ONE / ONE Challenge - After Dark

uns12345 · 20-09-2010 1:48pm #1

Well everyone here goes,
The Challenge I have chosen after much thought is After Dark, i.e. Night time photography. As the evenings are drawing in and considering the technical challenges of shooting after the sun has gone down i thought this would give plenty of scope for dramatic Images.

Some Examples here

Speed! - San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge by PatrickSmithPhotography, on Flickr

Alien VS Bokeh.jpg by 99%: "Meh", on Flickr

IMG_5348 by jakethreadgould, on Flickr

Scary night landscape by Daria Angeli, on Flickr

some useful links here & here

*Photos must be posted within 1 week of the day the task was set – so the closing time/date is 9pm on Monday 27th September 2010.
*No old photos. Only photos taken with this ONE/ONE CHALLENGE in mind qualify.

Therefore, the photo must be taken after 7 am on the 20th September 2010.
(Please do not hide Exif data).
*Photos must be on the given task.
*Only ONE photo per entrant.
Most people appreciate constructive criticism – so it is welcome.

The next CHALLENGE is to be chosen by the person who gets the most votes in the Poll.
Voting by way of Poll will commence at 9 pm on Monday 27th September and will last until 9pm on Saturday 2nd October with the new Challenge to start the following Monday. You can only vote for ONE Photo in the poll

keps · 20-09-2010 10:28pm

Just to get the ball rolling

The 2 street lights outside the house tonight- after 5 pints of Guinness in the Beggars Bush(true)

Nikon d70s
300 mm lens
1/6th sec @f13
swivelled on a monopod (as only you can do after few pints):)

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Martron · 20-09-2010 11:04pm

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Have been wanting to try shaped bokeh for a while. anyway this is my attempt at it.

focal lenght : 50mm
F/1.8
Exposure time 1 second
ISO 100

bogmanfan · 21-09-2010 10:14pm

Canon 500d
Shutter priority
f20
10 sec
ISO 400
60mm prime lens

.Longshanks. · 21-09-2010 11:22pm

okmqaz42 · 26-09-2010 4:52pm

DSC_5898 by okmqaz42, on Flickr

Focal Length 30mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture f/4.2
Nikon D90

uns12345 · 26-09-2010 10:33pm

Scamp- · 26-09-2010 11:34pm

Martron · 27-09-2010 9:24pm

Submission time has closed.

best of luck to everyone.

uns12345 · 27-09-2010 9:48pm

Great entries everyone, the poll is up now and will finish officially at 9pm on 2nd October. Votes cast after 9pm will not be counted so please just don't!!!:D
Best of luck everyone

keps · 27-09-2010 11:38pm

Well Done uns12345 on running a very smooth operation

homer simpson · 28-09-2010 1:51pm

Ah balls didnt realsie i was too late....ah well it was never going to win anyways!

keps · 28-09-2010 11:38pm

homer_simpson wrote: »

Ah balls didnt realsie i was too late....ah well it was never going to win anyways!

nice shot homer

keps · 29-09-2010 11:13pm

Suggestion for the winner of this Challenge

(1)Allow the Entries From the Monday start date until the Wednesday week after it starts.
Then allow Thurs/Fri/most of Sat for voting - with the winner announced at 9 pm (or whatever)on Saturday.

(2) Ask people not to say 'thanks' during the running of the competition.
But then(once the voting starts) use the 'Thanks' system to choose a winner.
Only one thanks per voter.

The Poll system is potentially open to all sorts of abuse.

Ghost Train · 30-09-2010 12:16am

keps wrote: »

Suggestion for the winner of this Challenge

(1)Allow the Entries From the Monday start date until the Wednesday week after it starts.
Then allow Thurs/Fri/most of Sat for voting - with the winner announced at 9 pm (or whatever)on Saturday.

(2) Ask people not to say 'thanks' during the running of the competition.
But then(once the voting starts) use the 'Thanks' system to choose a winner.
Only one thanks per voter.

The Poll system is potentially open to all sorts of abuse.

Could just make it a public poll, so no self voting happens

Might be better just to let it end when the poll closes whether it be 4.30am 6.36pm or whatever

Martron · 30-09-2010 12:47am

public poll makes it totally transparent. so would elliminate some of the abuse

keps · 30-09-2010 1:01am

Maybe move this offsite to discuss.

The public poll allows me to vote immediately.

And then register again (new name)and vote again.

I have to say in this context that I watched the late voting in the 'Rule of Thirds' thread -and while there is no suggestion of any malpractice -the voting patterns late on were to say the least 'totally bizarre'.

Ebay eat your heart out.

The '25' vote embargo on the 'thanks' system was designed to circumvent certain abuses.

So I say why not use the better 'Thanks' system?

homer simpson · 30-09-2010 1:06am

keps wrote: »

Maybe move this offsite to discuss.

