POTN Powershot Speed Challenge #114 kitchen item

[abuseddog]

Challenge #114 Kitchen item

I would like to see what you have in your kitchen, maybe it's the apple in the fridge, or a sink full of dirty dish water, or even the knic knack on your walls. Everybody should have something to contribute, so I hope all rookies like myself try to post a pic :eek:


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Post until Monday noon GMT, 17 March 2008. Wooohooo St Patrick's day

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[DeeDoubleYou]

Post until Monday noon GMT, 10 March 2008

Perhaps we can postpone the posting date as this one is already past!

[abuseddog]

Perhaps we can postpone the posting date as this one is already past!

Thank you sir, item corrected. :lol:

[Old man Don]

Abusedog: I am so sorry for not performing the appointed duties of the weekly winner, as it goes ignorance is no excuse. So I am also indebted and very thankful to you for patching this blunder.
I was not aware the weekly winner is responsible for the follow-on challenge. Thank you for making sure a new weekly topic was posted for the forum.
I was having chest pains on Monday and have been in the hospital until tonight arriving back home in good condition and catching up on email.
I had called my wife from the hospital on Monday evening and asked her to post a thank you for me on the Make me laugh topic and have not had a terminal available until now. Wow, should have had her monitor my stuff while I was gone.
I have now found the missing info in the Powershot-series POTN Speed Challenge Info, Winners List & Rankings and would like to repost the reference information for other newbies like myself who may not be aware.

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Respectfully,
don

[madmmac]

Been awhile for me...I'll get things started.
Canon S2
1/2 second@f5

[Edd S]

Title: Kitchen Fun
Camera: Canon S3IS

Here is a picture of my two daughters making a cake for my wife's birthday. They sure are having fun. I just love Sponge Bob's expression in the foreground.


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/Edd_S/kitchen2.jpg

[Old man Don]

Canon S5is
Finding humor in a sink of dirty dishes. -Big Bird Dirty! Out of Pan, Still under knife!
Film at 11.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k294/sfcnua/POTN/bigbirdundertheknife.jpg

[benarnold]

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u283/aikidoben/IMG_7672_sml.jpg

[BBoi]

Title: Can Opener SHARPness

ISO: 80
1/40sec
ƒ2.3
Mode: Macro
PP - resize only

http://i29.tinypic.com/a10eae.jpg

[abuseddog]

Trying to pick a best picture from peoples choices and concepts is far harder to do, then I thought possible. Once again another good group of photo's.


Atsa Italian. madmmac

I just love the differing colors and the composition, many different things to keep your attention. I liked the serving tray as a backdrop, although I would have liked to see it moved a little left to cover the plug in.

The kitchen fun. Edd S

Great combo of food, fun and some found memoreis of being a kid and making the birtday cake. The color from sponge bob added a secondardy focal point.

Big bird dirty! out of pan and still under knife. Old Man Don

Allways been a big fan of the "big bird". The contradiction of the "birds" ability to bring a smile under trying circumstances is not lost on me.

Two bean chili. ben arnold

Allright now im hungry! might be the biggest compliment of all.

The can opener SHARPness. BBoi

Loved seeing the casting marks on the gears and the tiny metal shavings next to it on the table top.



First place. BBoi. Can opener SHARPness

Second place. Atsa Italain. madmmac

Third place place. The kitchen fun. Edd S

[BBoi]

Thanks abusedog :)

I persoanlly thought 'Oil' would get it - wonderful composition.

#115 will be up shortly.

[Old man Don]

I am very impressed with everyone else's light! Being solely depndent on my onboard flash and learning the technical side of photography I'm very curious of lighting strategy for these entries.
Anyone care to donate exif and lighting strategy on their entry?
I shot program with ISO on auto, zoooming in on subject from 4 feet. Had a translucent white cap over my flash but apparently it was not thick enough. Shot at night so no natural light available. Read a good article on building a diffuser and learned about the smelfen in it, just not enough time to build or look for the tool needed.
My Exif: 1/60th @ f/3.5; focal length 49mm; exposure compenstion 0. Had this been done in daylight the background sink porcelin probably would have not washed out and the the water drops on the knife would look like water and the stainless steel more chromatic, but hey- its all about the fun anyways isnt it?

P.S. - Congratulations winner, placers and players!

[benarnold]

I am very impressed with everyone else's light! Being solely depndent on my onboard flash and learning the technical side of photography I'm very curious of lighting strategy for these entries.
Anyone care to donate exif and lighting strategy on their entry?


I've never managed to get decent results using the flash, so try not to. I used a mini tripod so I could have a long exposure with no shake.

Normlly I put the exif with the entry, but I'm having to use different computer today. It was shot on Program in macro with ISO 100, I think it was something like 1/5s @ f/2.8, EC -1/3.

[BBoi]

For mine, the only lighting was in through the window, it's an overcast day so a decent amount of ambient light and enough directional light. Had I thought more about the shot, i'd have gone for ƒ4.1 though with a longer exposure, the DOF is way too shallow IMHO, but I didn't notice till after i'd posted it.

The camera was sat on a light grey surface to provide a bit of bounced light (underlighting). The focus was on auto/macro. To get the detail, I used the timer on a 2 sec countdown.

HTH

Here's the 1 to 1 crop.
http://i26.tinypic.com/21l5u79.jpg

[Old man Don]

Thanks for the background inf! Good stuff!
I don't like using onboard flash but also am not allowing myself to buy my 430ex until I can intelligently understand EV, simple light management, and DOF tweaks. So many threads in here dealing with that but your responses help me associate a specific input with a specific output.
And oh yes, nothing intuitive in my genes, 125% hind sight ! :-)

[pointerDixie214]

I know it's late so don't count it, but I figured I would do this one...

In honor of St. Patty's Day.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/pointerDixie214/IMG_2187small.jpg

I know a lot of people that were friends with THIS logo last night!!!

Taken with the S3 on Super Macro. Cap on Guiness Bottle.

[Micky Daeus]

Good shots everyone.
Bboi I think your shallower DOF makes the shot.
Old man Don, just flying on a wing here but on the S3 in the function list in some modes you can reduce the power of the flash. I have used it in daylight to fill out some detail on flowers up close without washing out too far, mainly to reduce shadows. It won't give the same effect as diffused flash but it's a quick compromise.

[Old man Don]

Thanks Mickey, it does and I'm still working on working it.
Thank You!