Photography Board Assignment, June-Sept, 2011: Summer Scavenger Hunt

[Pea-n-Me]

Welcome to the Photography Board's Summer Scavenger Hunt, which will run from today, June 12, through September 15.

It is an Assignment thread, so besides fun, its purpose is to get us out using our cameras, striving for good photos and learning new techniques.

As such, pictures should be new whenever possible, but pictures taken in the last few months will be accepted if they fit the categories.

Post as often as you want, in as many categories as you can. It is ok to post a category more than once.

I wish it was possible, but no prizes can be awarded other than recognition for a job well done. However...

After posting fifteen categories (~10%), you will be eligible to put this lovely 2011 Summer Scavenger Hunt Avatar below in your signature.

Now let's get out there and have some fun! Looking forward to seeing what we all come up with!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

A
Americana
Angel
Antique
Apple Pie
Armed Forces
Atop Ladder

B
Ball In The Air
Barn Interior
Bartender
BBQ
Beer Tap
Bewildered Tourist
Bird In Flight
Biplane
Bubbles

C
Campsite
Carnival Prizes
Celebration
Clambake Related
Clown
Costumed Mascot
Country Store
Critters

D
Danish
Decadent
Delicious!
Destroyer
Dilapidated
Diner, Drive In or Dive
Dragonfly
Driftwood
Drenched

E
Elements
Egg Roll
Elder
Emergency! (Don’t get in trouble!)
Engine
Entrechat
Entryway
Estate

F
Faded
Fair Food
Farm Stand or Farmer’s Market
Ferris Wheel
Fife and Drum
Fire Escape
Fish Cake
Folk Art
For Sale
Fountain
Frank_____ (fill in the blank)
Frozen Goodness
Funny or Misspelled Sign

G
Gallop
Garden
Gnome
Gravestone, Old and Ornate
Gridlock
Gorgeous

H
Hammock
Harbor
Haunted or Ghostly
Historical
Hooters Sign
Horizon, Sunrise or Sunset On

I
Ice Cream Stand or Truck
Imbibement, Favorite
Insects
Irritable
Italian Sports Car

J
Jalopy
Java, Steaming
Jazzy
Jumprope

K
Kazoo
Kilted Bagpiper
Kitsch

L
Ladyslipper
Lazy, Hazy
Lightening
Lighthouse
Lobster or Crab Trap
Looking Up Or Down

M
Macro
Mailman
Maritime Knot
Memorial
Metal Detector In Use
Morning Dew
Mother and Baby Animal
Mosaic
Muddy Cleats
Mullet (Yeah Baby!)

N
Nautical
Neon Vacancy Sign
Nostalgic

O
Onion Rings or French Fries
Open Fire Hydrant
Something Orange
Outdoor Dining

P
Park Ranger
Party Balloons or Sign
Patriotic
Pets Being Silly or Cute
Peppermint (My favorite, make it good for me!)
Pirate Flag
Polka Dot
Port a Potty
Puppies and Kittens

Q
Quaint
Quietude

R
Reflection
Rest Area Map
Roadside Diner Menu
Roller Coaster
Rose
Rotary Phone

S
Scorching
Sea Glass
Sidewalk Art
Someone Waving At You
Sparkle
Specs
Sporting Event
Sprinkler
Strawberry Shortcake
Street Performer
Symbolic Of Your Country

T
Ten Minutes From Home
Tent or Campsite
Telephone Booth
“The Old ____” (fill in the blank)
Three Wheeled Motorcycle
Toddler’s First Moments In Water
Toothless Grin
Totem Pole
Trompe L’oeil
Truck Sign With Animal

U
Umpire
Uniformed Workers
Upside Down
U.S.A.

V
Vacation (Yours)
Vacation Souveniers
Veterinarian At Work


W
Water Sports
Waterfowl +/-babies
Wedding Cake
A Win!
Windmill

X
Add Your Own X

Y
Yard Sale Find
Something Yellow
Yesterday

Z
Zookeeper
Zebra
Zig Zag
Zoot Suit

Copyright Pea-n-Me/mypieman

 

[PrincessInOz]

Nice list Pea n Me. Thanks again for pulling this together!

Let the games begin.

 

[ILuvCrush]

I'm so excited!!! I just got a new camera... and was hoping that we were doing this again!!!

 

[Twigs]

Very excited to see this Pea-n-Me! Thanks so much for doing this again. I am very glad you said we could use pics from a few months ago can be used. I went on 2 vacations in the past few months including WDW 2 weeks ago! But I promise to only use a few, and will be seeking out new pics to take.

