Beat your own average open knockout challenge 2014

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

06/18/2014 12:57:33 PM · #6

Congrats to both finalists. ...especially to

P-A-U-L for winning.

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

06/18/2014 11:47:37 AM · #7

What they said: "And the meek shall inherit the earth"... SHEEPS WIN!

06/18/2014 01:52:35 AM · #8

Woohoo excellent start to the day:)

Thanks Paul for organizing this great side challenge.

Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black

06/18/2014 01:38:36 AM · #9

Originally posted by macwilyum:

Congrats P-A-U-L! You are on a roll buddy. Keep it up! Does he get a trophy or something for his imaginary wall/profile page or wherever he wants to display it?

Yes, I should do that. I'll have a go later.

macwilyum

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

06/18/2014 01:19:50 AM · #10

Congrats

P-A-U-L! You are on a roll buddy. Keep it up! Does he get a trophy or something for his imaginary wall/profile page or wherever he wants to display it?

Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black

06/18/2014 01:10:30 AM · #11

Ladies and gentlemen the results from Hidden Gem are in and we have a winner.

Beating his starting average by 0.7769 with:

The winner is

P-A-U-L.

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to

markwiley for making it to the final too!

Many thanks to all of you who participated.

Cheers

Paul

06/12/2014 04:39:29 AM · #12

Thanks Paul. Hope your day of shooting went well.

Ha yes as Mark pointed out Mark and I are in the same TPL team so it will be a tough final. I am fairly confident Mark has this in the bag though he does have a higher average than me so he needs to push the boat out a bit more than me which I am confident he will do.

Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black

06/12/2014 04:17:14 AM · #13

Sorry to have abandoned you in your final hours!

As you have surmised it is

markwiley versus

P-A-U-L in the final, to be decided by their Hidden Gem challenge. (The Bear challenge was a speed challenge and not in play)

Good luck both!

chalice

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

06/11/2014 12:16:55 PM · #14

Originally posted by markwiley:

Looks like I'll be going up against may TPL teammate P-A-U-L. We've been sharing entry candidates and providing feedback for the TPL competition challenges. Should we do that for 10 Second Exposure? Would it be wrong to pick out his worst candidate and tell him it would be a fabulous entry if he reprocessed it with amped up HDR, a gaudy border and some selective desaturation?

That would look terrific! ...so what's your point? (now where did I put that selective desaturation hidden gem I made in 2004 with my point and shoot camera?)

damjanev

Nikon D3200

06/11/2014 11:55:29 AM · #15

I think hidden gem is the final. Tough one. 230+ entries and the voters have already started hammering down the entries :-)

What is the status of the "Get Well Bear_Music" challenge, apropos this side challenge? It was an open one, too. Also ending on Tuesday night.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/11/2014 11:22:00 AM · #16

Originally posted by Paul:

Remember you'll need to enter hidden gem (though no excuse for non-submissions!)

Good luck all!

Cuttooth

Canon EOS R

06/11/2014 11:18:35 AM · #17

No, I think it's the Hidden Gem challenge that the finals is based on. The Tues challenge that was announced when the Parks challenge started voting.

markwiley

Fujifilm X-Pro2

Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS

06/11/2014 11:16:17 AM · #18

Originally posted by P-A-U-L:

Don't worry Mark, I think you have this all sewn up now. I believe the finals is based on the gems challenge in which case I am stuffed

I am pretty sure it is 10 Second Exposure. I think it has always been the Tuesday night/Wednesday morning challenge for Beat Your Average (Guns, Avatar, Architecture, and Parks).

Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS

06/11/2014 10:49:30 AM · #19

Don't worry Mark, I think you have this all sewn up now. I believe the finals is based on the gems challenge in which case I am stuffed

markwiley

Fujifilm X-Pro2

06/11/2014 10:37:19 AM · #20

Looks like I'll be going up against may TPL teammate

P-A-U-L. We've been sharing entry candidates and providing feedback for the TPL competition challenges. Should we do that for 10 Second Exposure? Would it be wrong to pick out his worst candidate and tell him it would be a fabulous entry if he reprocessed it with amped up HDR, a gaudy border and some selective desaturation?

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/11/2014 01:52:53 AM · #21

Originally posted by Cuttooth:

Looks like you've advance to the final P-A-U-L. Go kick some butt!

Ha surprised to make it this far. Mark will kick my butt in the final

Cuttooth

Canon EOS R

06/11/2014 12:40:18 AM · #22

Looks like you've advance to the final

P-A-U-L. Go kick some butt!

06/10/2014 06:47:09 PM · #23

Hey no worries Paul - we can all wait! Makes it more exciting unless of course we chose to do the maths ourselves - no thanks.

Thanks for letting us know