+hobgoblinkiteflier Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Many thanks to Langy for selecting me as the winner for the September Competition. There was some stiff competition, and some excellent entries in there. The September 2012 competition can be found here. THEME: This months theme is Hilltops and Trig Pillars (or Triangulation Stations to give them their full title) I am a member of a facebook group "Trigpoint Swimming/Surfing/Standing or just posing next to." and there have been some great pictures posted there. Post a photo (which should be taken during September / October whilst caching) of yourself or your caching buddies at a Trig Pillar or to open it up a bit, a summit of any kind. Good luck to everyone. The rules are: 1) The photo must be cache related and to do with a specific UK cache (any type including events), caching series or caching trip - please include a link to the cache or the GC.... code so we can see where the picture relates to. 2) Maximum of two photos per caching team or cacher. 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) Follow the theme Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I suppose I shall start with these two pictures taken at the start of September on top of Buachaille Etive Mor Quote Link to comment
+Dogfort Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Have we done away with the rule that says it must be taken within the month the comp was published? Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Have we done away with the rule that says it must be taken within the month the comp was published? I think it's always been a bit more relaxed than that, surely? The current month and the previous month seems reasonable to me. With rather specific themes (like this month's) I'd enjoy seeing photos from any time this year, tbh! MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Graculus Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 This is what happens when two reviewers go out caching together.... First in Wales GC2BA Chris Quote Link to comment
+Long Man Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 This is what happens when two reviewers go out caching together.... First in Wales GC2BA Chris Well I hope he remembers to log the Trig as well as its YSM272 Blorenge, one of the Ye Ole Survey Monuments locations Quote Link to comment
+martlakes Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I think, having watched various Olympic sports/gymnastics this summer, many here would expect a low mark: good arm position but as for the legs! Hardly horizontal, and no pointed toes! Quote Link to comment
+hobgoblinkiteflier Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Have we done away with the rule that says it must be taken within the month the comp was published? I think it's always been a bit more relaxed than that, surely? Yes, I thought with having a fairly specific theme I could relax the time frame. And don't call me Shirley. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 As you are only allowed two pictures, please disregard my first two pictures and count these towards the competition. Taken yesterday during A Picnic for the International EarthCache Day. Quote Link to comment
+Original A1 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Ooh - I'm in the picture comp without having submitted a picture! (But then so's the competition judge!!!!) Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Ooh - I'm in the picture comp without having submitted a picture! (But then so's the competition judge!!!!) You had to let the bloody cat out the bag didn't you?? :o :o Quote Link to comment
+Original A1 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I think he might have noticed, given he's taking up a prominent position in the picture! Quote Link to comment
I! Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Overlooking Jurassic Park (GC2KMPM). Admittedly a toposcope, not a trig pillar. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I think he might have noticed, given he's taking up a prominent position in the picture! It wasn't the judge noticing that I was bothered about!! Quote Link to comment
+flipflopnick Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Visited Arnside Knott EC with TIGG on International Earthcache day for that very reason to find an EC and enter the comp. Found in current month amazing. Doubly splendiferous. Anyway here is the image on the summit. Found without supplementary oxygen. The trig pillar is just behind here in scrubby trees. This is more photogenic. Taken by TIGG on my camera. Lads in background were filming leaping over seat and pretend kicks. Hmm? Quote Link to comment
+pytg Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCHV8Y Fairlie Mean cache...great fun and a good wee hike. Edited October 22, 2012 by pytg Quote Link to comment
+Cookster Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Carrot Hill cache 9th September. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1EQ7Z Edited October 22, 2012 by Cookster Quote Link to comment
+follieus Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) The end of the road GC3JK7V John O Groats October 12 Edited October 22, 2012 by follieus Quote Link to comment
+beenngone Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 BIGGEST CACHE IN THE WORLD http://coord.info/GC1K5ND Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Carrot Hill cache 9th September. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1EQ7Z Cookie, you're supposed to post the picture you know! I presume it's this one that you are entering? Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Taken at the top of Loughrigg Fell, GCTRP2 Quote Link to comment
+moor to sea Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Taken at the top of Loughrigg Fell, GCTRP2 It looks like the girl on the trig has been superimposed onto a painting. Very surreal Quote Link to comment
