Challenge 4, new thread (quota exceeded)

[Quentin (UK)]

Quentin

 

[DavidMillier]

We've exceeded the message quota for the thread, so here's the
original message again. Just post your alerts for new images here:

Welcome to Kodak Challenge 4. If some of the wording of this
message seems familiar, it's because I've shamelessly cribbed from
Warren's.

Hopefully I've arranged the galleries correctly and not managed to
delete half of pbase. If I've made some horrendous mistakes, shout
at me...after all, I'm only a helpless woman and can't be expected
to understand anything as technical as setting up a gallery,
pressing a camera shutter etc (but if you don't agree I'm equal,
I'll stamp my foot and pout). i did email Warren to ask him to
check, but he's an industrious person who works instead of wasting
time on the Internet, so I haven't heard back yet. Seriously
though, please let me know pronto if i've done something glaringly
wrong.

The theme for this competition is Up Close. What I have in mind is
abstracting part of a subject and making it a composition in its
own right. You can leave the subject recognisable, or you can go
totally abstract, it's up to you how far you take the process. I
have, for example, seen some wonderful nudes where a woman's body
is cropped in close so that her back, shoulder and the curve of her
breast looked like a landscape. The two examples I've posted show
one way of tackling the theme. Macro shots are fine, as are those
done through a telescope or microscope, just as long as the whole
of something isn't portrayed (with the exception of stars, the moon
etc as they are part of the sky). The idea is to move in and find a
section that is interesting, rather than the whole: part of a face;
the reflection in the hubcap of a car; an interesting detail on
clothing; part of a flower to name a few possibilities. The part
can give a clue to the whole or it can be totally mysterious and
indecipherable.

The shooting and submission period starts now, Thursday 12th August
and runs until 12:00 noon GMT on Monday, 30th August, encompassing
three weekends (at least i think it does. Counting never was my
strong point, so if I'm wrong, let me know as quickly and tactfully
as possible). Voting will take place the week immediately following
the shooting period. I've started this a day early because it took
me less time than I expected to work out how to do the galleries,
and I think people have been sneaking a look as the views counter
is working overtime, so we might as well go ahead. Anyway, it gives
you a bit of extra time and stops those superstitious one among you
from having to commence on Friday 13th.

The rules and galleries can be seen at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/ . Please read the rules so
that someone can explain them to me when I get confused. The most
important points are:

• There are two galleries per challenge.

• The COMPETITION GALLERY is the 'main course'--it's for photos

taken during the challenge period with a Kodak SLR camera.

• The EXHIBITION GALLERY is for all other pics--raid your back

catalog or use another camera.

• There is a maximum of three entries per gallery per person, for

a total of six photos.

The winner in the competition gallery gets to choose the theme for
and moderate the next challenge. There is no penalty for the winner
in the exhibition gallery.

Thanks to Pbase for donating the space to host the challenges.
Pbase is a fantastic way of displaying and sharing your work and if
you don't have an account already then please 'support our sponsor'!

I've put one photo in each gallery so you can see how it's done,
but these are just temporary placeholders to be removed when there
are some real submissions. I'll promote whatever photo is posted
first in each category to become the gallery thumbnail for the
remainder of the competition. After the results are announced, I
will then reorder the galleries so 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place are
listed first in each gallery, with the remaining pictures in
originally posted order (well, i'll try anyway - where are you
Warren!!!). 1st place in each gallery will become the gallery
thumbnail ever after. 1st place in the competition gallery will
become the challenge 3 thumbnail ever after.

In the meantime, please check out some Help and Rules info and then
post your entries at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/

If you have any questions or observations, please post to this
thread and I will try to respond. Also, please feel free to
announce your entries in this thread so as to alert others to them.
Flick.

 

[Warren Sarle]

Meanwhile I, not you, am moderating this one...you've had your
turn, move over ;-) There are, IMHO entries far more in violation
of the competition brief than Jono's blackberries.

I agree. My criticism of the blackberries was aesthetic, not legalistic. I just like Jono's seven much better than his blackberries.

 

[Flick]

That's fair enough. I hope you realise my tongue was firmly in my cheek when i wrote that message. after I posted t, i realised it sounded a bit harsh....but of course we can't edit or delete messages once posted.

Meanwhile I, not you, am moderating this one...you've had your
turn, move over ;-) There are, IMHO entries far more in violation
of the competition brief than Jono's blackberries.

I agree. My criticism of the blackberries was aesthetic, not
legalistic. I just like Jono's seven much better than his
blackberries.

 

[Stephen M.]

I borrowed Flick's 14nx today and here is the pick of my results.
I hope you will like them.
Stephen

 

[Warren Sarle]

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations that escape me?

