Assignment 3 -- Winter Wonderland -- Congratulations piiooo

Another round of congratulations to Itheone on his win. He asked for the seasonal theme of "winter wonderland." I can't require new pictures on this one as those south of the equator would have gotten them about six months ago. So whether a new picture, or an old one, how do you interpret Winter Wonderland. Itheone and musickna are judging!





I am proud to announce piiooo as the winner. Sorry this took a couple of days, I was travelling for Christmas.


piiooo


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here's mine: (taken from outside my house last week with 17-40l on 50d)


It was cropped a tad (this is about 95% of the image). This IS my official entry!


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I'm in FL, I'm out.

I'm in Florida too but... I'm not going to give up yet. You have to admit that winter in Florida IS a wonderland. Sun, shorts, beach and boat parades for Christmas full of holiday lights.





Gotta ponder this one.

Yeah you're right. I shouldn't give up so easily. It is hard for this northern transplant to think of FL as anything of a wonderland sometimes. Especially a winter one.

Come on guys, let's see the winter in Florida, show us those "brutally" sunny December days. I'm personally jealous of anybody in Florida these days when it's 15 degrees here in Chicago.

I like the hopefulness of this one. Taken the day after a ~3" snowfall. What struck me was that here at the beginning of winter, the little bit of ice and snow left on the bare branches after the strong overnight wind looks like the buds of the coming spring. As someone who moved from San Diego to Boston, that's my interpretation of a winter wonderland - hope for the spring to come.


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Rebel T1i, EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM at 17mm, f/8, 1/320, ISO200

I was shooting some friends kite sailing on a Frozen lake, and this little girl decided to build a snowman. This was a quick shot that ended up being one of my favorites of the day!


Shot info: Canon 40d and 24-105 ISO200, 96mm, f4.0, 1/3200


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And this was the intended subject for the day!





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Shot info: Canon 40d 24-105 ISO400 f14 1/1000


Not much snow here for the really good Winter Wonderland shots, but it's coming. ;-)


Rich

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Here's mine. Taken February 21, 2009. haha. Memorial jib fest for a friend.

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Is that the original background? It looks too white, even for snow!

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Is that the original background? It looks too white, even for snow!

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Metering the black dog, That snow will burn out pretty easily.

Yup, original background. The dog is much darker than he appears in the picture. In order to get fur details on him the background has to go.


edit: A pic of our other dog shows the "black dog dilemma" pretty well. Brighten the dog, and the snow will be blown. Darken to get snow detail, and the dog will be a detail free blob. I just need to wait for Canon's 48-bit per channel sensor so I can do high-quality HDR tonemapping on a single image... or get brighter dogs :)


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I'm not sure this fits in the rules, but its only snowed once this year and i was working. its still seasonal!


Canon Rebel XTi Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 II


@90mm 1/50s f/2.8 ISO 1600 (and it seems really clean for 1600! even @ 100%)


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It's a wonderland to Joey.
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This counts as well for my Frous.


He doesn't leave me much winter wonderland in the garden since he tramples and rolls it flat, but watching him having such a fun is always worth it.


Here is my entry.


Canon 400D, @33mm, 1/640, f/2.8, ISO 100.


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Hey all,


What is the "due date" for this assignment?


Samuel

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What is the "due date" for this assignment?

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Sunday. You have time after finals are done to get something!

While we're questioning what the rules are... is it one entry per person, or can we post a few shots?

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I think you should be able to post several pictures, but only if you designate one as the actual entry. That seems fair. What do you guys think?

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While we're questioning what the rules are... is it one entry per person, or can we post a few shots?
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I think you should be able to post several pictures, but only if you designate one as the actual entry. That seems fair. What do you guys think?
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Sounds good to me. I was going to suggest that you could post multiple, but the judges would only enter at most 1 of your pictures into the "finalist" group for the community to judge on. I think Sean's idea is better.

Here's mine - Of a new friend to the family :)


I wish all Canadians would love winter as much as he does!


ISO 640, 1/1250 sec, f/2.8 at 24mm


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I'm with Sean here - anyone can put up as many as they like (it's nice to see them), but designate only one for the contest.


Getting some fine photos here - keep them coming!

Here is my submission. We haven't had snow yet, so I found this last winter's photo.


Canon 50D, EF 100-400 IS L @400mm, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 200


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Gorgeous shot Piiooo, I love how the little bird pops out.

Here's a shot from the other night.





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We've only had some light snow and most of that is gone....prediction for the weekend is possible N'oreastah w/the usual wxpeople hedgings. So here's 2 from earlier this year.


Both taken w/40D and 100-400


f/9, 1/2000, ISO 500 at 105mm


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Cross country ski tracks on the beach; f/11, 1/2000, ISO 500 at 195mm


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This pic is my choice for the assignment.


Question; anybody using Photobucket, note their photos after being transferred to here, don't look quite the same?


Regards


Bill

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This was taken from a ski lift gondollaat Whistler last year, hence the distortion, I think it makes the photo unique.








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This was taken from a ski lift gondollaat Whistler last year

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Jealous. I do like it, but what is it from? a corner? a large scratch?

Yes, the corner of the gondola

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Gorgeous shot Piiooo, I love how the little bird pops out.

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Thank you. Cardinals indeed are very photogenic. Too bad I couldn't get any closer to this one!

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We are approaching 2 feet of snow

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SOOOOOO JEALOUS!


Pittsburgh got alot for this early in the season, but not nearly that much!

doesn't the contest end today :)

Just joined and saw this "assignment". So here are a couple of mine.


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Just joined and saw this "assignment". So here are a couple of mine.

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Dang! where do you live that's not even fair! lol

Canon XTi 18-55 IS


1/3s f/4 ISO 800 @ 28mm


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Dang! where do you live that's not even fair! lol

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Judging by his name, I'd venture a guess he's from Newfoundland, Canada. Awesome shots everyone. Keep 'em coming (you've got a couple hours left!)

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Dang! where do you live that's not even fair! lol
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LOL


I'm from Newfoundland, on the east coast of Canada. Lot's of winter here to get some good pics!