Photo Competition February 2010

[Steve Randles]

Congratulations to Janet in winning Photo of the month for February with her photo "The boatyard", here are all the entrants photo's and finish scores, highest first.

 

 

The boatyard

by Janet

Score : 226

 

 

 

Horse

by Janet

Score : 145

 

 

 

Dragon Dance

by snatcher

Score : 130

 

 

 

Max

by Rich_

Score : 113

 

 

 

Beached...

by Janet

Score : 113

 

 

 

Helicopter in Flight

by Clifftop

Score : 113

 

 

 

Beetle head on

by Clifftop

Score : 98

 

 

 

Be my Valentine

by snatcher

Score : 49

 

 

 

Chinese Artistry

by snatcher

Score : 49

 

 

 

Beetle on SIL arm

by Clifftop

Score : 49

 

 

 

Rescue Helicopter

by Clifftop

Score : 49

 

 

 

Cygnet grooming

by Janet

Score : 0

 

 

 

End of the line

by Dog Fish

Score : 0

 

 

 

Apologies for late posting...have been offline due to ongoing local exchange problems.

 

Steve...

[Snatcher]

Nice one Janet,a winner all the way for me :clap2: Come on team,lets have a few more entries in for March

 

John

[Janet]

Thank you John. I'm chuffed to bits to win, but I agree, it would have been better to have had rather more entries. It really was a disappointing turnout this month. Where the heck is everybody these days?

 

I have to give much of the credit and a huge, huge, massive thank you to Steve for his photography course on Focal Planet.

 

I firmly believe that I wouldn't have got this shot without the confidence and the knowledge I've acquired over the last few weeks. It was taken after three long weeks of using manual only...no cropping and no PP allowed - it's been a huge learning curve for me...

 

...and you know what? I'm still on fully manual settings on my camera! I think I've used the auto setting only three or four times since, purely for comparison purposes against my manual setting choices. At last I'm beginning to feel really comfortable with my camera. I still have to think a lot, and take my time to get it right, but it's getting quicker and more intuitive as I go along. I haven't had the slightest inclination to switch back to auto. I do use AP a bit, but nine times out of ten it's manual.

 

At last, I'm getting there!

 

Janet

[Clifftop]

Thank you John. I'm chuffed to bits to win, but I agree, it would have been better to have had rather more entries. It really was a disappointing turnout this month. Where the heck is everybody these days?

 

I have to give much of the credit and a huge, huge, massive thank you to Steve for his photography course on Focal Planet.

 

I firmly believe that I wouldn't have got this shot without the confidence and the knowledge I've acquired over the last few weeks. It was taken after three long weeks of using manual only...no cropping and no PP allowed - it's been a huge learning curve for me...

 

...and you know what? I'm still on fully manual settings on my camera! I think I've used the auto setting only three or four times since, purely for comparison purposes against my manual setting choices. At last I'm beginning to feel really comfortable with my camera. I still have to think a lot, and take my time to get it right, but it's getting quicker and more intuitive as I go along. I haven't had the slightest inclination to switch back to auto. I do use AP a bit, but nine times out of ten it's manual.

 

At last, I'm getting there!

 

Janet

congratulations janet on winning feb comp.

like you i am mainly manual now with the auto for comparison