Props out to Trollman � and the whole story!

Sigma 18-250 f/3.5 - 6.3 DC OS HSM

03/02/2009 10:42:18 AM · #1

Big props to Are (

trollman) on his PB, 1st blue ribbon, and first 7+ score.

Are and I have been friends for a long time. We worked for the same multinational company, him in Norway, me in the US. He�s the one that introduced me to DPC a few years ago. Are now works for a different company, but we�ve kept in touch. Any time I go to Norway on business I try to take an extra day so Are and I can go shooting together, sometimes for challenges, sometimes not.

Are has been on DPC for a while. Until today he�s had a couple of notable stats.

3 ribbons (all yellow) yet never scored over 7. A lot of people have �7s No Ribbons� to their name, I don�t know of anyone else that had 3 ribbons and no 7s. Personally, I had three 7s before I won my first ribbon.

One of his ribbons is a �Rikki� ribbon. That�s a ribbon that was awarded after most of Rikki�s ribbon winning shots were disqualified, usually several months after the challenge.

So, a couple of weeks ago I contacted Are and said I was going to be in Norway and we should plan a photo outing. He agreed. He�s wanted to go to this old lighthouse in Norway at a place called Verdens Ende, the End of the World, at the southern coast in Norway. Sounded good to me.

He also agreed a while back to buy the 24-105L lens that came with my 5D Mark II kit. I didn�t need it since I already had that lens. So I brought the lens with me. We make plans to go out on Sunday, Feb. 22.

He picks me up at the hotel and we start out for the coast. As we were driving there, the sun came out over a snow covered field. I suggested we stop and take a few shots. He mounts his new 24-105L for the first time and we fire off a few shots. I�m sure he was thinking, �man, this guy from the southern US has never seen this much snow. In Norway we get this all time. What a boring place to shot.� But he�s a nice guy and stopped there anyway. Afterward we proceed for the rest of the 2 hour drive to the lighthouse at Verdens Ende. We both get our shots after walking through 4-5 feet of snow to get up to the old Viking lighthouse.

We go around to a few other places and then head back. I knew I wanted to enter a shot of the lighthouse for the Calendar challenge. I was worried he wanted to enter the same thing.

He sent me a couple of shots he took and said he wanted to enter the field of snow. I thought he was just being nice because I knew the lighthouse was way cooler and would score better. Being the competitor that I am, I didn�t argue with him. I felt a little bad because I knew he wanted to go to the lighthouse for some time.

His entry

My entry

After all is said and done, his landscape wins the blue, I get 6th place with the lighthouse. Not bad really, but I was so sure I had snatched a winning shot away from him. Little did I know.

Not only that, but I brought him the lens he used for the shot, he won a ribbon on the very first thing he shot with the lens, and I was MY idea to stop there and I have the EXACT same shot!

Anyway, sorry for the long post, but I just wanted to congratulate Are on his PB, first blue ribbon, and first 7+. And never let it be said that Are and I won�t go to �The End of the World� for a challenge!

Welcome to the 7+ club, Are. Next time I�m in Norway I�ll show you the secret handshake!

NathanWert

Canon EOS-90D

03/02/2009 10:56:43 AM · #2

Congrats to you both.

Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC

03/02/2009 11:44:22 AM · #3

Originally posted by NathanW:

Congrats to you both.

Thanks Nathan, it is pretty cool that 2 images from the same outing finished in the top 10.

fldave

Pentax K5II

03/02/2009 12:01:58 PM · #4

Both of you had excellent shots; congratulations to you both and thanks for the back-story.

BeeCee

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

03/02/2009 12:22:04 PM · #5

Great story, David and thanks, I reallllllllly needed a chuckle this morning.

Lol, aren't friends great? And if you had to do it all again, you wouldn't change a thing you did, would you? :D

PennyStreet

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

03/02/2009 12:30:25 PM · #6

Great story (thanks for sharing) - great having friends (especially when you share the same hobby) - and congrats to you both!!

