January Photo Project - Backlighting [Archive]

morea

01-04-2006, 05:15 PM

Post your entries here (one per member). Cut off date for submitting photos will be Sunday January 29.

You can host photos for free at www.thecreativeforum.com, which will also allow you to put your images into the GDF Photo Gallery... (when you upload a photo, just select a GDF destination from the dropdown menu) please don't upload attachments, as they don't carry over properly into the voting thread.

Editing software may be used for usual processing (cropping, tonal and color adjustments, resizing), but no outside elements, objects, or images can be pasted, drawn or added into the original image. No elements, objects, or images can be cloned, cut out, or taken out of the original image other than what occurs from cropping.

The theme is: "backlighting". Happy shooting!

vtwin_gary

01-04-2006, 06:00 PM

yipee. i had one good sugestion.

DesignIt

01-04-2006, 06:06 PM

Backlighting...can that be sun backlighting? Like at dawn or dusk?

Tyger

01-04-2006, 06:48 PM

yes please define for those who are dense today :) like me!

morea

01-04-2006, 06:53 PM

Nothing too fancy here. The only criteria we're looking for is that the scene is lit by light coming from behind the subject/object.

plasticboy

01-05-2006, 01:34 PM

I hope this one fits your criteria:
http://static.flickr.com/38/82503478_5da1da454f.jpg

morea

01-05-2006, 01:36 PM

works for me! ;)

Neballer

01-06-2006, 05:50 AM

hey plastic is that in the IDS Tower?

plasticboy

01-06-2006, 01:12 PM

Absolutely :)

Mynock

01-06-2006, 01:37 PM

It's hard to do backlighting when in Minnesota and I haven't seen the sun in like 4 days.

colonel5

01-06-2006, 01:49 PM

It's hard to do backlighting when in Minnesota and I haven't seen the sun in like 4 days.

yeah, i might have to borrow a strobe flash from a friend of mine if i want to participate in this one.

Satchel

01-06-2006, 02:14 PM

It's hard to do backlighting when in Minnesota and I haven't seen the sun in like 4 days.

I just heard the forcast for the weekend - CLOUDY!
S.

Mynock

01-06-2006, 02:20 PM

Great!

Navian

01-06-2006, 02:21 PM

Selling sunshine, $5 a sunray.

morea

01-06-2006, 02:23 PM

it's been super cloudy here, too. You could always use an older pic if you have to.

plasticboy

01-06-2006, 02:33 PM

Or one can always make an indoor shot. :rolleyes:

morea

01-06-2006, 02:35 PM

^ or there's that. lol

plasticboy

01-06-2006, 02:40 PM

^ or there's that. lol

you're so right. :cool:

DesignIt

01-07-2006, 04:27 AM

Here's a shot I got while in Mexico a few weeks ago:

This is the first photo I have uploaded there. I was signed it but it showed me as being unregistered. Not sure why. Anyway, here's the link. I'm not sure how to get it to show here.

::yes I'm a newbie to this site (creativeforum):: =)

http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/500/8707seconds_sm.jpg

edit: ok, I put up a different photo and did it correctly. Yippee!! I will have to contact the admin to get rid of the unregistered listing.

Logo-Mechanix

01-07-2006, 03:24 PM

Taken on Long Beach Island New Jersey.
http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/500/886Lighthouse.jpg

morea

01-07-2006, 03:46 PM

guess I'll have to choose between these... I'll give it some thought, though I am leaning toward the 2nd one.

http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/555/647redsky.jpg

http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/557/647airport1.jpg

http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/500/647dragonfly1.jpg

Neuro

01-07-2006, 05:35 PM

http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/555/703LightShowsTheWay.gif

Neballer

01-08-2006, 09:39 PM

http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/500/668weshadow.jpg

Tyger

01-08-2006, 09:45 PM

great entries so far guys! Neballer that's awesome...should be a front runner for votes i would think.

Tyger

01-08-2006, 10:04 PM

Well here's my entry...just taken about 20 minutes ago :)

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/4678/cityscape0cb.jpg

Neuro

01-08-2006, 10:17 PM

Wow, wow, wow, wow! I really think we have some awesome entries this month. It's going to be a tough one boys and girls!

I just want to say that I am really impressed with how everyone stepped up to the plate the last couple of months and made this photo competitions fierce. It makes everyone strive for better photos. I think it sure shows this month!!

Great job everyone and I can't wait to see how this one turns out. It's going to be a close one!!

willy_flew

01-09-2006, 03:11 AM

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b222/photoventurer/angel3.jpg

Hope I can enter 2 images ...Here is my second attempt

willy_flew

01-09-2006, 03:14 AM

Nice..........Urban Landscape Tyger

morea

01-09-2006, 01:28 PM

Everyone is welcome to post multiple images in this thread, but please specify which one you want to enter for voting, or I will just include the first one you posted when the time comes.

