POTN G-series Speed Challenge #103 - Water and all that sails on her

[lnk]

Challenge #103 - Water and all that sails on her

Hello.....The challenge is as follows, Water and all that sails on her.....sounds interesting.
Examples can range from someone in a dinghy on a lake, to a cruise liner on the sea, to a leaf in a puddle.....anything on those lines.

Hope thats a challegning enough challenge and good enough breif.........wish i could enter myself :)

Good luck Leigh

Winners as listed

1st Place Goes To.......AndreyD, Deserted Lake


2nd Place Goes To......an33sh, He Struggles Alone


3rd Place Goes To.......teekay, Supreme indifference

Leigh
________________________________

To submit, click "Post Reply" and put your Photo Name in the Subject Line. Don't forget your Camera Model.

Post until Monday noon GMT, 29th January 2007.


Photo Submissions

1. Camera -- Canon G-Series Camera (G1, G2, G3, G5, G6, G7) or Pro 1 only.

2. Time -- any on-topic photo taken at any time is eligible, although photos that have won other competitions should NOT be entered.

3. Size -- photo must be EXACTLY 640 pixels on the longest side, with NO BORDERS.

4. Post-Processing -- do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.

5. Posting --
* One photo per photographer in each challenge.
* Photo Title in the message subject line.
* Camera model.
* EXIF data, if you like.

6. Commenting -- No commenting on photos by anyone, including the photographer. Once the winners are declared, photographers can add comments to their images and everyone is invited to discuss.

7. Photo Display -- Photos must appear in this thread to be eligible.

Time

One challenge every week, on the following schedule:

New Topic ... As soon as possible after winning.
Posting Starts ... Right after topic is announced.
Posting Stops ... Monday noon GMT
Winners Announcement ... Tuesday noon GMT.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please consider turning on Private Messaging in your profile.
This will allow the host to contact you about winning or ineligible photos. You turn this feature on by clicking "User CP, Edit Options, Enable Private Messaging" (about a third of the way down the page). Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Click this sentence for Hosting Rules and Winners List. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=926762#post926762)

Click this sentence for Discussion of Rules thread. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59640)

[AndreyD]

Canon G6

[abat]

G5: f/3, 1/1000 sec

[andrewaaa5]

..g3..

[Boutty]

G-6

[teekay]

G1
http://community.netidea.com/teekay/temp/Indifference.jpg

[gabrioladude]

Canon G7...

[3Dart]

g3....

[rpolitsr]

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_2/pictures/potnentries/103_kon-tiki_7_8953.jpg

powershot Pro1

[an33sh]

G2.
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/003/5/a/He_struggles_alone_by_an33sh.jpg

[nvidia5700]

Canon PowerShot G6, F/4.5 1/250s

[markubig]

My old G6 (old because i sold it a while ago)

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3576715-md.jpg

[alans220]

G6..

[marie]

g2
1/500 f/4

http://www.pbase.com/image/73658396/original.jpg

[rowdyred94]

G3 1/1600 f/8 7.2mm

[sara]

G6-

[lnk]

The challenge is closed..........pity i cant choose tham all as they are all excellent :)

Will post the 1st, 2nd & third place's soon.

Leigh

[lnk]

I finally got there in the end.......it was not easy because they were all excellent.

1st Place Goes To.......AndreyD, Deserted Lake


2nd Place Goes To......an33sh, He Struggles Alone


3rd Place Goes To.......teekay, Supreme indifference



Thanks to all the other entries.....well done.
I will let others comment as they wish.:)

Leigh

[gabrioladude]

congratulations to the winners
and all of the participants
this was definitely one week were numerous ones could have been selected the winner, they were some very nice images

I was frustrated finding a "water shot" here in Toronto that I was pleased with because we are in the midst of "ice and snow"
so I went for the humourous angle instead
here is my "out-take" for the week

[andrewaaa5]

congratulations to the winners
and all of the participants
this was definitely one week were numerous ones could have been selected the winner, they were some very nice images

I was frustrated finding a "water shot" here in Toronto that I was pleased with because we are in the midst of "ice and snow"
so I went for the humourous angle instead
here is my "out-take" for the week

haha's- yours was really funny frank... well done... home made boats?
congrats andreyD et al.

