Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

A new month and a new competition. You probably didin't expect this one.
Here's what ste-phan said:
"As smartphone photographer you carry your camera with you most of the time. This month when you turn a corner and see something unexpected in the scene, abandoned, out of place or space or even an encounter with other beings, take a moment, shoot and post this picture here."

The rules:
Photos must be taken during this month.
Photos must be taken by the posting member.
Photos must be taken with a camera phone.
Users can change the entry only once.
Last three days of this month are for voting.
Users must name the phone they used.

I wish you happy shooting! Lots of time to get a good entry, I know I will.

Last month's competition.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Congrats to ste-phan for winning again. I might try to enter the competition.

Quick question: Is developing from raw (on the N900 itself) allowed? Not completely clear from the ongoing discussions. And HDR images?

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

RAW is allowed because it was shot "undeveloped" already in the phone. HRD only if shot in phone.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Here is my entry which I will probably change.
This butterfly was constantly moving about, I didn' expect them this time of the year but it's a bit sunny as well. A bit odd again as it's November...

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/...2ee5fbbd_o.jpgIMG_20141102_123231_774 by alenlukovac, on Flickr
Shot with my Huawei Y300. N900 is on a vacation...

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Hi,

I would like to share this photo; unexpected, because the weather had to be rainy... :) The birds at the backgrund are cranes.
Taken with n900 (FCamera), ISO 100, exposure O.7 sec; processed with ufraw.

jm

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

So, I was driving thru a city far away from home, when I noticed a signpost saying "The Orthodox church of Hagia Sophia >".

I surely did not expect this. More than thousand kilometers from Constantinople (closer to thousand miles, in fact, as I have checked later). More than five centuries since Hagia Sophia ceased to be a church. I just had to follow the sign.

It turned out that local Orthodox community had built Hagia Sophia lookalike (much, much smaller, of course), dedicated it just like the original and even managed to get Patriarch of Constantinople to open the church.

It was dark, the moon was rising behind the church, and I stupidly decided to use digital zoom to frame the image (yet still some lantern made it to the photo). So, another thing I did not expect -- how poor will the result be. But having nothing better for this month -- here it is.

http://lemur.hg.pl/i/p/2k4u5i.jpeg

Made with N9.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

I was sat motionless on the M25. Not, in itself, surprising. I looked up and saw this:

http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original

which did rather startle me.

NB: N900, CSSU-T, no post processing (although I fear that much is obvious...)

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Here are the entries ready for voting...

1.Half-Life_4_Life - Huawei Y300
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/...2ee5fbbd_o.jpg

2.justmemory - Nokia N900
http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php...1&d=1416228171

3.briest - Nokia N9
http://lemur.hg.pl/i/p/2k4u5i.jpeg

4.TomJ - Nokia N900
http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original

I vote for TomJ.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

#2ten chars

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

#1, Half-Life_4_Life - Huawei Y300

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

1.Half-Life_4_Life

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

#2 justmemory

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Half-life-for-life

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

#2 justmemory

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Hey, dudes. This is my shot for this month.
I might name it "We have a family of cats living at our plant territory. And now a couple of members are taking that literally: living at plant territory".
N900, stock camera.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

I was surprised how last week's SLUSH turned to SNOW this week :p

http://www.swagman.org/juice/20141122_001.jpg

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

I'm afraid you've missed the wagon. :D

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

would not have been the first time, hmm?
Last time I looked it is still November?

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

The 28th. The last three days are for voting, remember?

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Quick reply...
Me, too. Missed the wagon, I mean. Was falling asleep instead of posting here :-/

http://sharesend.com/q2hkny0u

Unexpected? First, I haven't expected to go to this place, just made an unusual detour because of long phone call. Second, I haven't expected to see such a beautiful butterfly. Third, I haven't expected to capture the butterfly with such an excellent quality. It was Automatic mode of N900's camera from CSSU-Testing, not even Macro mode, and it turns out to be more near-sighted than my own eyes.

Best wishes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Per aspera ad astra...

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

I know it is outside the competition, but, just out of curiosity - what is unexpected in the last photo?

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Those photos are great and all but they are outside of the competition, why post them here? If you shot something and couldn't post it here by the deadline just include a link to the image if you want to share it with us. Thanks.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

They're inherently unexpected -- nobody expected so many submissions after deadline ;)

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

#1, Half-Life_4_Life. That is one unexpectedly furry butterfly. :)

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Also, I vote for #1 Half-Life_4_Life. Although thinking of this photo today - with freezing temperature and strong wind - made me sad; butterflies should have more time to prepare for winter.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

yeah I did not expect the comments hehe..I already remove the pic :) I did not read the details. sorry my bad :)

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

It's ok, I wish those photos were posted before the deadline.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"
 

Hi everyone. Sorry for being a bit late... Guess who the winner is. :)
I wasn't celebrating, I was in school... Well, at least I don't have to wait to get my own private message and answer it.. :D

1st place - Half-Life_4_Life - Huawei Y300, 5 votes (pichlo, chenliangchen, nokiabot, copernicus, briest)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/...2ee5fbbd_o.jpg

2nd place - justmemory - Nokia N900, 3 votes (Estel, panjgoori, saponga)

3rd place - TomJ - Nokia N900, 1 vote (Half-Life_4_Life)

I'll create this month's thread shortly. I've already come up with the idea.

Re: Camera phone competition November 2014:"Unexpected"