July Photo Challenge - Blue

[Majimaune]

Bookstop, came close for me, so did Leisha's eye. But I do love that veiny blue egg like thingy of OR's.

[AE35Unit]

Here're a couple from a couple of years back. First one a pic in my mom's old house before she died.

And secondly a clown on the move. The light was poor and I only had the compact camera but it worked in my favour! Set for slow speed and it worked!

[BookStop]

Ae - entering pics is closed, but I really like that clown picture. Nice .

[HoopyFrood]

Just voted; had to be for Cul's bird, I love it.

And ooh, I didn't expect to come back and see votes for my pictures (not when compared to some of the awesome ones in the thread)

[Sephiroth]

I found this incredibly difficult. It's taken me a long time to make up my mind.


I went for BookStop's abbey in the end. I'm a sucker for ruins.

Cul's bird and Ushumqal's cliffs and sea came closest, for me. The latter has this great quality of making the sea seem like the sky and distorting one's perception...

Both of Lady W's and Leisha's were contenders too. As were others, there are some great pics here.

But I had to pick one, and so I voted for BookStop.

[Wybren]

Aw man if I knew I could of used an older one .... Oh well

I thought they were all good and for me it was a toss up between OR's Husky eye, which would have been no easy thing, and Leisha's boat (and eye) but in the end I went with Leisha's

[Foxbat]

I'd just like to say that I've learned a lot just from seeing other folk's techniques and ideas here.

Hopefully this monthly challenge will be the first of many.

[Overread]

Agreed I must say there is a great variety in this challenge!
Both in ideas and in the different kit people are using - with some such as Hoopy showing that one does not need a top end pro camera to get some really good results.

As for me I have found choosing very difficult as well = there are some really good works in here and its clear that a lot of effort has gone into many of these shots.
and I voted for ,------ Hoopy's blue shed! Because just how many people do have a blue shed!

Ok really I liked the look of this shot - it was and original constructed shot and shows good composition thinking

DoH! (sp)
I think I missed the deadline - that or the poll machine is not working - though I think it is the former!

[Lady of Winterfell]

Well, I finally cast my vote. It took me awhile to make up my mind! But in the end I voted for Bookstop's moody ruins pic. Loved the color of it.

And OR, the poll should still be open for another 5 hours or so so maybe it just wasn't working at the time. Perhaps try again?

[Overread]

ahh its working now

[Culhwch]

Two votes, woo! I was thrilled when I just had one. But it looks like BookStop might just run away with it. Can't wait for the next challenge...

For my part I was going to vote for Foxbat's flag all the way through until OR posted. That first shot looks so good it should be on the cover of a gemstone book. Won my vote, though it was hard to decide, a lot of great shots.

[HoopyFrood]

Whoa...three votes? I didn't expect that! Thanks, OR; I admit that it took quite some time trying to get an adequate shot of the lantern and shed But I quite like creating my own scenes to photograph. And blue sheds are the best!

Muchos looking forward to the next month's competition.

[AE35Unit]

Well to be honest I didn't even know there was a photo comp thread and so just jumped in without seeing the earlier posts.
So whats the theme for August?

[BookStop]

Hmmm - I'm tempted to go with another color based theme since it really seemed to bring out everyone's creativity. Is that lame?

Oh, I have an idea - "Night" It's pretty open-ended to let creativity flow, and it's not particularly easy to get good night photos, so it's a challenge.

[Overread]

Night time then good choice Bookstop!
Want to start the next thread off?