Photo Challenge #17: Pattern and Texture

[Steve Randles]

Photo Challenge #17: Pattern and Texture

 

 

Theme Definition: Pattern and Texture

 

Description: Brick walls discounted, pattern and texture is literally everywhere from the fine veins in a leaf to a row of lamposts down the street. Texture can be a field of grass blowing in the wind or rusty railings/stone stairs. Using pattern and texture together or on their own take some shots of your choice of subject for this challenge.

 

 

Criteria.

* Color or B&W photo

* Crop, Contrast/Brightness and levels are only done in digital photo manipulation..Further editing is discouraged

* Framing is not allowed

* 2 entries maximum/person

* 500 - 700 pixels length down the longest edge of the photograph, 150KB maximum file size

 

Your posts must include the following information:

Title:

Date:

Camera Used:

Photographer:

Where possible please also include your EXIF header (if you know what one is) to help check dates.

Open Period.

Open period is from 11.59pm Saturday, July 8th, 2006 Deadline: Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 Midnight GMT. All images must be shot and posted within the "open" period

 

If you have any questions please post them on this thread http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=55943 this keeps this thread easy to view because it just contains entries.

 

Have fun and good luck to all!

 

 

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Challenge Rules

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New Photos Only

 

The competition is only for photos taken during the "open period" as defined in the Challenge announcement. You may post only two entries in each Challenge, and you may also replace with newer version anytime before the end of the challenge.

 

 

Photo size & dimension

Photo should be limited to a max dimension of 700 pixel for the longest dimension, and the file size to be less than 150KB in JPG/jpg format.

 

If the photo needs to be replaced by newer version, you can do so by clicking Edit.

 

Presentation & Content

Entries should provide, the title, the date the photo was taken, and the author.

 

Frames are NOT allowed.

 

Digital manipulations

All entries should limit the use of digital manipulations to only file conversion, level, curve and sharpening. Adding elements to the original image that were not there are NOT allowed.

 

Voting & Comments

During the "open period", please do NOT enter the comments in the thread, this way we will have all the entries together without interruption and it's easy to view. Comments are welcomed during the voting period.

 

The Judge will select the top three finalists' work to include in the Poll for all members to vote on.

 

VOTING will follow after the end of Challenge, for one week only. Registering multiple user accounts to vote is not allowed.

In the event of a tie, the judge will make a decision between the tied finalists.

 

 

Chief Judge

The winner of current Bi-weekly Challenge will serve as the Judge for the challenge after the next, for example, the winner of Challenge #1 will be the Judge for Challenge #3.

 

By entering the Challenge, members agree to grant anglersnet.co.uk a perpetual non-exclusive world-wide royalty-free license to modify, publish and reproduce that material for the purpose of operating, displaying, distributing and promoting anglersnet.co.uk. However, anglersnet.co.uk will not use Your materials without attributing them to You, without Your agreement.

 

Failing to comply with these rules will automatically disqualify the entry.

 

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END OF CHALLENGE RULES

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All of the above is proven to stop abuse, unfortunately even when NO prizes are offered, some will still try pull the wool over peoples eyes and win for winnings sake

 

Remember any questions....ask them here http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=55943

 

Good Luck!!!

Edited July 9, 2006 by Steve Randles

[Clifftop]

Winter colour

Photographer Clifftop

 

 

 

[image]

Image Description = 3.1M DigitalCAM

Make = VQ

Model = 3.1M DigitalCAM

Software = Ver 00.45

Date Time = 2006-07-11 15:21:15

 

[Camera]

Exposure Time = 1/181"

F Number = F5

Exposure Program = Normal program

ISO Speed Ratings = 70

Exif Version = Version 2.2

Date Time Original = 2006-07-11 15:21:13

Date Time Digitized = 2006-07-11 15:21:13

Brightness Value = 7.6 BV

Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV

Max Aperture Value = F4.1

flash = Off

Focal Length = 5.8mm

Maker Note = 256 Byte

Flashpix Version = Version 1.0

Color Space = sRGB

Exif Image Width = 480

Exif Image Height = 640

File Source = DSC

Scene Type = A directly photographed image

Edited July 11, 2006 by Clifftop

[Guest Finepix]

Title - My Texture’s

Taken by - Julia L Hollis

Date – 12 July 2006 (time on exif will be wrong as not set on camera)

 

 

Model: FinePix S5100

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows

Exposure Time: 10/270 sec

F-Stop: f/8.0

ISO Speed Ratings: 100

Focal Length: 570/100 mm

Date Taken: 2006-07-12 00:19

Metering Mode: Pattern

File Size: 96 kb

Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

Light Source: Shade

 

Image was cropped for this composition.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 13, 2006 by Finepix

[medwaygreen]

R Morcombe.

