Camera phone competition June 2017: Sports
 

OK... Here is another wide theme. You can capture images of the actual sport been played but also the places, fields, tracks, apparatus, equipamemt etc. I' have to confess that i'd like to see pictures of unusual sport activities but that is is up to you.

Rules are as usual:
Photos must be taken during this month (after theme is announced)
Photos must be taken by the posting member
Photos must be taken with a camera phone
Users post only one photo per entry
Users can change the entry only once
Users must name the phone they used

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Taken with Linux iPhone

Basketball in southeast Europe

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Wow, HDR much :D

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all photographers amateur or professional would have at some point this "hole" in their learning curve, called HDR :)

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A what? I was not aware it's possible to replace iOS with anything else on any iPhone model?

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Glad you asked. I was to afraid :D
I googled my ***** off and did only find some successfull attempts from pre Iphone4 era.

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Me, three! I've got to know what this is.

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Here is the obligatory picture of my daughter ice skating. Taken at 08:51 on Sunday, 4 June 2017 by Nokia N900 and cropped on the phone.

Attachment 39382

Sorry about the low quality. "Sports" is a particularly challenging topic for most mobile phone cameras. I have five phones but only two of them are usable, one N900 and one Jolla. The Jolla's camera is crap and absolutely useless for taking pictures of movement. Even the almighty N900 was struggling in the poor light of the ice rink but I did not have a choice.

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Got myself in trouble here for false fact ( unix based ) Iphone
Nothing extraordinary :)

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A ball left behind after some T-Ball practice in the back yard.

Taken with 808 Pureview.

http://imgur.com/a/mMjps

EDIT: It didn't like my embedded picture... http://imgur.com/a/mMjps

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Guys, I'd like to hear some opinions... Could a frame of a video be a valid entry? I am asking because I ended with a video while thinking that I was shooting two pictures... You know, the camera was in videomode and I did not realize until the subject was out of reach.

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I recognize that the"sports"thing isn't clear... Can you see the carabiner ? :D But I just realize that there are few minutes left and it will be a shame choose the theme and stay out.. So, here we go.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rh1ets1375...04929.jpg?dl=1
panoramic mode of the ASUS ZenFone 2
By the way, that isn't the frame of a video that I've mentioned.

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Outrigger canoe, taken with Nexus 4 running Android 7.1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6v7qjlq1d..._0014.JPG?dl=0

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You did not ask it nicely enough:

http://i.imgur.com/LGszmIA.jpg

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Well... no sport here so...

This view is the only "sport" here...:

http://huispaus.ucs.fi/tmp/17060023.jpg

"Who of them" will grow fastest?

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Quite late to the party this time.
My poor 808 was driven over by a bus :(

But you may have guessed, I cannot live without one now.

Taken with my brand new Nokia 808 Pureview ;): TUM Campuslauf
https://testem.duckdns.org/Images/20...Campuslauf.jpg

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Last 6 hours, ladies and gentlemen!

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Am I late?..
Okay, 5+ hours should be enough to take a photograph of the nearest ping-pong table.

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We are late already. The last three days of the month were supposed to be reserved for voting and they started yesterday. But it is not nice to close the gate without a notice, even though everyone knew when the gate was going to close.

About 4 hours left :)

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Edit - ops ! I close the gate before pichlos deadline... So, hurry up people. You have some minutes !

Time for voting... Mine goes to 1 tomislav... Even with HDR

Tomislav - iphone
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...1&d=1496500100

Pichlo - n900
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...2&d=1496563564

Saponga - zenfone 2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rh1ets1375...04929.jpg?dl=1

Imaginaryenemy - 808
http://i.imgur.com/LGszmIA.jpg

Rm250j - nexus 4
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6v7qjlq1d..._0014.JPG?dl=1

Catbus - n9 ?
http://huispaus.ucs.fi/tmp/17060023.jpg

Macros -808
https://testem.duckdns.org/Images/20...Campuslauf.jpg

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no sports for me this moth.
Voting for

Imaginaryenemy - 808

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Thanks, mosen, for compiling the entries, even though it was about two hours before my deadline :) It was completely arbitrary so please do not feel bound by it.

I will try to "do a juiceme" and write up a brief opinion on each entry.

Tomislav - iphone
A great first entry, perfectly matching the topic. The sense of movement is absolutely palpable. Nice dramatic colours, with the storm clouds looming at the background. Or is it just the HDR playing tricks? Not so keen on the fuzzy middle section. Is it a haze or just a dirty lens?

Pichlo - n900
As mentioned in my post, the quality could be better. Still, the movement is clear and the level of detail is not as bad as I was expecting due to the very poor light conditions. Juiceme will no doubt complain about a "small size". As I said numerous times, blame the TMO picture uploader.