+little-leggs Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Me ... Dun Hiking .. nr Shaftesbury GC362AT Quote Link to comment
+little-leggs Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Nr Badbury Rings ,, well its @ the rings , nearest cache GC4BDF Quote Link to comment
I! Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Taken at the top of Loughrigg Fell, GCTRP2 That's an amazing picture. I can even read the bracket number on the original, it's so detailed. Lovely deep colours, too. Did you get a new camera for your birthday?! Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Did you get a new camera for your birthday?! I wish! Combination of absolutely brilliant autumnal light, polarising filter and a little tweaking of exposure, colour balance and contrast in the RAW editor. I have some better ones from the afternoon stroll, but none quite fitted the theme. I particularly like this one. Quote Link to comment
I! Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 ... polarising filter ... Added to the shopping list - good tip! Can you recommend any good DSLR training resources on the web? I'm too mean to pay for a book. Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 ... polarising filter ... Added to the shopping list - good tip! Can you recommend any good DSLR training resources on the web? I'm too mean to pay for a book. I ummed and ahhed whether to send this as a PM or post here. Then decided it might help others, so I've posted it here. Mods, if I have broken any rules (I don't think I have!?), sorry! Beechers Handouts is detailed, possibly a bit too heavy going for a beginner, but covers everything. Digital Camera World and Photoanswers are good resources. PhotoAnswers is the website of Practical Photography and Digital Photo magazines. PP have, in the last 3 years, run a 6-part DSLR beginners course that is good, and made more effective by joining in with a Flickr group set up for students on the course, independent of the mag itself. I think they did a book version of the 2010 course. But when the course starts, they usually do an offer of the 6 issues for £10, in the hope you get hooked on the magazine. The course explains the basics in a simple way, using the magazine and videos, and sets you an exercise. It works well. Alternatively, get down to a library and take out one of the many books. I can't remember any of the titles I've borrowed from the library, but all of them have had useful bits. Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 ... polarising filter ... Added to the shopping list - good tip! Can you recommend any good DSLR training resources on the web? I'm too mean to pay for a book. I ummed and ahhed whether to send this as a PM or post here. Then decided it might help others, so I've posted it here. Mods, if I have broken any rules (I don't think I have!?), sorry! Beechers Handouts is detailed, possibly a bit too heavy going for a beginner, but covers everything. Digital Camera World and Photoanswers are good resources. PhotoAnswers is the website of Practical Photography and Digital Photo magazines. PP have, in the last 3 years, run a 6-part DSLR beginners course that is good, and made more effective by joining in with a Flickr group set up for students on the course, independent of the mag itself. I think they did a book version of the 2010 course. But when the course starts, they usually do an offer of the 6 issues for £10, in the hope you get hooked on the magazine. The course explains the basics in a simple way, using the magazine and videos, and sets you an exercise. It works well. Alternatively, get down to a library and take out one of the many books. I can't remember any of the titles I've borrowed from the library, but all of them have had useful bits. New rule 6) As a (probably) Semi-professional photographer (possibly trained by David Bailey)- Guanajuato is now banned from entering any photos into the monthly competition and will instead help the judges and offer advice and encouragement ...... Quote Link to comment
+Bobo Frett Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 How do I add a pic on from my laptop. Very confused? Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 How do I add a pic on from my laptop. Very confused? Firt of all you need to have the photo uploaded somewhere, so that it has its own URL. The easiest thing is to upload it to the cache log, wherever you took it. Once it's attached to a cache log you can go to the log, click 'View images', select the photo by clicking on it to view full screen, and you can then copy the URL location (it will end in .jpg). Then you come back here to the forum and do a 'Reply' to this thread. With the Reply box open, click the little 'tree icon', paste in the URL, click 'Insert image'. It will then appear in your forum post. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Bobo Frett Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 How do I add a pic on from my laptop. Very confused? Firt of all you need to have the photo uploaded somewhere, so that it has its own URL. The easiest thing is to upload it to the cache log, wherever you took it. Once it's attached to a cache log you can go to the log, click 'View images', select the photo by clicking on it to view full screen, and you can then copy the URL location (it will end in .jpg). Then you come back here to the forum and do a 'Reply' to this thread. With the Reply box open, click the little 'tree icon', paste in the URL, click 'Insert image'. It will then appear in your forum post. MrsB Woo Hoo! Many thanks Quote Link to comment
