[kwb]

The theme for this month's competition is "Smooth and Rough". This could be about shapes or textures or something else, you can display these different qualities in any way you think is visually interesting. Please show me something rough and something smooth in a single frame!

Rules:

1. Always have fun!

2. Cameras:

No cameras with sensors larger than 1" (some exceptions below).
No large format or camera typically requiring a tripod to use.
No interchangeable lens cameras (some exceptions below).
No (D)SLRs or any camera weighing over 1kg.

Cameras permitted:
Mobile phones, tablets, small sensor toy cameras.
Pentax Q, Nikon 1, Ricoh GR, any 110 film, 35mm point and shoots from the 1980s/90s (e.g. Pentax PC35AF etc.)
Cameras you can take with you in a coat pocket.

ANY CAMERA BRAND ALLOWED.

3. Entries will close Oct 31, 2022 midnight Pacific.

4. Maximum image dimensions are 1024x768 (ish) pixels.

5. List camera brand and model with entry for all to see, and exposure data would be nice.

6. No restrictions on when the entries were taken.

7. Contest winner determines the rules, selects theme, sets closing date and judges the next competition.

8. Enter up to three images, however you may change your entries as many times as you like up to the contest closing date/time.

[barondla]

Pentax Q7 with #01 standard lens and a close up filter.
Thanks for looking,
barondla

[kwb]

Thank you Barondla, that's a a fine combination of smooth and rough! I don't know what the spiky thing is, seems like a tiny cone of a tree?


Everybody, you still have one week left! Don't overthink, please post something or this will be the least popular P&S competition, ever!

[Jacquot]

Here's one that is a bit subtler. Old weathered rocks from Joshua Tree National Park in California. iPhone 5c.

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Point Lobos, Carmel, California, rough water and smooth rocks (or is it the other way around?), Q7, Pentax 110 50mm @f4.5, 1/2000@ISO200:



Pentax Q7, 02 lens, 7.3mm@ 1/25 @ f3.2, ISO 200, Garrapata state park, California, smooth water, rough everything else:

[barondla]

Thank you Barondla, that's a a fine combination of smooth and rough! I don't know what the spiky thing is, seems like a tiny cone of a tree?


Everybody, you still have one week left! Don't overthink, please post something or this will be the least popular P&S competition, ever!

Thanks kwb. It is from a Sycamore tree. They start off green and smooth, packed with seed. Would have been nice to find a green one to pair with this one, but it is too late in the year.

Thanks,
barondla

[barondla]

Pentax Q with #01 standard lens. Severely cropped, to eliminate other parts of the car.

Thanks for looking,
barondla

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[kwb]

Here's one that is a bit subtler. Old weathered rocks from Joshua Tree National Park in California. iPhone 5c.

Nicely seen, David!

Point Lobos, Carmel, California, rough water and smooth rocks (or is it the other way around?), Q7, Pentax 110 50mm @f4.5, 1/2000@ISO200:

Pentax Q7, 02 lens, 7.3mm@ 1/25 @ f3.2, ISO 200, Garrapata state park, California, smooth water, rough everything else:

In the first picture, I see rough to smooth(-ish) to rough transition of water itself as my eyes move from the foreground to the background. Another smooth and rough contrast!
The second one, though it also features water and rocks, has a totally different feel to it.

Both are great entries, thanks Cipher!

Pentax Q with #01 standard lens. Severely cropped, to eliminate other parts of the car.
Thanks for looking,
barondla

Interesting triple-attack of smooth shadow, smooth-but-not-really-smooth repeating pattern of radiator and rough-looking pattern of the butterfly. Thanks for the second entry, barondla!

All, you still have one day to shoot something and enter!

[Bart]

my last-minute entries

Panasonic FX500, 4.4mm (26mm equivalent), 1/500 at f/2.8, ISO100



Panasonic FX500, 4.4mm (26mm equivalent), 1/160 at f/2.8, ISO100

[kwb]

my last-minute entries

Panasonic FX500, 4.4mm (26mm equivalent), 1/500 at f/2.8, ISO100



Panasonic FX500, 4.4mm (26mm equivalent), 1/160 at f/2.8, ISO100

Thanks Bart for your submissions!

[kwb]

Dear all, thanks for your quality submissions!

I had to think for a long time, and the winner for this contest is Bart's smooth ceramic and rusty spike wire! Congrats Bart, it's your turn now!

Each participant had something very strong to offer to be honest, but a few things set Bart's entry apart to me. I like that I can immediately see what is smooth and what is rough without explanation, which in itself is a powerful thing. In other words, I don't have to use my left brain to appreciate the smooth-and-rough aspect of the picture, if I'm making sense. I also liked that the main subjects are presented as big and relatively simple shapes in the frame yet well-isolated from everything else by the combination of DOF (great use of closeup), great lighting and color. Smooth and rough are displayed in a visually interesting way as per the contest rules. I recently found that I like rusted steel texture, so additional point for that

Thanks again everybody, see you in the next contest!

[Bart]

This is unexpected
Thanks, kwb! And congratulations to all the participants. I almost didn't make it this time.
I definitely agree about needing to use the rational part of the brain.
For me photography is an escape from my day-to-day live, my job, where it's all about the rational mind and solving "puzzles".
And one that absorbs much too much of my time

I'll try to come up with a theme for the next iteration as soon as possible.

[Bart]

Next competition is opened: Point and Shoot Competition #176 - B&W or monochrom - PentaxForums.com

Hope to see many of you there.