Photo Challenge Chat

Bonfire and Fireworks

Challenge Description
As the title suggests, this is a extra challenge just for the November Bonfires and Fireworks displays. Lets see just how created you can be. Images must be taken from Saturday 31st October up to Sunday 8th November.



Challenge Dates
Open for entries on: 30/10/2009
Judging start on: 09/11/2009
Judging and challenge ends: 13/11/2009 (Midnight)

General Rules

• 1. All images submitted must be your own work
• 2. Manipulation of an image is perfectly acceptable as is compositing.
• 3. By entering this challenge, you agree to a limited release to PhotoTopix to use your image in any media they see fit, for the sole purposes of promoting the site. If your image is chosen for site promotion, PhotoTopix will contact you to make you aware of the intentions and to obtain final agreement for your image to be used. As the photographer, you retain any copyright to your image.
• 4. Entrants under 16 must obtain written permission from a parent or guardian before entering.
• 5. It is the entrant`s responsibility to ensure that all the necessary permissions are obtained from people featured in a photograph where necessary
• 6. Entrants will be deemed to have understood the above rules and accepted them and agree to be bound to them when entering the challenge.
• 7. Phototopix reserves the right to cancel this challenge at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside its control.
• 8. If a winning entrant is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so when a prize is available, Phototopix reserves the right to either offer the prize to the next best entry, or to re-offer the prize in any future challenge on phototopix.co.uk.

Challenge Details Page:
http://www.phototopix.co.uk/ptcomp_d...php?compid=160

You are extremely welcome to discuss this challenge here either before, during or after the challenge has finished.

Oh Damn Ive been asked to be an official photographer, for Redbank Scouts bonfire and fireworks display, but its on the Saturday 31st of Oct this year Clicky Linky Heres my images from Clicky Linky last years all the ones in the 2008 gallery are mine, and theres a 7 in the 2007, wonder how many other Bonfires are before the 5th as it falls on a Thursday

Dave

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Hi Dave, sorry about this, I did not think about bonfires before this date as most of the ones that I had seen advertised seemed to be on Friday 6th or Saturday 7th. I don think these challenges can be edited after they have been set, but will look into it for you.

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Thanks Barry, sorry to throw a spanner in the works LOL

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Being as we love our members and like to give them the best chance possible i have altered the dates. So Dave you can go and fill your boots! just remember no exif no entry on this one.

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You had better produce some good images now

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Thanks very much guys your very accommodating,

I better had get some good shots now LOL, Julie (wife) say its given rain on the weather forecast, so we might just get fizzles and steam shots of the bonfire, LOL on a plus side might get some reflection shots in the pools of water Ha Ha oh and Dennis I hope my wellies dont get filled LOL

Thanks again your stars

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looking forward to this challenge alot...we're going to a bonfire and firework show on saturday the 7th, so i might just have to give this one a go dont expect too much, havent tried to photograph fireworks before now, but deffo gonna give it a good go cant wait

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Different people have different approaches to taking pictures of fireworks, Russell uploaded some a few weeks ago using a high ISO and short shutter speeds, which I had not seen done before with good effect. But I prefer to use longer shutter speeds with a tripod and capturing quite a few different fireworks on one exposure.

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The later approach to taking photos of fireworks was how i was planning on taking my shots, using the longer shutter speeds as you said and getting a whole bunch of lots of different fireworks all in one shot, but as i said before i havent treid taking photos of fireworks yet so dont actually know how my approach will work, but thats my plan, ill see how it goes and try different ways and see what works best for me.

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