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May/June Challenge: You

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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

ok, this one is perhaps a bit more tricky than the previous challenge, but hopefully it will get you thinking.

What I would like is a picture that sums up you. Whether serious or humorous, it's up to you. It doesn't actually have to have you in it either.

No photoshop allowed, other than basic crop and colour correction.

Up to 3 entries per person (but you may only need one unless you have a split personality).

Along with each entry, please write a couple of lines about what the picture says about you.

Post a small version of the image in this thread to stand a chance of winning.

The prize this time will be a photography related book of your choice from amazon up to a value of £20 ($40ish), so well worth entering.

I'm going to run this one for a bit longer this time to give you a chance to get creative, so the closing date will be June 30th.

Good Luck!

UPDATE: deadline extended until July 17th
Originally posted at 2:32PM, 19 May 2008 PDT (permalink)
gazraa edited this topic 48 months ago.

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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

hmmm guess this is not a good subject for a comp then.... no entries yet!

any comments from anyone about it?
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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Bruce_C says:

Maybe everyone it's waiting until nearer the end date to post ?

I've had some ideas but not had much time to try them out. I'm leaning towards the idea of a variation on a self portrait, which is what the title (taken on it's own) suggests to me. I don't have high hopes though !
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

well if you are the only one to enter, you've got a good chance!
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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Bruce_C says:

Maybe people dont want to enter until someone else goes first ? ;)
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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Craig Hamilton says:

I was going to sit this one out because I won the last one.
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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diggler24794477 says:

I'm the same as Bruce Gaz, I have ideas just the family are taking up too much time for me to execute them. The photo's not the family.

Still got a few weeks to get on with it.

Although, I agree with Bruce's observation, you'll get an influx of entries nearer the close date.
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

hope so :-)
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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ArielleB Photography  Pro User  says:

Well, I have some ideas, but the problem is getting to the location and if the lighting it right. Hopefully my mom will take me out this week. : )
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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gary.houghton says:

I just bought my wife a Cannon EOS 450D (Rebel XSI) kit yesterday, along with a Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS Telephoto Zoom Lens f/4-5.6 for her birthday. She has a SONY "point & shoot" for a while and really likes it, but she wanted to start getting more creative & wanted an SLR, so that was my choice for her. Now we BOTH need to learn a LOT more about photography so we can fully utilize all the features of this camera.

I am actually the one who has the FLICKR account, but I haven't used it a lot. I have some pics up, but all from the point & shoot digital so far.

Anyway, I joined this group and I plan on asking my wife to try this contest just for fun... Again, we know virtually NOTHING about f stops, aperture, exposure, etc., but we are eager to learn! Hopefully, she will agree to try it out (the contest). So I hope the other members will be nice with their comments!! :-)

I will tell her this afternoon about the contest & see if she will enter~

PS I am looking forward to reading more of your website photography basics. It is so fun to see my wife get so excited about this creative outlet!

Thanks~
Gary
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

that's great Gary, and great to see it's a shared interest. I wish my girlfriend was into photography... although that could be more expensive for me.

Anyway, I hope you manage to enter the challenge. I'll extend the date a bit more if we don't get many entries as I think it could be quite a creative one.
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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kim.clicks  Pro User  says:

I've been away but I'll give this one a go if I've still got time, bit tricky though! Don't pick me if by chance I manage a decent shot though, as Craig said we won the last one so it wouldn't be fair.
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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Bruce_C says:

I've been struggling for time on this one too as I'm in the middle of moving but hope to get something sorted this weekend.
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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eezeePeezee says:

Hello All,
I'm relatively new to flickr and photography in general (joined about a month ago, got a Canon EOS 400D about 3 weeks ago, have been reading various "how to" blogs (inc. your's Garry!) for two weeks, and now in this last week I feel like actually taking a picture or two! -Just in time for your competition!)
Will post something (hopefully) in the next few days...
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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Bruce_C says:

Did this get extended ? I've been busy but would still like th chance to enter.
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

yes, as there have been no entries I am going to extend it until July 17th, so you have another week or two to get creative
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Bruce_C says:

Thanks Gaz
Posted 48 months ago. (permalink)

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www.hebervega.com says:

Hello everyone I'm new to this group... I found it through the Blog.
I have a question.
Once I have my shot ready for this challenge, should I post it here? or do I need to post it in a new entry?

thank you.
Posted 47 months ago. (permalink)

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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

welcome to the group, what you need to do is add the photo to the photography basics pool then add a small version of it to this thread. Only images added to the challenge thread will be considered.

I'm looking forward to seeing the first entry :-)
Posted 47 months ago. (permalink)

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Yamaneko_ says:

I have a great idea, tried to realise it yesterday but it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Would you consider extending the deadline for about another week? I am quite busy at the moment, but I would really like to give it another try....
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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

Yep, I'll keep this one going for another few weeks, i'm keen t see what people come up with
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gazraa is a group administrator gazraa  Pro User  says:

ok, i'm going to extend this as an ongoing challenge as I think it's a good creative one, but obviously one that needs some thought.

So for now, please think about this one and use it as an ongoing project.
Posted 47 months ago. (permalink)

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Luce_Juice says:

is this project stil on?? because i just read this post and had an idea! :)
Posted 34 months ago. (permalink)

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Stefonixx says:

Here's my three. I guess this is who I am!

 by Stefonixx


Yes by Stefonixx


pégate a las sábanas by Stefonixx

Posted 25 months ago. (permalink)

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