 

[Flick]

I just googled for liberty bocices and look what they look like now:
http://www.oneposter.com/Product-recordCount-1-stockid-11948-PT-TShirts.html

That's not at all what my mother used to dress me in. Help, I've lost my innocence!!!!

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

 

[Flick]

You're right, it isn't a singlet, it's a purple denim jacket. Does anyone remember liberty bodices? You're probably all to young. i had to wear them when i was very small. They would be considered very cool items of clothing now i think. They were like a cotton jersey waistcoat with cloth covered buttons; you wore them over a vest and under your top clothes. That's what I always think of when Jono mentions singlets. A liberty bodice would look great worn over jeans as a main item of clothing, maybe died some nice bright colour.

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

 

[Flick]

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

 

[bill vann]

i'd just like to thank you all for the wonderful photos produced with the kodak slrs. been contemplating one but scared to death by the few VERY vocal complainers. i know all cameras have issues but based on the some comments it is near impossible to take a good pic.

thanks again

blll

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

 

[PaulLandscape244043]

And I can tell you, that's no purple singlet Flick's wearing.

Over here they're called 'Bonds' and we have songs, oil paintings, colloquial terms such as 'bonza mate' [from the Bonds brand] dedicated to the wool shearers and station hands that have made it an Assie Icon. Truckies wear them religiously with their infamous stubby shorts and beer gut peeking out where one meets the other.

So your not confused Warren, its the Brits that are off beam here.

LOL Paul

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

 

[Flick]

You're right. And i was horrified when I googled for singlets. All these weeks I've been picturing myself in a sexy, feminine garment somewhere between a waistcoat and a teddy, very girlie and pretty. Oh, shock, horror, dismay, that Jono man has been leading me up the garden path, pandering to my aging vanity: what are those hideous all-in-one butch garments the wearers of which look like escapees from Village People? I'm gutted, devastated, diminished. And now i have visions of heavy duty woolen versions, sweat soaked and liberally basted with axle grease. Not only that, but now I'm expected to cultivate a gut to make the image totally authentic. Oh sob, wail and sigh ;-(

Over here they're called 'Bonds' and we have songs, oil paintings,
colloquial terms such as 'bonza mate' [from the Bonds brand]
dedicated to the wool shearers and station hands that have made it
an Assie Icon. Truckies wear them religiously with their infamous
stubby shorts and beer gut peeking out where one meets the other.

So your not confused Warren, its the Brits that are off beam here.

LOL Paul

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

 

[Jono Slack]

Hi Flick

Well, obviously, you don't need to pull yourself together, as you did, amongst all the moaning and wailing, manage to point out the lack of a mid body extension!

As for me - as far as I'm concerned, in common parlance, in Norfolk, a singlet is simply a tee shirt with no arms - neither a sexy, feminine garment, (and certainly nothing like a teddy) nor an all in one butch garment. Like most minimalist items of clothing, it certainly can look sexy on someone who is already sexy and feminine, but I don't think it is capable of making a silk purse.

But you knew all this!

;-)

kind regards
jono

Over here they're called 'Bonds' and we have songs, oil paintings,
colloquial terms such as 'bonza mate' [from the Bonds brand]
dedicated to the wool shearers and station hands that have made it
an Assie Icon. Truckies wear them religiously with their infamous
stubby shorts and beer gut peeking out where one meets the other.

So your not confused Warren, its the Brits that are off beam here.

LOL Paul

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[PaulLandscape244043]

Sorry its only white, but I'm sure you'll get the not so sexy sense of it.

David Foster is an Aussie ledgen when it comes to weilding an axe. Don't these singlet just do it for ya????

http://www.davidfoster.com.au/index.html

Regards

Paul

David Foster is an Aussie ledgend in axe cutt

As for me - as far as I'm concerned, in common parlance, in
Norfolk, a singlet is simply a tee shirt with no arms - neither a
sexy, feminine garment, (and certainly nothing like a teddy) nor an
all in one butch garment. Like most minimalist items of clothing,
it certainly can look sexy on someone who is already sexy and
feminine, but I don't think it is capable of making a silk purse.

But you knew all this!

;-)

kind regards
jono

Over here they're called 'Bonds' and we have songs, oil paintings,
colloquial terms such as 'bonza mate' [from the Bonds brand]
dedicated to the wool shearers and station hands that have made it
an Assie Icon. Truckies wear them religiously with their infamous
stubby shorts and beer gut peeking out where one meets the other.

So your not confused Warren, its the Brits that are off beam here.

LOL Paul

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[Flick]

LOL...how could I begin to compete with that.

http://www.davidfoster.com.au/index.html

Regards

Paul

David Foster is an Aussie ledgend in axe cutt

As for me - as far as I'm concerned, in common parlance, in
Norfolk, a singlet is simply a tee shirt with no arms - neither a
sexy, feminine garment, (and certainly nothing like a teddy) nor an
all in one butch garment. Like most minimalist items of clothing,
it certainly can look sexy on someone who is already sexy and
feminine, but I don't think it is capable of making a silk purse.

