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This is the thread for the serious pictures for the competition as described here (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?p=230593#post23 0593), please don't clutter it with chat :D
I've just added the Poll. Please do not enter any more pictures as the competition has moved to the Poll stage.
There’s quite a few photos in this thread so I thought we’d narrow things down a little buy polling the names of those that have posted first and then we’ll narrow it down to the pictures. We’ll leave this for a while and then I’ll change the poll to represent the pictures based on the most popular in the poll
Squidders
08-12-2006, 23:43
Creeping (http://213.161.73.95/Personal/PhotoAlbum/tabid/125/VPID/1126/Default.aspx)
Autumn leaves (http://213.161.73.95/Personal/PhotoAlbum/tabid/125/VPID/1128/Default.aspx)
Looking up in wonder (http://213.161.73.95/Personal/PhotoAlbum/tabid/125/VPID/1129/Default.aspx)
Outside looking in (http://213.161.73.95/Personal/PhotoAlbum/tabid/125/VPID/1130/Default.aspx)
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/fire.jpg
Fire
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/fire2.jpg
Fire2
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/lochachray.jpg Loch Achray 23:00hrs
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/spider.jpg
Spider
ArkAngel
09-12-2006, 20:57
OK here's my attempts
The path to Bushcraft leads us to a destination we can not yet see
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/DSCN2364.jpg
Sunset over Glamaig (Red Cullins, Isle of Skye)
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/Glamaig.jpg
Half way up "Big Ben"
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/BenNevis.jpg
Crimple Valley at sunset
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/ArkAngel_06/ViaductCropped.jpg
Thanks for looking
Squidders
10-12-2006, 13:12
Watching Wilderness TV (http://213.161.73.95/Personal/PhotoAlbum/tabid/125/VPID/1131/Default.aspx)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/ahjno/PICT0146.jpg
Picture taken last summer on Dartmoor on an extremely hot day (admin day). I sat myself on a big rock cleaning my stuff in de middle of this stream (that provided us with water during our 8 day stay) and chilled a bit :D
Singeblister
10-12-2006, 21:08
A moth
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/millymog/DSCF3997.jpg
Lemoneyewash
10-12-2006, 21:46
http://static.flickr.com/102/295536568_bf316275f3_m.jpg
My local wood, taken on a 2 MP mobile phone.
jamesoconnor
12-12-2006, 20:15
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4502/001on7.jpg
Frozen Loch, Glen Etive
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/9404/buachille2og3.jpg
Buachille Etive Mor
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/5959/rannochmoor1wh4.jpg
Rannoch moor
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/402/reddeer6cu3.jpg
Red deer stag, Glen Etive
penvisser
12-12-2006, 22:35
cooking dinner....
http://i14.tinypic.com/30axl38.jpg
Penvisser
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4502/001on7.jpg
Frozen Loch, Glen Etive
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/9404/buachille2og3.jpg
Buachille Etive Mor
Gorgeous pictures James! :)
http://static.flickr.com/139/320775662_ea01a3f510.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/135/320775661_94071464f4.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/95/227114482_bacd5eb3a7.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/96/227121810_24b8137619.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/81/227114483_3eae1d2b6e.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/98/208395028_8dc599d142.jpg
Any excuse to post more pics.... :D
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/stovie/DSCF4665copy.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/stovie/DSCF4707copy.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/stovie/DSCF4682copy.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/stovie/DSCF3370copy.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/stovie/DSCF2346copy.jpg
and me doing what I do best....."sleep; perchance to dream..."
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/stovie/DSCF2350copy.jpg
Buckshot
15-12-2006, 11:02
Here's a few from me
We'll start with the great man himself...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/BCUK/Mark/P1000867.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/BCUK/Mark/P1000903-1.jpg
Then another 'great' man
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/BCUK/Mark/P1000991.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/BCUK/Mark/P1000388.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/BCUK/Mark/StuartDaveandMatt.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/BCUK/Mark/Eveningentrertainment.jpg
Well I guess I'll have to put this one in.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/data/500/Bushcraft.jpg
Midnight near Saltfjell. Norway.
