August Photo Contest Theme - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Bikes and Boats)

[groundloop]

Last edited Mon Jul 29, 2013, 09:30 AM - Edit history (2)

A heads up so everyone can start thinking about what they want to submit. I'll accept submissions from Agugust 1 through August 17th, or until there are 30 entries (I'll post submission instructions before the 1st). The first round of voting (preliminaries) will run from August 19th through the 21st, and the finals will start on August 22nd.

Edit to add a clarification - Photos can be taken at any time (i.e. feel free to use a photo from your archives), but the photo must have been taken by the person entering it.

Edit to add - on August 1st I'll put up a post announcing that entries are open and include instructions on submitting entries.

Your photos can by anything related to "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Bikes and Boats)", color or B&W. And as always, please keep your entry no larger than 800 pixels in its longest dimension and under 300K in file size. If you need help posting a photograph or with image sizing, just ask. And the winner of the contest agrees to host the next month's contest (or recruit someone else to host the contest), and pick the next month's theme. The host of the monthly contest cannot enter the contest they are hosting.

Complete rules can be seen at http://www.democraticunderground.com/103614595

CONTEST LICENSE:

An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia or to a linked Gallery and included in a DU Calendar that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.



And finally, I get to show off a few shots of mine from several years ago. (All I have are Planes, I used to photograph a lot of auto racing but that was all on 35 mm film and I don't feel like messing around with digging those out of the dungeon and scanning them.)


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[alfredo]

1. Oh, I like it!

[Major Nikon]

2. I have a few of those

[groundloop]

4. I see I'm not the only one here who's been to Oshkosh

Haven't been since 2007 though. Before that I was there for something like 18 years straight.

I'd get up at oh-dark-thirty so I could get photos before it got too crowded. Of course by the end of the week I was more motivated by sleep than taking photos.

[Major Nikon]

5. Those were from 2011

I certainly don't go every year. About one out of 10 or so is good enough for me.

[Solly Mack]

15. Those are sweet!

[postatomic]

3. I love the pan image you did

Haven't been to a 'Things That Fly' show in years. Gave me the bug.

[liberal N proud]

6. Some William O'Link inspiration: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

This is what I think of photos related to planes trains and automobiles.

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Hope it helps all you photogs.

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Coverall

That's a bingo on the theme in that famous image.

[Mira]

7. OMG spells OH My God I'm awed

the photos already in front of me all but scare me off totally. I love that. Because it stirs in me a need to try harder to justify an entry from a different perspective because I could NEVER produce any of those

Yours, and Major Nikon's are simply mind blowing.

I love the theme for the novelty of it. And I love how you are stepping in just like you are an age old hand at initiating a contest.

Now, will this be a blind contest where we send our entry to you by private message?
Just curious. Will go back and re-read in case I missed it while going nuts over the photos.

[groundloop]

8. Thank you.... And I'm still thinking about blind entries

I like having the idea of having blind entries, but haven't decided yet on that. I'll include details when I put up a post announcing that entries are open.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. Right up my alley

Love that pic of what I believe is a Travelaire air racer. I didn't know there was a Mystery Ship replica flying, but you caught it in it's best pose.

I particularly like the Golden Age of aviation when the fastest planes in the world were civilian designs drawn out on a hanger floor. Gee Bees are my hands down favorite plane, especially the D and E model Super Sportsters.

I don't know how someone will slip the obligatory puppy or bird in this theme, but I fully expect it. hahaha

[groundloop]

11. Speaking of Gee Bees -

I've got some great shots of Delmar Benjamin doing his aerobatic routine in the Gee Bee replica. Unfortunately I was still shooting 35 mm then and he retired the plane before I bought a DSLR.

[bluedigger]

12. I'll think of something...

[JohnnyRingo]

13. hahahaha

Should have seen that coming.

Don't get me wrong, I too love the pix of our friends in the animal kingdom, but nothing swoons the hearts of DUers like a cute puppy or cat in a contest.

Good one.

[Solly Mack]

14. Cool shots!

Yours and Major Nikon's!

Hmmm....better get to thinking on my photo now.

[bluedigger]

16. Car Problems

http://xkcd.com/1014/

[groundloop]

17. Hah!!! That's funny.

Can't see the picture for the pixels, I guess.

[alfredo]

19. So true!

[canonfodder]

18. Thunderbird

B-17G s/n 44-85718

Canon5D Mkll
Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L at 300mm
set at f/10; 1/500sec.; IS mode 2; iso 800;

Edit to add the ISS.
Same camera and lens, except at 400mm; f/5.6; 1/320sec.

[alfredo]

20. That's a great capture of the ISS. I think that B-17 flew into my town to give a former

crew member a ride in his old plane.

[canonfodder]

23. Just for you.

(No, I wasn't that guy)
5D Mkll, EF24-105 Settings varied.

[alfredo]

26. Damn. That must have been a real thrill.

[groundloop]

28. Cool photos, brings back memories.

I was lucky enough to fly a B-17 (Aluminum Overcast) once about 12 or so years ago. My impression of it was that it was very stable, if you pointed it in a certain direction it would stay put very well (except that there were people walking around in it as we flew and the pitch trim was constantly changing), but it took a ton of muscle to maneuver. To do a coordinated turn took a LOT of pressure on the rudder pedals, certainly nothing like the planes I was used to. I can't imagine how hard it was for the "kids" who had to fly those things for hours at a time.

I wish I could share some photos from that, but I was still shooting film then and they're all in the dungeon and it would take me forever to find them.

[alfredo]

21. The Bee Gee was the plane that caught many a kids fancy, but the H1 Racer is

the most beautiful aircraft in my opinion.

The rivets were flush with the skin to cut wind resistance.

[canonfodder]

24. It sure was.

The replica was so exact, it was given the serial number 2.
It's a shame it was destroyed in that crash.

[alfredo]

27. Here's hoping there will be a SN# 3

[canonfodder]

25. Your P-40 shot.

Same bird in flight.
(not part of contest)
The EF100-400, again.
400mm; f/8; 1/800s; iso200

285mm; f/9; 1/800s; iso200