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The Compact Group ONE per day with camera details please

The Compact Group is for people who use a Compact Digital or Compact Film Point & Shoot Camera - Do you have your camera with you at all times? Does it fit in your handbag, pocket or elsewhere tucked away on your person, then we have the group for you!

Featured Work

Out of the Smoke and Mist by Linda Bianic

My first attempt at a smoke shot.. / I used an incense stick,,,,, the shot was lit from the left with a penlight,,,,, the smoke stream was too straight,, so I gently blew on it,, and this is what appeared!! Tint, contrast and saturation upped slightly do you see the figure,, with head bowed,, coming out of the mist???? panasonic lumix dmc lz7 / f2.8 / 1/4 sec / iso400 / +1 step / flash off / hi sat / auto wb / Nov 11/09! / Nov 20/09
Step Shadows by clizzio

The shadows tell the time of day. University of North Carolina / Sony Cybershot , Standard setting FEATURED in The Compact Group November 2009
Reflections of a Handrail by Daniel Sly

The handrail reflection of Cronulla rockpools. Taken with an Olympus 1030 sw Fun fact!: This was the first sunrise for 2009, in one of the first countries to see the first sunrise of 2009!
Washing Machine by Wayne Gerard Trotman

© All Rights Reserved – No Usage Allowed in Any Form Without My Written Consent. Casio EX-Z1050 FEATURED IN: / “The Compact Group” – November 2009. / “Metallic Junktion” Group – August 2009.
Nervous Egg by Anna D'Accione

Portrait of an egg about to be cracked. It’s broken out into a sweat knowing what’s to come! / Olympus SP550 uz macro setting.
Paper Tower II by monocotylidono

Twinned with… / Paper Tower, by Shigeru Ban with Sonoco (London Design Festival) Japanese architect and designer Shigeru Ban has worked with cardboard manufacturer Sonoco to create a 22m high tower, constructed from hundreds of compressed cardboard tubes. In the most skillful of hands a material used to create the humble box becomes something quite extraordinary. I came across this outside the Royal Festival Hall in London (UK). You can see the full structure here, but I was more interested in the paterns created when I was inside the sculpture. [Casio Exilim EX-S10, f:2.8, 1/100, ISO-50]
A Shallow Narrow View by Sue Wotton

Newcastle Waterfront Fuji S8000fd
Pearled Nautilus © by jansnow

This seashell is one of the oldest living fossils in the ocean called the chambered nautilus due to the walled chambers that are filled with air so that this animal can float and move up and down in the water by letting air out of the chambers, it is a squid like animal and captures its prey with its tenticals. Panasonic DMC-TZ5. /
Simone by Arie Intveld

Amsterdam / / f/8; 1/40 sec; ISO 80; Leica D-Lux 4
Switched on by Ursula Rodgers

A familiar sight? You’ll see it or variations of it everytime you sit down at your computer! Shot with a Fuji Finepix S5700. Featured in Black with a hint of colour, late 2008. Featured in #12 Great Features, March 2009. Featured in Domestic Art – Home is Where the Art Is, September 2009. Featured in The Compact Group, November 2009.
42nd Motive by ragman

Kearney / County Down / Northern Ireland Captured full frame 16:9 format / with my compact camera / Lumix Leica LX3 24mm
Under the Bridge by blueeyesjus

This is the Narrows Bridge in Perth taken on one cold wet night last weekend. I’m still a newbie at night photography and am still trying to ge the hang of it. Any feedback would, as usual, be greatly appreciated Camera: Canon A590 IS / F8.0 / shutter 3”2 / ISO 100

Recent Work

Glass Art by Yool

as is fuji finepix S8100 a bowl made of glass a present from my best friend Ankie. / / /
Mechanics of wordsmithing... by Richard George

Dedicated to all the creative writers on RB…thanks for your wonderful way with words… Olympus sp510uz
Tree nuts. by creepy1

Chestnut tree. / Taken in Central PA. / taken with my Kadak Z1285
The Last Rays! by naturelover

Taken early evening across the fields, didn’t think my small camera would get such a clear picture of the suns rays through the clouds- a real winters sky!! / Card Sale – November 2009 Taken with my Fuji A600 6.3mgp compact Digital camera! Featured in the group Bits and Pieces – November 2008 / /
Baby Giant Panda by Gili Orr

This photo was taken in San Diego Zoo, June 2008. / Canon PowerShot S5 IS camera 461 views (19 November 2009) The Giant Panda is an endangered species and highly threatened. According to the latest report (2007), China has 239 giant pandas in captivity (128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu), and another 27 pandas living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 pandas are currently living in the wild. However, a 2006 study, via DNA analysis, estimated that there might be as many as 2,000 to 3,000 pandas in the wild. Though reports show that the numbers of wild pandas are on the rise, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) believes there is not enough certainty to remove pandas from the endangered animal list. (Wikipedia) If you liked this photo, you may want to take a look at my Animals Calendar
Path to Somewhere by Paul James Farr

