The previous round of “Travel Photo Roulette,” the photography contest that is sweeping the travel world, was hosted by Itchy Feet Chronicles after winning the theme “Friday Nights” with a great shot. Amazingly, I won the latest round in the theme for “The Journey” with a picture that you can see here. I have decided that the upcoming theme will the “Changing Seasons”
Travel Photo Roulette Round 13: The Theme
Since its beginning at Living The Dream, travel photo roulette has become a near obsession with the travel writing/blogging/photographing community. Each week dozens of great submissions are received by the host. You do not need to be a professional photographer to submit. The goal isn’t to take the greatest photo of all time, it is to encapsulate the moment of the theme. Everyone is eligible to submit a photo.
I have chosen the theme of “Changing Seasons” because most of the world is currently in that transition at the moment. In the Northern Hemisphere the flowers are starting to bloom, or the snow starting to melt and in the south the leaves are starting to fall. These transitions in seasons are generally the most colourful times of the year. Whatever photo that you would like to place, I’d love to see it, please post a link to the jpeg in the comments below along with a quick tidbit about the photo. To get you going I have posted a sample:
- I shot this from my parent’s backyard in Canada on the first snowfall of the year, and my last day in Canada.
The submission dates for this round will be
March 19st to March 25th
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The Rules
The rules of the game are simple. The hosting blogger is the chosen winner of the previous week’s (7 days) game. The new host chooses a generic keyword or phrase that other travelers submit photos to during the course of the week. Phrases can be as generic as ‘signs’ all the way to abstract thoughts like ‘religion’ and everything in between. At the end of the week, the hosting blogger chooses their favorite photo that fits the chosen phrase and moves it to the top of the post as the winning entry with direction to the new host’s site for the next round.
Readers can attempt to sway the author into picking a certain photo via comments, but the author (that’s me!) can ignore comments as they see fit. The game is repeated with the winner hosting the following week’s game and choosing a phrase for new photo submissions. The following is a list of the previously played rounds of the game and the hosting blogger for each. This list also doubles as a winner’s table as each topic host won the preceding round! Click the host’s link to go directly to that entry to see some stunning photographs from the chosen term/phrase!
- Nov 4–10, 2010 Living the Dream – “Animals”
- Nov 17–24, 2010 Skinny Backpacker – “Road Signs”
- Nov 29–Dec 6, 2010 Dream a Little Dream – “Street Art”
- Dec 8–Dec 15, 2010 Flashpacker HQ – “Festival”
- Dec 17–Dec 24, 2010 Over Yonderlust – “Landmarks”
- Dec 26–Jan 2, 2011 Don’t Ever Look Back – “Beaches”
- Jan 5–Jan 12, 2011 ThePlanetD – “Portraits”
- Jan 15–Jan 22, 2011 Travel with a Mate – “Motion”
- Jan 26–Feb 3, 2011 Johnny Vagabond – “Water”
- Feb 8–Feb 15, 2011 Ken Kaminesky – “Urban”
- Feb 21–Feb 27, 2011 Travels of Adam – “Friday Night”
- Mar 7 – Mar 13, 2011 Itchy Feet Chronicles – “The Journey”
According to the original rules photo shopping is not allowed, however, I know the importance, and need to use photoshop to get the best quality images, so please considered that rule waived.
I will constantly be adding the entrants to this page as the week progresses so keep checking back to check them out.
Honourable Mention
By Dan at Adventures with Dan
risked life and death climbing a mountain in Wales to get this today... I just thought it was kinda cool with the bare winter tree in the foreground, then the sun shining through on all of the green starting to appear from Spring in the background... hell yeah! Wales rocks!
Runner Up
By Steven at Bohemian Traveler
November in Milano's Monumental Cemetery
The Big Winner and host of Travel Photo Roulette Round 14:
By Shutterfeet
chanced upon this fisherman while hiking around Thoreau's Walden Pond last fall. It’s easy to see how Henry David Thoreau got a lot of inspiration for his work from Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. The beauty surrounding the place, especially in the fall, is phenomenal.
I chose the image by Shutterfeet for a number of reasons. The biggest though was the serenity and the feel of the image. It is easy to capture a photo of a place that you see before your eyes, but it is more difficult to capture the moment felt, and I think that was done in this photo. Best of luck in Round 14!!
