RTF Competition - Sunday 15th September to Saturday, September 28th 2024 - Water

Another season of RTF begins. For newcomers (and those with short memories) this is the plot:

We have a pool of member suggestions for subjects. Three are chosen at random and members vote for their favourite.

Once the subject is picked you have fourteen days to create the best image possible to illustrate it. Members then vote for their favourite pictures and the one with the highest number of votes is the winner.

And the voters favourite this time around was

RTF RULES

Scope

The requirement is to submit a still image created using a drone to illustrate the subject of the competition. This round will run from 00:01 Sunday 15th September until 23:00 Saturday, September 28th 2024; the subject is Water
The image must be captured during the time that the competition is open. It is a Reason To Fly competition so please show that the image is created by a flying camera!

Editing is confined to colour and exposure adjustments and crop only. There must be no removal or pasting of an object.

Please post only one image, the image you wish to be judged, in this thread.

Images must be posted with the following information as a minimum:

In Capitals as the first line of your post:

THIS IS MY ENTRY

If this is not done at the time of posting the picture will be ignored. Should it be necessary to change your picture then delete the previous picture and add “This is my entry” - as above - as the first line of your new post. If in any doubt contact the Challenges Committee
(@Challenges_Committee)

Further Information is required

  • Location
  • Time and date
  • Aircraft/camera used
  • Feel free to add any further information that you think will be of interest

Voting

The members of GADC will judge images. They may vote for any number of pictures through an anonymous poll open for two days after the closing date for competition entries.

Voting in the poll is open to all GADC members, whether they have entered the competition or not.

You may vote for one, all, some or none of the entries.

The judges may request the original media in case of a dispute.

Schedule

The competition subject will be announced every second Saturday around 22:30. The subject will be chosen by a poll of GADC members selecting from three that have been picked at random from the subject list. You may make additions to the list at any time.

The competition will run from Sunday 00.01 to Saturday 23.00 fourteen days later. Voting by poll will be open for a further two days until Monday 22:00

The winner, second and third-placed competitors will be announced shortly after the vote is closed

Have Fun! Be Safe!

All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. Do not fold, spindle or mutilate. If a flight is undertaken in a restricted zone proof of permission having been granted is required.

E&OE

@group-challenges

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Ironically can’t fly today, due to lots of water dropping out of the sky :frowning:

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Same as above. I was out this morning but chased back by the rain.

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THIS IS MY ENTRY
River Thames Hydro & Weir Caversham Berkshire
18,09,2024 @11,00 ish Mavic 3 Classic
Top Down Using ND1000, F5,6, 1,60s

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THIS IS MY ENTRY
Brown House Wham Reservoir
16/09/2024 @ 15:00
Air 3
F2.8, 1/500
Reflection shot

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

Eastham channel on the river Mersey.
15/09/2024 @ 20:18
DJI Air3, 70mm F2.8 1/5s
Our local crane ship Lara 1 navigating Eastham channel heading back to Liverpool in the distance. Used to famously be called The Mersey Mammoth.

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THIS IS MY ENTRY
Taken today Sept 25th at 13:10.
Stenson Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal
DJI Mini 3 Pro drone used
Lightly edited on my iPad

8 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Fishery Creek at high tide
Hayling Island
Tue 24-Sep-24 16:47
Mini 2

8 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Surfers on the water of South Bay Scarborough. Shot taken today 3pm 28th/Sept with my DJI mini pro 4.

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Was there a couple of weeks back camping. Best seaside town :+1:

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

280924
06;45
Dji Air 2s
New brighton, looking over to Liverpool docks

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

Taken 19/09/24 @ 19.40
Swanage, Dorset.
Mini 4 Pro

8 Likes

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Low water on the Wyre estuary, Fleetwood/Knott End, 28/09/24 DJI Air 2

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And now it’s time for any and all GADC members to vote for the winners of this round of RTF.

Vote for one, all some or none of the entries and do so before 22:00 on Monday September 30th when the poll below closes:

@group-challenges

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Just a suggestion for the @Challenges_Committee - before any poll, in the text before the images could you include the subject of the round.

Often if voting, I have to scroll to the top on my phone to see the subject.

These weeks go by far too quickly :joy:

Noted. We will try to remember next time but we’re not certain that our memories are any better than yours :slight_smile:

Well done Ady @Leylo1971 :+1::+1:

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Thanks John :+1:.

Right royal pain in the arse this one turned out to be. Enjoyed taking the shots, lovely morning over at at New Brighton, but by the time I’d got home, done a few bits around the house and having got up early doors at 3am,the creative tank was empty for doing post work. I think this was the 4th image I tried, and although I like it, I’m not happy with it. Rushed.

Many thanks for all who voted, congrats to all the other entries :+1::grin:

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You seem to have sorted the winners out for yourselves without any input from us but, to make it official let’s formally thank our three winners:

In third place, Richard - @richrab - with a shot of Swanage Bay looking toward Peveril Point close to eight o’clock at night. This brought a tear to the eye of one of the ChallCom members who was brought up in the town and who spent a looooong time looking over the picture at full magnification to check out his childhood haunts :slight_smile:

Our second place winner is John - @JockyB - with a picture of water leaking through the top gates of the Trent and Mersey’s Stenson Lock (with two gentlemen manfully sitting on the gate beams to keep them closed :slight_smile: )

Our winner for this round is Ady - @Leylo1971 - with a sunset shot of New Brighton with the lighthouse to the fore

Well done to our top three and thank you everyone who entered. To those that voted but hadn’t entered - why not get further involved this time around and enter an image for Light Trails!

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Sunrise maybe :thinking::rofl: