Weekly Photography Challenge Thread (see first post rules and then the poll at top before entering)

Blackdawg · Apr 28, 2014

Good catch on Scotts photo..haha that cheater haha

Thanks for the feed back again! yes, blue popping is from the white balance.

Blackdawg · Apr 28, 2014

92shawman · Apr 28, 2014

And the winner is....

Monte!
I really liked the way you brought out the colors and the kid rocket in the playground. Made me want to go swing around on it!
Great shot, man!

Blackdawg[OP] said: ↑

not very many entries...

I tried SO hard to get some lighting with this...just never went my way. after an hour and a half in the rain i called it quits. Came away with this.

Grounds for Rockets by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

Dying to crop the top out hahaha rocket ship playground out of steel tubing!

Edit: my meta data,

F11|35mm|30sec|ISO400|2800K
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Was a very tough choice between Monte's, Josh's, and Pete's. Nice work, guys!

Blackdawg · Apr 28, 2014

Wow...cool thanks man!

Blackdawg · Apr 28, 2014

Sorry, ill get right on it!

PM in bound!

skidooman · Apr 28, 2014

Congrats!! Your's would have been my pick too.

FreidTaco · Apr 28, 2014

92shawman said: ↑

Great entries this week, guys, it's a tough choice!
My thoughts:

FreidTaco: No kidding, that is a really sketchy chain! I think this photo would've been better if the focus was on the weird curved bolt between the two links, 'cause that's definitely the sketchiest part, at least to me. I like the way that you captured the entire length of the chain from that weird bolt to the hook wrapped around the tree! I've always liked that angle.
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Hey Thanks. It was more of a spur of the moment phone shot. Chain ended up breaking right after the photo was taken.

tex · Apr 28, 2014

92shawman said: ↑

Tex (Aaron): Neat skyline shot! I really like the weird orange, hazy effect that gives you just the silhouette of the buildings. Was that orange-ness from your window or smog?
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Thanks for the feedback! The haz was something in the air, either pollen, dust or humidity(maybe all 3). Its been a rough couple of weeks here for people with allergies.

92shawman · Apr 28, 2014

m3bassman said: ↑

Fuckin Scott. Don't mind him, he is old, slow and has trouble reading on weekdays.
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Haha, hey, for all we know he might've just posted it to show steel

FreidTaco said: ↑

Hey Thanks. It was more of a spur of the moment phone shot. Chain ended up breaking right after the photo was taken.
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Where did it break?

tex said: ↑

Thanks for the feedback! The haz was something in the air, either pollen, dust or humidity(maybe all 3). Its been a rough couple of weeks here for people with allergies.
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Ooof, that sucks! Yeah Davis in the springtime is really hard for people with allergies (including me). They say if you didn't have allergies before, you get them in Davis...

FreidTaco · Apr 28, 2014

Take a wild guess haha

Blackdawg · Apr 28, 2014

So i have a good challenge..bit worried people won't be able to partake due to software issues..But i think it'll work out.

New challenge!

Panoramic!

Any place, Any time, Any subject. Needs to have at least 3 photos stitched together.

**NOTE!! Obviously for this challenge photos are going to be much longer, for this challenge please keep the HEIGHT to 1200px. Width will not be against you. IF you do a VERTICAL panorama, WIDTH must be 1200px

I know all canon users have free Photostich software that comes with their camera..not sure about nikons..there are tons of options out there for making these. Cell phones can do it too!

Go!

Madjik_Man · Apr 28, 2014

Who can we PM or petition to file an official complaint?

j/k

Great pic Monte. I also liked the chain and skyline/sunset. Sick pics.

Blackdawg · Apr 28, 2014

Madjik_Man said: ↑

Who can we PM or petition to file an official complaint?

j/k

Great pic Monte. I also liked the chain and skyline/sunset. Sick pics.
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PM me all complants haha

Thanks man.

oh and Thanks TJ!

chenbro · Apr 28, 2014

Blackdawg[OP] said: ↑

So i have a good challenge..bit worried people won't be able to partake due to software issues..But i think it'll work out.

New challenge!

Panoramic!

Any place, Any time, Any subject. Needs to have at least 3 photos stitched together.

**NOTE!! Obviously for this challenge photos are going to be much longer, for this challenge please keep the HEIGHT to 1200px. Width will not be against you. IF you do a VERTICAL panorama, WIDTH must be 1200px

I know all canon users have free Photostich software that comes with their camera..not sure about nikons..there are tons of options out there for making these. Cell phones can do it too!

Go!
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Grats, Monte! Cool theme for this week, now I just have to figure out a location!

