IA PHOTO CHALLENGE 6!!!!!!!

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Im gonna keep it going! This weeks subject is VEHICLES! I wanna see a pictures of cars, trucks, bikes, motorcycles, tricycles. Whatever you got that gets you from point A to point B! ONLY ONE PHOTO CAN BE SUBMITTED! so do not PM me your whole shoot you took. The vehicle can be your own, someone elses, one you see on the street. whatever. ONLY THE PHOTO ITSELF WILL BE JUDGED, NOT THE VEHICLE (so dont think you can go take a crapy pic of a lambo and get away w/ the contest).

As always, same rules apply. Watermark if you wish, Photoshop if you want. Point/Shoot and Single Lens Reflex cameras are allowed. Picture must be taken AFTER this thread has been posted. I'll give you guys until next tuesday night @ 8:00pm. PM all your pictures to me and i'll post them up around that time.

[Nerdsrock22]

oooo....i'm gonna get in on this one.

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You should. I think i should get some interesting results w/ this topic. I gotta great one for next week too...

[Nemesis]

Thats a horrible subject, and too vague. Im out. What happened to Chad doing this? If we wanted to have a photo contest with VEHICLES we would have looked in Car Pics.... come on...

[Nerdsrock22]

Thats a horrible subject, and too vague. Im out. What happened to Chad doing this? If we wanted to have a photo contest with VEHICLES we would have looked in Car Pics.... come on...

I think if folks get creative it could be really cool. Obviously if someone just sends in a iPhone pic of their civic, its not going to win. But this subject is something that we all photograph alot, but will force us to think outside the box.

I've got a couple of ideas... :camera:

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Thats a horrible subject, and too vague. Im out. What happened to Chad doing this? If we wanted to have a photo contest with VEHICLES we would have looked in Car Pics.... come on...Think outside the box, young padawon

[Nemesis]

Think outside the box, young padawon

Yeah.... Im probably the last person you need to tell that to. Not trying to be an ass, but just telling you that a subject for a photo contest shouldnt be as vague as the one you have listed. Take a look at the last couple...reflections/money/etc. You are on a car forum, all someone has to do is post a ****ty pic of a GT-R and all the dumbasses with a DSLR that post "PHOTOSHOOTS" are going to vote for it because it has a GT-R in it, and the guy that takes a pic of a homeless guy huddled on the side of a street with a Bus going by isnt going to win. Do you know what Im saying , "young padawon"?

[Nerdsrock22]

...and the guy that takes a pic of a homeless guy huddled on the side of a street with a Bus going by...

well there went that idea.

;)

[Dirty Octopus™]

Yeah.... Im probably the last person you need to tell that to. Not trying to be an ass, but just telling you that a subject for a photo contest shouldnt be as vague as the one you have listed. Take a look at the last couple...reflections/money/etc. You are on a car forum, all someone has to do is post a ****ty pic of a GT-R and all the dumbasses with a DSLR that post "PHOTOSHOOTS" are going to vote for it because it has a GT-R in it, and the guy that takes a pic of a homeless guy huddled on the side of a street with a Bus going by isnt going to win. Do you know what Im saying , "young padawon"?

hmmm... this really does make sense :rolleyes:

like im still upset with the "Put on your city" Challenge.
it seems as if all the children chose the prettiest picture in the thread as opposed to referring to the topic.

that may happen to this one.

i mean... ima participate nonetheless but i believe the most balliness vehicle is gonna win cuz thats just how fickle these people are :doh:

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Im gonna keep it going! This weeks subject is VEHICLES! I wanna see a pictures of cars, trucks, bikes, motorcycles, tricycles. Whatever you got that gets you from point A to point B! ONLY ONE PHOTO CAN BE SUBMITTED! so do not PM me your whole shoot you took. The vehicle can be your own, someone elses, one you see on the street. whatever. ONLY THE PHOTO ITSELF WILL BE JUDGED, NOT THE VEHICLE (so dont think you can go take a crapy pic of a lambo and get away w/ the contest).I think i covered my bases. If you think this challenge is gonna be so lame, get your gear out and get out there and shoot somethin

[james]

no thanks.

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yall are also forgetting, im the one thats going to post the pictures. Im not gonna post a picture by someone who is just taking a ****ty picture of a GT-R just to get by.