+Bobo Frett Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Okay, think I've figured it out. Here is one of ours from GC1VCC2. Our juniors had marched up to the top with us and then proceeded to run/cartwheel and flip down the Ben, much to our amazement. http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/08fbec92-ec15-4af0-a60b-f0e38f9a6070.jpg I don't think I can get the link to work Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Okay, think I've figured it out. Here is one of ours from GC1VCC2. Our juniors had marched up to the top with us and then proceeded to run/cartwheel and flip down the Ben, much to our amazement. http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/08fbec92-ec15-4af0-a60b-f0e38f9a6070.jpg I don't think I can get the link to work How's that? Quote Link to comment
+Bobo Frett Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Okay, think I've figured it out. Here is one of ours from GC1VCC2. Our juniors had marched up to the top with us and then proceeded to run/cartwheel and flip down the Ben, much to our amazement. http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/08fbec92-ec15-4af0-a60b-f0e38f9a6070.jpg I don't think I can get the link to work How's that? Show off How did you do it? I thought I followed Mrs b's advice to the letter. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 How did you do it? I thought I followed Mrs b's advice to the letter. Look back at the raw details of your post (Click on edit) and you will see the HTML coding which has been used. Quote Link to comment
+little-leggs Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 had to ad this one , THREE for the price of one , managed to log a trig , a Ye Ole Survey Monuments Virtual & add a photo on here .... not bad for a wet sunday in octember Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 New rule 6) As a (probably) Semi-professional photographer (possibly trained by David Bailey)- Guanajuato is now banned from entering any photos into the monthly competition and will instead help the judges and offer advice and encouragement ...... WAAAY off the mark! But I'll take it as a compliment. I have had a couple of photos published, accompanying an article I submitted to Cumbria magazine about caching - they published it in the September issue, so missed the Cartmel mega. Best thing about digital cameras is you can use the scatter gun approach. If you've got a vague idea what you're doing, take LOADS and one will work out half-decent. As you do more, the hit rate goes up as you work out what works and what doesn't. Quote Link to comment
+G7HRP Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Presenting to the world............... Andy "Mr Mankini" Best aka Besty ex Oh Bugger after a compalaint about his name but known to his pals as Shandy andy or Half Can Dan. Cache is no other than "Britains Highest Geocache" on Ben Nevis. http://coord.info/GCG6XD Snowline from approx 4000ft , temp with windchill around -10, Besty padded the Mankini with a furry toy Visit planned as part of cache maintenance by Rob the Ranger (CO) and Yorkshire Team Extreme (Entry on behalf of Yorkshire Team Extreme) Edited October 30, 2012 by G7HRP Quote Link to comment
+Besty Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 no padding, 100% all natural 'besty' goodness i may add! i may upload a couple myself!!! Quote Link to comment
+hobgoblinkiteflier Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 I thought my choice of theme was going to limit the numbers of entries, but in the end there were plenty of fun images to see. There were plenty of trig surfers with varying degrees of style; I liked the pose of young Follieus at John O'Groats. Beenngone didn't read the rules it's not a trig, it's not a hill top - and he needs to raise that elbow! Haggis Hunter provided lots of pictures, even helping to post those of other cachers . Oh, and that is him on the trig pillar, so who took the photo? Good style marks there, though . I was tempted to choose the group photo of drookit cachers at the top of Arthur's Seat as the winner, but as Original A1 has "let the cat out of the bag" I think I may be accused of not being impartial. The one of young Bobo Frett was a close second, but the winner this month (thanks to Mrs HGKF's help in judging) is Guanajuato. The colours and the composition are lovely. He (or she?) makes some good comments - a good photographer doesn't show you their bad pictures. A special commendation to G7HRP and his model ! Quote Link to comment
+Bobo Frett Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Congratulations guanajanato. Tis a beautiful pic. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Beenngone didn't read the rules it's not a trig, it's not a hill top - and he needs to raise that elbow! And it wasn't even in this country!!!! Haggis Hunter provided lots of pictures, even helping to post those of other cachers . Oh, and that is him on the trig pillar, so who took the photo? Good style marks there, though . Thank you, it was marmal who took the picture on my camera with the settings that I made. But there is nothing in the rules about that is there? I was tempted to choose the group photo of drookit cachers at the top of Arthur's Seat as the winner, but as Original A1 has "let the cat out of the bag" I think I may be accused of not being impartial. Thanks Alex! The one of young Bobo Frett was a close second, but the winner this month (thanks to Mrs HGKF's help in judging) is Guanajuato. The colours and the composition are lovely. He (or she?) makes some good comments - a good photographer doesn't show you their bad pictures. Congratulations, it is an extremely good photo. Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) Oh Aye, Its November now isn't it. Time's flying. Nearly be Christmas. Anyway, Thanks for choosing mine. And I promise, I'm not a ringer! There were plenty of really good photos. I particularly liked Bobo Frett's. Just have to try & think of a (very broad) theme for November. But can I add a 'No Mankinis' rule. Edited November 1, 2012 by Guanajuato Quote Link to comment
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