But you knew all this!

;-)

kind regards
jono

Over here they're called 'Bonds' and we have songs, oil paintings,
colloquial terms such as 'bonza mate' [from the Bonds brand]
dedicated to the wool shearers and station hands that have made it
an Assie Icon. Truckies wear them religiously with their infamous
stubby shorts and beer gut peeking out where one meets the other.

So your not confused Warren, its the Brits that are off beam here.

LOL Paul

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[Flick]

As for me - as far as I'm concerned, in common parlance, in
Norfolk, a singlet is simply a tee shirt with no arms - neither a
sexy, feminine garment, (and certainly nothing like a teddy) nor an
all in one butch garment. Like most minimalist items of clothing,
it certainly can look sexy on someone who is already sexy and
feminine, but I don't think it is capable of making a silk purse.

But you knew all this!

;-)

kind regards
jono

Over here they're called 'Bonds' and we have songs, oil paintings,
colloquial terms such as 'bonza mate' [from the Bonds brand]
dedicated to the wool shearers and station hands that have made it
an Assie Icon. Truckies wear them religiously with their infamous
stubby shorts and beer gut peeking out where one meets the other.

So your not confused Warren, its the Brits that are off beam here.

LOL Paul

My American Heritage Dictionary say's it's a man's jersey-style
undershirt. What Flick is wearing does not appear to be a man's
undershirt. So now I'm confused again. Is this another example of
that notorious British irony? Are there some sexual connotations
that escape me?

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[Flick]

Come on everybody. we've got some superb shots in both galleries, and it's a lot of fun. There's a week left for people who haven't entered, or for those of us who've only put one or two in and would like to enter more. Mind you, the standard is so high that voting will be a nightmare. Everyone has excelled themselves in creative interpretation of the competition theme.

 

[Chad Naujoks]

Woot! I think I have one or two images that Ican use in the challenge Not that I expect much from them, but hey! I haven't had the camera a week yet!

We've exceeded the message quota for the thread, so here's the
original message again. Just post your alerts for new images here:

Welcome to Kodak Challenge 4. If some of the wording of this
message seems familiar, it's because I've shamelessly cribbed from
Warren's.

Hopefully I've arranged the galleries correctly and not managed to
delete half of pbase. If I've made some horrendous mistakes, shout
at me...after all, I'm only a helpless woman and can't be expected
to understand anything as technical as setting up a gallery,
pressing a camera shutter etc (but if you don't agree I'm equal,
I'll stamp my foot and pout). i did email Warren to ask him to
check, but he's an industrious person who works instead of wasting
time on the Internet, so I haven't heard back yet. Seriously
though, please let me know pronto if i've done something glaringly
wrong.

The theme for this competition is Up Close. What I have in mind is
abstracting part of a subject and making it a composition in its
own right. You can leave the subject recognisable, or you can go
totally abstract, it's up to you how far you take the process. I
have, for example, seen some wonderful nudes where a woman's body
is cropped in close so that her back, shoulder and the curve of her
breast looked like a landscape. The two examples I've posted show
one way of tackling the theme. Macro shots are fine, as are those
done through a telescope or microscope, just as long as the whole
of something isn't portrayed (with the exception of stars, the moon
etc as they are part of the sky). The idea is to move in and find a
section that is interesting, rather than the whole: part of a face;
the reflection in the hubcap of a car; an interesting detail on
clothing; part of a flower to name a few possibilities. The part
can give a clue to the whole or it can be totally mysterious and
indecipherable.

The shooting and submission period starts now, Thursday 12th August
and runs until 12:00 noon GMT on Monday, 30th August, encompassing
three weekends (at least i think it does. Counting never was my
strong point, so if I'm wrong, let me know as quickly and tactfully
as possible). Voting will take place the week immediately following
the shooting period. I've started this a day early because it took
me less time than I expected to work out how to do the galleries,
and I think people have been sneaking a look as the views counter
is working overtime, so we might as well go ahead. Anyway, it gives
you a bit of extra time and stops those superstitious one among you
from having to commence on Friday 13th.

The rules and galleries can be seen at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/ . Please read the rules so
that someone can explain them to me when I get confused. The most
important points are:

• There are two galleries per challenge.

• The COMPETITION GALLERY is the 'main course'--it's for photos

taken during the challenge period with a Kodak SLR camera.

• The EXHIBITION GALLERY is for all other pics--raid your back

catalog or use another camera.

• There is a maximum of three entries per gallery per person, for

a total of six photos.

The winner in the competition gallery gets to choose the theme for
and moderate the next challenge. There is no penalty for the winner
in the exhibition gallery.

