My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...rent=2ndbw.jpg

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=4thplace.jpg

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...twascute. jpg

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...=noribbon1.jpg

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...fe3rdplace.jpg
http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...blemention.jpg

On Aug 2, 9:16*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Nice Job.. Maybe I should consider entering a couple of mine.. I have
a gorilla too.
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...=35&fullsize=1
But here is my fav..
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...?album=1&pos=5
and another...
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...=21&fullsize=1

This was an interesting shot from my point of view. There is actually
a cage in front of the bird here. What I did was focus on the bird and
slide the camera in an arc around it so it was moving when I took the
shot which washed out the screen enough that it looks like it's not
there...
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...?album=1&pos=3

Not thinking I am as good as you guys, but still, animals are cool to
shoot... Nice job and don't worry about wafa and the other jelous
idiots..

wrote:

Nice Job.. Maybe I should consider entering a couple of mine.. I have
a gorilla too.
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...=35&fullsize=1
But here is my fav..
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...?album=1&pos=5
and another...
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...=21&fullsize=1

This was an interesting shot from my point of view. There is actually
a cage in front of the bird here. What I did was focus on the bird and
slide the camera in an arc around it so it was moving when I took the
shot which washed out the screen enough that it looks like it's not
there...
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...?album=1&pos=3


My favorite was the expression and pose of the chimp. That cocky SOB.

If you want to get into some online photo competition, this is a great
web site.
http://www.dpchallenge.com/

I am not really into taking animal photos, so it was hard for me to get
excited about this competition, and it was my first ribbons, so what can
I say.

I prefer humans, capturing emotions and character, but they specifically
said it could not be humans.

On Aug 2, 9:16*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Congratulations to you and your wife.

Nice pics!

On Aug 2, 9:16*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

On Aug 2, 10:00*am, JimH wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:16*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."





wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur.......

Congratulations to you and your wife.

Nice pics!- Hide quoted text -

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Gee Jim, why the sudden change? You used to be a Harry clone and
anything and everything that wasn't from one of the stooges, you'd
instantly shun.....

On Aug 2, 10:12*am, wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:16*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."





wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur.......

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!- Hide quoted text -

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Ditto, love the shot of the Robin..

wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:16 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

JimH wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:16 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Congratulations to you and your wife.

Nice pics!


The bird on the twig photo was nice. The rest were pedestrian, at best.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up to
2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission. I was
blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th place, one 3rd
place and a 2nd Place.


Congratulations to you and the Mrs., Reg. Very nice work indeed.

Russ