Fortnightly Challenge - Aug 27 thru Sept 10

[deep diver]

It was also a bit cloudy so I could just hold the camera (I don't own a tripod) and well I was lucky.

Doesn't look like you need a tripod.

tmkrmdc -- I love the juxtaposition between the lightening and the city lights, especially given you caption.

JFreak -- thank you for the explanation. That explains the names and initials on the locks.
mikshayne -- you don't have to go back. You said you found your initials there already.

 

[Chappers]

Doesn't look like you need a tripod.

Believe me - once the electricity came back on - I needed a tripod.
My result the next evening (+ electricity and light pollution) is shall we say - different.

 

[cookie1105]

I'm really enjoying these lightning pictures.

Earth and sky get connected ----- 30 seconds of hand held luck.

SNIP

That looks really close to where you were standing...fantastic capture Chappers

Here is mine. I have only been doing photography for the last couple months. We had a lightning storm just on Saturday night, I ran up to Table Rock in Boise with my metal tripod (great lightning rod) and this is my favorite one that I shot.

The natural world connected to our industrial world by "The Power of Electricity."

I found myself saying wow to this shot. IMO The composition is brilliant, but maybe I would crop some of the dead sky at the top of the picture and make it more of a panoramic shot.

 

[tnkrmdc]

I'm really enjoying these lightning pictures.


That looks really close to where you were standing...fantastic capture Chappers


I found myself saying wow to this shot. IMO The composition is brilliant, but maybe I would crop some of the dead sky at the top of the picture and make it more of a panoramic shot.

Thanks for the reccommendation. I have a lot to learn still about photography. I had to play with my aperture so that I could find a great balance between the lightning and city lights. I had to keep the the shutter open for 18 seconds on this one. Another one, I left open for just under a minute.

 

[Chappers]

I'm really enjoying these lightning pictures.

That looks really close to where you were standing...fantastic capture Chappers

Yes that was really close - real close The trees/bushes in the foreground are just the other side of a narrow road. Luckily my building has a lightning conductor and I was inside. Scary all the same.

Two more - first my building being struck (about 10 years ago) and the only other one I have - 9 seconds hand held.

 

[Patriks7]

Earth and sky get connected ----- 30 seconds of hand held luck.

All I can say is; wow! I just ordered my camera and should get it tomorrow so can't wait to experiment with it

 

[Chappers]

Only had a point and shoot back then but these two are definitely connected......

 

[yaroldb]

Connected

ISO 200 f/2.8 1/100 79mm

 

[Chappers]

ISO 200 f/2.8 1/100 79mm

I like this its a great topic and a connection of family for sure. I only feel the back ground is a little distracting.
As I'm the prince of cropping then I'd probably do something like this

 

[deep diver]

yaroldb -- I agree with Chappers regarding the cropping. I really like the contrast in this image between the tenderness of the mother/child connection and the hard horn as the point of physical contact.

 

[yaroldb]

I like it cropped, thanks for the advice Chappers....

 

[Chappers]

I got cropping advice from some great photographers on this site so I'm only passing it on really.

 

[JBmac]

Wine Grapes mulit colorful connected

I take pictures of things I would like to paint sometime in the future, and in the technique and style I would like to paint them in. I thought these multi color wine grapes would be fun to paint.

 

[JBmac]

These two are connected in life and death by the flower.


Again - I was lucky - right place at the right time. The spider was very difficult to see - and I shot it from several angles. On some shots it was almost invisible (sadly for the bee - it was)

I would not of seen the spider had you not mentioned it, great shot!

 

[deep diver]

JBmac -- I like your concept of shooting what you want to paint. I find for myself that working from a concept produces much better outcomes. I like this photo and can certainly see it as something to be painted. The variety of colors is really interesting. If I were shooting this, I would have moved down the cluster so that the stem were not so prominent. That is a strictly personal thing, however, and not a criticism of the image. I would definitely reduce the exposure. The colors here are washed out a bit. I imagine they are much richer "in person."

 

[abijnk]

I'll submit one this time. This is one of my favorite shots I've done. It's an "Oldsmobile Rocket" V8 in a 1930 Ford Model A.

 

[JBmac]

JBmac -- I like your concept of shooting what you want to paint. I find for myself that working from a concept produces much better outcomes. I like this photo and can certainly see it as something to be painted. The variety of colors is really interesting. If I were shooting this, I would have moved down the cluster so that the stem were not so prominent. That is a strictly personal thing, however, and not a criticism of the image. I would definitely reduce the exposure. The colors here are washed out a bit. I imagine they are much richer "in person."

You are correct, I like the highlights from a painting perspective, and thought that is how I would paint it, I corrected the exposure a bit to the bright side.
The vine is very bushy and full of leaves, I had already taken off some of the leaves to uncover more of the grapes. Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[deep diver]

JBmac -- I would love to see you post some of your photographs along with the painting.

 

[mikshayne]

JBmac -- I would love to see you post some of your photographs along with the painting.

hmmm....maybe a challenge someday.....life, imitating art?

 

[mikshayne]

JBmac -- I would love to see you post some of your photographs along with the painting.

hmmm....maybe a challenge someday.....life, imitating art?

 

[deep diver]

hmmm....maybe a challenge someday.....life, imitating art?

Very interesting idea.
I think a lot of "performance art" is an imitation of art, but that's another subject.

 

[JBmac]

Originally Posted by deep diver
"JBmac -- I would love to see you post some of your photographs along with the painting."

Hold on to that thought deep diver for a few years, that is when I will have time to start painting again, and I will go through my collection of photos. But hopefully sooner then later?

hmmm....maybe a challenge someday.....life, imitating art?

The opposite of photographs depicting reality...