The public poll allows me to vote immediately.

And then register again (new name)and vote again.

I have to say in this context that I watched the late voting in the 'Rule of Thirds' thread -and while there is no suggestion of any malpractice -the voting patterns late on were to say the least 'totally bizarre'.

Ebay eat your heart out.

The '25' vote embargo on the 'thanks' system was designed to circumvent certain abuses.

So I say why not use the better 'Thanks' system?

If people were going to go to all that bother just for an online fun comp, im sure it'll not bother them to have to go and troll on 25 different forums to be eligable for the thanks....

Scamp- · 30-09-2010 1:22am

We need all challenges independently verified by a member of KPMG.

Q.E.D.

keps · 30-09-2010 1:27am

Ok - what you are are saying, and what I now totally accept is that I was being over worried about possible issues to do with the poll.

I am glad to accept your assurances - and will go with the flow:)

keps · 30-09-2010 1:37am

homer_simpson wrote: »

If people were going to go to all that bother just for an online fun comp, im sure it'll not bother them to have to go and troll on 25 different forums to be eligable for the thanks....

Just as a matter of interest, have you ever wondered why 'thanks' are only allowed after 25 posts.?

okmqaz42 · 30-09-2010 7:43am

oh now i see, the poll is rigged and that's why i didn't receive a single vote. thank god I was beginning to think it was because my photo was crap:rolleyes:.

Ghost Train · 30-09-2010 8:35am

I just feel it could get messy when people thank before the right time or thank multiple items. Poll is a bit neater, if its public you can check the users that voted if things look suspicious or for self voting. I don't see much point cheating for something which is just for fun but do think youre right about need to see who voting whether it be thanks or poll

Martron · 30-09-2010 10:40am

keps wrote: »

Just as a matter of interest, have you ever wondered why 'thanks' are only allowed after 25 posts.?

i dont think it was introduced to prevent cheating in the photography forum

i know where you are coming from but i dont think anyone will cheat. and in fairness if they wanted to win so bad maybe they should spend there time practicing their photography rather than setting up several accounts

( but i think some people around here have different accounts but i dont really think it should be too much of an issue)

as for voting trends coming to the last few minutes ....... that will be no different than the thanks. if anything i find the photos near the end of the thread get more thanks because sometimes people will not go back through the whole thread to thank)

sNarah · 01-10-2010 12:40am

My advice would be a public poll.

Different user names are unlikely on Boards and also illegal in regards to the terms and conditions, unfortunately some users to seem to slip through the nets. I also doubt they would be used specifically for rigging the results in these challenges.

The poll worked fine for the last one, so don't see why not and allows for better results than the Thanks system.

pixbyjohn · 01-10-2010 10:39am

Martron wrote: »

public poll makes it totally transparent. so would elliminate some of the abuse

What abuse ?

AnCatDubh · 01-10-2010 1:24pm

keps wrote: »

The public poll allows me to vote immediately.

And then register again (new name)and vote again.

I have to say in this context that I watched the late voting in the 'Rule of Thirds' thread -and while there is no suggestion of any malpractice -the voting patterns late on were to say the least 'totally bizarre'.

Multiple accounts on boards.ie are greatly frowned upon and result in site bans for individuals, and yes, eventually they get found - there are certain reporting which run against user accounts and suggest that the account is a rereg or not.

keps wrote: »

Just as a matter of interest, have you ever wondered why 'thanks' are only allowed after 25 posts.?

To stop people simply registering to thank a particular post / poster / support your buddy for the sake of supporting them / to prevent rereg(s) from immediately thanking their own posts, etc., etc....

Martron · 01-10-2010 1:28pm

pixbyjohn wrote: »

What abuse ?

i am not the one saying its abused. with a public poll you can see who voted so you could recognise if a photo won and you suspected multiple accounts you could see if someone voted for themselves.

pete4130 · 01-10-2010 7:02pm

When did we lose the "fun" element?

pixbyjohn · 01-10-2010 7:38pm

pete4130 wrote: »

When did we lose the "fun" element?

When the one/one challenge started it appears.

keps · 01-10-2010 8:44pm

I personally have no vested interest other than as a participant who enjoys taking part.

So I will go with whatever is the consensus.

But I personally do not agree with a 'blind' poll.

A public poll seems like a good idea

The ONE/ONE challenge is only a few weeks old - it had in the past its critics(including me) and obviously still has.
But with an idea that is evolving -some discussion is important

Martron · 01-10-2010 10:46pm

public poll is the way to go.

why enter it if you dont find it fun.
i find it fun. in fact i like looking at the poll and watching the winner change.

i like the fact its tough to use my vote especially when there is lots of good pictures.

i like the way i only have one picture to be uploaded ( although some are bad there are the best of the bunch)

Surely from a photograhy point of view these are all fun things?

i agree with keps. its a new assignment. its not perfect. its close

but it can be tweaked to make it more fun.

if you think the other assignemnt is "funner" enter that. simples!

sNarah · 02-10-2010 2:10pm

Good. That's settled than, a public poll it is.

