+Guanajuato Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Chuffed to be the winner for the first time! Please get your photos posted on this thread before the 1st of August. The rules are the same as the previous 6 months (have we really kept it going this long?) 1) The only hard and fast rule is that the photo must be cache related and to do with a specific cache, caching series or caching trip. There should be a hyperlink(s) to the cache(s) in the post. The cache(s) must be from the UK or Ireland. The following rules are open to interpretation/flexibility/judges whim... 2) Two photos per cacher per month (give or take). 3) A new thread is started each month, with the OP stating these rules. 4) The winner each month is decided by the winner from the previous month - the new winner starting the thread for the subsequent month. They may set a theme if they wish. 5) Photos should be recent if possible. (No debates as to what recent means! This rule is flexible.) 6) The competition runs from the 1st of the month, until a date specified in the OP by the previous months winner. This should give sufficient time for the winner (or other person if necessary) to start the new thread. If you haven't already uploaded a photo, a good tip might be to upload to one of your log entries (it can just be 'post a note'). Then, display the photo and copy the URL to provide a link to the post. If it's not actually relevant to the cache you've used, delete the note and the photo - the URL will still work. I'll do my best to give constructive comments on all the entries at the end, as others have done. Good luck - its just a shame I can't enter this month. Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 This was taken a bit outside the UK - GCK25B - so I'll disqualify myself now. With love to SimplyPaul and CurryKev.............. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 If you are coming to Perth you'll get the opportunity to meet him again. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Taken at the cache The Mouse Trap yesterday. To give you some idea what the photo is - Believe it or not, but none of them are circles, they are all oval in shape, but from this viewpoint they look round. The largest is in fact 150 metres in length but only 30 metres wide and it is in the above picture. Quote Link to comment
+Gambsy Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Hard choice between pic's to post but hope these are ok first is near Manchester on a trail, only just managed to take this pic as all the birds were landing as a found the cache second is near my Tree cache in Portsmouth, took this when moving the location of the cache a bit Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 With love to SimplyPaul and CurryKev.............. I didn't recognise him without his moustache ;) Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 On the bank of the river Severn, near "Offa to a good start"... Back to the bar at "Gugh cache", Isles of Scilly. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 The stile is engraved Dog Leap and sits above Cheltenham on Cleeve Hill right next to GC1ZTAJ. Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 (edited) The stile is engraved Dog Leap and sits above Cheltenham on Cleeve Hill right next to GC1ZTAJ. I'm pretty sure I recognise this collie. It's actually a tame one and not a wild one. I think you should be disqualified!!! Edited July 18, 2010 by Nick & Ali Quote Link to comment
+The_Street_Searchers Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 A picture of me and str33ty at Waystone Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 I'm pretty sure I recognise this collie. It's actually a tame one and not a wild one. I think you should be disqualified!!! Just in case anyone's missed the joke Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I'm pretty sure I recognise this collie. It's actually a tame one and not a wild one. I think you should be disqualified!!! Just in case anyone's missed the joke Here's my other entry. P.S. My real name is Jose. Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 Bump... Get your lovely photos in here by the end of the week. Quote Link to comment
markandlynn Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 The woodseaves wonder Quote Link to comment
+The Chaos Crew Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Some great photos on here... that Mouse Trap cache in particular looks amazing, should I ever get to Scotland.... Quote Link to comment
Izzy and the Lizard King Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Photo taken when making a return visit to LQ: Shropshire - Lightspout Waterfall a few days ago. Quote Link to comment
+martlakes Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Not much in the way of scenery this month, but here's a couple of different shots: Serious sized ice cream!! My dad 'caching' near Morecambe, http://coord.info/GC23FNC The better half doing her groovy biker chic pose! First time on the back of a bike for 25yrs! Quick spin around some caches in Galloway. http://coord.info/GC1EQ6J Quote Link to comment
