Digital Camera Speed Challenge #387 - Home, Sweet Home

Digital Camera Speed Challenge #387 - Home, Sweet Home. Open to your interpretation of what this represents.

RESULTS!

Thanks, everyone for the great variety of entries this week - I had expected most to be traditional shots of cozy homes, families round the table sort of thing. A few comments on each - and your own comments on my comments are welcomed!

Voaky999 - clearly the most beautiful shot of the lot, although it wouldn't immediately illustrate "home" to most, I think.

Benitoite - yours really intrigued me. Is it a sepia-toned photo that you took, or is it a photo of a photo in a frame - or maybe with a "frame" border added by you? Is a photo of someone else's photo a legit entry?

Jason C - a stark reminder that for many these days in urban areas one's "home, sweet home" is also a fortress.

EnglishBob - Someone's pride and joy once, sad to see.

aubrey67 - no matter how humble, it's home to someone, judging by the washing on the line.

And the winners are (chosen with some difficulty):

First place: aubrey67
Second: Jason C
Third: Benitoite

Take it away, Aubrey!

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This challenge begins when posted, and will end at 8:00 a.m. Pacific time Monday September 28th, 2015

Winner of this challenge will be announced shortly thereafter.

Standard Rules apply for Photo Submissions:
1. Camera: Any digital Camera (no cell phones!)
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: Please visit Image Posting Rules.
4. Post Processing: Do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.
5. Posting: ONE PHOTO per photographer in each challenge. Camera model & lens used. Post brief EXIF data including ISO, shutter speed and aperture used.
6. Commenting: No commenting during challenge. When the posting is closed and a winner has been declared, comments can be made in this thread.
7. Keep it clean, and both Family and Work safe.
8. Have questions, PM me.
9. Have FUN! One challenge every week, on the following schedule:
* New Topic - After winner is declared.
* Posting Starts - Right after topic is announced.
* Posting Ends - 8:00 a.m. Pacific time Monday September 28, 2015.
* Winner from this competition decides the theme of the next one (and judges it for a winner) after this competition is closed.

Stuart Lake, BC, Canada

Home, Sweet Home | T3i EF-S 18-55 IS II … 55mm f/11 1/40" ISO 200

Canon EOS 600D / EOS Rebel T3i / EOS Kiss X5 • Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II @55mm • 1/40 • f/11 • ISO 200

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She needs some work...

Canon 5DIII, F/7.1, ISO100, 52mm, 1/200s

New Castle Jamaica.

Thanks, everyone! Challenge now closed, results later today.

Results now posted at the top.

teekay wrote in post #17713683
Digital Camera Speed Challenge #387 - Home, Sweet Home. Open to your interpretation of what this represents.
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RESULTS!

Benitoite - yours really intrigued me. Is it a sepia-toned photo that you took, or is it a photo of a photo in a frame - or maybe with a "frame" border added by you? Is a photo of someone else's photo a legit entry?

It's a photo of a film negative I inherited, with perspective distortion correction, illuminated field corrections. The original scene is 1940's suburban Sacramento taken by my grandfather of his grandparents. The digital image was made on the T3i, and probably a kodak brownie type camera captured the original scene. The sepia tone originated with the color inversion of the negative, and desaturated further to emulate a print. Of course the frame is from the forum software. Thanks kindly for considering it among the all-digital entries.

aubrey67 wrote in post #17721905
New Castle Jamaica.

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Normally one would be chided for not cloning out garbage bags, but these lend some size and angle perspective!

Benitoite wrote in post #17725313
Normally one would be chided for not cloning out garbage bags, but these lend some size and angle perspective!

And adds to the impression of an occupied home, although maybe not as "sweet" as some.

Thanks for the info, Benitoite - a very clever job! I have sometimes wondered if taking a digital photo of a screenshot of a scan of one of my own many old Kodachrome slides would be acceptable to enter in POTN challenges and competitions, but have so far decided against it (the resulting image probably wouldn't be good quality anyway!)

Congrats aubrey67 & Benitoite, and thanks for the nod. Well done all, and thank you for the challenge teekay.


jason

Jason, Aubrey67 does not seem to have noticed he won, and he hasn't even read the PM I sent reminding him that he should set a new challenge right away. As the runner-up would you be willing to set a new challenge ASAP? It would be a pity to let it fade away again now we are getting a fair number of entries?

teekay wrote in post #17727539
Jason, Aubrey67 does not seem to have noticed he won, and he hasn't even read the PM I sent reminding him that he should set a new challenge right away. As the runner-up would you be willing to set a new challenge ASAP? It would be a pity to let it fade away again now we are getting a fair number of entries?

I will start a new challenge later on tonight, need to think on a topic for a bit.


jason

A new challenge awaits those who are daring enough to participate...click me!



jason