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We have a mean GI virus here at the house....will get back to you guys later...I feel a little guilty as I really didn't set up anything for this image. It was a paper-weight that my dad left me several years ago...."gotta go....gotta go....gotta go right now"....cathy

 
What an incredible challenge...so many terrific entries it WAS hard to narrow the field to five.

Bill, thank you so very much for presenting this absolutely wonderful challenge subject. It accomplished what I believe you set out to do...make us all think "out of the box'. At least it certainly did for me, and I am truly overwhelmed to be included in such awesome company.

My entry, and my first black & white attempt btw (thanks to a suggestion from my better half), is a shot of a Sea Urchin shell, approximately 3" wide. We have been toting it around for 15 + - years. If you have ever seen one, the fact that it is still intact is simply amazing.

It was taken with the UZI and BMacro, in Macro Mode, B/W setting...using a tripod.

This is what it looks like from the top...in color.



And the bottom, in the position for the challenge entry:



Thanks to all who have entered and described their shots and methods...I'm looking forward to learning more from further posts.
Bill Huber said:
If there is one thing and only one thing that we can learn form
this challenge is we are all different, we see things in different
ways and what is abstract to one may not be abstract to the other.
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...absolutely the truth and very interesting to ponder.

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Donna
'Retired' in Wild and Wonderful West Virginia, with my UZI...and lovin' both!
http://www.pbase.com/donnar

 
to Cathy and the rest of the runners up. It was a shame I could not take part of this challenge but I was on a month long trip back to my country. I hope to take part in the next one. All the images were incredible and the talent of the forum members became evident once again. Congratulations to Bill as well for the flawless challenge.

Camilo_C
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Oly C750 - Promaster 5750DX
 
. . . and condolences to Cathy. You have to host the next challenge! ;-)

(don't worry . . . you'll do fine. if you ask him real nice, bill might even help you if you want)

And, as a matter of fact, there were a few that DIDN'T finish in the top 10 that I liked, too!

So, congratulations to everyone!

And Bill, another great challenge, my friend! Good job, as usual. Sorry I didn't get around to shooting an entry for it. I'll try to do better next time!

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Bill Huber said:
Congratulations to all !!!!!

What a challenge, I was really glad to see so many people jump in
and get in on this challenge.
If there is one thing and only one thing that we can learn form
this challenge is we are all different, we see things in different
ways and what is abstract to one may not be abstract to the other.

I will have to say that Cathy had a leg up on this challenge, well
maybe not on the challenge, but she had a leg up..... Hope the leg
is doing good.

1. Cobalt and Ocher - Cathy Waters
2. Other Worlds - Drummer
3. Shadow, Light and Texture - dwit1
4. Drift Wood - Pat Liu
5. Aperture...Into the Abyss - DonnaR

The rest can be seen at the gallery.
http://www.pbase.com/otfchallenge/chall3

Use this thread to make comments and to tell us about your shot.

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Bill
http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber
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http://www.ninjai.com
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Congratulations to Cathy, and everyone else who made my voting choices so difficult! The hardest one so far!

There were many beautiful images - I guess my entry was a bit short on the beauty department in such a strong field. This is what it actually is:



I simply had the camera set to super macro, and pointing right in the little end of the piston, looking out through the other side. The mug is for size comparison only - I'm told this piston originally came from a Spitfire engine.

Looking forward to the next challenge!

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P.
http://www.pbase.com/pendeke
Oly C4000Z
 
not that anyone cares, lol but my shot was of a blue bottle next to a red candle holder, sitting on top of a florescent 'lightbox' - actually a florescent fixture i use as an emergency light. camera set on 'auto program' and taken as closely as i could get the focus to lock, which was pretty close. cropped & adjusted contrast & curves slightly.
 
Bill Huber said:
Congratulations to all !!!!!

What a challenge, I was really glad to see so many people jump in
and get in on this challenge.
If there is one thing and only one thing that we can learn form
this challenge is we are all different, we see things in different
ways and what is abstract to one may not be abstract to the other.

I will have to say that Cathy had a leg up on this challenge, well
maybe not on the challenge, but she had a leg up..... Hope the leg
is doing good.

1. Cobalt and Ocher - Cathy Waters
2. Other Worlds - Drummer
3. Shadow, Light and Texture - dwit1
4. Drift Wood - Pat Liu
5. Aperture...Into the Abyss - DonnaR

The rest can be seen at the gallery.
http://www.pbase.com/otfchallenge/chall3

Use this thread to make comments and to tell us about your shot.

--
Bill
http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber
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http://www.pbase.com/waynes6
 
Cathy, this was an excellent win. With such a great entries, this is really special.

What a tough challenge. It was also hard for me to vote. You are all great.

Bill, great subject and execution of this challenge.

Thanks to all,
Alex.
 
Real eye candy.

I left comments on the top ten rather than post them here.

I'm soooo impressed!!

Karen
 
Great Photo and well deserved.

I had a very hard time deciding on my votes, with so many excellent photos. This challenge was the first time I entered and despite my rather low score, I must say the experience was great. I look forward to others.

I must admit, I thought, "What if I win, I'd have to come up with a new theme and set it all up and".......guess I didn't have to worry about that!

A learning experience for sure, and I stated a while back, I'm hanging with some very good if not great photographers.

Pear
 
pear52 said:
A learning experience for sure,
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You didn't ask, so I hope you don't mind if I make a critique of your photo.

I was intrigued by your photo, but I felt that, for an abstract, it might have revealed just a bit too much, allowing us to see too much of the reality of the shot.

It occured to me when I viewed it that it might benefit from a tighter crop.

Just for fun, I pulled it into PhotoShop and played with it.

Have a look at this. To me, this is more abstract, and accentuates the relationships of the various curves.



I cropped it, did a curves adjustment, applied a touch of unsharp mask, and inverted it.

Of course, there are many cropping possibilities, because you had a good image to begin with. This is just one interpretation.

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