KarenNfld

03/02/2009 12:49:55 PM · #7

What a great story and congrats on the high scores but more importantly the wonderful photos.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

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

03/02/2009 12:53:51 PM · #8

Haha! Great story!

R.

jlanoue

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

03/02/2009 01:10:25 PM · #9

That's a great DPC story! Congrats to both of you, but as someone still pursuing that first blue ribbon, big kudos to you Are! As an aside... I was in Maine on the sunday that that same challenge entry phase ended, and we got two feet of snow that night, the next Tuesday we had beautiful blue skies and a wide open vista to shoot essentially the same "January" shot. Timing is everything :-)

03/02/2009 01:32:21 PM · #10

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Great story, David and thanks, I reallllllllly needed a chuckle this morning.

Lol, aren't friends great? And if you had to do it all again, you wouldn't change a thing you did, would you? :D

Only the challenge results! ;-)

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

03/02/2009 03:09:18 PM · #11

Originally posted by KarenNfld:

What a great story and congrats on the high scores but more importantly the wonderful photos.

thanks Karen. It was a great day for images. I have 2 more entered in challenges from that day. Even have one in screening over at 1x.

TrollMan

Fujifilm X-T4

Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4

03/02/2009 03:39:23 PM · #12

Alright scar bird; that's it! You and me - shoot-out in the next members challenge. 100 years or older. We are both on our home courts now. Let's go! :)

P.s. great story by the way! :)

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

03/02/2009 03:43:22 PM · #13

Don'tcha hate it when that happens???? LOL!!!

Great back story.....

Trollman, you done wore out your welcome!!!

Congrats!

PNH

Nikon D80

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

03/02/2009 03:49:24 PM · #14

Thanks for the story of both images. They are both excellent images.

Germaine

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f / 4L IS USM Lens

03/02/2009 04:02:19 PM · #15

Great story. Congratulations to you both.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/02/2009 04:33:18 PM · #16

Originally posted by TrollMan:

Alright scar bird; that's it! You and me - shoot-out in the next members challenge. 100 years or older. We are both on our home courts now. Let's go! :)

P.s. great story by the way! :)

right, that's fair, everything in your home court is over 100 years old.

Looks like you're feeling a little cocky with that shiny blue ribbon in your profile now. ;-) Kinda clashes against all those yellows though.

Rmac

Nikon D4s

03/02/2009 04:42:48 PM · #17

Thanks for the story, and congratulations to the two of you. Both are excellent images, I'd say it was a worth while trip.

Mac,

TrollMan

Fujifilm X-T4

Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4

03/02/2009 05:26:44 PM · #18

Originally posted by scarbrd:

right, that's fair, everything in your home court is over 100 years old.

Excuses, excuses. :)

But seriously, good point (rats, he caught me!). Let's do the next weekly member challenge whatever it'll be. What do you say? The looser agrees to create a thread called "TrollMan (or scarbrd) beat me in the shoot-out".

** TrollMan is wondering if SC can be bribed into making the next member challenge about snow **

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II

03/02/2009 09:54:04 PM · #19

Originally posted by TrollMan:

Originally posted by scarbrd:

right, that's fair, everything in your home court is over 100 years old.

Excuses, excuses. :)

But seriously, good point (rats, he caught me!). Let's do the next weekly member challenge whatever it'll be. What do you say? The looser agrees to create a thread called "TrollMan (or scarbrd) beat me in the shoot-out".

** TrollMan is wondering if SC can be bribed into making the next member challenge about snow **

But how can you shoot for a challenge if I'm not there to hand you the lens and point to what you should shoot at? ;-)

Starbanana

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

03/03/2009 02:16:29 PM · #20

Hehe, nice story. And two very awesome shots!

Sounds like a fun outing

Lydia

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

03/03/2009 02:47:33 PM · #21

Congrats to the both of you!
Thanks for the story. That was fun.