October 2008 - Photo assignment 1 - Fall images

[Marko]

Dear members,
The ideas for this months 2 themes have been merged and the assignment is now on!

Thanks to all who suggested these ideas!

Assignment #1 (first 2 weeks of the month) - is fall images
Assignment #2 (last 2 weeks of the month) - is Halloween and/or Horror

But this thread is only for assignment 1 as per the thread title.

Who is going fiiiiiiirst?

Many thanks - Marko

[kiley9806]

heres my mutt maggie at the Dunvagen bridge crossing at the Peace River AB. taken yesterday.

[Marko]

This is a really well done shot Kiley :highfive:
Nice colour, composition and feel. Sky could be burnt in, but it's actually not that distracting for me. Nice Job!

[kiley9806]

thanks marko - it was kinda a fluke shot, grabbed quickly, so im pretty happy with the result. :)

[Travis]

i like the stumby leg in motion... it looks like an elephant trunk...

your landscapes look a lot different than my landscapes.... same country... but 3600km apart...

[kiley9806]

i heard somewhere that the Peace River is older than the Grande Canyon...
heres a better angle of the valley.
youre in northern ont. right travis? i was through there for the 1st time last summer, and it looks a lot to me like the beautiful british columbia...

...(and yer right, maggies got tree stumps for legs - i give her a boot cut hair do)

[AcadieLibre]

Nice shots, I wonder if the leaves are changing north of he City yet.

[tegan]

Nice shots, I wonder if the leaves are changing north of he City yet.

Ah, north of what city? We all live in different areas.

Tegan

[tomorrowstreasures]

I am jealous of the landscape that you are privy to!

Nice shots, Kiley!

[Travis]

Nice shots, I wonder if the leaves are changing north of he City yet.

You mean like this????

[Travis]

More fall submissions

[kiley9806]

nice reds up in your country travis... :)

wow - love the last shot!!

[manzana]

Wow, Travis... those are absolutely stunning!

I'll be in Victoria BC this week for work so I'm hoping to take some fall shots there.

[Marko]

Lovely colours Travis!
I also really like the last shot - it's a keeper.

[Marko]

Took this one just yesterday. Jacked up the saturation real hard to get the background colour.

[kiley9806]

great background - love the pumped up color...
one big wind gust & you can kiss those leaves goodbye!

[kiley9806]

heres some more photos ive taken in the past week or so. i just love the colors &weather lately, so im out tons taking shots. apologies for posting so many, but we like pictures here, right? :D

[tomorrowstreasures]

Fall in the midwest of the US:

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[Marko]

Nice shots Kiley - I especially like the shot of your dooger with the tongue out. Too cute.

TT - Both your shots are quite well done!

[tomorrowstreasures]

Travis - a big fat WOW! and, what is the location? Are they current from this year? I am so jealous! Beautiful land to scape from! Same for you Kiley!
We have a few bits of fall showing right now...hardly anything... Kiley - wonderful outside of the box images!!! Love the pooch poses! Marko - I love what you did! Again , thinking beyond what is expected! Very nice imagery of a fact of life.!

[J & R Parent]

Here are a few Fall Photographs from us:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2916596093_ce82589f86.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2868082852_c9d507f453.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2878977829_619909cda0.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2894204362_10b6e42fe8.jpg

J & R Parent

[tomorrowstreasures]

Here are a few Fall Photographs from us:



J & R Parent

I like the top one! :) neat!

[Marko]

Those first 3 shots are super nice shots there J&R! Maybe some very minor adjustments to saturation (lessen) ...but very nice!

[tegan]

The last one needs some brightening in postprocessing at the bottom.

Tegan

[tegan]

Interesting shots TT, as well as taking advantage of a graduated orange filter for the sky. Try flash on a group of leaves. It really separates them from the background and brings out the colours. With a polarizer on, it makes the flash colour look more natural.

Tegan

[fante]

Here's some shots from me. Tried to show some of the Norwegian nature :)

[tomorrowstreasures]

Fante - loving the sheep! sheep = wool = knitting = nice warm mitts or sweater or hat or scarf or socks or......
:)

[tomorrowstreasures]

Interesting shots TT, as well as taking advantage of a graduated orange filter for the sky. Try flash on a group of leaves. It really separates them from the background and brings out the colours. With a polarizer on, it makes the flash colour look more natural.

