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p.1 #1 · The alt monthly competition #5

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Please note: The deadline for posting for this competition has past.
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Post your best shot from October. Expecting lot's of golden leaves

The winner of the last competition is HelenaN with a convincing 23 votes. Congratulations Helena!

Simple rules:

1. Your entry must have been photographed using alt lens or gear.

Canon DSLR using Canon lens is NOT alt.
Nikon DSLR using Nikon lens is NOT alt.
Anything else IS alt, including all mirrorless systems.

2. Your entry must have been photographed during October 2012 for this run.
3. One entry per user/month.
4. Your entry must contain your top 3 picks from last months competition. You may not vote for your own photo.

For the voting part, you'll find last months contributions here:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1153556/0

Pick your top 3, and name them in your post.

Please leave the EXIF intact, and copy the following, adding info for your entry.

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Camera body:
Lens:
Aperture:
Filters:
Short note on PP:
Votes (3 usernames):
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Previous winners:

August: Snowboarder

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September: Bifurcator

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Oct 31, 2012 at 06:29 PM

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p.1 #2 · The alt monthly competition #5

Let's get this party started...

Autumn by briantho, on Flickr

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Camera body: NEX-5N
Lens: Contax Zeiss 645 Apo-Makro-Planar 120mm f4
Aperture: f4
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Didn't do much. Some added saturation, added slight vignetting, slight cropping.
Votes (3 usernames): freaklikeme, sebboh, Bobu
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Oct 31, 2012 at 08:04 PM

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p.1 #3 · The alt monthly competition #5

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Camera body: D800
Lens: 21 Zf.2
Aperture: f/4
Filters: none
Short note on PP: increase saturation on grass in NX2
Votes (3 usernames): wfrank, sebboh, bobu
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DSC_3250 lg by smridevan, on Flickr

Nov 01, 2012 at 02:33 AM

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p.1 #4 · The alt monthly competition #5

briantho wrote:
Simple rules:

1. Your entry must have been photographed using alt lens or gear.

Canon DSLR using Canon lens is NOT alt.
Nikon DSLR using Nikon lens is NOT alt.
Sony DSLR using Sony lens is NOT alt.
Anything else IS alt, including all mirrorless systems.

Nov 01, 2012 at 03:03 AM

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p.1 #5 · The alt monthly competition #5

Well done Helena! Congrats! Also to so many others. The fact that one wins doesn't make the others into losers IMHO.
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Camera body: NEX7
Lens: Leica Summilux 50 f:1.4
Aperture: f/1.4
Filters: none
Short note on PP: not much at all. B&W conversion in LR
Votes (3 usernames): Rjigoleez, Ulff, Bobu
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NEX-7 1/25 sec 100 ISO 0.0 EV

Nov 01, 2012 at 08:32 AM

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p.1 #6 · The alt monthly competition #5

sebboh wrote:
briantho wrote:
Simple rules:

1. Your entry must have been photographed using alt lens or gear.

Canon DSLR using Canon lens is NOT alt.
Nikon DSLR using Nikon lens is NOT alt.
Sony DSLR using Sony lens is NOT alt.
Anything else IS alt, including all mirrorless systems.

why is sony alpha on sony alpha not alt? in the past the alt forum was anything that wasn't canon on canon or nikon on nikon. there are no separate forums on FM for sony or pentax (or leica, ricoh, olympus, panasonic, samsung, etc), so this would be the only gear forum where such shooters could post on FM.

Because I got questions about what's considered alt I had to make a definition. I used the faq, and it specifically mentions Sony Alpha along with Nikon and Canon as mainstream "oem".

Nov 01, 2012 at 08:42 AM

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p.1 #7 · The alt monthly competition #5

Damn!

I missed out posting into October by one day!

Briantho - please keep this comp going. It's a great idea and attracts some excellent images.

best wishes,

Davis

Nov 01, 2012 at 10:17 AM

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p.1 #8 · The alt monthly competition #5

Thank you all very much! I wish I could take credit for it, but it was just a case of being in the right place at the right time.

briantho, thank you again for handling this. It's a great idea and I hope that it'll continue for a long time.

Nov 01, 2012 at 11:13 AM

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p.1 #9 · The alt monthly competition #5

why is sony alpha on sony alpha not alt? in the past the alt forum was anything that wasn't canon on canon or nikon on nikon. there are no separate forums on FM for sony or pentax (or leica, ricoh, olympus, panasonic, samsung, etc), so this would be the only gear forum where such shooters could post on FM.

Yes. "alt", in this forum, has always been anything outside the Canikon hegemony.

Nov 01, 2012 at 01:50 PM

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p.1 #10 · The alt monthly competition #5

HelenaN wrote:
Thank you all very much! I wish I could take credit for it, but it was just a case of being in the right place at the right time.

