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Challenge 182: the topic is "STARS"

All kinds of stars. The stars at night, football stars, Hollywood walk of fame, shooting stars, being starry eyed, stars and stripes, Star Wars, (see how I tied that in) you get the idea.

The Eligible Gallery: is for images captured with any camera, any brand, but during the Challenge period.

http://www.pbase.com/cichallenge/cic182_eligible

The Exhibition Gallery: is for images taken any time with any camera.

http://www.pbase.com/cichallenge/cic182_exhibition

All other rules outlined in the Official Challenge FAQ apply. Challenge FAQ can be found here:

http://www.pbase.com/cichallenge/faq

Entries:
Enter a maximum of four pictures per person in the Eligible gallery, and three pictures per person in the Exhibition gallery for a combined total of 7 per challenge.
Please remember the 500kb limit for detailed shots, and strive for 300kb for others.

Challenge Starts: Friday, August 17, 2018 00:00 UTC

Challenge Ends: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 23:59 UTC

Voting Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 00:00 UTC

Voting Ends: Thursday, September 13, 2018 23:59 UTC

Voting will take place here: http://www.liteserv.com/cicvotebooth

If you are new and do not know the user id and password, please send an email to :

passes(--at--)imageattic.net

Please replace(--at--) with @ in the email address before you send it out.

One of the challenge administrators will contact you with that information, but please be patient.

Posted for Dave V

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Jim
"It's all about the light"
 
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Dear Jim:

Here is what I think happened....when I got home last night, the computer had automatically re-booted...it has been trying to do this for a month, but I have been resisting so, win10 went ahead and did it on its own. (things like this make me crazy!)

My monitor settings were now 32brightness, 20contrast....settings that don't look anything like I would do....the blacks were splotchy, verging on red bands at times.

The cell phone images, however looked fine, (a little over saturated, but that's the retina thingy, but blacks held up); likewise on the laptop and the work computer pictures were fine(ish), not so on the upstairs photo/video working computer which, I think re-set the monitor.

I am back to, 25brightness, 100 contrast....and it seems okay again....damned if I know.

I know, I have to spring for a monitor calibrating tool....(sigh)

Gotta go back to work.

Best Wishes, Traveller

PS I may try to re-cut these images when I get time....I did lots of fiddling with them...hummm
 
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Traveller said:
Dear Jim:

Here is what I think happened....when I got home last night, the computer had automatically re-booted...it has been trying to do this for a month, but I have been resisting so, win10 went ahead and did it on its own. (things like this make me crazy!)

My monitor settings were now 32brightness, 20contrast....settings that don't look anything like I would do....the blacks were splotchy, verging on red bands at times.

The cell phone images, however looked fine, (a little over saturated, but that's the retina thingy, but blacks held up); likewise on the laptop and the work computer pictures were fine(ish), not so on the upstairs photo/video working computer which, I think re-set the monitor.

I am back to, 25brightness, 100 contrast....and it seems okay again....damned if I know.

I know, I have to spring for a monitor calibrating tool....(sigh)

Gotta go back to work.

Best Wishes, Traveller

PS I may try to re-cut these images when I get time....I did lots of fiddling with them...hummm
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Yes, Windows 10 can be a pain at times. But I normally let it update on my schedule, not their schedule. I just pick some free time around their release, check for updates, then reboot.

Anyway - I recall that one of their latest releases messed up my screen calibrations as well, so I had to re-calibrate. It only takes 10 min or so, but it did need to be redone.
 
Looks like a fun challenge. Since I've caught this one from the start maybe I can get some entries in. I always seem to peek in right around the end of the challenges lately. Now I have some time to plan a few ideas.

Hopefully I can get a couple in this time.

~phydoux
 
AlanMars said:
Looks like a fun challenge. Since I've caught this one from the start maybe I can get some entries in. I always seem to peek in right around the end of the challenges lately. Now I have some time to plan a few ideas.

Hopefully I can get a couple in this time.

~phydoux
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...on how easy it would be to work the topic into many types of images.

Let it fly....lol

Traveller
 
I took my wife and her sister shopping today. Of course, we had to stop in the Christmas Store in a local town. Being in tourist country on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, it was huge with every conceivable variation of Christmas decoration.

The result - 3 in Eligible, 1 in Exhibition.

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Feel free to guess which one was "shot to order".
 
Due to a "threatening" note from someone who had the CIC password, the password has been changed.

I have contacted (most of) the regulars via a private message here and the person who responds to the requests. If I missed you, please send me a pm.

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Jim
"It's all about the light"
 
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