Weekly Challege #103 - "Broken"

Hoping again that we can get lots of entries with a topic that can be interpreted in many ways. Broken may be something that is physically in disrepair, it might be an emotion, or it might be something entirely different - I leave that up to you to interpret and to show.

Challenge concludes midnight July.15 (next Wednesday). Judging/results to follow on July.16 (Thursday) evening.

Good luck and most importantly - have fun!!

c[_]

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The fine print....

1. Post ONE photo (max 1000x1000).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme. It can be color or B&W, your choice.
3. Post your single picture in this thread, and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and chose 1 of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus a day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax camera will do or a Samsung DSLR.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.

Previous Challenge Subjects:
1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits, 23-Motion Blur, 24-Simplicity, 25-Color, 26-Cars, 27-Repetition, 28-Wildlife, 29-Epiphany, 30-Contrast, 31-Pets, 32-Landscapes, 33-Coastal, 34-Churches, 35-Bridges, 36-Creation, 37-Still Life: Food, 38-At the Zoo, 39-Wide Aperture, 40-Merry Christmas, 41- Sunsets, 42-Action, 43-Fireworks, 44-Manipulated Light Portraits, 45- Advertising/Product Shot, 46- B&W Street Shooting, people/buildings, 47-Vanishing Point, 48-Reflection, 49-Tranquility, 50-Expressions, 51-S Curve, 52-Hands, 53-Shadows, 54-Your Favorite Beverage, 55-Barriers, 56-Perspective, 57-Night Scenes, 58-Zen-like...Water and Stone 59-Modern architecture, 60-Sunrises, 61-Red, 62-Action on water, 63-Bodies in Motion, 64-Ruins, 65-Blue and green, 66-Iridescence, 67-Anthropomorpha, 68–Sound, 69-Backlight, 70-Group Shot, 71-Railway Scenes, 72-Technology, 73-Color on Color, 74-History, 75-Autumn/Harvest 76-working men and women, 77-Silhouettes, 78 Stranger Portrait, 79-Transportation, 80 - Lonely, 81 - Holidays, 82 - Toys 'n Games, 83 - Machines, 84 - Ice, 85 - Cats, 86 - Stories, 87 - Cultures, 88 - Absence, 89 - Weather, 90 - Old roads, 91 - The River, 92 - The Seventies, 93 - Beautiful Bokeh, 94 - Balance, 95 - Crop a miniature landscape, 96 - Opposing gravity, 97- Feet, 98 - Sacred Grounds, 99 - Extraordinarily Ordinary, 100-added textures, 101-still life, 102-bicycles, 103 - Broken
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[Ash]

Trucks in disrepair - another mechanical graveyard...

[atupdate]

My son breaking a board with a spin kick as part of his belt promotion.



Tim

[AOski]

Someone had to do it...

[seacapt]

Well I was going to shoot a few of my kid breaking boards but atupdate beat me to the punch so I'll go with this seagull victim urchin.

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Last edited by seacapt; 09-03-2009 at 07:12 PM.

[seacapt]

My son breaking a board with a spin kick as part of his belt promotion.



Tim

Looks like a pretty well executed spinning hook kick. Is that a red or orange belt? What system?

[Bramela]

Well and truly "Broken"

[ll_coffee_lP]

Contest closed folks. Results posted later this evening.

Thanks!

c[_]

[atupdate]

Looks like a pretty well executed spinning hook kick. Is that a red or orange belt? What system?

It is a red belt (He is now testing for black belt). The white balance between my flash and the overhead lights is a bit tricky. I decided to keep the skin tones natural looking instead of the belt and the floor mats (also red). The martial arts is called Kuk Sul Do, which is a Korean based martial arts.

Tim

[seacapt]

It is a red belt (He is now testing for black belt). The white balance between my flash and the overhead lights is a bit tricky. I decided to keep the skin tones natural looking instead of the belt and the floor mats (also red). The martial arts is called Kuk Sul Do, which is a Korean based martial arts.

Tim

Cool , I figured from his age and the type of break he did that it was a red belt in a Korean system. My kids and I are practioners / students of Tae Kwon Do Mu Duk Kwan ( Also Korean) . My oldest got his Jr. Black Belt last Summer at age 12. He will help teach and continue to study but will not test again until age 18. We just started working with my baby girl age 5 . She will be interesting!
Encourage the kids to stick with it . The arts are a tremedous character builder!