Ephemeral Moment Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) First post on the forum This is in Whitby, just below Bram Stokers Whitby Cache and this next one is from yesterday, my first day caching , it is an EarthCache called Dads View, Edited July 30, 2010 by EphemeralMoment Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 I Suppose I'd better get on with the judging. Nick & Ali: Disqaulified of course. But who's the schoolboy in the picture, and did his parents give permission? Shorts & Satchel - could have been me in the 70s, except for the slight hint of beer belly No doubt the Ninja frogs will be after me now. Haggis Hunter: What a brilliant location and landscape sculpture. The exposure is pretty good too - the sky may be a little overexposed, but then you'd not have got the colours so strong in the important bit. Gamsby's Goose: That's a really difficult skill! You've managed to capture the movement of the wings whilst keeping the rest of the goose nice and sharp. I love the frozen splashes too. Daffodil: Lovely - great colours and nice use of limited depth of field. I'd have tried to isolate the flower a little more from the background by changing the angle so that the river (lake?), boathouse and sky were out of frame. Blorenges twig: interesting texture study, nicely exposed. I keep trying this kind of thing & failing miserably. How does it look in black & white? Silly picture : Really nicely done. The exposure is brilliant considering the difficulties posed by the scene. Lovely inviting blue sea. And a really interesting feature. Sid&Bob: I love the humour. I can imagine that capturing the dog at exactly the right spot took some doing. A great shot. The only slight downer is that the colours are a little muted. On your second attempt even if it is a specially trained ninja wolf, that's a cracking shot. The reason it was disqualified was that it was supposed to be WILDlife. The_Street_Searchers: Its easy to forget how bleak and lonely some parts of this country are, even when you're not far from the road. Beautifully exposed and gives a real sense of wide open space. The M62 emphasises how insignificant human achievements are in comparison with nature. How many people whizz along here without a though of the poor souls who built the road!? MarkandLynn: I'm sure anyone who's walked in the countryside much has been there at some point! There's an ironic humour to the pictures. Anyone doing the Sunday Stroll/Westfarthing Wander series near Kendal needs to be prepared for this kind of thing! Izzy and the Lizard King: Beautiful! You've not been tempted to go with current trend for blurred water - you've got all the inidivudal drips from the moss, capturing the magical aspects. The bright light has caused a few of the rocks to be overexposed though. Martlakes: Where's that ice cream then? I can think of someone who'd love to go there! I didn't know you were into leather clothing! Got the human side of caching. No tree-top photos then? EphemeralMoment Alleyway: Beautifully exposed image - I find it so hard to get those right (and haven't yet!). Personally, I'd have tried to fill the frame a little more. Roseberry Topping: It's MANY years (at least 26) since I went up there whilst staying at Saltburn Youth Hostel with school. But I recognised it straight away. The colours and detail are spot on. And you've used the rule of thirds to get the peak just right. Maybe see how it looks cropped up from the bottom a bit - take out the slightly messy immediate foreground? Now, to decide which is best Very difficult to choose! Martin's done himself out of any chance by being far too cruel with his cache placements. I think it has to go to Haggis Hunter's first picture It just makes me want to go there. The same could be said of Izzy and the Lizard King's picture. Quote Link to comment
+martlakes Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Very difficult to choose! Martin's done himself out of any chance by being far too cruel with his cache placements. Referee!! I think it has to go to Haggis Hunter's first picture Looks like a 70's album cover! Great spot. Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 Very difficult to choose! Martin's done himself out of any chance by being far too cruel with his cache placements. Referee!! I AM the referee! I think it has to go to Haggis Hunter's first picture I think the Google satellite view of the same spot is impressive too. The Trigonometry that must have been involved! Quote Link to comment
Izzy and the Lizard King Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Looks like a 70's album cover! Great spot. "Tubular Tuning Fork" by Mike "O-Field"? I was so intrigued by the location, I wondered if it would be on Google Maps - and it is Well done, HH Quote Link to comment
Izzy and the Lizard King Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Ooops! You beat me to it! Quote Link to comment
Ephemeral Moment Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I love that area of the Moors as well Guanajuato, thanks for the crit congrats HH Quote Link to comment
+martlakes Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 "Tubular Tuning Fork" by Mike "O-Field"? Aye. That's the one I was thinking of! I love the Google sat view - the texture of the young forests looks like the landscape is knitted! The 'circles' are also amazing. Think we'll have to go have a look! Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Bloody Hell!! I wasn't expecting to win Thank you. Sorry it's taken a few days to respond, but I only got back from the mega event a couple of days ago and I haven't been on the forum due to trying to catch up. I'll get the new thread started soonest. Be warned though, I know nothing about photography so it will just be a pure amateur that is judging this month. Quote Link to comment
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