165th Show & Tell Competition: Unreplicable

[nickviv]

Thanks chasp.. I really appreciate winning this competition with such high quality entrants.

For me, a good photo is one with a combination of the following:

1. Technical.. focus, sharpness, lighting, PS work
2. Composition.. Does it work ?
3. Unforgettable.. there are many good shots, but will I remember them tomorrow ?
4. Unreplicable.. So you've taken a good shot... can I copy it ?

The focus (no pun intended) of this competition is Unreplicable.
I want to see something really unique... really special, and if I look through my portfolio of photos, I see nothing like it.
I want to be left thinking: "I really wish I had taken that shot, but I've got no chance"

Here are some examples:

Fan Tailed Cloud - It's the only time in my life that I've seen this kind of formation.. I was lucky to have the camera.


Dove - Birds in flight is not new, but the background with the rolling countryside and church make this difficult to replicate.


Bubble - I spent 5 days enrolling all members of my extended family to blow bubbles, and I chased them around the garden. This is a lot harder than it looks.


Check out the proud look on the cormorants' face as their friend squeezes ones out.


Good luck !

Nick

Submissions will be closed on Wednesday the 28th of July 2010 at 8:33:46 UTC

See Competition Rules at viewtopic.php?f=9&t=44120
Competition History available at viewtopic.php?f=9&t=42757

[cbladon]

[duto]

[jarekm]

[akeigher]

Shooting Star above the Three Mittons

A nice sky of stars would have made for a great photo. The shooting star in perfect position makes the shot for me.

Jordan Pond Sunrise

I have never seen the pond look like this again. The mood, sky and fog on the lake make this a special shot of Jordan Pond.

Delicate Arch Sunrise

Hey, its not your standard Delicate Arch shot...

[drr1531]

[amoxtli]

Three from my PaD Gallery, the gallery where images are rarely planned and these three certainly weren't.

[gregbergquist]

Everything just worked - moonrise, sunset over my shoulder, berries popped, and there was the spider!

[dominiccantin]

Ikeya-Zhang comet ... to replicate this image , you'll have to wait ~360 years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/153P/Ikeya-Zhang





An ordinary fireworks but the guy with headlight in his boat make this shot hard to replicate

Dom

[carol202]

[pavona]

Riding the bus to Soller, Mallorca- saw this little girl just loving the scenery outside.


These aren't my footprints. I just happened to pass by someone who just walked through the sand, and the wave came along.


There's no way to replicate this- a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Dad. =)

[m_hauss]

It took me almost forever to compose this picture. It was almost impossible to wait for the two dogs in the background to keep their head the way I needed them to pose.



This certainly was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I was staying in Ilullissat, Greenland when a massive glacier broke of the Ilullissat icefjord and drifted into the bay. You rarely see the bay this covered with icebergs.



How often can you catch a ful lunar eclipse?

[akeigher]

Ikeya-Zhang comet ... to replicate this image , you'll have to wait ~360 years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/153P/Ikeya-Zhang

So basically you are saying we can replicate it, we might just have to wait a few days for it to happen again.

Great shot.

[chungsp]

[grompem]

Try to replicate that: Old vine Zinfandel and a duckling!


Perfect casts of leaves made from ice....


I've never come across stacks of pallets in a little lake before or since...