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yummymummy
02-05-2011, 2:05pm
I just found out that my photo made it into the top 30 in the Weather Channel Australia's weather watcher competition!!!! :D The top 12 photos go into the weather channels calender next year, and also a Nikon D3100, nikon photography classes, 12 subscription to photography magazines.. the 18 runner ups get $50 merchandise pack from The Weather Channel.... so either way I win something!! I'm over the MOOOON!!! :efelant::crossed::animal3::party7: Keep your fingers crossed for me please guys!! :) we find out the 12 winners on 16th May :)

Kym
02-05-2011, 2:15pm
Go Kirsty!! :th3:

ricstew
02-05-2011, 2:30pm
Yay!!!! :party6::party6:

yummymummy
02-05-2011, 2:40pm
Thanks guys, I'm SO excited! ( can you tell? ;) )

Wandapics
02-05-2011, 2:41pm
Congratulations. What great news. :th3: Hope your image makes the final 12.

yummymummy
02-05-2011, 2:46pm
Thank you!! :) This is the photo I entered..
http://kirstyhellmech.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Landscapes/2-2/789477656_o73bf-M.jpg

ving
02-05-2011, 2:50pm
wow thats cool. if you win you get a real camera instead of that toy one you are currently using...


...nikon rules, canon drools.. :p

BecM
02-05-2011, 2:53pm
Oh wow that is an amazing photo!

Congratulations, fingers crossed that it is a brilliant outcome rather than just a great outcome :)

PH005
02-05-2011, 2:53pm
Well done Yummy. :party7: But what will you do with a NIKON ??

Bear
02-05-2011, 2:59pm
Fantastic image.. well done.. looks amazing.

Kathron132
02-05-2011, 4:01pm
That is a great shot. Good luck:th3:

wanderer51
02-05-2011, 4:07pm
That deserves to be in the top 12!
Congratulations and good luck
:crossed:

salnel
02-05-2011, 4:24pm
Congratulations!!! Great photos and fingers crossed for the best prizes:th3::th3::th3:

yummymummy
02-05-2011, 5:40pm
Thanks Everyone! I'm kinda still happy dancing in my chair at the moment lol, still pinching myself :D


wow thats cool. if you win you get a real camera instead of that toy one you are currently using...


...nikon rules, canon drools.. :p




Well done Yummy. :party7: But what will you do with a NIKON ??

Hmmmm what to do with a Nikon... first off I'll take some photos with it so I can show my idiot Uncle in Law that it's not the camera it's the person BEHIND it.. then I'll leave it to the noise to take photos so they'll leave MY camera alone lol ;)

ksolomon
02-05-2011, 6:04pm
Congratulations and well done. A great image. Keep us posted and keep on dancing :D

la lumiere
02-05-2011, 8:32pm
Yee Ha!
I can see why you are happy dancing....congratulations!
Image looks as if it well deserves the honour - so fingers crossed!:crossed:

:banana:

yummymummy
02-05-2011, 9:46pm
Thanks guys! Of all the storm photos I have.. this is one of two that I'm most proud of :)

tomtom
02-05-2011, 10:24pm
Grats mate!

macmich
02-05-2011, 10:27pm
best of luck with the outcome
cheers macca

ricktas
02-05-2011, 10:29pm
Kirsty, congrats, but this does not surprise me. YOU have worked hard to become the photographer you are today. You 'listened' to what we had to say, when you first joined up. You took all the advice and used it, you pushed to improve, you came back and showed us how you had used what was said and worked to make the next series of photos better. You asked questions. You appreciated the advice. You had the determination to get better.

And this is the result. So thank YOU for doing everything you did, to get to where you are now. You deserve it cause you have put in the work to get here.

Lesley Bray
02-05-2011, 11:10pm
Congratulations ! Outstanding image !
Lesley

PH005
03-05-2011, 7:06am
Kirsty, congrats, but this does not surprise me. YOU have worked hard to become the photographer you are today. You 'listened' to what we had to say, when you first joined up. You took all the advice and used it, you pushed to improve, you came back and showed us how you had used what was said and worked to make the next series of photos better. You asked questions. You appreciated the advice. You had the determination to get better.

And this is the result. So thank YOU for doing everything you did, to get to where you are now. You deserve it cause you have put in the work to get here.

