Foo - Foo Foto Contest--March

I've gotten a lot of great feedback from last month's contest.
February's images were extraordinary. So let's do this again.


Theme: Circles

Rules:
You must be the photographer.
One entry per month.
And this month try to make the image a current one (not going to be strict about that, just trying to encourage y'all to take new images).

Good luck everyone.

Theme: Circles

Great idea! The possibilities are vast. I'm looking forward to all the interpretations Foo will bring.


The word maru (丸, meaning "circle") is often attached to Japanese ship names. There are several theories associated with this practice.

* (The most common): That ships were thought of as floating castles, and the word referred to the defensive "circles" or maru that protected the castle.
* That the term maru is used in divination and represents perfection or completeness, or the ship as a small world of its own.
* For the past few centuries, only non-warships bore the maru ending. It was intended to be used as a good hope naming convention that would allow the ship to leave port, travel the world, and return safely to home port: hence the complete circle arriving back to its origin unhurt.

The first ship known to follow this convention was the Nippon Maru, flagship of daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 16th century fleet.


I'd like to make a suggestion. How about the winner of the previous month's contest (e.g., February) provides the next month's theme (e.g., April)? So the March winner will provide the theme for May.

fun with akiko :)

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee297/ginaJapan/bfc/circle4.jpg

Man, i was thinkin the same thing KG...beat me to it! I should have known to be quicker on the draw with you around;)

Those are technically spheres and not circles though. :p

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp313/dkasper0/100_0421.jpg

Man,,, now it feels like homework :)

Those are technically spheres and not circles though. :p

there is a circle in there :p:p:p




:)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o260/TomStormcrowe/Malachi/Commuting009.jpg

Hmm... okay, circles. Well I just got back from a cruise (or ship... which ties to the wikipedia definition of circle above), and one of the stops was Aruba... this was the restaurant we had lunch in at Eagle Beach... circle tables, circle placemats, circles in the walls... so there you go. I thought it was stunning scenery, so I took the picture before other tourists croweded the place.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2420/2/65/821275023/n821275023_5982311_2812490.jpg

Resonably current. Taken just after Thanksgiving last year.


http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn50/Ed_in_GA/IMGP0473-BW.jpg

Taken this morning...the window display at the LBS.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_16954.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/psydotek/Watches/IMG_0091.jpg

Taken about 14 hours ago...

AllenG, I posted the wrong image and went back and corrected it. If that's not acceptable let me know and I'll pull it out of the post. If anyone is uncomfortable about my having done that let me know and I'll pull the image out. I want to keep the fun in this great thread.

AllenG, I posted the wrong image and went back and corrected it. If that's not acceptable let me know and I'll pull it out of the post. If anyone is uncomfortable about my having done that let me know and I'll pull the image out. I want to keep the fun in this great thread.

No problem at all.

Who won last month? Did I miss it?
This is shaping up to be another incredible month. How can I be expected to pick just 3 photos? :notamused:

^^^
Vote ends Saturday.

http://stupidhurts.org//cpg14/albums/uploads/misc/_MG_1442.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w203/SuzieGreen/Berries.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/awcg/.Pictures/2009/Beer.jpg
Beer

I'm not going to have time to shoot a current image so I'm submitting this one.

I have an idea for a circle shot but I need a dusting of snow to make it work. No chance of that this weekend...

I have an idea for a circle shot but I need a dusting of snow to make it work. No chance of that this weekend...

A five pound sack of flour, a skeet thrower, and a 12 Gage

No, something a little more delicate than that....

bumpity bump

Waiting For Spring

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l278/kdl2525/MarchPhotoContest003.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o260/TomStormcrowe/Malachi/Commuting009.jpg

sweet bike tom - melikes better here than with the effects.

already there are too many great images here for me to pick just a couple.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c255/stevemtbr/lighthouse0001.jpg

http://www.naputi.com/stuft/circles.jpg

My entry features teh kitteh!

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SdF0uuk3iUc/SbSqi-lAZjI/AAAAAAAABvo/JCejpIvirbE/s720/Picture%20119.jpg

Ooops, double post. See above ^^^

I tried but I either got too much light:

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/coins-w-flash.jpg

or too little:

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/coins-no-flash.jpg

Bump

I tried but I either got too much light:

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/coins-w-flash.jpg

or too little:

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/coins-no-flash.jpg

did you try some sort of external lighting? Maybe a focused lamp with a piece of paper taped over it? I dunno, these guys might have better suggestions...

Snow finally came....

Nice shot nondes.. I have a couple of ideas but so far I have not been able to execute.. dam DOF.

I tried but I either got too much light:

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/coins-w-flash.jpg

or too little:

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/coins-no-flash.jpg

I would try it on a dark background.

a flash diffuser.
or a bounce flash.
and or one of these,
http://www.tackyliving.com/article.php?id=201

^^^
Add to that side light.
It will add shadows which will allow the relief of the coin to show up better.

^^^^
Oh no.. you need a new camera... just ask anyone :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/offroadranger22/Diana/scan0001.jpg


Not super current, but it's film. Can you cut me some slack?

Yes.
I closed a game of Cricket in 33 darts this evening.

Man...There is some serious competition this time around!!!! I'm so stumped i may bow out now...:(

Man...There is some serious competition this time around!!!! I'm so stumped i may bow out now...:(

No chance.
Post it!

OK...here's mine...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g85/lodi781/bfcircles2.jpg

OK...here's mine...EXTERMINATE! (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=dalek&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)

How did you even know what to google to get those...whatever the hell they are....things????

Bump

I see a Fresnel Lens... :) Nice!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/Taerom/2009%20Spring/P3174514.jpg

^^^
Oh hell yeah.