Lion Fish

shot on Jackson's Reef, Egypt, in 2008

For: underwater contest

minimal detail

No selective editing, just b/w conversion, then winding up of contrast and brightness, curves and levels.

For: self portraits contest

And the rains came....

Taken in 2008 with a Kodak DC280 2mp.

For: cheap camera contest

Thru The Looking Glass.......

Whilst playing with Fine Art shots for another contest, I made a few focus mistakes.......this is one of them!

For: defocus contest

Help For Haiti

An audience of over 600 people were treated to the music of The Sensational Simon B and Ian 'The Sax' Jones, and 12 other musicians, at Polly's Music Hall this week, in a bid to raise money for the Help For Haiti charity set up in the town. The event raised a staggering 5, 324 euros. During the conc...

For: photo journalism contest

Comfort Colors

For: super market contest

Butchery

For: super market contest

warming ceramics

For: ceramic macro contest

No More Light

For: broken contest

Cala Lily

For: black background contest

Sax Appeal

Sepia effect applied in CS3 using grayscale and duotone.

For: sepia toning contest

thru the windmill

A sunflare caught through the metal structure of a windmill powered bore pump

For: lens flare contest

Sun Over Lara Bay

I am not keen on shooting in the direction of the sun, I usually try and avoid it where possible. This shot was taken late afternoon, as the sun burst through the clouds, I could not resist shooting it. I converted to black and white, I liked the effect, it has more impact I think.

For: lens flare contest

infrared tree

First attempt at IR....any comments would be welcome. I don't know if this is what the suggestion is asking for. Speed 6 sec F5.6 ISO 200 Hoya IR72 Filter

For: infrared contest

fountain of light

2.5 sec exp f13 1000 iso

For: street lights contest

Roman Arches.........

For: hdr photography contest

Bridge Rock

This my first real attempt at HDR.

For: hdr photography contest

Lemon Entry My Dear Watson....

For: fruit still life contest

Blue Magnesium

For: fire contest

columns..

For: rule of thirds contest

no, really.......

I took this at new years....I have no idea what the conversation was about, but the look on my friend's faces was classic!

For: off guard contest

fountain of light

this is a fountain I bought for my wife at christmas......we use it as a low level light source in the evenings..

For: light source contest

driving........a self portrait

I took a number of shots of myself driving in these cool snow shades, to get a reflection.........so I guess this is a 'drive by' shot..........

For: driveby contest

under the waves..........

probably the best sport in the world..............imo.........lol

For: winter sports contest