CREATIVITY WINS here people

[Dirty Octopus™]

yeah... to the critics that matter. but since its a public forum and EVERYONE can vote, the majority WILL vote for the most badest assed car :D

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Ok, lets just say, if you know what you're doing, this shouldnt even be an issue

[Nemesis]

Ok, lets just say, if you know what you're doing, this shouldnt even be an issue

Know what you're doing in what aspect? Taking a photo? Or knowing a good photo when you see one. Because honestly if thats the case, 90 percent of IA photo postings have neither.

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Know what you're doing in what aspect? Taking a photo? Or knowing a good photo when you see one. Because honestly if thats the case, 90 percent of IA photo postings have neither.Exactly. Im trying to see the artistry here. Have you looked in the Car Pics section lately? Anybody w/ a camera can take a picture of a car, i want to see something deeper than just a car, but i wanted to leave the subject open so people dont get confused about what it is. And id say more than 90. i've seen alot of talent in here

[Nerdsrock22]

I'd say lets just give it a roll. If somebody can get access to shoot a new GT-R, and does a good enough job at it, then lets see it. But I highly doubt a quick capture of one driving down I-75 will make the cut.

I would expect, however, that most serious artists/photographers will take this chance to explore another aspect of transportation other than import cars/the usual bs.

[Dirty Octopus™]

Know what you're doing in what aspect? Taking a photo? Or knowing a good photo when you see one. Because honestly if thats the case, 90 percent of IA photo postings have neither.
Geoff... i gotta concure with this guy again. :o

Honestly no matter how good a picture taker you are wont stop a person from picking their most favoritest car in the whole wide world.

im nothing to Ooo and ahhh about ( though i think the picture i took in challenge #5 was pretty bomb ass :D )

but if i took a picture of a CVCC on a parking deck all the QD nutswingers will... "swing" my way if you will :lmfao:

while the Berlina Black s2000 in a field of sunflowers you may take will go un-noticed.

It's the way of the world bud. http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j261/Knonimous/GIFs/shrug.gif

Exactly. Im trying to see the artistry here. Have you looked in the Car Pics section lately? Anybody w/ a camera can take a picture of a car, i want to see something deeper than just a car, but i wanted to leave the subject open so people dont get confused about what it is. And id say more than 90. i've seen alot of talent in here

But Geoff...

YOU are not the one voting. the public is :doh:

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I'd say lets just give it a roll. If somebody can get access to shoot a new GT-R, and does a good enough job at it, then lets see it. But I highly doubt a quick capture of one driving down I-75 will make the cut.

I would expect, however, that most serious artists/photographers will take this chance to explore another aspect of transportation other than import cars/the usual bs.couldnt have said it better myself.

Kash, that may be true. But some of the people that are voting in these are the people that frequent this section, that usually have a pretty good grasp on the difference b/t artistry and a nice picture

[Dirty Octopus™]

couldnt have said it better myself.

Kash, that may be true. But some of the people that are voting in these are the people that frequent this section, that usually have a pretty good grasp on the difference b/t artistry and a nice picture

well... lets hope they have a good grasp on concepts as well.

cuz like i said before the picture of choice in the "Rep Your City" Challenge was unjust in my honest opinion.

but yeah... ima participate nonetheless as stated before. but for the next one lets think of something that doesnt inevitably lead to biased votes :goodjob:

[Nerdsrock22]

...but for the next one lets think of something that doesnt inevitably lead to biased votes :goodjob:

I vote camera toss (http://cameratoss.blogspot.com/).

[Dirty Octopus™]

I vote camera toss (http://cameratoss.blogspot.com/).
hmm... what is that exactly Andy? :thinking:

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I vote camera toss (http://cameratoss.blogspot.com/).Actually thats a pretty cool idea. Im just kinda leary about throwing $700 worth of stuff in the air. I gotta pretty cool idea for the next go around

[Dirty Octopus™]

Actually thats a pretty cool idea. Im just kinda leary about throwing $700 worth of stuff in the air. I gotta pretty cool idea for the next go around
Ohhh! i just read about it.

Im down! :goodjob:

i mean after all im not a baller like Geoff and i only have $180 invested :D

[Nerdsrock22]

Actually thats a pretty cool idea. Im just kinda leary about throwing $700 worth of stuff in the air. I gotta pretty cool idea for the next go around

don't toss your SLR man. I just use my phone and get some pretty cool stuff, I've got a whole gallery on Flickr if you're interested.

