October 2024 Competition - Food

[Tim Mayo]

=== Please Read Before Submitting Your Entry ===

• Only submit images taken during the current and previous two months (August, September, October 2024).
• Metadata must be included and embedded with the image.

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Theme
For this month the theme is food. If you need some help with inspiration then head over to our Food Challenge Thread. Images don't need to be limited to what's on your plate, but could include images of food halls, street vendors, people eating at restaurants, animals eating their prey, or as one of our submissions shows, Bugs Bunny eating a carrot graffitied on a wall.

Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: October 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: October 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: October 27th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

Shot Taken Date
Only submit images taken during the current and previous two months. The metadata including date must be included in the uploaded image.

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid now it's just the joy of taking park, but I will look into adding a special profile banner to winners profiles. In the past there have been vouchers for 1st and 2nd places, but we want to try and encourage people to enter without dangling a voucher code in front of them. Let's see if there's much of an impact this month!

How to Enter + Rules

1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button. Insert image as full not thumbnail.
2. Sony cameras only.
3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
4. Only submit images taken in the current and previous two months) The date must be included in the image metadata.
5. Only one photo entry per member.
6. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
7. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
8. You are free to change you image during the entry period.
9. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information on your entry.

How to Vote (when voting opens)

1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own

Upcoming Themes for 2024
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.

• Oct: Food
• Nov: After Dark
• Dec: Festivities

Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in this thread in the Feedback Forum.

Thank you for participating and good luck!

Tim

 

[Tim Mayo]

Please note the rules folks, especially regarding the date of submitted images.

1. Sony cameras only.
2. Camera metadata must be embedded with images to verify.
3. Only submit images taken in the current and previous two months (August, September & October 2024). The date must be included in the image metadata.
4. Only one photo entry per member.
5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
7. You are free to change your image during the entry period.
8. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information to your entry.

Thank you!

 

[Alan Clark]

• E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
• 34.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 400

 

[twamers68]

Osprey 511 obliged by landing approx 80m away from a public hide (not set up) and proceed to eat his food for about 75 mins Poole Harbour UK

• ILCE-1
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 500

 

[evacguy]

Dinner with a view - dinning at the roof top resturant of the Embassy Hotel in Valletta Malta.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/30 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Penners]

Food preparation in a Tudor English kitchen. Part of an authentic re-enactment event at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk, England.

• ILCE-7RM3
• FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 45.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/45 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Doug Herr]

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Robart]

Game bird

• ILCE-7S
• E 50mm F2
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 640

 

[etiennescamera]

So, unlike most, I decided to go with some actual food on my table, about to be consumed. Have been experimenting with food photography for a while now and finding it quite a challenging genre to try and master.

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[SoCALBrit]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 309.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 8000

Taken on a bucket list photo safari to Africa. Visited three parks in South Africa and Botswana. This was taken at Sabi Sabi in South Africa. The leopard is enjoying lunch about 20 feet up in a tree. Those guys are strong and are great climbers.

 

[Paul stuart]

• ILCE-1
• 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports 024
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Landshark99]

How about some Prickly Pears

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 85mm F1.4 GM II
• 85.0 mm
• ƒ/2.5
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 200

 

[WeeMalky]

• ILCE-7CM2
• E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
• 91.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to all who have entered this month. It was good to see a few more entries being added a little later in the day! Voting is now enabled.

 

[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to everyone who entered and voted in this months competition. It took a while to get going but we had a nice selection of entries in the end.

1st place with 8 votes was @Penners with a wonderful shot of food being prepared in a Tudor kitchen during a re-enactment event at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk, England.
Also in joint 1st with 8 votes was @etiennescamera with a deliciously looking meal ready to be devoured. It makes my mouth water just looking at it!
In 2nd with 6 votes was @Paul stuart with a pair of spotted flycatchers. It looks like mum or dad feeding their little one. Nicely captured Paul.
3rd place with 4 votes was @Alan Clark with a very different but completely valid take on our food theme, with Bugs Bunny enjoying his favourite meal.

Well done everyone and thanks again for taking the time to enter.

November is here tomorrow and I'll be kicking off our After Dark Theme in the morning.