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The Great JJMPF Challenge Season 24

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UDAYAN:
Dear Friends.

The theme for The Great JJMPF Challenge Season 24 is – “Nature’s Patterns”
Patterns in nature are regularities of form found in the natural world. The image has to have a natural pattern as part of the composition (not a man-made pattern).

The following definition of natural pattern seems to be appropriate for this competition (Source: http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/iany/patterns/natural.htm) -
Pattern is a seen repetitive structure and the simplest interpretation is perhaps the wallpaper tiling, where a rectangular region tiles the plane infinitely without change. Such patterns are of course never really found in nature; in nature, the repetition is always approximate and finite -- no matter how carefully the bees shape their honeycomb, and no matter how many cells they construct, the cells vary in size and their rows come to an end. Ripples in a pond are all alike -- and all different. Their colours and brightnesses vary, sometimes in smooth gradients, sometimes in complex ways.
Most natural patterns should fit into the following categories:- .
1.   Unaffected by human action e.g. leaf skeletons, crystal forms, clouds.
2.   Shaped by forces of the world such as erosion by wind or water. e.g. limestone pavement, wave-cut platforms.
3.   Occurring according to inevitable laws of construction. e.g. spirally arranged flower heads, pinecones, seashells.
4.   Shaped by living things other than man. e.g. snakeskin, animal skin, seastars, honeycomb
Patterns abound in nature and here are few sample photos:







Hope this is a theme that will interest all members; so just venture out, use your observation and imagination and make some great images for the challenge.

Nature's Patterns

Rules:

1. Number of photos to be submitted: maximum 02 nos.
2. Photos submitted to earlier challenges are not allowed.
3. Once submitted, a photo cannot be changed.

Please provide the following with your entry:

•   Title
•   Description of the subject, place, how the image was created
•   Exif and processing work (if any)

Schedule:

A. Challenge start date: 15th August 2012
B. Challenge end date: 1st September 2012, 11.59 pm
C. Voting start date: 2nd September 2012, 12.01 am.
D. Voting end date: 9th September 2012, 11.59 pm.
E. Winner will be declared on 10th September 2012
F. Winner has to select the next theme by 15th September 2012 to start the next contest.
Winner of this challenge will start the next contest. In case, there is more than one winner, they will start the next contest together.
For all matters, moderators'/administrator’s decision shall be final.

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Regards & Best wishes,

Udayan

SKN:
Hello All,

My first entry

1.  Pine Cone
Details:
D90  |  18-55 kit  |  55mm + Ext Tube |  0.6sec  |  F29  |  Manual WB  |  ISO200
PP:
Shot straight into JPEG.
Slight Saturation increase, resize and slight smart sharpening. No other PP.



-SKN

itsme_soumya:
my first entry  :)

title: flow
location: tajpur beach, west bengal
description: flow of sand during a storm at the beach in the afternoon. the sand pattern was interesting as it flew past me.
camera/lens: canon 5D + canon 24-105L
exif: 24mm, 1/15s, f/22, iso50, evaluative metering, auto white balance



cheers!
soumya

SKN:
Here's my second entry

2. Paul, the octopus...

D90  |  18-55 kit  |  55mm |  1/50sec  |  F4  |  ISO1600  | Manual WB
Shot straight into JPEG, Extremely low light + handheld



-SKN

FilmForever:

Entry No. 1
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Title: Fall leaves
Location: Local park
Description: Fall leaves on the road after a rain forming a pattern.
Camera: Canon A510



 

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