 

[eblong]

Great! We just got back yesterday from the Dream and WDW. Should be able to pull a couple of nice fits from those 1700 pics before I go out and look for more.

 

[eeyorelvr09]

I am excited for this too. I feel that I have an eye for candids of children. This will help me train my eye to look for other subjects.

 

[tlcmommyx4]

I just had to be the first to post!
Ball in the air

 

[Ellen aka Snow White]

I will be second! We are currently at the beach and I awoke early yesterday for sunrise photos - then while sitting on the beach I thought about the summer scavenger hunt!!! My family is not as excited as I am about it!! LOL!! Thanks so much Pea N Me for posting this!


Horizon, Sunrise or Sunset On

 

[tlcmommyx4]

I was having such a bad day and know my day is looking bright again!!!! I promise this is the only Washington D.C. picture I will use in the hunt
Symbolic of your country

 

[dcg0317]

Waterfowl +/-babies - Canadian Goose with Goslings

Critters - Chipmunk

Lighthouse-Whaleback Lighthouse

 

[plyeng2ff]

Quietude


Horizon- Sunrise


BBQ

 

[madiscrapper24]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for coming up with this great list and all the time you have put into it...can't wait to get started. Happy as well that we can use pics from the last few months. Excited to see what everyone comes up with.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I'm excited to get started too. I thought I had my camera in the car tonight when I was out and saw a few things, but apparently I left it in the living room.

The reason I decided to include pics taken recently is just because there are so many categories to cover and I hate to miss any good pics that fit, especially where we're not doing points this year. I did try to whittle the list down as much as possible, but the ones that were left I just hated to delete, lol. I see from the pics already posted it was a good decision. Great showing so far!

Ellen, too funny. My DS was just looking through the list and asked me about the category Yesterday. He said, "What would be something for Yesterday?". I gave him a couple of examples of what it might mean to me, then added, "We'll see what people come up with". Seconds later he saw your picture and noted you could have used it for Yesterday. Ah, yes, I guess so! He would also like it noted that the Italian Sports Car category is his. (I told him then he better find one because I probably won't know one if I see it!)

We are currently at the beach and I awoke early yesterday for sunrise photos - then while sitting on the beach I thought about the summer scavenger hunt!!!

Horizon, Sunrise or Sunset On

 

[Amy]

Hi LInda! Thanks for doing this again - I know how much time it must take to get it all organized. I really appreciate it.

I'm looking forward to hopefully doing better at this Scavenger Hunt than past ones - I recently got a new camera, a Sony NEX5, and I need to practice with it. (And yes, I'm yet another step closer to a dSLR, but the NEX is actually smaller than my Canon SX10.)

And since we can include recent photos, here's one from June 3:

Outdoor Dining - Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA

 

[hjd0411]

Thank you so much Linda! That is a good list there - I hope I can get some different ones to last year!!

And I'm glad to see that we can include photos from a month or two ago - I also had a vacation and have some photos that I think will apply! Going back over the photos will give me something to do while I "recover" and get back out with my camera!!

Delicious:

Yesterday:

(Either caption could equally apply to either photo!! Both were delicious and both taken yesterday!!)

I love the entries so far - they look fab!!

 

[plyeng2ff]

Costume mascot


Faded


bird in flight


Gnome


Gravestone- Old

The gravestone is of Frank Reid who died in July 20, 1898. He gave his life for the town of Skagway, Alaska. He killed Jefferson "Soapy" Smith a local con artist that the town people decided need to go. In a gun fight on July 8, 1898, Smith was shot dead instantly. Frank Reid was injured in the fight and died 12 days later.

 

[Twigs]

Decadent

Ghostly

Mother and Baby Animal

Vacation - Mine at WDW - The Wild Africa Trek Tour

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Gravestone- Old

The gravestone is of Frank Reid who died in July 20, 1898. He grave his life for the town of Skagway, Alaska. He killed Jefferson "Soapy" Smith a local con artist that the town people decided need to go. In a gun fight on July 8, 1898, Smith was shot dead instantly. Frank Reid was injured in the fight and died 12 days later.

Interesting! Maybe you could have also used this in the Frank (fill in the blank) category. And is that a costumed interperter? Three in one - nice work!

 

[hjd0411]

Pet being silly or cute:

This is Shadow - not quite sure what she saw on the laptop screen - she was not in the least interested in the mouse...!!!