POTN Powershot Speed Challenge #106 - Chairs

[benarnold]

Challenge #106 - Chairs

For my first hosted challenge I would like to engage your creativity. I want to see pictures of chairs, but please pay careful attention to composition and framing. Any kind of seat is admissable, not necessarily just for one person. Can be inside or outside, manmade or naturally formed, specifically designed for the purpose or impromptu. Wacky and off-the-wall interpretations of "Chair" are welcome, but if they are very abstract, a well chosen title or description might help me see it! Please do give your photo a title anyway.

I will try my best to give good feedback for every entry, so hopefully there will be plent of submissions to keep me busy!


Results after the photos.

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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, 21 January 2007.

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 and no more than 200K in size with NO BORDERS. Here is some help for resizing your photos in Photoshop - http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...t.php?p=663519

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 Name in the message subject line.
* Camera model.

6. Notes -- Name and camera you used and any other information pertaining to the photo...location, photo tips, brief EXIF data ect.

7. Commenting -- No commenting during challenge. When the posting is closed, comments can be made in this thread.

Time

One challenge every week, on the following schedule:
• New Topic ... After winner is declared.
• Posting Starts ... Right after topic is announced.
• Posting Stops ... Monday noon GMT
• Winners Announcement ... As soon as possible after the contest has been closed.
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[blindz24]

Powershot A640
Shot in the Night Scene setting.
One of the first few shots I took with my camera in the summer.
Hand held, with Flash.
TV = 1 AV = 2.8 Focal = 7.3mm Auto ISO

[Blast]

I can only imagine lots of sittings.
S5 IS
f 2.7
ISO 80
1/1600

[BBoi]

Title: Morph's home ... at night.

ISO 80, 2 sec exp, vivid col, macro shot, no flash, pp resize.


<<< Morph

[Edd S]

Title: Strange Way to Sit in a Chair!

Camera: Canon S2IS

[benarnold]

The challenge is now closed, thank you to those who posted. I'll put the results up in a few hours.

[benarnold]

Some comments and my pick:

A Walk in the Park - Interesting subject, and I like the faint shadow on the right of the chair. I think maybe cropping some of the height out so the chair took up more of the vertical space would have made it easier to see the detail. Also, I know you sent me a PM with a larger image, but it was still only ~650px, while the POTN rules say it has to be 800.

I can only imagine... - This is exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of when I set the subject, interesting angle and composition with the chair filling the frame - glad you switched it from the earlier entry!

Morph's home ... at night - Wow, that's a trip down memory lane! (Don't know if Morph was shown outside the UK, he was an animated plastercine puppet.) I like the rough edges of the chair, and the lines cut into the back, and the jaunty back left leg is cool. Something about the composition bothers me a bit - it's not quite central, but not decidedly off-centre either.

Strange Way to Sit in a Chair - Excellent use of the subject as a prop in an unconventional manner - looks like it was a bit tricky to get in and out of that position! The only thing I could say against this is that it is a little cluttered behind his head, though as the chair leg is in line with his chin and the other chair legs I wonder if this was intentional?

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to come up with something for my uninspiring subject, I'm glad you did as they are all interesting and original. My pick as winner for this week is Blast, and the runners up are, in order of entry, blindz24, BBoi and Edd S.

Challenge #107: take it away Blast.

[Blast]

Originally Posted by benarnold

Some comments and my pick:

A Walk in the Park - Interesting subject, and I like the faint shadow on the right of the chair. I think maybe cropping some of the height out so the chair took up more of the vertical space would have made it easier to see the detail. Also, I know you sent me a PM with a larger image, but it was still only ~650px, while the POTN rules say it has to be 800.

I can only imagine... - This is exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of when I set the subject, interesting angle and composition with the chair filling the frame - glad you switched it from the earlier entry!

Morph's home ... at night - Wow, that's a trip down memory lane! (Don't know if Morph was shown outside the UK, he was an animated plastercine puppet.) I like the rough edges of the chair, and the lines cut into the back, and the jaunty back left leg is cool. Something about the composition bothers me a bit - it's not quite central, but not decidedly off-centre either.

Strange Way to Sit in a Chair - Excellent use of the subject as a prop in an unconventional manner - looks like it was a bit tricky to get in and out of that position! The only thing I could say against this is that it is a little cluttered behind his head, though as the chair leg is in line with his chin and the other chair legs I wonder if this was intentional?

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to come up with something for my uninspiring subject, I'm glad you did as they are all interesting and original. My pick as winner for this week is Blast, and the runners up are, in order of entry, blindz24, BBoi and Edd S.

Challenge #107: take it away Blast.

Benarnold,

Thank-you very much. I struggled with this topic for sure as you could tell by three different photos. It was a challenge for sure. I was glad to see the rest of the folks enter this morning as I thought it was a good topic. They were all good shots. Its obvious that Bboi had some work to do on his entry. Well done everyone.
107 up shortly.

[blindz24]

The larger one was still only 650? Thats really wierd... I wonder if it auto resized on me

[BBoi]

Just trying to think outside the box really, plus there were only 2 entries and the midday deadline had passed, so I decided to make up the numbers. I really struggled with this one, and boy did I take a lot of pics, trying to get a good angle, to no avail. The blu tack was a last minute flash of inspiration. The slight off-centre was on purpose though - thought it would register on the brain and make people look again, I tend to try and do that in most pictures, but sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't - hehehe.

Morph, I loved morph as a kid ... i'm surprised it turned out as well as it did. The 'stage' or 'set' if you will was a white windowsill, and using a black binoculars case for the background. The 'dramatic' light was provided by nothing more than an LED torch.

Said Blu tack is now holding up a poster over the computer - hehehe - one day, I may use it again. - until then, bring on 107.

[Micky Daeus]

Hi all, well done the last few weeks, work has been burying me lately but I'll try to keep posting a bit when I can. BTW, Morph was on in the pm after school here in Australia a couple of decades ago.