The second DU photo contest--for 1/29--sign up here. Theme: winter/cold

[Longgrain]

I'll keep organizing 'em as long as people keep wanting to participate...

Since most people thought we should have a theme, "Winter/ cold" seems to have been agreed upon...

Since the poll format limits us to ten entries, the first ten to respond will be entered.

Previous entries aren't totally disqualified, but priority will be given to new participants...

Once again, I'll disqualify myself...unless there aren't enough entries, but here's a few I've taken from some of the recent ice storms here in MA...

[Duncan Grant]

1. Sounds great!

I was going to wait for the "Things That Are Blurry and Over Exposed" contest but I'd like to reserve a place in the "Winter/Cold" series, please. :D

[Longgrain]

3. Great. You're the first entry...

Just post a picture with a title as soon as you can in this thread...:)

And keep in mind, this is all for fun...my photos tend to be bleary and over exposed too...

:hi:

[Duncan Grant]

12. Burg Hornberg (Neckarzimmern, Germany)

Absolutely all for fun! The DU winter series is looking great... :hi:

[Longgrain]

15. Awesome!

Thanks for getting it up...:hi:

[GOPFighter]

17. Nice contrast ....

...the tree (the tree alone is awesome) and the haze-muted colors of the rest of the picture.

Where is Burg Hornberg? I spent three years in Germany (Air Force), just north of Trier - about 30 miles from Luxemburg. I wish digital cameras had been available back then. I spent a ton of money taking bad photos!

[Duncan Grant]

54. thanks!

Burg Hornberg is ESE of Heidelberg in the Neckar River Valley. It's a great area to visit!

[Corkey Mineola]

45. purty picture

I like everyone's
How will I ever pick one???

phn1

[amazona]

2. won't be here alas

Won't be available online for awhile, as I'm about to leave town. I look forward to seeing all the great pictures when I return.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[SiouxJ]

4. "Ponderosa Pine"

Taken a couple of weeks ago in my backyard here in the mountains of Arizona.

[Longgrain]

6. Great to see ya again SiouxJ

:hi:

And thanks for the entry.

[SiouxJ]

25. Thanks!

well I had to enter as we've had so little snow in recent years that I didn't know if I'd get the chance again (with a winter theme that is). We got the biggest snow storm in years a few weeks ago.

:hi:

[GOPFighter]

5. Trees at Sunset

I don't know what the rules are. I've already posted this elsewhere. If that doesn't disqualify me, then here's my entry...taken yesterday in canaan valley, wv.

[Schema Thing]

11. Damn! That's frickin' gorgeous!

[Duncan Grant]

14. It's the light behind the base of the trees that really amazes me.

Gorgeous in the extreme. Better than fireworks. Awe-struck...

[SiouxJ]

24. That's really gorgeous!

Well done!

[Lefty48197]

65. Wow!

Great photo!

[prolesunited]

7. I'm in

This is a sunset along the frozen shores of Lake Michigan. The steel mills in the distance, which aren't visible, kick out so many particulants that we have the most gorgeous sunsets around here.

BTW, any tips on making this larger? I'm using photobucket.

[GOPFighter]

13. Try ImageZilla.com

They took my 800 x 600 pixel image without reducing it.

[prolesunited]

46. Let's see

Not working. :-(

[NJCher]

8. column

I have Roman columns all over my property:




Cher

[SiouxJ]

26. Ionic capital with icing on the top ;-)

very nice!

[ralps]

9. Hi you all. I hope you all like this one. I took it outside my apt.

I know I entered the last photo contest, but if not enough people enter photos I hope you all will consider mine.

[Longgrain]

10. I LOVE it

I will definitely consider it if we don't have enough entires.
:)

You'll be the first on the waiting list...

[RagingInMiami]

16. This was taken on the road between McCall and Boise in Idaho last year

[GOPFighter]

18. Finally!

A house I can afford! Wow, looks like it collapsed right before you got there!

[Longgrain]

19. Raging...

There is no way I'd allow you to enter THIS photo contest...

You'd win every one if I did!


(tho I will put you on the waiting list for sure...
;-) )

[RagingInMiami]

28. Hey, I thought the odds were against me in this contest

Considering I've always lived in the sunbelt since I've began taking photography seriously.

[intheflow]

20. Somewhere between Fort Collins and Greeley, CO, last year.

Drove around for two hours in a blizzard looking for a perfect picture, and this is what I got.



BTW, Longgrain, I love your icy pictures! They remind me of photos I used to take in W. Mass. :hi:

[GOPFighter]

21. Hey Longgrain, can we make the next theme deserts and cactus?

I've got a windchill of -30, a foot of snow and I'm wearing my jacket in the house to keep warm. I could sure use some HOT pictures right now!

:evilgrin:

[Longgrain]

22. Maybe the next theme should be fire

I just woke up to five feet of snow and a wintry breeze.

I'm still shivering even after two cups of coffee...

[GOPFighter]

23. 5 feet of snow?