March 19, 2011
While this isn’t directly a nature thing, you can always tell the beginnings of spring with crawdads/crawdaddies/crawfish boils happen on every corner. Talk about color returning to the table!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2074/4506621729_4f9e10c1fa.jpg
March 23, 2011
I wish I’m not allergic to them, they look so tasty!
March 19, 2011
Well since you kindly invited me on FB… Charlotte is not my favorite place in the world, but springtime here is really something else!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150127837607570&set=a.395959012569.174829.500212569&theater
March 19, 2011
Is there anything more beautiful than the cherry blossom bloom in Japan? How about two beautiful geishas in Kyoto, Japan taking a photo of each other with the cherry blossoms as a backdrop.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57146081@N02/5516109666/
March 19, 2011
This is in Christchurch Park, Ipswich, UK not far from my house. I took this a couple of years ago just as winter was coming to an end. It was a beautiful day with a wonderful array of colours on display.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4316219071_c013667b22_b.jpg
March 19, 2011
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/lbarrambide/aDSC_0448.jpg
This pic is during the summer in Antarctica inside the Lemaire Channel. You can really tell the summer has arrived with the ice melting off the mountains and the iceburgs floating in the water!
March 19, 2011
Spring has sprung in Ios, Greece when the flowers are popping up amongst the brown grasses winter left behind.
March 19, 2011
Now I don’t want this to sway your decision, but I risked life and death climbing a mountain in Wales to get this today… I just thought it was kinda cool with the bare winter tree in the foreground, then the sun shining through on all of the green starting to appear from Spring in the background… hell yeah! Wales rocks! http://www.adventureswithdan.com/IMG_85492.jpg
March 19, 2011
Glacier melts when the summer starts and creates small lakes. Aosta Valley, Italy.
March 20, 2011
Giulia can you send the .jpeg link for the web, I can’t download the image from Disqus
March 20, 2011
Your winning photo is awesome, I like the sharpness of the train and the blurr of the surrounding. Here’s our submission for this round:
It was a late spring morning in the Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Canada. The lake’s surface was still covered by the sheet of ice, but already ripped open here and there by the warming temperature.
http://www.vagabondquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Vagabond-Quest-Canada-Banff-Lake-Louise.jpg
March 20, 2011
Ohhh a picture from home! We actually used to place bets on the exact date Lake Louise and Bow Lake would break up. I usually bet somewhere around the start of June.
March 20, 2011
This photo was taken on a walk between La Ferté-Alais and Mennency, less than an hour and a lifetime away from Paris, France. As much as I love the hustle and bustle and sophistication of Paris, I also love that you can hop a train and be in a setting like this in no time flat.
March 20, 2011
Hi Brendan, I humbly submit this. I’m not a photographer but, given your theme, this is the best I can do. I like the hopeful buds in the foreground.
http://solotravelerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSCN0857-1024×768.jpg
March 20, 2011
I am NOT a photographer in any way, shape or form but I though this contest sounded fun. This picture was taken in Muskoka, ON — I did sharpen the image slightly but the colours were almost that intense. Beautiful.
March 20, 2011
I am NOT a photographer in any way, shape or form but I though this contest sounded fun. This picture was taken in Muskoka, ON — I did sharpen the image slightly but the colours were almost that intense. Beautiful.
March 20, 2011
November in Milano’s Monumental Cemetery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52442953@N05/5542349960/
March 20, 2011
Nice theme choice! I love taking photos of changing seasons. I took this one from the backyard of Scott’s parents house in New Jersey with a point and shoot camera. http://www.ordinarytraveler.com/images/181.jpg
March 20, 2011
Colorful buds and flowers blooming is the first sign of spring! I’m looking forward to warm weather this season!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/two4travel/5544321720/
March 20, 2011
I had some great photos of the changing of the seasons, but for me, the change of the season came after my wife and I moved from CA to NY in the middle of the winter. This picture represents the last snowfall of the season. Now, less than 4 weeks later, all the snow is completely melted.
The photo is of the front grille of my car, which until that day, had never seen snow.