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link?

[Nerdsrock22]

link?

sorry about that...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewwesleycarter/sets/72157602869269111/

[Dirty Octopus™]

WOW Andy! those were all taken with your phone?!!? :eek:
what do you have like a 5mp Apple iPhone v.4? :thinking:

[BKgen®]

hmm... interesting. i may participate.

[Nerdsrock22]

WOW Andy! those were all taken with your phone?!!? :eek:
what do you have like a 5mp Apple iPhone v.4? :thinking:

nope just a motorola SLVR...its all in the spin my friend.

[Dirty Octopus™]

nope just a motorola SLVR...its all in the spin my friend.

gee wiz! thats ballin nonetheless :D

like... where do you go? where do you find all these pretty lights? it truly is an artform :yes:

[dkjohnson04]

i may have to get down on this. lol may not win but i got a couple pics i really like......

[Nerdsrock22]

... where do you go? where do you find all these pretty lights? it truly is an artform :yes:

thanks man...I look for neon signs, buildings, anything that glows really. Christmastime is pretty much like.....well, Christmas, :D for camera toss.

[Jaimecbr900]

I don't usually get in photography type of debates because it's such a subjective field where beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.

Nemesis is right though. If you are going to do some type of contest and maintain a level playing field, you can't give such a vague subject. As Nemesis pointed out, this really should be judged by multiple criteria. Is the picture clear? Is it composed nicely? Does it follow the assigned subject? Is it creative? etc, etc, etc. If you do a "car" theme, you will definetly throw out lots of the objectivity and merely get a bunch of people voting for the picture based on their own bias as to what their favorite car is (likely).

I've voted in all of the previous challenges and used some of the criteria I mentioned above. If they stuck to the subject and their picture looked appealing, they got my vote.

:2cents:

[DeutscheBAG!]

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[Dirty Octopus™]

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j256/maxinquaye19/wtd06160mv8.gif
bwahaha! :lmfao:

[Nerdsrock22]

bwahaha! :lmfao:

x2. Thats good stuff.

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I don't usually get in photography type of debates because it's such a subjective field where beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.

Nemesis is right though. If you are going to do some type of contest and maintain a level playing field, you can't give such a vague subject. As Nemesis pointed out, this really should be judged by multiple criteria. Is the picture clear? Is it composed nicely? Does it follow the assigned subject? Is it creative? etc, etc, etc. If you do a "car" theme, you will definetly throw out lots of the objectivity and merely get a bunch of people voting for the picture based on their own bias as to what their favorite car is (likely).

I've voted in all of the previous challenges and used some of the criteria I mentioned above. If they stuck to the subject and their picture looked appealing, they got my vote.

:2cents:As long as you and your fellow IA'ers do the same, we shouldnt have a problem. I'll make sure to include a disclaimer when posting up the results thread.

[Jaimecbr900]

As long as you and your fellow IA'ers do the same, we shouldnt have a problem. I'll make sure to include a disclaimer when posting up the results thread.

Do that same what? I'm lost. :thinking:

[DeutscheBAG!]

I don't usually get in photography type of debates because it's such a subjective field where beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.

Nemesis is right though. If you are going to do some type of contest and maintain a level playing field, you can't give such a vague subject. As Nemesis pointed out, this really should be judged by multiple criteria. Is the picture clear? Is it composed nicely? Does it follow the assigned subject? Is it creative? etc, etc, etc. If you do a "car" theme, you will definetly throw out lots of the objectivity and merely get a bunch of people voting for the picture based on their own bias as to what their favorite car is (likely).

I've voted in all of the previous challenges and used some of the criteria I mentioned above. If they stuck to the subject and their picture looked appealing, they got my vote.

:2cents:

couldn't agree more.

[Jaimecbr900]

couldn't agree more.

That's because great minds think alike.....:goodjob:

[slow_hatch]

I was expecting something a bit different for this challenge, however I will still participate this go around. I have a feeling what most of the entries will be, but I can't wait to see the truly creative ones, from the select few talented photographers on the board.

[eViLMunkey]

I'm pretty much against this contest since it is biased towards the voter's fav. car nto the composition of the photo.. so I'm def. w/ Nemesis on this. . could do one on boats, sounds, harbors, etc.

