Please note: Due to my error while doing an update, all the votes were erased on 1/16/10.

Please take a minute to vote again! -Amin


The theme for our first photo contest is Cold.


Contest Prizes (in US dollars, payable via PayPal):

• 1st Place: $100
• 2nd Place: $50
• 3rd Place: $25

Ties may be resolved via run-off or dividing the prize, depending on the situation.


Contest Rules:

• Participants must be registered members who have made no fewer than 3 sensible posts here at mu-43.com.
• You may enter a photo now and post later, but both the contest entry and the 3 qualifying posts must be made on or prior to January 15, 2010.
• Only one photo submission per person.
• You may only enter a photograph which you yourself have made.
• The photo must have been taken with a Micro Four Thirds camera.
• Maximum photo dimension must not exceed 1024 pixels.

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Update: The contest is now closed to entries and open for voting.

All registered mu-43.com members with at least 3 posts are eligible to vote.

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Please limit yourself to 3 or fewer votes. At any time prior to the end of the voting period, you may add your vote to or withdraw your vote from an entry.

The voting period will end on January 22, 2010 at 11:59:59pm GMT.

G1 14/45mm

Dan

Please find attached my entry for the photo contest.

It was taken with the GF1 + 20mm lens on a very cold and misty day.

Thanks,
Ian

I made this snowman just before Christmas, with two neighbor girls.
I swear I had made a nice Easter-Island-esque face prior to the blonde one going "Rocky" on it.

First white Christmas in my adult life, I think!

For me this was one of those rare captures, the light and mist were just right, I had already taken 80+ photo's with my Trusty G1 + 14-45mm kit lens;

Wish the file had been bigger, but very pretty, very nice colors, well done.

GF1 with 90mm Tele-Elmarit/2.8 at f/8 ISO 200 on a tripod with 2sec timer.

Nice.
A flash photo?
Why the timer?

Is that a Leica 90mm lens? (There are also 135mm and 180mm Tele-Elmarits) How's it working out on the GF1?

Eolake, this is daylight only (from a window on a cloudy - and COLD day!).

The timer: I felt that touching the release button at slow speeds with the tripod extended may compromise sharpness. Perhaps its an automatic reaction left over from the days of mirrored bodies!

And yes, it's a 90/2.8 Tele-Elmarit. See my comments under adapted lenses. I only wish it would focus a little closer, but I am not complaining in the optical performance department.

Thanks.

Isn't the water moving? I'd have expected motion blur...

You are quite right - but the speed in this case is 1/25 sec. And, luckily, the ice didn't slide around!...

Olympus E-P1, 17mm, f2.8, ISO 200, 1/3200 sec

Lots of very strong entries already .

Taken a few days ago in the Parc Regional de Longueuil, just outside of Montreal. GF1, 20mm 1.7.

this is my entry, taken with an e-p1 and the olympus 14-42mm in vienna