Themed Photo Challenge #2

[arith]

This is V12 when voting

A bit of light and a lot of liquid refeshment.

[arith]

This is V13 when voting

Thank goodness for road signs. Every Little Helps to avoid an accident. Corny or what.

[Geoff F]

This is V14 when voting



Went to check out some locations for this idea then thought I might not get a better day. But I was on my own so I set up the camera on a tripod and used the timer; then ran down the cliff top and pretended to be a stone waller for a moment. It was all a bit of hit & miss really, especially considering that I couldn't hear when the shutter went off.

Eventually a couple of walkers did pass by but as soon as I saw their new bright red and yellow walking suits plus those walker's 'ski poles' in their hands I decided against asking them for assistance.

[ScoutR]

This is V15 when voting

[Geoff F]

This is V16 when voting

Just one more quick idea before the competition closes.



Mrs. Greenfinch said thanks for the free lunch - Every Little Helps.

[Dave Humphries]

Voting is open, please use the V numbers in each post.

If anyone has "accidentally" entered a picture by replying to someone else's entry with an image of their own, please let me know and I will remove it.

Voting is open to any member, by sending a Private Message (PM) to Dave Humphries.

Please state your favourite three photographs in '1st, 2nd, 3rd' order, just as the Monthly un-themed challenge does. Scoring will be done the same '3, 2, 1' points way, please use the V numbers in each post.

Voting ends Saturday afternoon (or evening) 20th March.

Thanks and good luck,

[Dave Humphries]

Vote now please; only 9 people have voted so far and the leaders still have points totals in single figures. It's a close run race at the moment, the last two voters changed the leader twice, but that was over 24 hours ago.

Anyone can vote; instructions on how to vote are in the post immediately above this one (in this thread).

[Dave Humphries]

.. and the WINNERS ARE:

1st, on 9 points, Donald with V9 - Sustenance
2nd, on 8 points, Wendy with V15 - Every Little Drop
Joint 3rd, on 6 points each were:
Ron with V7 - Love, and
Geoff with V16 - Thanks for the free lunch

Congratulations to all winners,

[Colin Southern]

Congratulations to Donald, Wendy, Ron, and Geoff! Well done

[RonH]

Thanks all for your 'Love'
We call the model 'TP' and he is now sitting with his mates on our sofa with a puffed out and proud chest!
These comps are getting more challenging ... so many good entries.
Congrats to all.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Donald,

Of course, you do realise you'll now have to think of another theme, for April-May

Well done,

[ScoutR]

Congrats to Donald Ron and Geoff, and thank you to everyone for your votes. I'm glad it was maple syrup season cause otherwise I was stumped. Lots of ideas, but they all involved people helping each other out, and I never came across such a situation when I had the camera handy.

Work has me stumped right now too. First reaction was to take a shot with the lens cap on and put a black frame on it. I'll try to think of something else though.

Wendy

[arith]

Congratulations everybody, I especially liked Wendy's bucket since it was cropped to perfection. Work is much easier as almost everything does work unless it's broke. I liked all the others as well.

[Donald]

Good heavens!!

Have been out of action for a few days, having torn a muscle in my shoulder (this sort of things seems to be happening to me more often!! Must be either that fact that I've got such a highly toned body ... or not!). Anyway, typing this is agony.

But, thank you.

It's a pity we can't attract more people to enter and vote on this. All our little 'competitions' are fun. This one does stretch us insofar as we have to do a but of thinking about what we are going to shoot to fit within defined theme. And that's got to be good. As a pure amateur doing this for pleasure, I shoot what I want, within a timeframe that suits me. This competition starts to give you the merest insight into what being a given a commission and a deadline must be like. You've got to to produce the goods - and that's only one per month. And it's not easy. So what must, 'I need X by yy/yy/yyyy - do it', feel like? Which is why I'm just an enthusiastic amateur.

ps - And maple syrup - on pancakes. Ooohhh! That's why I've got such a highly tuned and muscular body!

[RonH]

Good heavens!!

Have been out of action for a few days ...

I thought you had gone walkabout! Very deserving win Donald.
Oh, and get yourself a lightweight camera ... can't go tearing muscles at your age

Like you I hope that more will enter and vote in our comps. But I am noticing many more names cropping up in the forums, and many are staying active. Also great to see that we have a worldwide capture.

[ScoutR]

Have been out of action for a few days, having torn a muscle in my shoulder (this sort of things seems to be happening to me more often!! Must be either that fact that I've got such a highly toned body ... or not!). Anyway, typing this is agony.

Take care Donald. Hope you're soon back getting some shots.

It's a pity we can't attract more people to enter and vote on this. All our little 'competitions' are fun. This one does stretch us insofar as we have to do a but of thinking about what we are going to shoot to fit within defined theme. And that's got to be good. As a pure amateur doing this for pleasure, I shoot what I want, within a timeframe that suits me. This competition starts to give you the merest insight into what being a given a commission and a deadline must be like. You've got to to produce the goods - and that's only one per month. And it's not easy. So what must, 'I need X by yy/yy/yyyy - do it', feel like? Which is why I'm just an enthusiastic amateur.

Another enthusiastic amateur here. I like these themed comps because they are fun, and they get me thinkning. I don't always get out and shoot the ideas that I come up with, but it gets my brain out of the usual rut and that is a start. The ideas are still there even after the competiton is over.
The other thing I like about the comps here at CIC is that they are all fun, and open to all levels.

I too wish more people would participate, and hope that new members start to take the plunge and enter. It's all about going out and getting some shots. The Theme is a great motivator to try and think of something new.

Donald - you should try Butter Tarts made with Maple Syrup. Mmmmmmm Great for torn muscles - takes your mind off the pain. Get better soon.

Wendy