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Look Mom No Hands

Challenge #7 in the Creativity With Your Gear series. Hosted by bolesautomotive.

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Hands free shooting. This week we want to see what you can do away from the camera. Step out from behind the camera and be the focus of this weeks challenge. You can use a built in timer, a remote or computer software to trigger your camera. Make it the ultimate selfie or an image of you and others. Please post family friendly images only. You must be in the picture in some way that shows you are not holding the camera. Be creative, explore your potential and most importantly.....HAVE FUN!!!

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Announced:

Tuesday, 26th April, 2016 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 3rd May, 2016 – Monday, 9th May, 2016 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 10th May, 2016 – Monday, 16th May, 2016 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Dress it up, just don't process yourself into the picture when you weren't there. Lets have an honest competition. No erasing your outstretched arm holding your camera phone. Pretty much everything else goes!

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Please limit image sizes to less than 1600px on the long side. No watermarks or advertising of any kind.

Maximum number of entries per user:

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JerryShots

I think if the shot doesn't really SHOW the theme we can guess that it met the challenge, or guess that it did not meet it - But unless that is depicted in the image itself...I think the vote needs to be VERY low. If you can't evaluate how well OR EVEN IF the theme was met, then there is no point in evaluating the shot itself, imo.

Theme first, image quality 2nd...
No theme, no eval, no stars.

May 10, 2016permalink

JerryShots

So many of these shots could have been taken by a photographer out of the scene - The traditional way that almost every photograph gets taken...
How can we tell if the rules have been followed?

May 9, 2016permalink

jcrb

Good question, there is a Shooting Mode entry in the exif data but I just checked my own and while the RAW shows it as IR Control that field is not preserved by Lightroom.

I guess if the picture doesn't give you the impression that it was taken by timer or remotely then just don't rate it highly.

May 10, 2016permalink

JerryShots

Who can say if the person 'taking' the shot is the person in the frame? If you hand your camera to the waiter...Does that meet the challenge theme?

May 10, 2016permalink

bolesautomotive

Most of these pictures I can clearly see how the photographer utilized a timer or remote function. There is only one I question. My challenges are about having fun and trying to better yourself. I do not want them abused by cheaters but lets face it, there will always be those who do not follow rules. If you believe someone didn't follow the rules you have the ability to express that through voting. I try to spend my time focusing on the involvement of those participating. I want to see people learn and grow in photography. I don't have much time to spend on cheats and liars. My response to them is basically "huh" and I move on. I'd rather find things to praise than things to tear down. Look for the good work and build that photographer up. The bad..... just say nothing.

May 10, 2016permalink

JerryShots

Prescribed admirablity.
Unfortunately reality makes it obvious that when we ignore corruption it simply doesn't go away - It grows like a cancer, metastasizes and destroys the good fun fair play can offer.
With no adults it inevitably gets pretty childish, pretty quick.
Why make rules and pretend to have Themes then, if I can ask?

May 10, 2016permalink

jcrb

Jerry I wouldn't worry too much, there is only one to me that pretty clearly was shot by someone else, but if you imagine the submitter set the camera up then it's not really *that* bad, compared to people who submit others pictures, or who don't even remotely follow the composition rules, or who do any number of things that apparently people so they can win nothing at all but some electrons on a page.

May 10, 2016permalink

JerryShots

I don't worry much or at all - It's the basic point of fairness. I guess I was raised to try to support it when I can. No big deal, like you say.
There is only two I see that demonstrate this challenge, but in most cases people just want any excuse to post a cat photo they just took.
But the dishonest and the mentally challenged clog things up for those few with an actual desire to participate in a meaningful manner.
I understand nothing matters, I see that perspective everywhere, I get that. (good men, doing nothing).
I'm just trying to spark some conversation, some thinking and who knows - Just having fun ;)

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