And framing it correctly and choosing the right exposure values and creating an engaging mono conversion in post and having the guts to post it. You're right, there's nothing there that you did.

Nov 01, 2012 at 03:19 PM

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p.1 #11 · The alt monthly competition #5

Lotusm50 wrote:
sebboh wrote:
briantho wrote:
Simple rules:

1. Your entry must have been photographed using alt lens or gear.

Canon DSLR using Canon lens is NOT alt.
Nikon DSLR using Nikon lens is NOT alt.
Sony DSLR using Sony lens is NOT alt.
Anything else IS alt, including all mirrorless systems.

why is sony alpha on sony alpha not alt? in the past the alt forum was anything that wasn't canon on canon or nikon on nikon. there are no separate forums on FM for sony or pentax (or leica, ricoh, olympus, panasonic, samsung, etc), so this would be the only gear forum where such shooters could post on FM.

Yes. "alt", in this forum, has always been anything outside the Canikon hegemony.

There. Sony Alpha is now alt.

Nov 01, 2012 at 04:31 PM

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p.1 #12 · The alt monthly competition #5

Congrats Helena!

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Camera body: Canon 5DMkII
Lens: Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21 ZE
Aperture: f/6,3
Filters: none
Short note on PP: Some desaturation (blues)/ saturation (yellows) of colours in LR. Local sharpening/ step sharpening/ resize in PS.
Votes (3 usernames): juju1958, wfrank, sebboh
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Nov 01, 2012 at 04:50 PM

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p.1 #13 · The alt monthly competition #5

freaklikeme wrote:
HelenaN wrote:
Thank you all very much! I wish I could take credit for it, but it was just a case of being in the right place at the right time.

And framing it correctly and choosing the right exposure values and creating an engaging mono conversion in post and having the guts to post it. You're right, there's nothing there that you did.

He he, OK you have a point!

Thanks Philber and twoeye!

Nov 01, 2012 at 05:41 PM

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p.1 #14 · The alt monthly competition #5

Congrats Helena. I didn't participate last month, but if I did I would have voted for you also.

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Camera body: NEX 5N
Lens: CV 15/4.5
Aperture: f/11
Filters: none
Short note on PP: Selective clarity, selective sharpening, some individual color saturation
Votes (3 usernames): Ulff, Bobu, FlyPenFly
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Nov 01, 2012 at 10:57 PM

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p.1 #15 · The alt monthly competition #5

Not sure this is my best from last month, but given the quality in these threads I'm a real long shot anyway. Here's a shout out to the Zeiss 15mm. The sharpness, resolution, color, contrast, etc in this shot just captivates me.

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Camera body: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/15 ZE
Aperture: f/11
Filters: none
Short note on PP: RAW processed in DxO, cropped left of frame slightly as there was someone's elbow resting on the railing, bumped vibrancy slightly and then sharpened (in Photoshop I believe.)
Votes (3 usernames): Bobu, Phillip Reeve, snowboarder
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-Tim

Nov 01, 2012 at 11:58 PM

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p.1 #16 · The alt monthly competition #5

Path by Taylor Sherman, on Flickr

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Camera body: Sony Nex-7
Lens: Leica Super-Elmar 21/3.4
Aperture: f/11 or f/16
Filters: none
Short note on PP: none
Votes (3 usernames): brockwhittaker, wfrank, sebboh
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A tough month once again. There's at least another three I could have just as easily voted for.

Nov 02, 2012 at 01:09 AM

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p.1 #17 · The alt monthly competition #5

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Camera body: Sony NEX C3
Lens: TAIR-11a (133mm f/2.8)
Aperture: f/4
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Just a bit of contrast to reduce forground hazy, and upped the clarity +10.
Votes (3 usernames): FlyPenFly, snowboarder, sebboh.
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Nov 02, 2012 at 04:10 AM

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p.1 #18 · The alt monthly competition #5

Camera body: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: Nikkor 50mm F/1.2 AIS
Aperture: F/2.0
Filters:none
Short note on PP: Canon Picture Style applied
Votes (3 usernames): snowboarder, philber, Bobu,

Nov 02, 2012 at 12:13 PM

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p.1 #19 · The alt monthly competition #5

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Camera body: Sony NEX-7
Lens: contax g 28/2.8
Aperture: f/4(?)
Filters: None
Short note on PP: preset i made a while ago for getting a "film look" with my jupiter-3, it has a very strange curve and a fair bit of a clarity boost.
Votes (3 usernames): FlyPenFly, Gary Clennan, Ulff.
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Nov 03, 2012 at 03:16 AM

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p.1 #20 · The alt monthly competition #5

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Camera body: Sony NEX-7
Lens: Elmarit-M 24/2.8
Aperture: f/5.6
Filters: None
Short note on PP: stitched pano in APP, a bit of shadow boost and warming in LR4
Votes (3 usernames): sebboh, Bobu, FlyPenFly
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