Tegan

I knew you would be wise to my ways Tegan! ;) The sky was totally uninteresting so I vamped it up a bit.
Sadly, I do not have a reliable flash for my camera. :( As soon as I get one, I will try that suggestion though! Thank you, Tegan!



Here are a few fall shots from a photo shoot this past weekend. ....

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[scorpio_e]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2923598092_1cd1f3eabb_o.jpg

[tomorrowstreasures]

Scorpio - To me, the tree in the middle is a wee bit of a distraction. I love the colors of the tree and the interesting texture at the fore.

[J & R Parent]

Those first 3 shots are super nice shots there J&R! Maybe some very minor adjustments to saturation (lessen) ...but very nice!

Funnily enough, we barely touched the saturation on that first shot. :) This year had so much rain in our parts that the colours are absolutely vivid! {alot of sugar = alot of colour in the leaves ;) }

[tekguy22]

Fall Mums...Feedback pls

[Travis]

Funnily enough, we barely touched the saturation on that first shot. :) This year had so much rain in our parts that the colours are absolutely vivid! {alot of sugar = alot of colour in the leaves ;) }

I am having this problem too...

[kiley9806]

Fall Mums...Feedback pls


hi tekguy! nice colors in this shot, but i think you may have missed the focus. it seems a bit blurry, but that may be from resizing? and you may want to remove unpleasant dead buds from the bouquet next time... :)

[tomorrowstreasures]

Tekguy -I love the color of the mums! Kiley is right on with her cc. Have fun, go shoot some more! The process is half of the fun. :)

[Captureevermore]

Last weekend i was able to go up to Georgetown and go on Guenella pass with all the aspen trees. I wanted to mess around with HDR. Here are some results.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2924627257_ffebb9db22.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2924627333_cd7486780c.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2925480184_85a1217cd1.jpg

[tekguy22]

hi tekguy! nice colors in this shot, but i think you may have missed the focus. it seems a bit blurry, but that may be from resizing? and you may want to remove unpleasant dead buds from the bouquet next time... :)

Yup...much sharper in full size..just didn't wanna get my wrist slapped for posting too big a photo...lol


Tekguy -I love the color of the mums! Kiley is right on with her cc. Have fun, go shoot some more! The process is half of the fun. :)

I thought of that but I figured...fall...everything is kinda dying/going into hybernation...thought the dead ones were kind of along with the theme...:)

[tomorrowstreasures]

tekguy says: I thought of that but I figured...fall...everything is kinda dying/going into hybernation...thought the dead ones were kind of along with the theme...:)[/QUOTE]

Good point! Very pretty wilderness photos too! the bottom one - the vertical tree to the viewers left with out any leaves is kind of a distraction but i can see how you wanted it in the image...maybe as an anchor for the photo for the water movement....

[Wymasa]

I'm a newbie at this photography thing but here is my submission
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq348/heathersrandoms/pumpkins1.jpg

[kiley9806]

hi & welcome wymasa!
thats a really unique perspective, composition & subject! i love it!
it might be something else, but is that a thumb in the upper lefthand corner?! :eek:;):D
good submission :)

[Wymasa]

Thanks and haha yes, that is probably what it was. I was turned around taking the picture from an odd angle while sitting. So it was probably a thumb or perhaps even a pinky. :(

[Marko]

- I like the sheep shot fante but wish you had gotten a bit closer...I'm guessing sheep scare easily though
- TT - I like the experimentation
- Scorpio_e - I like the orange in the background, and agree with TT on the tree in the bkgd
- tekguy22 - I like the angle. Shot doesn't seem sharp enough though, and a bit oversaturated on my monitor.
-Captureevermore - I like the rushing water and especially like the part in both images where the rock peers out from the water.
- Wymasa - I like the lines in this shot and your take on the assignment. Left side seems a bit too bright though.

Nice shots everyone! Keep submitting seconds and thirds if you like!
Theme changes in under a week.

