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

Awesome entries! I was afraid there was going to be none.

@WestCoastCole you win. I love shots of tall buildings like that. I've tried doing it a few times in downtown Portland with no success.

Congratulations!

 

Congrats, Steven! My first thought when I saw your entry was if you flipped it vertically, it might look like an architectural version of a Star Wars opening scene. Just in a Star Wars state of mind, I guess. Anyways, congrats!

 

@JoeTacoma02 and @davidpick thanks. This was my first trip ever to a big city like New York and I was absolutely amazed. Would love to live in a big city like that (without all the people haha). Was an amazing trip for sure, just wish our CDN dollar wasn't so brutal. But I have to say Shake Shack is one of the greatest places on earth!! Will send Murph PM shortly!

 

Congrats Steven!

Excellent work this week everyone!

 

New Challenge: Follow the Golden Rule-



If you don't recognize it (ratio) your subject will go in the inner most part of the center of the arc (inside the smallest section of the arc).

Example:



Everyone got it?

Good, one entry per person and due by this Sunday at the strike of midnight of your local time.

*Photo's must be taken between the time the challenge was issued and the time for all photo's to be turned in.

Time starts: Now! Go!

 

Just a little clarification on the last win???

2) NO ARCHIVED PHOTOS! you must shoot a new shot! and it must be done during this week!

"This was one of my favourites from my vacation to New York."

When was the vacation to New York?

Just Saying!

 

I like this... Actually it isn't the rule of thirds, that is what I use at least from time to time and I think about it . The Golden Rule (Ratio) I am most familiar with in architecture and woodworking. I had no idea that it is also used in photography but makes sense, a lot of sense in some circumstances.

The Golden ratio is also represented as a Phi Grid. Turns out LR 5 has an overlay which is the Golden Section overlay and actually is a Phi Grid. I've always used the thirds overlay which is the default, I had no idea there were other overlays in the Develop mode. The [O] key (not Zero) allows you to cycle through the various overlays in develop mode when in crop and will get you to a Phi Grid. Once again learned a new trick on photography and TW...

 

You can also press Shift+O to change the orientation of the overlay (e.g. move the focal point to a different corner)

 

Good info here. I'll change the post to reflect that. I actually hadn't heard of this before now.

 

Was on vacation from December 28, 2015 to January 4, 2016. No rule breaker here!! Still trying to find time and edit all the photos.

 

That is actually The Fibonacci Sequence which is the series of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ... The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. The 2 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+1). There are two paintings I can think of that demonstrate this, Mona Lisa and The Pearl Earring..

Rule of Thirds was taught to me as such: it is more a rule of thumbs, a way to compose an image, that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.

If I can find some of my old photoscience projects I'll further explain.. best I can do posting from my phone at work

 

You gonna confuse the hell outta me here. I'm still trying' to figure out my freakin camera.

 

And here I am thinking the golden rule is just a fancier name for the rule of third.

 

Just put the subject in the circle, talk some shit like you know what you're talking about and we'll never know you didn't have a clue.

 

And the winner is.....

No one Guilty of not picking up my camera.

 

Challenge holds then for another week. You guys should really pick up your camera's more often. Lazy bastards!


So was everyone confused about what to do or what?

 

Does it still hold for photos taken last week or are we starting over today for just a week? I just got back stateside and have some photos from my trip that might work for this but I have to go through them.

 

Busy work week.. didn't get to bring the camera out of hiding.

 

Yep Murph nailed it. Baptism by fire Don the more you do it the more you learn. Wing it and you'll learn and no one will have a clue that you didn't have a clue going in Just a suggestion if you start with the rule of thirds the golden ratio isn't that far off that. Don't think anyone is going to shoot you if don't hit the "golden" spot. Odds are your autofocus in liveview has the rule of thirds built in on one of the options.

Really wanted to do this one but real life chit got in the way. Provided the real life chit doesn't get in the way this week I would like to try a landscape this week. Hopefully in addition to the real life stuff if it gets above zero, the sun comes out, it stops snowing, and.... Hey Murph I really enjoy your pics but it's been awhile, just saying!

 

Rules state from the time the challenge was issued to midnight Sunday. So it was issued last Monday the 4th and is due Sunday the 17th.