Yikes!!! (I think that says it all!)

[RagingInMiami]

30. If you do choose fire, I have a decent entry for that

[RushIsRot]

27. I don't think I counted ten entries yet.

If there's room, add this, please.

[RagingInMiami]

29. That's an interesting photo, but I still can't figure it out

[RushIsRot]

31. Ice at the side of a stream.

It was a time of thawing and bubbles were showing through at the edge.

[RagingInMiami]

32. that's what i thought, but how far away from it are you

there is a small branch there that makes it seem as if you were shooting it from way up high

[RushIsRot]

33. That's a close-up shot covering less than 8-10 inches.

The "branch" is one little sprig that fell from a nearby cedar.

[RagingInMiami]

34. That's a good shot

[Longgrain]

35. Well it looks like we have seven entries so far...

Plus two from the last contest...

So anybody else got any more photos, or suggestions?

[Be Brave]

36. Here you go.

But include me only if you don't have enough entries by your deadline. Just put me last on your waiting list.

This is entitled "Cold Young 'Un"

[intheflow]

40. That's got some nice texture to it.

Nice depth of field, too. It's well-named!

[Be Brave]

44. Thanks! You're too nice!

:)

[amazona]

37. ok here's one

I'm about to leave town and doubt I'll have internet access until February so if there is something else I need to do to enter, I won't be able to do it. But if you need an "extra" entry, here goes. It is probably more amusing to me since I am from the south and didn't know that icicles or whatever they are could grow sideways.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[intheflow]

41. Those are some freaky looking crystal formations!

[Be Brave]

42. Brrrr! Don't worry, we'll be here when you get back.

We'll bookmark the thread for you. :)

[Be Brave]

43. Oh amazona, you might want to provide a title for

your picture before you leave. Just a thought.

[amazona]

63. I'm back...and a title

I just think of it as "Feathers."

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Be Brave]

64. Welcome back, amazona.

Here are two links about the contest you might be interested in:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2532421

and
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2538420

[Rocinante]

38. I don't want to enter the contest...

but I'd like to post this photo. These are some of the outbuildings on the farm where I grew up.

[Longgrain]

39. Thanks Rocinate...

It appears as if you are the tenth entry!

Give a few minutes and I'll get all your names together...

[auburngrad82]

47. Do you have room for me?

It's a closeup of a frozen pond. Very abstract but I like it.

[Be Brave]

48. That's pretty. You can take my place if Longgrain can still change it.

Longgrain?

[Longgrain]

49. Actually Rocinate once again volunteered to step out

Great Guy Rocinate :hi:

All right here's who I got...

94114_San_Francisco
SiouxJ
GOPFighter
prolesunited
column
intheflow
RushIsRot
Be Brave
amazona

and auburngrad82

And Raging, ralps, and Rocinate...I'll give you guys a special nod the night of the contest...

I'll put it Saturday night around 4 or 5 P.M. and and let it run until the same time tomorrow afternoon..

The winner will receive a new (used) car...



Courtesy of Mohawk Motors Shirley Mass.

Providing you pay the delivery fee of $25,000 dollars.

[prolesunited]

50. Can you make the photos all the same size?

And you're not putting our names on it, right?

BTW, I already know who I'm voting for and it's not me. :-)

[Longgrain]

51. I'll probably post the size they appear here

unless they're too big...
It's kind of hard when they are not all the same size...

[RagingInMiami]

52. Will you post the pictures of those of us who are not in the contest

but submitted anyway? Photographers, like artists, love to share their work every chance they get.

[Longgrain]

53. Yes I will...I did that last time too...

See post #4

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2282046

[NJCher]

56. you forgot me

:cry:


Cher

[auburngrad82]

57. You were there before me so you should have my spot

:hug:

[smurfygirl]

55. New to the group but couldn't resist.

:hi:

winter stroll



and here is some more just for the fun of it.

winter shelter



white oak



glad I found this group.

[intheflow]

59. We're so glad you found us!

Nice pictures. I like the first one best. Welcome to the photography group. :hi:

[Longgrain]

58. Ameaded list.

94114_San_Francisco
SiouxJ
GOPFighter
prolesunited
column
intheflow
RushIsRot
Be Brave
amazona

and

NJCher


My appologies to NJCher

And my thanks to auburngrad82
for stepping out...

You are all winners in my mind! :hi:

Everyone who tried to enter will recive ackowlegment the night of the contest...
:hi:

[ralps]

60. Longgrain, I think NJCher's submission is the one you called column right

below prolesunited in the list.
:hi:

[Longgrain]

61. I saw it, thanks!

Once again, I'm sorry I missed it the first time! :hi:

[Longgrain]

62. Okay now I got it The real amended list including NYCher and auburngrad82

Sorry , the DUer known as clolumn has been disquailifed form the contest...

94114_San_Francisco
SiouxJ
GOPFighter
prolesunited
auburngrad82
intheflow
RushIsRot
Be Brave
amazona

and

NJCher