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...

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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

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

[quickdodge®]

hmmm... this really does make sense

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.

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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

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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

[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.

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 )

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

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.

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

[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.

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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

[Nerdsrock22]

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

I vote camera toss.

[Dirty Octopus™]

I vote camera toss.

hmm... what is that exactly Andy?

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I vote camera toss.

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

[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.

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link?

[Nerdsrock22]

link?

sorry about that...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreww...7602869269111/

[Dirty Octopus™]

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

[Nerdsrock22]

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

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

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

[Nerdsrock22]

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

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

[BKgen®]

hmm... interesting. i may participate.

[dkjohnson04]

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

[DeutscheBAG!]

[Dirty Octopus™]

bwahaha!

[Nerdsrock22]

bwahaha!

x2. Thats good stuff.

[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.. 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.



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