: ... Five = Paulmac

[colin_12]

Hey all,
Thats two running that I have been to slack to get up for.
My votes are as follows:
wet Firsty
mineral Tony
five Paul
plane Big Red

Regards Colin

[paulmac]

Wet:
Firsty's Fog photo (say that 10 times quickly). TonyT, I was terrified of these car washes as a kid. I handwash my car now...

Plane:
Mr Darcy's (hardly used) hand plane. However Tony T gets an honourable mention for being hassled by the cops.

Mineral:
TonyT and his Himalayan Salt Crystal. Points for uniqueness.

Five:
Mr Darcy for the beautiful flower macro. Runner up with a similarly lacking depth of field was Big Red's post boxes.
(And I can't vote for Sarah's picture, but I love the curves in this pic.)

[firsty]

1 wet ~ TonyT
2 Plane ~ paulmac
3 Mineral ~ Big Red
4 Five ~ paulmac

[Louie]

While I was sorry to miss the comp after managing an entry in all the others, I did have an excellent computer free weekend away!

My votes:

Wet - paulmac
Plane - Mr Darcy
Mineral - Big Red
Five - Sarah Mac

[Big Red]

RESULTS:

THEME 1: WET
paulmac 3
firsty 3
TonyT 1

THEME 2: PLANE
Mr Darcy 4
paulmac 2
Big Red 1

THEME 3: MINERAL
Big Red 3
sarahmac 2
TonyT 2

THEME 4: FIVE
paulmac 3
sarahmac 2
Big Red 1
Mr Darcy 1

congrats girls and guys ... some great pics in there

[Mr Darcy]

Thanks for the comp BR. I look forward o the next one