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I'm pretty much against this contest since it is biased towards the voter's fav. car nto the composition of the photo.. so I'm def. w/ Nemesis on this. . could do one on boats, sounds, harbors, etc.thanks for the bump. you must not have read the whole original post

[eViLMunkey]

thanks for the bump. you must not have read the whole original post


No I actually did.. . that's why i stated what I did.. :slap: try re-reading what I stated

Like I said the VOTER'S will be voting on their fav. car not on the composition of the photo

try reading the post before you reply next time

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I guess i could give you guys an idea of what to shoot so that it cant be biased. This example (unless you know whos this is) you cant even tell what kind of car it is, but its within the paramaters of the topic.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj155/vtexguy03/Hondizzle/Robert2copy.jpg

This one also would also work. Notice, cant really tell what kind of car it is (maybe someone could gather it's a honda). These pics dont count tho cause they were taken a while ago

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj155/vtexguy03/Hondizzle/Robert8copy.jpg

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I can see how it could be "biased" if everyone was shooting pictures of the "entire" car like this, so just get creative

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj155/vtexguy03/Adams%20Integra/R575sedit-1.jpg

[Nerdsrock22]

I would go as far to say if you take a picture of a car, you probably aren't thinking hard enough.

[87 Turbo II]

this is full of fail.Vehicles on a car forum is too cliche. All of us already have tons of car pics. It should be alternate vehicles, as in something that isn't a car or a bike, because it's too overdone. Also, these rules aren't written as well. FAIL.

[eViLMunkey]

I can see how it could be "biased" if everyone was shooting pictures of the "entire" car like this, so just get creative

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj155/vtexguy03/Adams%20Integra/R575sedit-1.jpg


as long as people shoot in a creative fasion I see the challenge working, but you can see how things can get to be one sided on voting

[CHADbee]

thats the reason i stopped doing them....disagreement on what the subject would be, if certain photos fit the subject, people had issues with my photos, i had issues with others photos and other people had issues with other peoples photos :lmao:

then i looked at a picture that was clearly a great photo(not mine) and see it lose badly to a so-so photo(again not mine) and that keeps alot of people from taking part in this stuff. the votes were jacked up...it was a mess LOL

the voting is what screws it up....if there was no voting i think itd be something i would still take part in.

[13Bracer]

thats the reason i stopped doing them....disagreement on what the subject would be, if certain photos fit the subject, people had issues with my photos, i had issues with others photos and other people had issues with other peoples photos :lmao:

then i looked at a picture that was clearly a great photo(not mine) and see it lose badly to a so-so photo(again not mine) and that keeps alot of people from taking part in this stuff. the votes were jacked up...it was a mess LOL

the voting is what screws it up....if there was no voting i think itd be something i would still take part in.

word...
no voting FTMFW
lets just share and discuss out pics :goodjob:

[eViLMunkey]

I can vouch for that one..

[BKgen®]

word...
no voting FTMFW
lets just share and discuss out pics :goodjob:

GAY. fvckin hippy.

jk ilu justin

[AlliRae]

3 pages and no real picture... arg

[Nemesis]

word...
no voting FTMFW
lets just share and discuss out pics :goodjob:

We already have that kind of thread. Its in the top of this section. :screwy:

[bandydesign]

We all read the original post, and we all know that people will not vote for the composition and picture quality with that vague weighted subject.

Maybe you could throw in a stipulation of "no exterior shot of entire car" or something. Certainly not fool proof, but better. Maybe even a macro competition, where the goal is to take an image and have people guess what car it is.

lol, I suppose I'll enter maybe my entry will be voted on properly.

[BKgen®]

We all read the original post, and we all know that people will not vote for the composition and picture quality with that vague weighted subject.

Maybe you could throw in a stipulation of "no exterior shot of entire car" or something. Certainly not fool proof, but better. Maybe even a macro competition, where the goal is to take an image and have people guess what car it is.

lol, I suppose I'll enter maybe my entry will be voted on properly.

i like that a lot... they do something similar to that on Forzacentral -- except with in-game screenshots.

[quickdodge®]

hmmm... this really does make sense :rolleyes:


I have to agree. This particular idea isn't that good for a photography contest. I believe thinking outside the box ideas would be urban life shots, antiquity shots, countryside shots and the like. Not your average, everyday "take a pic of a car" contest. I've been wanting to get involved with these contests each week but haven't been able to make time for it. I know I'm a nobody in the photog world, but I'm not going to try to make time for this one. Sorry dude. Later, QD.