Well said Rick. :th3:

yummymummy
03-05-2011, 7:12am
Kirsty, congrats, but this does not surprise me. YOU have worked hard to become the photographer you are today. You 'listened' to what we had to say, when you first joined up. You took all the advice and used it, you pushed to improve, you came back and showed us how you had used what was said and worked to make the next series of photos better. You asked questions. You appreciated the advice. You had the determination to get better.

And this is the result. So thank YOU for doing everything you did, to get to where you are now. You deserve it cause you have put in the work to get here.

Thank you guys, and especially you Rick and the Mods, and EVERYONE else that's helped me along the way. I listened to the advice I was given because I have this desire in me to be the best I can be at everything I do ( yes, I was EXTREMELY competitive at school and growing up lol) I can only get better from here, I still have a lot to learn, but I have come an awful long way! :)

dbax
03-05-2011, 8:59am
Congrats Kirsty, so happy for you , as Rick says you've put in the work , got out there and used the camera, and the knowledge you've learnt. Well done :party6::party6:

yummymummy
03-05-2011, 3:04pm
Thank you David!! :)

Michaela
03-05-2011, 3:22pm
Congratulations! It's a fantastic shot! :th3::th3::th3:

yummymummy
03-05-2011, 4:22pm
Thanks so much Michaela! :) As I type we are having another DOOZY of a storm, lightning, thunder, and hail! :) got some shots from a neighbours letter box lol, will post them up shortly!

Bennymiata
05-05-2011, 3:39pm
Good the prize wasn't a nice Canon camera, otherwise I might have entered and beat you!
Only joking.

Great shot, and it deserves to win.

yummymummy
07-05-2011, 6:14pm
LOL :p thank you :) ;) I was kinda hoping it WAS a nice canon camera... as that's what I own... but, I reckon I'll do just as well with a Nikon :th3:

Ms Monny
07-05-2011, 9:50pm
Congrats!! :party6:

Your image is stunning and it won't be long now before you know what you have won!! Fingers crossed :crossed:

yummymummy
08-05-2011, 9:36am
Thank you Ms Monny! :) only a week and a day to go ;) but who's counting lol :p

geoffsta
08-05-2011, 12:21pm
Doesn't it give you that warm fuzzy feeling when you get published... Just goes to show that hard work and the ability to listen and learn, really pays off.

yummymummy
08-05-2011, 12:52pm
Thanks Geoff, yeah it sure does! :)

Doninoz
08-05-2011, 1:10pm
Hmmmm what to do with a Nikon... first off I'll take some photos with it so I can show my idiot Uncle in Law that it's not the camera it's the person BEHIND it.. then I'll leave it to the noise to take photos so they'll leave MY camera alone lol ;)

Great shot yummy...and very good comment! The camera is a very small part of the equation...I've seen some pretty awesome shots with a Kodak 1MP camera. In fact you've set me a challenge. I still have my original Kodak 1MP camera...I will take some shots and see if I can do something as good as or better than with my Canon 5D MK II...Now there's a challenge. I wonder if anyone else can take it on?

yummymummy
08-05-2011, 4:03pm
Thank you!!
That's a fantastic idea! :) Can't wait to see what you come up with! :)

41jas
09-05-2011, 3:03pm
Just look at that photo. There would have to be a bloody good one to beat that. Good luck...BUT NIKON????? (ask if you can trade it for a Canon):aaa:

yummymummy
09-05-2011, 3:11pm
Just look at that photo. There would have to be a bloody good one to beat that. Good luck...BUT NIKON????? (ask if you can trade it for a Canon):aaa:

Thanks Jules! :) not wanting to toot my own horn, but there are only a couple of photos in the top 30 that will beat that.. to be honest, I see about 4 or 5 ? go to the weather channels facebook page and have a look through the top 30 album see what you think. :)
yeah, I thought the same thing re nikon... but you know what... I'm willing to give it a go... and if i don't like it, I'll sell it, and use the money to get me a nice new lens ;) :th3:

Coral
09-05-2011, 3:22pm
Well done Kirsty, that is a top storm photo, good luck with the final 12 - hope you are in it....:th3:

yummymummy
09-05-2011, 3:50pm
Thanks Coral!! :)