[AndreyD]

Canon G7...

Oh! just love that picture! :-)

[AndreyD]

Oh, good news for me! Thank you for the opportunity to host the next challenge!

I need to think :-)

[rpolitsr]

Congratulations AndreyD, an33sh and teekay

AndreyD, that is a beautiful lake and you made a great job capturing the reflections!

Many beautiful entries as usual. The winners and Boutty’s entry were on my top list.

There are neither sea nor lakes in Quito so I was working on a new sail for my Kon-Tiki raft reproduction with the plan of shooting it in a mirror or small water container when gabrioladude posted his beautiful toys. I changed my mind and decided to place my toy in real water… with the aid of PhotoShop :)

This is the full story of my entry:

Sixty years ago, Thor Heyerdahl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki), a famous Norwegian adventurer and anthropologist was in Quito planning to cut a few balsa trees from Ecuador to build his famous raft, the Kon-Tiki. As a curious note, balsa tree and raft translate to the same word in Spanish: Balsa.

The ancient vessel reproduction started its trip in El Callao, Perú and sailed to Rairoa Atol in Polynesia.

An Academy award winning film (1951), a book translated into Spanish in 1952 and the fact that the raft construction started here at home made the Kon-Tiki a favorite theme in school when I was 6 years old.

My Kon-Tiki (I mean the toy of my sons) is made of balsa wood and bamboo, as the original, and handcrafted by the same hands that nowadays build real sailing balsa fishing vessels in our sea shores.
It is just 22 cm (approx. 8 ½ inches) tall but with a bit of PhotoShop magic was moved from its bookshelf place to the artificial lake in ‘La Carolina’ Park in Quito.
The sequence bellow illustrates the PhotoShop process. From left to right:

The small model shot at home,
The original background removed and reflection added,
The new background and
Final result. :)

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/103_proceso_4.jpg (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=2606305&postcount=9 )

Heyerdahl sailed in other rafts after that, but the Kon-Tiki was the famous one, having a Museum with its name ( http://www.kon-tiki.no/Ny/Dok_eng/e_start.html?FUIComponentClass=%5Btype+Function%5D&FPushButtonClass=%5Btype+Function%5D) in Oslo. (Click Expeditions).

When Heyerdahl died in 2002, BBC posted his portrait with the Kon-Tiki Mask carved in wood behind him.

You can click the pictures bellow to see them bigger.
From left to right:

Thor Heyerdahl cuts a balsa tree near Quevedo, Ecuador. ( Photo from his book KON-TIKI ).
The KON-TIKI and his crew in April 1947 ( Photo from Heyerdahl’s book ).
Heyerdahl’s book first edition in Spanish (1952) and my Kon-Tiki in a bookshelf at home.
BBC photo of Thor Heyerdahl posted when he passed away in April 2002.

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/thumbs/103_link_balsatree.jpg (http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/103_book_2_balsatree_8938.jpg)http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/thumbs/103_link_kon-tiki_thor.jpg (http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/103_book_3_kon-tiki_8939.jpg)http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/thumbs/103_link_kon-tiki_book.jpg (http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/103_bookshelf_crop2_8977.jpg)http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/thumbs/103_link_BBC_Heyerdahl.jpg (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1938294.stm)

Excuse me the long post, but, as you see, the Kon-Tiki is a lifelong favorite at home.

[Boutty]

Haiya folks! A great challenge of "Water and all that sails on her" indeed. Thanks lnk for the popular topic as displayed by everyone! Congrats to the winners - AndreyD, an33sh and teekay.

Too many favourites this round for me! Apart from the winners, Sara's - full of movement and energy shot, the perfect timing of nvidia5700's droplet (must try this one day - any tips?) and markubig's resort's reflection shot. Abat needs to give me a tip of how to get so close to the bird and the innovative shots of Frank and now sir rpolitsr's are on my top lists. Great story rpolitsr of the Kontiki sir, I enjoy reading it very much!

As for my entry, this would be the last shot of a dozen or so shots of the rower(s) practicing on the river under the bridge. Like Frank's, here is my different composition "out-take". Now, let's put our jackets on and search for the ice!

