Free Member August 2023 Competition

[Tim Mayo]

Congratulations to @dav1d for winning last months competition with his beautifully captured Highland Cow. Your membership has been upgraded to Site Supporter (Formerly called Pro) for the next 6 months.

Our August competition now kicks off. There is no theme this month.

It would be nice to see a few more entries this month please!

Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: August 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: August 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: August 28th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

There is no theme for this months competition so you are free to submit any image you wish providing it's family friendly!

What Do I Get if I Win?
The first place winner will receive a 6 month Site Supporter Membership to our forum. Please see here for the benefits.

In the event of a draw the entry date will be extended but not past the last day of the month. If there are still equal votes for 1st then each entry will be a winner.

How to Enter + Rules

1. Simply post your entry below. Please insert the image as full-size rather than a thumbnail so that the metadata displays underneath the image.
2. Sony cameras only. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
3. Only submit images taken in 2023. 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.

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

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.

1. Sony cameras only. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
2. Only submit images taken in 2023. The date must be included in the image metadata.
3. Only one photo entry per member.
4. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
5. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.

Thank you!

 

[Unframed Dave]

This magnificent creature was looking slightly bedraggled following the rain, but still managed to look glorious. Indonesia, May of this year. Cropped only.

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[Lee H]

 

[Loke]

Suspicious baboon.

• ILCE-7M4
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 297.4 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Gordon]

Hidden shrine, Yayoi, Fukushima City, Japan...
Manual Meike f1.8 25mm lens

• ILCE-6000
• ----
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 160

 

[MathuStans]

• ILCE-7RM3
• E 35-150mm F2.0-F2.8 A058
• 150.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 125

 

[Davej]

RIAT 2023. Spanish EAV-8B Harrier II.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 361.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[evacguy]

Goose Step: Greylag goose showing the Canadian cousins how we do it in London

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 160

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[BrianN]

Wow what a sky I witnessed this evening after the sunset from Castlelaw Hill..
I had been up there for some time to catch the latter stages of light on the heather on Castlelaw Hill, I could see some wispy clouds roll in from the Moorfoot Hills direction and then the light in the sky was transformed as the setting sun left the most wonderful red and magenta hues above the Pentland Hills skyline.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM
• 28.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Tinopener]

The Greenfly Ball

• SLT-A77V
• 100-300mm F4.5-5.6
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 200