August 2012 "Show Us Your Best Shot" Contest (filter, Canon, Fuji)

[Poncho_NM]

August 2012 "Show Us Your Best Shot" Contest


Place your photos in this thread

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Rules To The "Show Us Your Best Shot" Contest

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RULES CHANGE (13 Nov 2011):

1. Title changed from "in your Home State" Contest to "Show Us Your Best Shot".

2. Only one photo per person.

Everybody happy? Discussion continues here: Photography Contests - Overall Discussions

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Post your pictures in the appropriate thread.

Please read the appropriate DISCUSSION THREAD to be up to date before posting. You may post as many photographs in the discussion thread but the actual contest thread is limited.

The photo you enter in the "Show Us Your Best Shot" contest is any photograph which you took within 30 days of the date you submitted it.

To be able to stay on a monthly schedule, the last day for submitting entry photographs will be five days before the end of the month, ie, if the month ends on the 30th then photos must be submitted no later than the 25th. If the month ends on the 31st then photos must be submitted no later than the 26th. Etc...

There are 31 days in August 2012, so, entries will end on August 26th 2012.

The poll will be opened the day after last day for submitting entry photographs.

Only users who have been registered on City-Data over 30 days and who have at least one valid post may enter the contest or vote on the contest (Rule added Feb 3, 2012)

One photograph per contest and one vote per member.

All photographs must have been taken within 30 days of the date you submitted them.

You may not vote for yourself.

If desired you may add your ©copyright signature to your photograph when sharing over the internet.

Please add the title of your photo and any information that you want to share. We do enjoy knowing and the title is placed in the Poll.

You have 90 minutes to alter/edit your post. If you need help with the title or information, just DM me Poncho_NM and I will fix it for you.

Do not use the entry thread for discussions. There is a separate thread to be used for discussions.

If you have an suggestions, you may DM me Poncho_NM .
Thanks and good luck!


Rich

[orogenicman]

SH2-101, The Tulip Nebula, a stellar nursery in Cygnus
Coordinates: RA: 20h 00m 26s DEC: +35° 18' 54" (J2000)

Image:
8x8 min: 64 minutes
ISO 800
8 darks, 40 flats, 30 bias frames
Image Scale = 1.17 arcsec/pix
Field Of View = 50.7 x 76.1 arcmin
Stacked with Deepsky Stacker
Processed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
The right star of the two bright stars near the top center parallel to the image edge
is Cygnus X1, a stellar black hole.
There are over 3,000 stars in this image.

Equipment:
Camera: Hutech Modified Canon T1i
Scope: Modified 200m f5 Konus Newtonian with Baader MPCC coma corrector and Baader UV/IR cut filter
Mount: Losmandy G-11 Gemini V.1.04
Tripod: Losmandy Heavy Duty
Autoguide Scope: 80mm f5 Orion Shorty
Autoguide Camera: Orion Starshooter using PhD Guiding

Image acquired on 08/11/2012 at the LAS Baker Observatory, Curby, Indiana
This is a tough object to image. I have been trying to get it for nearly a year.
Finally got some decent exposures. I would have liked to have gotten more,
but alas the clouds rolled in on me.

[Poncho_NM]

A Girl With A Guy

Las Fiestas de San Lorenzo, Town of Bernalillo, August 11, 2012.

[delta07]

Wizard Island, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

[sanspeur]

Judge Dread....Camera Fuji HS20EXR...126mm....F5.6....1/120 sec...ISO 400.

[HomestuckCanuck]

Bamboo Water Pipe, St. Louis Botanical Gardens.

[AksarbeN]

Stormy Evening
Phoenix AZ
8/8/2012
Nikon Coolpix S6200

[Infamous92]

Balance ~ Long Island, NY ~ iPhone 4S

[EinsteinsGhost]

Sony A55 + Cosina 60-300mm f/4-5.6 (at 300mm, f/6.3, 1/1000s, ISO 400)

[PJSinger]

Is somebody taking this down?




Okay, Jim's having the corned beef on rye; Terry's having the bleu burger; Ryan's having . . . hey - is somebody taking this down?

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