15/07/06,14/07/06.

Fuji S602 Zoom.

Exif Attached.

 

Nature does it

 

 

Colour and Movement.

 

Edited July 16, 2006 by medwaygreen

[Guest franticfisherman2]

Entry 1. Photo by Frantic, taken 15.7.06, Minolta E323. Title "SCALES"

 

 

Entry 2. taken 19.7.06, Minolta E323. Title "SPOTS & sTRIPES"

 

Edited July 20, 2006 by franticfisherman2

[nursejudy]

Mullet

 

Taken By JMPearson

 

 

 

File size: 51881 bytes

File date: 2006:07:19 14:49:00

Date/Time: 2006:07:17 22:48:42

Resolution: 652 x 368

Edited July 19, 2006 by nursejudy

[Guest CJS2]

'Stubble' by Cliff Stone

 

 

Camera model: Canon PowerShot S50

Date/Time: 2006:07:19 11:49:00

Resolution: 700 x 525

Flash used: No

Focal length: 21.3mm (35mm equivalent: 395mm)

CCD width: 1.94mm

Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320)

Aperture: f/8.0

Whitebalance: Auto

Metering Mode: matrix

ne/Fence3rw.jpg[/img]

 

 

'Roman Arch' 2000 years of Colchester History by Cliff Stone

 

 

File size: 314797 bytes

File date: 2006:07:21 02:05:25

Camera make: Canon

Camera model: Canon PowerShot S50

Date/Time: 2006:07:19 13:36:34

Resolution: 614 x 700

Flash used: No

Focal length: 7.1mm (35mm equivalent: 132mm)

CCD width: 1.94mm

Exposure time: 0.025 s (1/40)

Aperture: f/8.0

Exposure bias: 1.67

Whitebalance: Auto

Metering Mode: matrix

Exposure Mode: Auto bracketing

Edited July 21, 2006 by CJS2

[Cameraman]

Breakfast

 

File size: 50417 bytes

File date: 2006:07:20 13:14:15

Camera make: Canon

Camera model: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL

Date/Time: 2006:07:20 19:46:14

Resolution: 700 x 393

Flash used: No

Focal length: 55.0mm (35mm equivalent: 256mm)

CCD width: 7.74mm

Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30)

Aperture: f/5.6

ISO equiv.: 200

Whitebalance: Manual

Metering Mode: matrix

Jpeg process: Progressive

Cameraman

Edited July 20, 2006 by Cameraman

[Cameraman]

The back of my hand

 

File size: 40406 bytes

File date: 2006:07:20 13:14:16

Camera make: Canon

Camera model: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL

Date/Time: 2006:07:20 19:14:00

Resolution: 700 x 393

Flash used: No

Focal length: 55.0mm (35mm equivalent: 256mm)

CCD width: 7.74mm

Exposure time: 0.017 s (1/60)

Aperture: f/5.6

ISO equiv.: 200

Whitebalance: Auto

Metering Mode: matrix

Jpeg process: Progressive

Cameraman

Edited July 20, 2006 by Cameraman

[nursejudy]

Entry 2 taken by JMPearson

 

My Handiwork

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File size: 103817 bytes

File date: 2006:07:20 15:24:49

Camera make: SONY

Camera model: DSC-W12

Date/Time: 2006:07:19 22:06:07

Resolution: 700 x 451

Flash used: No

Focal length: 7.9mm

Exposure time: 0.125 s (1/8)

Aperture: f/2.8

ISO equiv.: 320

Whitebalance: Auto

Metering Mode: matrix

Exposure: program (auto)