I won a photo competition :)

[GodlessAstronomer]

Well I've never entered a photo competition before because I never really thought my pictures were up to standard. Some classmates talked me into entering the UCSA (University of Canterbury Students' Association) photo comp and I won the digital category

The winning picture:

I also entered these images, the first one in digital category and the next two in digital manipulated.

Very happy about it. The judge also told me that he judged mine the best in the show, but there is no prize for that.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Congrats

 

[Mike Gayner]

Nice one brah. I like the cat pic, though my favorite from those is easily the boat.

edit: (that's my kitty in the winning pic BTW :awe: )

 

[lxskllr]

Congratulations! I remember the cat photo when it was new. The other pictures are cool too. I like the mist, and the boat.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Those pics need more Hitler mustache!

 

[Mike Gayner]

Congratulations! I remember the cat photo when it was new. The other pictures are cool too. I like the mist, and the boat.

Yup original thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2029975

That"mist" is just a long exposure shot of the ocean - an effect that a lot of people love, but I don't really like it TBH (no offence brah)

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

No offense taken, I agree with you. One of my most popular shots on Flickr is this one, and I don't like it at all.

 

[Train]

friggin pussy always wins

 

[Crono]

Congrats, GA!

Truly happy for you. Love your work, btw. If I ever have the spare time/money, I'd like to get into photography.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Congrats, GA!

Truly happy for you. Love your work, btw. If I ever have the spare time/money, I'd like to get into photography.

Despite what gear heads will tell you, it's not an expensive hobby. I have a nice Canon 30D and two lenses, only one of which I really use. I don't visit photography forums, ever. All those wankers care about is expensive gear. For me it's about the love of making nice images.

Now obviously I do want some better lenses at different focal lengths, but I don't need them to enjoy my hobby.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

 

[Mike Gayner]

If I ever have the spare time/money, I'd like to get into photography.

As he said above GA doesn't use hyper expensive gear. In fact he was taking stunning photos on a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 before he got serious and got a SLR. It's not about the equipment - I inherited the Panasonic point and shoot and can't take good photos to save myself. When I use his 30D my photos are still rubbish.

 

[ElFenix]

kitteh!

 

[MAKENITO]

Congrats!!!


The Kitty pic def deserved it!!

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Those pics need more Hitler mustache!

A photographer from The Press (biggest newspaper on this island) came and took some pictures of me yesterday afternoon, only a couple of days before I'm due to shave this ridiculous mustache Now it will be immortalized in ink.

 

[GTaudiophile]

What are you shooting with?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

What are you shooting with?

Canon 30D and a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8. That particular image was shot at 50mm, 1/30", 1600 ISO. My only other lens (apart from the kit lens I never use) is a 50mm f/1.8 (nifty fifty) which I hardly ever use. The sharpness on the fifty is only slightly better than the Tamron, which is a very impressive lens considering the price.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Nice one brah. I like the cat pic, though my favorite from those is easily the boat.

edit: (that's my kitty in the winning pic BTW :awe: )

That's an ugly cat. Looks like it's stupid, too, and probably infested with disease.




/You've been Gayner'd

 

[Maximus96]

congrats! very nice pics.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Those pics need more Hitler mustache!

That's mah kitty with a stache. Sniper.

 

[Azraele]

Grats!

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Congrats! Very good images. And the kitty is so friggen cute! :wub:

 

[FelixDeCat]

Those pics are so good they look shooped!

 

[waggy]

woot! congrats.

 

[Locut0s]

Congrats GA!! I've been thinking off an on of entering a contest myself but like you have never thought my shots would be good enough. Maybe I will now?

While I like the winning shot I actually would have picked the boat shot as the winner of the ones you posted. Again no offence.

 

[nick1985]

This is one of those threads where I like you GA. I do NOT want to jump off a ladder and land on your throat.