06-20-12 – Parks

Also. Macro IN CAMERA is allowed, correct?

Not sure what you mean by “in camera”. I’ve used a macro lens in non-macro contents before, I think everyone’s OK with that. Generally it is my understanding that anything you can do with your camera is OK, but there are some grey areas. For instance, camera software is getting more sophisticated all the time and it may be possible now or at some point to do things like HDR in camera. I’m pretty sure that I would feel strongly about letting HDR fly unless the contest called for it. I think the general philosophy is to test what kind of photographer you are, and not what kind of photoshopper you are so any “traditional” photographic techniques are well tolerated, be they in camera, by changing lenses or in software used for post processing.

Kind of long winded, sorry.

As far as Phipps goes, you’ll have to consult the author of the contest (Farktographer) for a ruling. He should chime in at some point.

As long as we’re asking questions: does it have to be a publicly funded park like the examples above?

I ask because it turns out two of our larger churches downtown have nice little contemplation areas/parks on premises. Paths, flowers, fountains, the whole bit, just owned by the church not the city. Yes or no is good either way, there’s still a TON of public parks ’round here (including several Frederick Law Olmstead designs).

Hope I’m not beating a dead horse but what about “Open Space Preserves”? We have a lot of those here in S. California and I’m new to Farktography so… Yeah… I’m assuming OSP’s would count? Sounds like it, just checking.

Thanks!

Wogus, I think if it’s been specifically set aside as a nature preserve, it qualifies.

Cool… That’s the sort of thing I’m thinking about.

Also, welcome to the forums!

Thank you! Missed the deadline on “Rust Never Sleeps” but did it anyway just for fun. Looking forward to some of the upcoming challenges as well.

Well I screwed up and attributed the theme to the wrong person. Sorry about that Yugoboy, I’ve fixed it above now. From the original suggestion he said “National Parks, State Parks, City Parks, Ballparks, Water Parks, Art Parks, Public Parks, Botanical Parks etc. ” so I think if you could call it a “park” in any form, it’s g2g.

Except parking lots. Specifically banned.

Yeah… we just had a parking lot contest… thanx for fixing that Kes… I had totally forgotten that was one of mine!

U-Man, although I’m afraid it’s still going to kick my ass, the operative part of your question is “Three Sisters PARK“.

I’ll go with yes (since it turns out it’s my theme 🙂 )