[abat]

Great shots everyone and congratulations to AndreyD, an33sh and teekay - all convey great mood and feeling. rpolitsr - what a fantastic, creative shot. I can see why you like wooden ship models now. Some additional favourites are Boutty's rowers and Sara's gondola (Sara - I like yours even more with bottom centimetre cropped to remove the lighter blue thingy on the seat). What's next AndreyD?

[an33sh]

hey thanks guys..

wonderful shots all round..

especially rpolitsr and boutty's shots were amazing...
i really think boutty is a excellent photographer...coming up with awesome photographs all the time!

[an33sh]

and nvidia 5700! what a shot!!! maaan...

ive tried things like these but can u give me a brief guide on getting a water drop image like that? umm..but one thing..my flash on my g2 doesnt work...hhehe..

[marie]

:)

Congratulations to the winner Andrey # 1
An33sh # 2 and Teekay # 3

they are beautiful shots
terrific entries from everyone and thank you to Leigh (Ink) for the difficult task of choosing

very interesting story about Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki Rafael.
you must all be very proud of the fact that the local balsa trees were used for such an exciting reason
especially when as a young child you were shown and taught about the adventure in school
having the treasured miniature replica there at home the man will always be remembered.
if he were still alive I am sure he would appreciate your comments here very much.

As a curious note, balsa tree and raft translate to the same word in Spanish: Balsa

amazing

probably rafts were made from the Balsa even long before the language gave the trees their name

:shock:






:D

[sara]

Congrats to the winners and to everyone else too! Thanks abat and Boutty for your mentions. abat: it's funny you mentioned the crop as it's something I always struggle with on this image. I have many versions of it. You're right though, it does look better that way. The reason I left it like that is because I think I was trying to avoid a square format, I don't think it suits this one. Or the original is just stuck in my head!! I like it as a "long" vertical and there are people sitting in the boat just below the blue sheet but I don't like them there! Anyways.....

[abat]

abat: it's funny you mentioned the crop as it's something I always struggle with on this image.

sara, I hope you don't mind but here is one possible crop (and please let me know if you'd rather I removed it). Cropping and framing is very personal and I do still like the way you presented the photo in the comp.

It's good to think - "does everything in the frame contribute to the photo - does anything draw my attention away from the main subject."

[rpolitsr]

Thank you friends for your comments about ‘my’ Kon-Tiki :) , I am glad that the time spent in PhotoShop and searching the web was appreciated.

For a nice conclusion on the theme, let me move from the Kon-Tiki to the handcrafters that make those reproductions. They repeat the small raft that they never saw and sell it to the local or foreign tourists, but they themselves build their ‘balandros’ ( a small sloop?), a 5 meter ( 15 feet) vessel made of three balsa logs, a bamboo mast and a single triangular sail. They also sell small balandros, and those are perfect reproductions of the real thing, including natural crotches on the poles that hold the sail canvas, the hardwood to join the logs and the way they tie the rope around them.

This is a beautiful 40cm. (16 inches) toy; it really catches the wind and sails!

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/103_balandro_triptico.jpg

[marie]

Thank you friends for your comments about ‘my’ Kon-Tiki :) , I am glad that the time spent in PhotoShop and searching the web was appreciated.

For a nice conclusion on the theme, let me move from the Kon-Tiki to the handcrafters that make those reproductions. They repeat the small raft that they never saw and sell it to the local or foreign tourists, but they themselves build their ‘balandros’ ( a small sloop?), a 5 meter ( 15 feet) vessel made of three balsa logs, a bamboo mast and a single triangular sail. They also sell small balandros, and those are perfect reproductions of the real thing, including natural crotches on the poles that hold the sail canvas, the hardwood to join the logs and the way they tie the rope around them.

This is a beautiful 40cm. (16 inches) toy; it really catches the wind and sails!

http://www.geocities.com/r_polit_3/pictures/kontiki/103_balandro_triptico.jpg
thanks Rafael
looks beautiful in your pictures
the smaller sailing * 'toys' are especially ideal for children to enjoy and learn so much from as they grow

really lovely

* ( seem too precious to be called toys)

:)

[rpolitsr]

Thank you marie for your continuous support.

[sara]

abat: no I don't mind and yes that's a much better version (and closer to the one I kept and printed) :) Cheers