POTN Challenge #129 - CELL PHONES

[The_Terminator]

Challenge #129-CELL PHONES

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For the purposes of this challenge you are all hereby commanded to get those creative juices flowing, and take the most creative photo you can that contains a cell phone. This contest is meant to be a little challenging, as everyone has access to a cool looking cell phone. What you do with that cool looking cell phone in your photo entry is what this is all about. This contest should really appeal to the photographer that's located between your ears.
Creativity, people. That's what I'm talkin' about!

NOTE: do not take pictures with the cell phone! that is not what this is about.

The cell phone should be the primary subject of the photo.
This challenge must be kept safe for work, so no photos of a naked lady holding a cell phone please!
I have no idea if this was used before for a previous contest, so if it has, I apologize.

You should have no shortage of subjects wherever you live so let's have lots of entries

To avoid any doubt abut the "no comments" rule, apart from the required title (photos should be named "untitled" if you can't think of one) please hold any explanations, comments or remarks about your own entry or any others until after the challenge is over. Your photo should speak for itself!
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RESULTS:
The third entry in this contest was posted after the deadline of 12:00pm GMT. Therefore, even though I think it's a worthy entry, it is not eligible for winning this photo challenge.
I liked both of the eligible photo entries. One is more artistic, and the other has a great juxtaposition of old (traditional) vs. new. However at the end of the day, I'm awarding FIRST PLACE to the 'Variety of Cell Phones' photo posted by wildabouthorses. I feel that It is well thought out, has a great range from deep black to white, and clearly uses the cell phones as the subject of the photo. You are now honored with the responsibilty of creating a new contest and judging the entries!

SECOND PLACE goes to the 'Traditional Garb, Modern Technology' photo. I feel that this is a great juxtaposition, and has many nice details. However, it is debatable what the subject of this photo could be. Is it the man? is it the phone? Is it his tunic? etc. Furthermore, I feel the the contrast could be tweaked a bit for stronger impact. I really liked it though, so thanks for posting it.
And there you have it folks. I'm looking forward to the next photo contest.
Thanks,
The_Terminator
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To submit, click Post Reply and put your Photo Name and Camera Model either in the Subject line, or in the body text of your entry.

Post until Monday noon GMT, 21st July 2008.


Photo Submissions

1. Camera -- Any Canon Powershot Series Camera (SD, A-series, S1/2, & S-series only...No Pro 1's!!!)

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 800 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 or post.
* 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.

8. Hosting & Resize -- If you need assistance readying your image for entry, please PM either a moderator, or the person running this weeks challenge.

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.

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[wildabouthorses]

Canon S5 IS and tweaked a bit with Picasa

[Edd S]

Title: Traditional Garb, Modern Technology
Camera: Canon S2IS

[nabwong]

Title: Stripped
Camera: Canon sx100

[The_Terminator]

Well this photo challenge was over at 12:00pm today GMT.
Unfortunately, I was unable to post anything due to constraints at work.

So with that being said, I have edited the original post with the results from this competition.
Thank you everyone for posting.

[BBoi]

Why do people do that ? ... instead of just putting the results in the last post. Just makes it a bit of a pain because the winner has to copy/quote the first post in order to setup the next competition.

This always struck me as a bit bizzare.

Anyway.. sorry I didn't enter this one, I just couldn't get what I would have considered a good, imaginitive pic from my pda smartphone. Fair for clamshell phones, mine's just a rounded edge block with a touchscreen. That aside, dispite a low number of enteries, I thought the entries were pretty good. A shame what I would have classed the winner can in after the deadline.

[nabwong]

I was out camping and just got back after the deadline but I thought i'd share a photo anyways, no worries

Congrats to the winners!

[wildabouthorses]

Oh Wow thank you! Yes I was trying to be artistic with my photo. Shortly after taking this picture the two cell phones on the left went to new homes with my kids. So I knew if I was going to get a shot it had to be now or never. The background is part of the wood framing our dining room picture window that faces our backyard and pasture. I had the picture in color and it just seemed to have a more interesting look in black and white.

The phone on the left is 2 years old was my husband's now its our daughter's. The middle one is 4 years old was my husband's for 2 years then mine for two years and now it's the oldest son's. The one on the right is brand new and mine. I got it because it was the loudest one they had as I am hard of hearing. Though I would rather text message than try to understand someone's voice without being able to lip read. Text messaging on cells has been a god-send for those of us wearing hearing aides or being completely deaf. This is the first cell I've had that is hearing aide compatible, works with a special mode on hearing aides that shutout all sounds except the cell phone. So there you have it the background on my cell phones and why we had such a variety.