[kiley9806]

awesome use of your time i the parking lot marko!
whenever my dad takes my mom shopping, he stays in the car & naps.
my husband doesnt take me shopping...
:rolleyes:

[Marko]

oh shoot...thanks kiley...I posted this in the wrong place - DOH! :lightbulb

[tomorrowstreasures]

Wymasa - good of you to think out side of the obvious leaf thing!

[tomorrowstreasures]

awesome use of your time i the parking lot marko!
whenever my dad takes my mom shopping, he stays in the car & naps.
my husband doesnt take me shopping...
:rolleyes:


and in our house, i stay home and honey does the shopping! :D

[Ben H]

So I went out for a walk this morning, and seeing as there's plenty of leaves around, I figured it might be an opportunity to submit something here... :)

Rise and Fall

http://www.benhall.co.uk/pics/fall01.jpg

I got these from lots of different angles - had some nice ones where the sun rise rays were illuminating a fallen tree, making the "rise and fall" theme even stronger, but in the end I went for this one.

[Marko]

I like this shot Ben H - nice capture!
marko

[tomorrowstreasures]

Ben, great shot!

[Ben H]

I have to admit though, in retrospect, what might make it *really* cool would be to have some kind of subject in that corner foreground light, with perhaps a bit of fill flash to illuminate the front side.

Either a person, or some inanimate object, like a pumpkin or something (not that we do that here in the UK). I'm reminded of Rick Sammon's phrase "Making a picture, rather than taking a picture"...

[JAS_Photo]

I think there is beauty in fall's dying flowers too.

[tomorrowstreasures]

very nice raiven!

[Marko]

I like this shot as well raiven and I agree with you. The Cycle which includes decay can indeed be beautiful.

[mpykalo]

Taken this Saturday morning, before most people were out walking their dogs

[tomorrowstreasures]

Mpykalo - Weclome to the forum and Nice to see you post images!

[Marko]

Not sure this image is screaming "fall" but this is a very nice and well done image. and Welcome! :)

[dmartins]

Was in Berlin earlier in the week and was PPing this and thought it fitted into this thread qutie nicely.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2938777232_456ba4bced.jpg
Full Version (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dan-berlin/2938777232/)

[tomorrowstreasures]

D- very cool!

[fante]

Try to add a touch of color to the sky, think it would make it far more interesting :)

[Fredric]

Wow, you have beautiful scenery over there in Canada! Your images are so inspiring. I can't wait to get out of town; it's been a long while since I got to see the horizon.

I thought I'd get my feet wet and start taking part in the assignments. I haven't decided on which camera to get yet, but I did get some autumn'ish snaps off when I was testing a lens during a lunchtime break the other day.

[Ben H]

Ooh - that last one is by far the standout shot for me - fabulous!

[Ben H]

Just had some nice light in the garden, which brought out the colours in the trees, so I grabbed my camera for a quick shoot - the light was gone in about five minutes, so it was just as well...

http://www.benhall.co.uk/pics/leaves01.jpg

Yeah, I know... leaves... ;)

[Marko]

I like that shot Ben H, has a very warm feel.

OK - new assignment time....thread already posted

http://www.photography.ca/Forums/showthread.php?p=6715

Thanks so much for all the submissions this month!
Marko

[tomorrowstreasures]

Just had some nice light in the garden, which brought out the colours in the trees, so I grabbed my camera for a quick shoot - the light was gone in about five minutes, so it was just as well...

Yeah, I know... leaves... ;)

Ooohh - pretty! (said like looking at fire works!);)

[tomorrowstreasures]

Wow, you have beautiful scenery over there in Canada! Your images are so inspiring. I can't wait to get out of town; it's been a long while since I got to see the horizon.

I thought I'd get my feet wet and start taking part in the assignments. I haven't decided on which camera to get yet, but I did get some autumn'ish snaps off when I was testing a lens during a lunchtime break the other day.

Fredric - love the shots!

[baddness]

Am I too late?

I'm posting anyways :)

[Marko]

You snuck it in there baddness :)
It's a nice shot of the leaves, just be careful of distractions.

Ok members - halloween horror time is assignment #2 for the month and is here. http://www.photography.ca/Forums/showthread.php?t=1378

Closing this thread now - Great submissions everyone!