Tyger

01-09-2006, 08:56 PM

Mynock

01-09-2006, 09:04 PM

I'll go with this until I shoot some tonight:
Dark Silhouette
http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/543/719morningsil-med.jpg

Logo-Mechanix

01-09-2006, 09:15 PM

I would love to drop a line in that lake, a beautiful shot indeed.

balou

01-09-2006, 09:16 PM

http://tinypic.com/k04vg3.jpg

Mynock

01-09-2006, 09:16 PM

Boundary Water Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. Check my gallery out here (http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=543&ppuser=719&page=1).

Logo-Mechanix

01-09-2006, 09:21 PM

Great stuff in the gallery Mynock, I just love anyhting outdoors makes me wish I worked outside. I live near the largest lake in New Jersey, Lake Hopatcong and I fish every chance I get. Even if I don't catch anything just being on the lake at the crack of dawn when everything is quiet and you can here all the wildlife is priceless.

Mynock

01-09-2006, 09:26 PM

Of course, a bad day of fishing is better then a good day at work.

Logo-Mechanix

01-09-2006, 09:26 PM

Of course, words to live by.

DesignIt

01-09-2006, 10:02 PM

Well, this competition is a bit stiff...I'm gonna have to see if I can dig out something a little better. =)

willy_flew

01-09-2006, 11:25 PM

Everyone is welcome to post multiple images in this thread, but please specify which one you want to enter for voting, or I will just include the first one you posted when the time comes.

Dark Angel Please !!!!!

Mynock

01-10-2006, 01:33 PM

Here's another backlit one of the corn cob water tower in Rochester. I'll use the first unless people can talk me out of it.
Corn Cob
http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/544/719CornCob-med.jpg

Logo-Mechanix

01-10-2006, 01:38 PM

Definitely the first one. More nature less water tower.

Mynock

01-10-2006, 01:47 PM

I didn't think this was a good shot until like a few months later. I looked at it and was like, "this is a cool pic." The cob is framed. The trees are balanced and have movement. The two smaller ones balance the larger one on the right. I could do without the basketball hoop though.

Logo-Mechanix

01-10-2006, 02:04 PM

It is a good shot but I liked the first one as sson as I saw this one, just an opinion though wait awhile and see what everybody else thinks.

morea

01-10-2006, 02:06 PM

lol, I'm having a hard time deciding on which to enter too... the airport or the dragonfly. Argh! :p

Logo-Mechanix

01-10-2006, 02:13 PM

I had more than one shot but I wanted to wittle it down myself, I didn't want to be swayed by anyone on my first entry in the contest.

Neballer

01-11-2006, 07:34 PM

lol, I'm having a hard time deciding on which to enter too... the airport or the dragonfly. Argh! :p
dragonfly

morea

01-16-2006, 06:21 PM

bump!

Navian

01-16-2006, 08:16 PM

I agree with the dragonfly.

Boy oh boy, I need to get a camera. My wife has one but she wont let me use it.

colonel5

01-19-2006, 03:47 PM

well it's about time i entered one of these contests.

I took this one last saturday as the sun was setting across Big Sandy Lake just north of McGregor, MN

http://www.iotsolutions.com/sunsetmcgregor.jpg

http://www.iotsolutions.com/sunsetmcgregor.jpg

Mynock

01-19-2006, 04:03 PM

Nicely done.

chalsema

01-20-2006, 10:41 PM

Here's mine. This is Scratchy, my parents' cat.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/twirlergirl77/scratchy.jpg

AlexNJ210

01-22-2006, 12:39 AM

This image is a movie still taken with my digital camera. Its a prilimenary flash before a bolt that hit the ground behind the mountains in the distance. This was during a storm last summer in the hills of PA near the Lehigh river.
http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/500/853flash-1.jpg

AlexNJ210

01-22-2006, 12:41 AM

who said a lightning bolt isnt as hot as the sun? well maybe for only a fraction of a second. The above still is only 1 frame that captured this and my camera was running at 15 frames per second.

haunt

01-24-2006, 12:46 AM

http://www.ghostgrafik.com/images/jpg/me01.jpg
heres one i already had hosted...ill have to see if i have something better on my drive at home...

morea

01-24-2006, 02:22 PM

everyone please be sure that you posted links to hosted images, because I can't carry attachments over into the voting thread.

AlexNJ210

01-24-2006, 03:23 PM

everyone please be sure that you posted links to hosted images, because I can't carry attachments over into the voting thread.

sorry morea, i fixed it.

colonel5

01-25-2006, 03:20 PM

everyone please be sure that you posted links to hosted images, because I can't carry attachments over into the voting thread.

i went back and added a link to mine...

morea

01-25-2006, 03:23 PM

nifty. I just don't want anybody to be left out! Thanks guys!

balou

01-28-2006, 01:36 AM

sunday deadline!

JoshuaTree

01-28-2006, 03:10 PM

I am currently over seas so i cant really upload my image again. I just have it on my DA account

Title: Lights Out

Description: Old lighthouse at the harbour that is not in use anymore.

EXIF DATA:
Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot A70
Shutter Speed: 1/1002 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 5 mm

Link: http://www.deviantart.com/view/9712079/

Neuro

01-28-2006, 03:19 PM

I know I said it before but this is a kick ass round! The photos are great everybody. This is going to be a tough one to win. Everyone definitely brought their A game to this party!