Tecklenburg (Germany). Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE F100 / Lens: 7.8mm – 23.4mm Aperture: f/3.5 / Focal length: 8mm / Exp Time: 1/60 / ISO: 100
Heart of Darkness by Linda Sparks

With little light filtering into the depths of the slot canyon in Page, AZ. the deep purples predominate. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 Featured in Live and Let Live 11/20/09 / Featured in The World As We See It 11/20/09 / Featured in Colour and Light 11/19/09
The Old Lady by sstarlightss

<<< Camera Olympus compact Mju 9000) >>> A beautiful SCAT (ancient FIAT) 1910. Wooden and hand made, taken at Omegna during an Old Cars Show Front View
Tenderness! by naturelover

Another Rose from my garden – to remind us here we did actually have a Summer! – Love this Peach colour. Taken with a Fuji A600 Finepix Compact Camera
Ye Olde Oake Tree by naturelover

I stood beneath this lovely old oak- a few autumn leaves still clinging to those lovely limbs-not my usual image- but I love the shapes, colours and textures of this tree. / Best viewed LARGER Taken with a Fuji A600 Compact Camera
Colorful neighbors by Linda Sparks

I love grand reflections in huge buildings, but sometimes even the smallest reflection tells you a lot about the neighborhood. This was in Barrio Viejo in Tucson, AZ. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18
Shades of Red by starBellyDesign

Taken with a Fuji FinePix A500.

Featured Members

About This Group

This group is for Photos that have been taken ONLY on a COMPACT digital or COMPACT film camera, this group is to share the wonderful work that can be captured using only our Compact point and shoot cameras. We would also like you to pass on tips of programmes used i.e. how to use Macro and exhibit clever captures that you could not perhaps get using a dslr, or maybe you just prefer to point and shoot, then this is the group for you.

The group motto is – If the camera fits in your pocket then your photo fits in the group!

Please when uploading your photos do give us as much info as you can about your Compact Camera – what MAKE/MODEL it is, what setting you may have used for the particular shot, have you tried something new and you want to share it, please upload only your best quality work, whilst we appreciate photographers are of different standards, we want our group to contain interesting, artistic, images, if they fall below a certain standard they will unfortunately be rejected don’t forget their are prospective buyers browsing this group so this is also a great place to showcase your fantastic works..

Each week we ask our Featured Members to nominate the Image of the Week.

This week is the choice of Kyle Jerichow our Image for 2 Weeks 29th October ‘09 he has chosen a lovely image by Richard George

Kyle has this to say of Rick’s Image *anyone can take a photo of a beautiful place, a moment in history, or an event, but it takes a person with an amazing eye to take a normal everyday object and turn it into art and this photo accomplishes that. I couldn’t stop looking at this photo,knowing that I would have never looked at this note book the way this artist did, and what a gift that artist has.

Congratulations to Rick for featuring on our Overview page for the next week and many thanks to Kyle for choosing this image!

Rick is a Featured Member of our group

16th November ‘09

If you are FEATURED as our IMAGE OF THE WEEK then please start looking in the Gallery for your choice – you will be receiving a bmail from us at some point :)

Winner of the BREAST CANCER AWARENESS Challenge is

Fading Pink by Karen Betts was voted the most popular entry in this challenge with 7 votes

You can see our Challenge Winners and Top Ten here
November ‘09

All images are now clickable images on our overview page and our forums!

REMEMBER TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE FORUMS AND CONGRATULATE ALL CHALLENGE WINNERS AND THOSE WITH FEATURED IMAGES

Challenges Please upload your photo to the group before you enter the Challenge But please do go to the FORUM we will take on board the challenge ideas and work with you from there, this is your group after all!

The hosts would also like to point out that we may also participate in Challenges, and our work will also be uploaded into the group. We would like to also have fun!

Please come along to the FORUM and introduce yourself, this is hopefully going to be a big group for compact users we aim to post tips and interviews with other photographers on the site, also a place to chat and make those monumentous decisions : Challenges!

PLEASE take time to read the rules and the overview of this group, we can only say in so many words what is expected to be uploaded, whilst we do not wish to keep repeating ourselves and sending out BubbleMails to explain the groups rules we would ask that you accqaint yourselves with our very simple rules and motto!

We also host Older Kids 8-16 year olds
Recipes(along with photo with Sheila Pasket

See the group rules and join this group here