[Nerdsrock22]

I have to agree. This particular idea isn't that good for a photography contest. I believe thinking outside the box ideas would be urban life shots, antiquity shots, countryside shots and the like. Not your average, everyday "take a pic of a car" contest. I've been wanting to get involved with these contests each week but haven't been able to make time for it. I know I'm a nobody in the photog world, but I'm not going to try to make time for this one. Sorry dude. Later, QD.

I really don't understand why this is such a hard topic for everybody. Transportation as a theme doesn't mean "go outside and take a picture of your car". There are an infinite number of routes to go here: trains, bikes, planes, anything. Sounds more like a cop-out for people that are dismissing it as stupid. :2cents:

[quickdodge®]

I really don't understand why this is such a hard topic for everybody. Transportation as a theme doesn't mean "go outside and take a picture of your car". There are an infinite number of routes to go here: trains, bikes, planes, anything. Sounds more like a cop-out for people that are dismissing it as stupid. :2cents:

Call it what you want, but this is a played subject. Get original with ideas. I really don't understand why this such a hard point to get for people. Sounds more like an attempt to try and make other people (better than they) look bad. You're one of the few member on here that I wouldn't have thought would bother getting into a tangle with me. Later, QD.

[Nerdsrock22]

Call it what you want, but this is a played subject. Get original with ideas. I really don't understand why this such a hard point to get for people. Sounds more like an attempt to try and make other people (better than they) look bad. You're one of the few member on here that I wouldn't have thought would bother getting into a tangle with me. Later, QD.

Not trying to tangle my friend. Just healthy discussion. :cheers:

I was given a lot harder topics to photograph in college. Try having to do a self-portrait and having to present it to peer criticism. In the world of facebook and myspace, it was near impossible to find a unique route of photographing yourself. I think when we are forced to find something interesting and unique in something we find so familiar, it forces us to step outside of our comfort zone. For example, there is no way that I would turn in a picture of my Fit for this competition, even though i love photographing it, because that would show a complete lack of creativity and effort.

I think that if we think thematically about this topic rather than bike racks, bbs's, and turbos, it could yield some cool results, that otherwise might have been overlooked. :dunno:

[quickdodge®]

I think that if we think thematically about this topic rather than bike racks, bbs's, and turbos, it could yield some cool results, that otherwise might have been overlooked. :dunno:

Well then maybe only have forms of transportation that isn't cars. Maybe Planes, Trains and Bicycles or something. Wagons and such. Maybe unconventional forms of transportation. Sleds, boats and the like. Later, QD.

[CHADbee]

it would have been a great subject if it was transportation that doesnt have 4 wheels

[Nerdsrock22]

Wagons and such.

Off to Oregon Trail. Brb.


Gonna get me a Conestoga. :camera:

[eViLMunkey]

so this coming tues?

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Turn in by tuesday before 8:00

[bandydesign]

AM or PM?

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8:00pm sir. post 69 PWNT :bump:

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Gettin some good subissions so far! Everyone else, you have a whole day left.

[thirdgenss]

did mine go thru with the boarder on it? just wondering cause i posted it on another website and the boarder got cropped off

[dkjohnson04]

lookin forward to seeing how my p&s stacks up (or doesnt stack up...lol) to the competition...

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did mine go thru with the boarder on it? just wondering cause i posted it on another website and the boarder got cropped offTheres no border on yours. Did you host it on photobucket? Ive hosted some pics on there and used their editor to put a border on and it didnt show up on websites. Its no big deal tho.

BTW, lets try to keep the size down to 800x600 (or whatever your constraints are)

[thirdgenss]

lol mine shoots at like 3300x2800. ill resize it and resend it to you

[BKgen®]

Off to Oregon Trail. Brb.


Gonna get me a Conestoga. :camera:

you have died of dysentery. :lmfao:

[Nerdsrock22]

you have died of dysentery. :lmfao:

nope.

tried to ford the river. should have just invested in raft...spend all my money on bullets and rifles.

[BKgen®]

ain't that a b*tch.

[slow_hatch]

Pmed you my entry

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sorry guys. had to run off to work. just got back. results thread up in a minute