If there are any doubts about the results, send a PM to myself or one of the other mods as we can avail of the tools to doublecheck the results and ensure there aren't any re-regges.

Like Keps said, a bit of discussion is a good things, it means that the people involved care about these challenges and assignments. Up to now, they have been run very well from the active users here and it's fantastic to see new users getting involved and enjoying this subforum.

Keep up the good work and we'll keep watching from the background to ensure that all goes well!

keps · 02-10-2010 7:12pm

Sorry I shoud know this but..

Is a public poll one where as well as having the poll graph/numbers you also see the people that voted?

sNarah · 02-10-2010 9:24pm

keps wrote: »

Sorry I shoud know this but..

Is a public poll one where as well as having the poll graph/numbers you also see the people that voted?

Jup, thatta one, you will see how many voted for each and also who exactly voted.

keps · 02-10-2010 9:34pm

sNarah wrote: »

Jup, thatta one, you will see how many voted for each and also who exactly voted.

Thanks sNarah -and your input as a mod is really appreciated.

The ONE/ONE challenge is Martron's idea and we have being flying on a wing and a prayer just trying to keep it going and get some accepted guidelines in place.

Somebody asked ' where is the fun gone' .

But unless you have some kind of agreement and format - there is no fun.

FoxT · 02-10-2010 11:13pm

Just wondering - I've been in the photo doldrums lately & I only came across this the other day. I am now inspired! When is the next one kicking off?

Thanks,

FoxT

keps · 02-10-2010 11:42pm

FoxT wrote: »

Just wondering - I've been in the photo doldrums lately & I only came across this the other day. I am now inspired! When is the next one kicking off?

Thanks,

FoxT

Well just checking - and it seems the clock has clicked over the poll end time!

So it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure out that the winner is kev_Longshanks100.

Fantastic(and scary) shot - and a totally deserving winner

So it's up to the winner to set the new challenge.

The practice to date has been to set the ONE/ONE Challenge theme anytime on the Monday after winning -- so as not to interfere with the Assignment thread which has traditionally ended on a Sunday

But it's up to kev_Longshanks100 to decide on his(?) theme and timing.

sNarah · 03-10-2010 1:13am

ah sure, I was lurking and posting in here before I got the big fancy title anyway

All I want is for it all to go work out as it should and work well, with old and new users enjoying it. And I don't see that the fun disappeared but you do need some guidelines in order to make a work..

Oh well, that's enough mutterings from me- carry on!

And congrats KevLongshanks, cracking shot!

Martron · 03-10-2010 3:36pm

well done kevlongshanks.

great shot. ( how did you achieve the pure blackness while having light on the knife?)

.Longshanks. · 03-10-2010 5:36pm

Thanks guys!

Just logged on for 1st time this weekend. Will try and set new one tomorrow

Martron wrote: »

well done kevlongshanks.

great shot. ( how did you achieve the pure blackness while having light on the knife?)

Magic!

im on the phone at mins so hard to try too much, but set up details should be on flickr. Basically used a snot to aim light at knife and nothing else

keps · 03-10-2010 5:38pm

well done kevlongshanks.- great winning shot

keps · 03-10-2010 10:57pm

Maybe Oshead and kev_Longshanks100 could have an off board chat -to ensure a bit of clear blue water between the upcoming themes?

I wonder is there any merit in extending the ONE/ONE challenge 'time to enter' by a week this time around - so that the challenge/assignment would finish on alternate week-ends?

keps · 04-10-2010 6:01pm

From discussion on the Assignment thread (although limited) I think a go ahead to extend the Challenge by one week on this occasion is accepted.

.Longshanks. · 04-10-2010 6:29pm

keps wrote: »

From discussion on the Assignment thread (although limited) I think a go ahead to extend the Challenge by one week on this occasion is accepted.

So I'll set the next challenge today? What deadline will it have?

keps · 04-10-2010 6:32pm

kev_Longshanks100 wrote: »

So I'll set the next challenge today? What deadline will it have?

so a deadline of the Monday 18/10/2010 - with voting by public poll to commence then and to finish on Saturday 23rd October.

.Longshanks. · 04-10-2010 6:38pm

keps wrote: »

so a deadline of the Monday 18/10/2010 - with voting by public poll to commence then and to finish on Saturday 23rd October.

Will do after dinner

Mountainsandh · 04-10-2010 7:35pm

Well done Kev Longshanks, I love how you've been making great pictures with "ordinary" subjects/resources lately. I'm often moaning about how I don't get much of a chance to get out and about and take pics, but you inspire me to get something done at home and shush up about it.

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