Thanks to Pbase for donating the space to host the challenges.
Pbase is a fantastic way of displaying and sharing your work and if
you don't have an account already then please 'support our sponsor'!

I've put one photo in each gallery so you can see how it's done,
but these are just temporary placeholders to be removed when there
are some real submissions. I'll promote whatever photo is posted
first in each category to become the gallery thumbnail for the
remainder of the competition. After the results are announced, I
will then reorder the galleries so 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place are
listed first in each gallery, with the remaining pictures in
originally posted order (well, i'll try anyway - where are you
Warren!!!). 1st place in each gallery will become the gallery
thumbnail ever after. 1st place in the competition gallery will
become the challenge 3 thumbnail ever after.

In the meantime, please check out some Help and Rules info and then
post your entries at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/

If you have any questions or observations, please post to this
thread and I will try to respond. Also, please feel free to
announce your entries in this thread so as to alert others to them.
Flick.

 

[Flick]

Go for it! It's free and fun

We've exceeded the message quota for the thread, so here's the
original message again. Just post your alerts for new images here:

Welcome to Kodak Challenge 4. If some of the wording of this
message seems familiar, it's because I've shamelessly cribbed from
Warren's.

Hopefully I've arranged the galleries correctly and not managed to
delete half of pbase. If I've made some horrendous mistakes, shout
at me...after all, I'm only a helpless woman and can't be expected
to understand anything as technical as setting up a gallery,
pressing a camera shutter etc (but if you don't agree I'm equal,
I'll stamp my foot and pout). i did email Warren to ask him to
check, but he's an industrious person who works instead of wasting
time on the Internet, so I haven't heard back yet. Seriously
though, please let me know pronto if i've done something glaringly
wrong.

The theme for this competition is Up Close. What I have in mind is
abstracting part of a subject and making it a composition in its
own right. You can leave the subject recognisable, or you can go
totally abstract, it's up to you how far you take the process. I
have, for example, seen some wonderful nudes where a woman's body
is cropped in close so that her back, shoulder and the curve of her
breast looked like a landscape. The two examples I've posted show
one way of tackling the theme. Macro shots are fine, as are those
done through a telescope or microscope, just as long as the whole
of something isn't portrayed (with the exception of stars, the moon
etc as they are part of the sky). The idea is to move in and find a
section that is interesting, rather than the whole: part of a face;
the reflection in the hubcap of a car; an interesting detail on
clothing; part of a flower to name a few possibilities. The part
can give a clue to the whole or it can be totally mysterious and
indecipherable.

The shooting and submission period starts now, Thursday 12th August
and runs until 12:00 noon GMT on Monday, 30th August, encompassing
three weekends (at least i think it does. Counting never was my
strong point, so if I'm wrong, let me know as quickly and tactfully
as possible). Voting will take place the week immediately following
the shooting period. I've started this a day early because it took
me less time than I expected to work out how to do the galleries,
and I think people have been sneaking a look as the views counter
is working overtime, so we might as well go ahead. Anyway, it gives
you a bit of extra time and stops those superstitious one among you
from having to commence on Friday 13th.

The rules and galleries can be seen at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/ . Please read the rules so
that someone can explain them to me when I get confused. The most
important points are:

• There are two galleries per challenge.

• The COMPETITION GALLERY is the 'main course'--it's for photos

taken during the challenge period with a Kodak SLR camera.

• The EXHIBITION GALLERY is for all other pics--raid your back

catalog or use another camera.

• There is a maximum of three entries per gallery per person, for

a total of six photos.

The winner in the competition gallery gets to choose the theme for
and moderate the next challenge. There is no penalty for the winner
in the exhibition gallery.

Thanks to Pbase for donating the space to host the challenges.
Pbase is a fantastic way of displaying and sharing your work and if
you don't have an account already then please 'support our sponsor'!

I've put one photo in each gallery so you can see how it's done,
but these are just temporary placeholders to be removed when there
are some real submissions. I'll promote whatever photo is posted
first in each category to become the gallery thumbnail for the
remainder of the competition. After the results are announced, I
will then reorder the galleries so 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place are
listed first in each gallery, with the remaining pictures in
originally posted order (well, i'll try anyway - where are you
Warren!!!). 1st place in each gallery will become the gallery
thumbnail ever after. 1st place in the competition gallery will
become the challenge 3 thumbnail ever after.

In the meantime, please check out some Help and Rules info and then
post your entries at
http://www.pbase.com/kodak_challenge/

If you have any questions or observations, please post to this
thread and I will try to respond. Also, please feel free to
announce your entries in this thread so as to alert others to them.
Flick.

 

[Chad Naujoks]

Woot! Another entry!!! I love this camera

Chad N.