Saponga - zenfone 2
Nice photo in its own right. I like panorama pictures. I am a bit less convinced how well it fits the topic. Yes, I can see the carabine but I am still not 100% convinced.

Imaginaryenemy - 808
I see you have taken the easy way out and merely hinted on the sports theme by taking a picture of some sporting equipment. Nothing wrong with the picture itself. Lovely colours and the level of detail is astonishing. But you would expect that with the camera you used. I would give it a second place because of no movement.

Rm250j - nexus 4
Another easy way out with no actual sport involved. Like the previous one, the picture still fits the loose description of the theme but I must say I did feel cheated to some extent. A completely irrational feeling. I like the drama in the picture and the unspoken question it poses. Is the canoe resting after a race or is it just waking up and getting ready for one? The sand patches on the hull suggest the former: it looks like it has just recently been taken out of the water. I would give this entry a third place.

Catbus - n9 ?
If it were up to me, I would disqualify this entry, despite your feeble and transparent attempt to make it fit the topic with your comment. But I will leave it to others to be their own judges. Otherwise the picture itself is perfectly fine and would do well as a generic stock photo for some editorial about the weather or environment.

Macros -808
Back to the sports theme again. The first thing that stroke me was the colours. A very nice richness of them. The second thing that stroke me was, "what the **** is going on in this picture?" I had to enlarge it to see. But once I did, the result was worth it. I find the trees in the foreground a bit distracting. The picture worked for me the best when zoomed in and cropped, with only hints of the trees visible in the top two corners.

And finally, my verdict.

My vote goes to... tomislav!

Despite the smudged centre, the picture IMO represents the topic the best, with nice colours, level of detail and some added drama in the form of the gathering clouds.

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I want to vote for Pichlo because:

- That's one of the 2 pics that actually shows people doing sports;

- tomislav's picture is great, but it's from an i-prefix-device... (sorry)

- Pichlo's has his famous daughter!! :D

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My vote goes to Saponga

Fully understandable, but I have to admit, I often have this feeling too when watching sports.
I could have cropped it further to the area between the trees, but two things kept me from it.
First I love how much is going on at this moment, some of it would be lost and second: The Bananas!

Bonus picture which shows the surroundings. Even more is happening there,
but the angle seems so odd that I preferred the one I handed in.

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I must admit, I loved the bananas in your picture. But I would still have sacrificed them for a better composition.

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I vote #2. Pichlo

(... and Yes. My camera is still N9, forgot to mention and i also think that my picture should disqualify.)

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Saponga has my vote!

Just to remind those of you that seem to be unsure of what the theme was, I'll post it again here ;)

Emphasis mine.

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So ok

My picture was very "of unusual sport activities". But hey... I live here between nothing... Try to understand... Thanks ;)

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Thank you for doing a juiceme style read, but the laurels for compiling the entries belong to saponga himself ;)

Btw, applaus for how the competiton went kind of self sustaining by every winner managing the follow up competition. If it only could work out like this in (even) more relevant fields in life :)

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Voting for ImaginaryEnemy. Pichlo and Rm250j are close, though (wish more people were moving in the ice rink, half of them are standing? and camera on the canoe is a bit distracting, and where are the oars?). And I am lately fascinated with grass, so...

My (late for competition) photo: Who dare challenge the Ping Pong Wizard? Choose your weapon

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Good ones here. I'd say Tomislav's pic is the best even though i wouldn't use the phone it was taken with.

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Fair point.

The reason is that it was a skating class and the standing people were either instructors or students listening. The ice rink opens early, I believe at 07:00 or 07:30, with the professional skaters starting first. Then go classes - highest first at 08:30, then medium, beginners last. The rink opens to public at 10:00.

There are 8 entry levels, followed by Bronze, Silver and Gold, followed by some national programme for those who want to go professional. My daughter in the picture is at level Gold. My other daughter is at level 5.

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My vote is for Imaginaryenemy and the "baseball left behind".

Wish I'd entered this month. I'd hoped to get a pic of someone biking or fishing along the local bike and hike trail, but I was a little nervous to stop and take a photo given that I'm the target demographic for a serial killer along the trail. At least I'm not walking a dog -- apparently that's the kiss of death. <Shudder>.

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My pick is Macros

but I was very tempted by the venerable n900 foto by Pichlo
and must acknowledge the beauty in Tomislav's work

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Ok... I'm afraid we have 2 winners this month. tomislav and imaginaryenemy with 3 votes each. Congratulations! We hope you could agree on the next month's theme. Thank you all, photographers and voters !!!