2012-03-09 - Projection Competition
This contest theme is similar to the Pictorial competitions, but is only a digital competition. Meaning the contestants need to upload their photos, to have the judges score the photos prior to the club meeting.
"Lilly Pond"
Category: B&W
Contest Score: 22/27 - Did not place
Location: Terra vista Natural study area (http://alltrails.com/events/2013/06/walk-terra-vista-natural-study-area)
Camera gear:
- Canon Digital Rebel XTi
- Promaster 11-18mm
- Can't recall if I used any on-camera filters or not
- Handheld
Photo Specs:
Raw Image > Converted to JPEG for uploading for the contest
Focal Length: 13mm
Aperture: f/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
ISO: 400
Software used:
- Photoshop
Print medium: Digital
Lessons learned:
- I should have used more contrast between the colors.
- Some of the areas were underexposed, which means I should have payed more attention to all the details in the photo.
- The photo itself was far too dark...
"Wha wha what happened to Fluffly"
Category: Color
Contest Score: 22/27 - Did not place
Location: The Cleveland Animal Protective League (https://clevelandapl.org/)
Camera gear:
- Canon Digital Rebel XTi
- Canon 50mm f/1.8
- Handheld
Photo Specs:
Raw Image > Converted to JPEG for uploading for the contest
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 800
Software used:
- Photoshop
- Noise reduction software
Lessons learned:
- I did an extensive amount of "noise" removal. The original photo had a lot of grain in it, but not a lot of "hot pixels".... Once again, I did more than I should have.
- I also used the dodge tool in Photoshop to a substantial degree in order to lighten the image. I should have used the Camera RAW tool to lighten the image, and bring up the shadows (the problem was that I didn't know it existed at this point).