March 20, 2011
I chanced upon this fisherman while hiking around Thoreau’s Walden Pond last fall. It’s easy to see how Henry David Thoreau got a lot of inspiration for his work from Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. The beauty surrounding the place, especially in the fall, is phenomenal.
http://shutterfeet.com/blog/2011/photo-friday-fall-at-thoreaus-walden-pond/
March 20, 2011
Hey, I can’t copy that image, can you send me the direct link? the .jpeg link? cheers!
March 21, 2011
Here’s the link Brendan.
http://shutterfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Walden-pond-boat-hi-contrast.jpg
March 23, 2011
Did the image link work for you?
March 20, 2011
Hi! Here’s my contribution: a bed of tulips heralding the spring in the Arts District of Dallas (outside the Meyerson Symphony Center): http://myscrapbookmisapuntes.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/2010-arts-district-y-west-end-027.jpg
March 21, 2011
This photo was taken at Hungry Mother state park in VA. I would imagine that during the summer these boats wouldn’t be parked.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5545529820_925fffc93a_o.jpg
March 21, 2011
After a long grey Winter, Portlanders rechoice at seeing the first signs of Spring!
http://travel-junkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Spring-in-Portland-4.jpg
March 21, 2011
http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp82/purplekat99/seasons.jpg
Sydney’s not always sunny! A late fall day in May on Manly Beach.
March 21, 2011
*And as a sidenote, I am getting a little tired of the “waiving the photoshop rules”. Every phone who has won since the rule was “waived” has been shopped in some way and that wasn’t the original point of this contest. Us computer challenged shoppers hardly have a chance if the game is never going to change back. Not complaining, just stating.*
March 22, 2011
I put the rule in the original contest stipulating that the rounds host has got the choice of allowing photoshop or not. Whether or not photoshopping is going to continually be allowed I can’t really predict. I dont think that the last had much photoshopping, but I could be wrong. But I tend to lead on the less edited side of the spectrum myself.
March 22, 2011
I think there needs to be a better definition of “Photoshopping.” If post processing, aka Photoshopping, is not allowed, than nobody can shoot in RAW format. I only use Adobe Photoshop for major adjustments (removing a pole, etc) and for resizing. I use Lightroom for post processing… converting RAW format, white balance, color corrections, sharpening… basically the same thing that a camera is doing when it converts the RAW file to JPG format.
March 22, 2011
Good point. For the most part anything that could be done in a camera (even if done on a computer) sounds ok to me as long as you are not doing crazy out there processing. To me removing red eye, cropping out dust specs, etc is not photoshopping in my mind.
But as I said before, interpretation and picking of the rules rests solely with the host of the round. I think to go with what Becs was saying, hopefully the judges of each round are deciding for themselves on what is appropriate rather than just carrying it through.
I had sent an instruction sheet out to the first winner in terms of picking rules and going with the theme, but I’m guessing that hasnt been passed along in a while 😛
March 22, 2011
Thanks for the comments guys. I agree, if it can be done on a camera then it’s okay. Of course, removing red eye, cropping out certain things, etc is okay.
I just made the comment because it seems every picture that has “won” recently has been enhanced pretty hardcore in one way or another (but like Jeremy, I have no idea as I rarely do any editing to mine). I know it’s winners choice, but if amateurs are getting pushed out in favor of hardcore photogs, then the point of the fun in the game is kind of gone for most of us.
March 23, 2011
I agree… but as someone who shoots RAW and an avid photographer I know that editing is necessary to get the best photos possible. I am all for photoshopping as long as it doesn’t go to far. I think this RULE should be wiped right out and let the judge decide if the “photoshopping” went overboard then he/she can be the judge of that.
March 23, 2011
I like that you are of the mindset of “if the photoshopping went overboard.” That is kind of what I was going with it when I wrote instructions down, but I don’t want to be the sole voice for the direction of the game. Once it left my hands and began round two I released my say in the making of majority of the rules to each rounds host. The only ones I would hope would be honored are simple ones like “no submissions of the same photos between rounds” and “only one submission per blogger even if the blog is written by 2 people” kind of thing.