The Canon photostitcher sucks from what I remember when I used it last. For a more advanced (and free) stitcher, check out Hugin

DougDeBonet · Apr 28, 2014

Damn and I got an awesome panorama on my phone yesterday and good steel shots. But fell asleep

joshipps · Apr 28, 2014

92shawman said: ↑

Shipps (Josh): This is a really nice photo! Just goes to show how well phone cameras can perform these days. I really like how you set up the lines going back towards the mountains in the background and how the focus is set partway down the blade. The texture is really great, too! Did you play around with different focal points? I'm wondering how it would look with a focus at the front of the blade or at the mountains.
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Thanks man, didn't play with the focus too much but I wish I had. I quickly took about 3 photos with the focus at different points and this was he best of them. I was standing there looking at the mountains with the trackhoe in front of me when the weekly challenge popped in my head so I snapped a couple quick ones

Panoramics should be a fun one! Good challenge Monte

BabyTaco · Apr 28, 2014

Probably won't get out this weekend but I do like the challenge. If I have free time it will probably be spent installing the gears .

medic2230 · Apr 28, 2014

Nice work this week guys! Sorry I missed out on this one I had a good idea for it too.

Congratulations Monte! Now to find a place for this weeks challenge.

Pistol Pete · Apr 28, 2014

Congrats!

I haven't stitched any photos for a panoramic before, so this should be interesting.

scocar · Apr 28, 2014

92shawman said: ↑

Great entries this week, guys, it's a tough choice!
My thoughts:

Pkjr (Pete): Very nice! I really like the rule-of-thirds and concentric circles that you set up here and the way that the entire photo is in focus with your straight-down shot. You said you used a custom white-balance setting, can you explain that a little, please? I'm curious how that affected the photo.

EFalco50 (Ethan): Those wind turbines are crazy huge! I like how you set up so that the blades all radiate outward from the central housing. I wonder, is there a way to increase the contrast through camera settings? I think that would've made the turbine pop out a little better, distinguishing it from the background.

Scocar (Scott): Shoot, just realized, was your train photo supposed to be an entry? The description of it in your gallery dates it to May 1, 2010...

Shipps (Josh): This is a really nice photo! Just goes to show how well phone cameras can perform these days. I really like how you set up the lines going back towards the mountains in the background and how the focus is set partway down the blade. The texture is really great, too! Did you play around with different focal points? I'm wondering how it would look with a focus at the front of the blade or at the mountains.

BuzzardsGottaEat (Chaz): Sweet old-school runner! I like the different colors of the runner contrasting with the bland modern building behind it. I think it would be better if you took the picture from a lower angle from more in front of the truck, which would show it as a little more mighty and may have included more of the miscellaneous stuff on the side of the building that might have shown it to be a bit more of a work horse. Did you ever change the vignetting on the post-processed one?

Skidooman (TJ): Those are some huge fuel tanks! Do you know what they were for? I like the perspective on the tanks going down the length of them, but I think this photo would improve if it were shot from closer to the ground. I think that would've really shown their size.

Cold Iron (Mike): That's a cool bridge! The change between counties is really weird! I agree that the sun definitely improves the shot with the shadows. I think it would be better if you took the shot closer to the end of the bridge so you get more striking leading lines down the length of the bridge, but you probably had some access restrictions.

Tex (Aaron): Neat skyline shot! I really like the weird orange, hazy effect that gives you just the silhouette of the buildings. Was that orange-ness from your window or smog?

Blackdog (Monte): I really like this one! I actually think the empty sky above the structure adds a bit more to the "rocket" theme of the park and also makes the structure seem small, bringing out more of the kid-sized aspect of it. I also really like the way the blues and reds pop out! Is that from the white balance setting?

Pistol Pete (Eric): That's one clean cassette! Mine is nowhere near that clean . I really like how the focus follows the teeth in the two rings smaller than the one the chain is on, but I think you should have framed it so that the chain logo was either entirely in or entirely out of the photo because that's where my eye is drawn right now. I really like the texture of the tiny bits of dirt and dust and the shallow depth of field, though!

FreidTaco: No kidding, that is a really sketchy chain! I think this photo would've been better if the focus was on the weird curved bolt between the two links, 'cause that's definitely the sketchiest part, at least to me. I like the way that you captured the entire length of the chain from that weird bolt to the hook wrapped around the tree! I've always liked that angle.
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Blackdawg[OP] said: ↑

Good catch on Scotts photo..haha that cheater haha

Thanks for the feed back again! yes, blue popping is from the white balance.
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m3bassman said: ↑

Fuckin Scott. Don't mind him, he is old, slow and has trouble reading on weekdays.
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It was not an official submission, I was just using it as a lever to pull Ben's head out of his ass.

But for what it is worth, I could go take the pic again right now. It is on the tracks near the California State Railroad Museum. One of two massive Santa Fe 2-10-2s that were donated to the museum. My wife and I went out and shot them on New Years Day in 2010. Total eye candy for photos.

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