MagiKelly
15-12-2006, 15:08
Tentipi in action in the snow
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/lltipifire.jpg
Must have some canoe ones
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/190306_2.jpg
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/endrick5.jpg
Klenchblaize
15-12-2006, 15:13
Well I guess I'll have to put this one in.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/data/500/Bushcraft.jpg
Midnight near Saltfjell. Norway.
Almost too perfect Wayland but a most worthy winner even without a rifle in the foreground!
Well done
riddleofsteel
17-12-2006, 15:21
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/data/500/Bushcraft.jpg
Well I have my new computer wallpaper.
scoops_uk
17-12-2006, 15:54
Here's a few from me (they're straight off my website so apologies for not removing the copyright)
Sunrise from my snow trench
http://www.skeels.net/Snapshots/Woodlore%202003/slides/P1010165.JPG
Tipi shelter
http://www.skeels.net/Snapshots/Woodlore%202003/slides/P1010167.JPG
Arctic moon rising
http://www.skeels.net/Snapshots/Woodlore%202003/slides/P1010173.JPG
SWMBO finding out what camping in the cantabrian mountains means (yes we are sad enough to have matching hats. I couldn't let her buy second rate kit just to be different!!)
http://www.skeels.net/Snapshots/Camino%20Norte%202004/slides/DSC_0141.JPG
Southern Upland Way
http://www.skeels.net/Landscape/slides/P1010061.JPG
Waylands gets my vote. Quite an achievement to keep that blow pipe still and sharp with the longer exposure needed for the water and fire. Not ony is is a great composition, it's a technically difficult shot done perfectly.
Scoops
Some great pictures there folks, keep them coming :You_Rock_
heres a few of my first ever ones
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/leon-b_2006/sunset.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/leon-b_2006/DSCF0253.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n9/leon-b_2006/DSCF0249.jpg
enjoy
leon
black_kissa
30-12-2006, 00:38
I found this perfectly dry place in a wet, dripping N. Scotland forest. And exactly my size too :-) The space was formed by a tree that had toppled over an edge so that the flat root system had closed up a horizontal ledge. The sun shone into it during the mornings and dried the sand even further.
It was my home for four days during a weeklong trip with Extra Survival in September 2005...
http://onica.net/my_den.jpg
Anneke
Some great photos so far, keep them coming :You_Rock_
when will the poll be started ?
leon
Now :D
There’s quite a few photos in this thread so I thought we’d narrow things down a little buy polling the names of those that have posted first and then we’ll narrow it down to the pictures. We’ll leave this for a while and then I’ll change the poll to represent the pictures based on the most popular in the poll
Now :D
There’s quite a few photos in this thread so I thought we’d narrow things down a little buy polling the names of those that have posted first and then we’ll narrow it down to the pictures. We’ll leave this for a while and then I’ll change the poll to represent the pictures based on the most popular in the poll
Methinks this is going to be a one horse race.....and deservedly so....
Votes for yourself shouldn't count..... :eek: :lmao:
ArkAngel
06-01-2007, 08:15
Votes for yourself shouldn't count..... :eek: :lmao:
Why not? :)
You obviously liked the photo to start with otherwise you wouldn't of taken it!
Squidders
09-01-2007, 13:41
I would have voted for one of mine but the one wayland posted was very good indeed...
Wayland - was this taken by your good self? can you tell us what it was taken with (hardwear, settings etc)? mine never seem to come together like that.
Cheers,
Joe
Hi Joe.
Yes I did take the shot, the camera was on a tripod with a timer.
I use digital these days. The camera was a Canon D5 with a 17-40 mm lens somewhere at the wide end. ( 21mm it says in the exif data. )
Exposure was 1.3 seconds at f22 to blur the water, no flash, iso 100.
I shoot raw files and convert to 16 bit files for editing, this was converted to two frames and recombined for a high dynamic range in Photoshop otherwise it is not changed in any major way.
