***Comments Thread for January's Photo Contest***

[Callalily]

This thread is for comments or questions on the entries for the January photo contest.

DO NOT PUT COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN THE SUBMISSION THREAD! Thank you

[mnhtnbb]

1. I'm in with a shot taken through an Amtrak window

somewhere on the way home from New York in October 2019. Pre-pandemic. I miss riding the train!

[Tom Kitten]

2. Tossed one in

I used to live about four miles from that site... one of the reasons I miss Oregon.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Mine is from a happy time in my life! I was in Ohio, visiting WCGreen and his wife.

He wanted me to see this park and this little waterfall. I was enchanted! It was a beautiful September day in 2012.

[Callalily]

4. Some nice entries so far

My photo was taken only 1.5 miles from my home. We had a cold snap a while back and I snapped this photo during one of our walks by the river.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

5. I'm in!

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It should come as no surprise that I'm entering my shot of the Yellowstone River. My second entry, if I get one, will be Hot Creek at Sunset.

I took this photo ten years ago just after I retired. We were in the middle of a 4,500 mile cross country trip with our new RV, travelling to Wisconsin for a wedding. I shot it with a Canon SX20HS, which is considered a "bridge" camera. It's basically a glorified, point n' shoot camera with a very tiny sensor and a humongous zoom lens. It didn't shoot raw, which is OK because I had never even heard of a raw picture file at the time.

I wasn't thinking of myself as a "photographer" in those days. Actually, I was more into fishing than photography. I was just another boomer on vacation with a camera, posting his pictures to Facebook. It was the favorable comments that I got from my Facebook friends that got me thinking more about getting back into my lifelong avocation.

Years later a friend turned me onto the Snapseed app. I went back and did some very simple edits on the file. I brought the exposure down on the water to bring out the details, and raised the exposure on the trees for the same reason.

I still have that camera. I leave it on my bicycle in case I see any ospreys or herons on my bike ride.

We already have some great entries. I predict this will be another tough contest

Good luck!

Grumpy

[Soph0571]

6. I'm in

Urban grime LOL

[Grumpy Old Guy]

7. Oops!

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EDIT: NEVER MIND!

I went back and checked the semi-finals for the reflection contest. I only entered one photo that month. I had planned to enter a second time, but missed the opportunity. So, I'm good!



I was just reading through the contest rules again, and I saw that once a photo has been in one contest, it is ineligible for future contests. Does that still hold true? I was planning on entering "Hot Creek" for my second entry, but I think I may have entered that one in the "reflections" contest.

I have more if I can't enter that one, but it's my wife's favorite.

Thanks,

Grumpy

[Mz Pip]

9. I'm in!

Didn’t wait until the last minute this time.

[LakeArenal]

16. That photo is beautiful.

[róisín_dubh]

10. I'm in after a very long hiatus.

Mine is from just around the time we started hearing about COVID-19 (November 2019). I took a trip through the Scottish Highlands with a lifelong friend.
I miss traveling.

ETA: I spent a good chunk of 2020/21 in lockdown in the UK. I was there studying law, so I didn't have a ton of chances to get out and shoot.

[LakeArenal]

11. I'm not sure you read the rules entirely.

The person who chose the theme said no Lakes.

“3. thinking...........any season, moving water, no lakes”.

At the time this was posted many questioned why not Lakes. But we were told no Lakes. So isn’t Loche a lake?

Welcome back

[róisín_dubh]

12. Loch Linnhe isn't a lake

It opens to the Firth of Lorn and then to the sea. Some lochs are lakes, but this one isn’t.

[LakeArenal]

13. Okay....

[róisín_dubh]

14. If the host wants me to change the picture...

Fine.

[LakeArenal]

15. Just I know people who wanted to post Lakes.

Good luck.

[HAB911]

18. Took a look and it's a tough call

but since this is at least the third photo to come into question for me personally, I have to say your current entry does not qualify. I hope you have another!

"Stream, Creek, River, (freshwater, moving, or frozen, etc.) and "any season, moving water, no lakes”.

[róisín_dubh]

19. Well, you're the boss. Hopefully a canal works! :)

[HAB911]

20. Good to go! Canal denotes some movement

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Your photo is just wonderful! I like it a lot, and thank you for entering it. n/t

[LakeArenal]

17. These photos are getting better as the entries come in.

Gorgeous. Really lovely.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. I'm loving AndyS' entry! It looks like an infared photo, but I'm not sure.

Anyway, it's gorgeous!

[AndyS]

26. Thank you Peg.

[AndyS]

23. # 17 is all I got.

I have some wading birds shot in local creeks but the water is (very) flat and indistinguishable from lakes as well as they're BIRDS in a creek as opposed to a CREEK with a bird.

Shot in IR and color added.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

24. I didn't realize it was infrared

Very cool!

[AndyS]

25. Thanks! nt

[LakeArenal]

29. Are those coy in there?

It’s a lovely pic. As one might see, I am partial to the cool green pics.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

27. Is it almost time for second entries?

Asking for a friend. 🤣🤣🤣

(No, not really. I'm asking for myself).

[LakeArenal]

28. I'm your friend. I'm ready too.

I wish I weren’t up against you in the first round. But 🤷🏼?♀️.... Competing with the best

[Callalily]

30. You can tell your friend . . .

that it is just about time for a second entry.

I'm going to post right now!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

31. Great news!

I'm ready!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

32. Aww, thanks!

Much appreciated!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

33. Wow! The new entries are all great!

This is turning out to be a terrific contest. Our fellow DUers are going to love it.

[mnhtnbb]

34. My second shot was taken in Kaysersberg

which is a little village in the Alsace region of France. It was on that trip that I met fellow DU'er and photographer--CurtEastPoint--in Strasbourg!

[urbanhermit]

35. Woohoo, we're full

30 excellent entries. It's going to be a great contest.