Assignment : Happiness is...

[Sime]

Back to our weekly assignments and what a way to come back! Crumpler Australia have flipped us five of their awesome "5 Million Dollar Home" camera bags as a prize, one each week for the next five weeks... I wanted to take this opportunity to say THANKS Crumpler!!

The topic this week is *happiness is...* And, therefore is very open to your individual interpretation... Show me a photo of something that makes you happy! A warm fire, a fast car, a good meal, a hot coffee...

for me... Happiness is...

A nice cup of coffee... (For example)

As ever, the rules...

1. Your image you submit should be taken between the 26th of November and the 10th of December (until one of our ace moderators closes the the mini-contest).

2. Your post must include "Assignment: Happiness is..." (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).

3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above).

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (640px on the longest side).

6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

Thanks again G-Tech for providing us with the awesome g-drive Q : I will be choosing a winner for that before this saturday, to be announce, on saturday on the DPS blog.

Next weeks theme is : Christmas decorations (It's nearly that time!)

Sime™

[dlaf]

Anyone else old enough to remember what happiness is?

To a Frenchman it's the Eiffel Tower,
To a Dutchman it's a pretty flower,
To an Indian it's a monument,
To a smoker, it's a Kent!

Happiness is...the taste of Kent
Happiness is...the taste of Kent
Happiness is...the taste of Kent
More taste, fine tobacco
That's what happiness is!

Ah, those were innocent times!

[ryon]

Canon 155A strapped to the cross bar fired as a slave. SB600 on camera to act as fill and to fire the main light.

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Flash: Flash fired, auto mode
ISO Speed: 400

[Melinda]

Happiness is
Watching a baby enjoy their first taste of a candy cane



Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 48 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0/2 EV
Flash: Flash fired

[Sweedon]

Happiness to me is having extra time to work on my hobbies.

Happiness to me would also be having a Crumpler bag...lol.
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Camera: Sony DSC-H1
Exposure: 8 sec (8)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 56.8 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Date and Time: 2008:12:03 17:09:36
Exposure Program: Aperture priority

[JoesPhotos]

Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Flash: Flash fired, auto mode
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows
Date and Time (Original): 2008:12:01 10:56:21

[marcal]

Hapiness is to see that the very best of your life is still to come....

De Ona

[Geoff_K]

Seeing your son enjoy his first game as a Freshmen




Nikon D80
Sigma 50-150 F2.8G
62mm
no flash
12/01/2008
shutter priority


F2.8
1/250th
Matrix
iso1600





side note: hello everyone. just joined today. thought i would toss one out there.


MODS: if i missed a rule on posting in this thread, there is NO problem deleting it and telling me what i did incorrect. ;- ) thanks

[Antruby]

Happy is Santa

[kenji]

Assignment: Happiness is...

A spark of an unexplainable happiness hits me, telling myself that I would be and will ever be the proudest parent in this whole wide world. Being so much blessed with a wife and a son, I couldn’t help but wonder how great God is. He has showered upon us the greatest gift a couple has ever wanted to have. After all the pressures of rushing them to the hospital; the exhausting feeling I have had while my wife was delivering the baby and bringing all those stuffs they needed, I nearly catch a breathe thinking how is it to be called a father. So far, I’ll just let things be as what God has planned for me and my family. I’d simply enjoy this very moment watching my son grow and discover his environment little by little.


Camera: Sony DSLR A700
Shutter: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40.0 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash fired


Camera: Sony DSLR A700
Shutter: 1/80
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 50.0 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash fired