People have to pander to you in terms of what you like for a photo, but at the same time, not everyone can do professional style edits to their photos. But that has to be part of the fun of the game and how you interpret what you like for your theme 🙂
March 23, 2011
Hey, I understand the complaint, but those of us who shoot DSLRs wouldn’t be allowed to play if we couldn’t photoshop. Shooting in RAW is virtually a version of shooting in ond film where you need to use light to draw out the photo. Since we shoot in RAW we couldn’t possibly not photoshop, or we’d never see our picture. Some people mistake great photos for being photoshopped when the real tricks happen in the camera ie. shooting at the right time of day, using slow shutter speeds, using wide apertures. Photoshopping is not an advantage, and anyone can get these types of photos without “photoshopping” them. All the photos that have one to date, with the exception of one that I can think of, used basic in camera tricks to get the look they achieved.
March 22, 2011
I’ve been out of town for the weekend so I just saw the new photo roulette go up. Love this topic idea, great to see the creative juices going on round ideas! And here I thought photo roulette wouldn’t take off.
I’ll get my photo submitted tomorrow while I let it soak to see what I want to submit
March 22, 2011
Here’s my contribution – I took this in November in the English countryside. It was the last of the autumn leaves on the ground. The next day it snowed for the first time of the winter.
The leaves were much prettier before this, but for me, it really captures the transience of the seasons
http://beachedeskimo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/IMG_5300.jpg
March 22, 2011
Changing of the Seasons to me means the big thaw out we get every year after a massive snowstorm. This photo is one of my favorites after a big blizzard began melting in Pittsburgh in 2010.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/22340_590632440910_21902759_35466039_6952688_n.jpg
March 22, 2011
Here’s some morning dew, spring, New Zealand #blog4NZ
WORD!
March 22, 2011
shit, i forgot the link haha OOPSIE DOODLES!
http://thetravellerworldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/springsmall.jpg
March 23, 2011
no swearing on my page… this is a family site!!! hahaha juuust kidding
March 23, 2011
We have 2 seasons in the Philippines, (1)Rainy (2)Dry. You know summer is approaching when the clouds stay away long enough for us to witness our glorious sunset. 🙂
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4550878727_78664f0476_z.jpg
March 23, 2011
Flowers beginning to bloom along a roof in Lijiang, China.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5487689535_37d3aec970.jpg
March 23, 2011
Late summer at the Botanical Garden in Balchik, Bulgaria.
http://www.traveltosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Balchik-Botanical-Garden.jpg
March 23, 2011
One of my favorite parts of any changing season is the new life that Spring brings.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ink_mama/5552460117/
March 23, 2011
And here is a thumbnail for the photo:
March 23, 2011
Having lived in Japan during Cherry Blossom season, I’d have to say this is the thing that most defines changing seasons in my mind. I plan on doing a photo essay on it in the future, but here’s a good close up of some of the cherry blossoms in Japan:
http://flashpackerhq.com/siteimages/Cherry_Blossoms.jpg
Caption: “Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) in Japan”
March 24, 2011
Wow, some great submissions so far!
Our entry is from Burton, British Columbia.
http://www.hecktictravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BurtonBC_Autumn_001.jpg
We had the opportunity to kayak on the Columbia river and there was not a boat or another soul around us. It was nature at its best. The autumn and changing of leaves lasted for at least a couple of months.
March 27, 2011
Anonymous is spot on in their assessment on what entails photoshopping from my view too. I think I only have noticed 1 winning photo that was created with techniques outside of what you can do with a camera and most things that RAW shooters do to photos is not in the realm of what would be unnatural to most cameras capabilities.
March 28, 2011
Hahah just for the record Jeremy… I was Anonymous… Disqus hated me.
March 27, 2011
While exploring some back mountain roads mid February in Sappong, Thailand, we were surprised to find what looked like fall and this perfectly paved road.
March 30, 2011
Two very deserving photos. Love the colors in the winner’s photo and the lighting in the runner up’s photo.
April 13, 2011
Woo I got a mention… completely forgot about this, but wahoo!
January 1, 2015
Great pictures… stunning photos. I will subscribe to your youtube channel to get some ideas to shoot great images. thank you.
January 1, 2015
Thanks for the comment and sub! Oh, and Happy New Years!