Squidders
09-01-2007, 14:08
Cheers wayland, I will transpose those settings to my Nikon and have a go. top stuff!
:240: Congratulations Gary :240: (Wayland), it looks like you won this one fair and square :You_Rock_
I'll send your details off to Bushcraft Expeditions and they can sort out the workshop with you.
Fantastic Photo :D
Thanks all for taking part, we has some splendid photos to look at and thank to all that took the time to vote :You_Rock_
Excellent. Well done all.
Well done Gary, a very worthy picture!
Squidders
18-01-2007, 15:08
Yeah, a technically good and very atmospheric picture, got my vote in a heartbeat... well done mate!
Wow, A big thanks to everyone who voted for me.
I've been away up North for a bit so only just seen the final results. :red:
blodsugare
01-02-2007, 11:49
Gah!
I must just ask. Have he set a fire on a cliff? That is not allowed here in Sweden. It destroys the cliff, make cracks and such. And leave trails for a very, very long time. But its maybe just looks like that. :-)
Gah!
I must just ask. Have he set a fire on a cliff? That is not allowed here in Sweden. It destroys the cliff, make cracks and such. And leave trails for a very, very long time. But its maybe just looks like that. :-)
Fair question. :)
The fire is on a small prepared bed of river sand on top of the rock.
The rock was chosen because it obviously lies under the water when the river is in spate and the fire was quite small. It looks far larger than it was due to the perspective of the 17mm lens.
When the fire burned down, the ash, a few small bits of charcoal and the river sand was all brushed into the water which was already full of rock flour from glaciation upstream.
The wood, including the piece the pot is hanging from, was all driftwood collected from the high water line up and down stream for no more than twenty metres.
When cleared up, It was hard to tell anyone had been there at all. The main sign being the lack of dry driftwood.
I hope this answers the question to your satisfaction. As a landscape photographer I too value the appearance of the locations I use and more often than not, leave them cleaner than when I arrive.
blodsugare
01-02-2007, 13:41
What a fast, and great answer. :-) There is nothing worse when I see young ppl who making Biig fire on cliffs that are great for sun bathing.
:You_Rock_
Fair question. :)
The fire is on a small prepared bed of river sand on top of the rock.
The rock was chosen because it obviously lies under the water when the river is in spate and the fire was quite small. It looks far larger than it was due to the perspective of the 17mm lens.
When the fire burned down, the ash, a few small bits of charcoal and the river sand was all brushed into the water which was already full of rock flour from glaciation upstream.
The wood, including the piece the pot is hanging from, was all driftwood collected from the high water line up and down stream for no more than twenty metres.
When cleared up, It was hard to tell anyone had been there at all. The main sign being the lack of dry driftwood.
I hope this answers the question to your satisfaction. As a landscape photographer I too value the appearance of the locations I use and more often than not, leave them cleaner than when I arrive.
What a fast, and great answer. :-) There is nothing worse when I see young ppl who making Biig fire on cliffs that are great for sun bathing.
Yes I've had to clear many such sites up in the past. Why do people think beer cans burn... :confused:
Biddlesby
01-02-2007, 21:31
Sorry if this is 'cluttering up', but these are a couple of photos I like:
http://lh6.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bFBCWX6I/AAAAAAAAACk/16M3ES1Lr8c/CIMG0003.JPG (http://lh6.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bFBCWX6I/AAAAAAAAACk/16M3ES1Lr8c/CIMG0003.JPG?imgmax=512)
http://lh3.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bARCWX4I/AAAAAAAAACU/9Dr0IdFBsec/CIMG1096.JPG (http://lh3.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bARCWX4I/AAAAAAAAACU/9Dr0IdFBsec/CIMG1096.JPG?imgmax=512)
http://lh4.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bHhCWX7I/AAAAAAAAACs/QTsyRuT_RWQ/CIMG0091.JPG (http://lh4.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bHhCWX7I/AAAAAAAAACs/QTsyRuT_RWQ/CIMG0091.JPG?imgmax=512)
Of course, I know the comp has ended! Well done Wayland!