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Weekly Photo Contest, June 4-11 | Framing
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Good luck! You’ll need it!
it's really nice to be a part of a forum in which the quality is so high and without the competative attitudes that are so common in other fora.
Completely agreed; this is a pleasant and welcoming (and instructive) space in the forum - long may it continue to be so.
Pick up that Leica M10 you've been eying up and you could join in!
This is now closed. Will be back in the morning with comments and winners!
@deep diver - an interesting image to start us off. I love the idea of this image and think it is executed as well as could be done. My only CC is that I wish the viewer knew it was a knot hole from the photo, rather than a description, but I realize that would be difficult. Definitely a unique vantage point. 
@AllergyDoc - yes, this is definitely the kind of photo I had in mind when proposing this challenge. I do find your colors to be a bit oversaturated, but I do love the dichotomy of the natural landscape vs the graffiti.
@Robotti - always a very flexible woman in your images. where do you find them all?? A classic take on a framing challenge
@Apple fanboy - I really love this image. It has so many things going on and I really like the various framing elements (the silver sculpture, the frames on the artwork, the walls holding the artwork) but also the reflections in the window having and creating their own framing elements. Really interesting to look through the frame.
@Strider64 - I like the side building framing the center building, and that even though the glass ceiling isn't really a framing element it adds to the feeling of framing and gives an interesting structure to the image. I do wish the angle of the glass was a bit different - it seems tilted to the left even though buildings seem straight. I'm left with a bit of wonky feeling.
@akash.nu - ohhh, a lovely natural framing, very nice find and composition. I love the pastoral hill juxtaposed with the rough stone. I do find the processing to be a bit overdone with some haloing as you matched exposures.
@oblomow - to be honest, I'm not really seeing this as a framing element. There's really nothing holding her in the frame on the right. It is clever how you've rotated the scene, though.
@Donka - what a lovely image - your clients must have loved this. I do wish the blacks weren't clipped quite so much so that the bride's dress didn't blend in with the tree. A tough exposure for sure.
@lifeisepic - another half framed image, but this one works a bit better for me since the framing covers two sides of the image. Personally I'd like a bit more of the framing to set the scene better, but your goal was probably to show off the lighthouse. It does need to be straightened for the horizon line.
@someoldguy - what a beautiful fall scene. I love the gingerbread of the porch juxtaposed with the skyscraper to the back of the image. I do wish there was something centered more within the image to make the most of the porch columns, but obviously you only had the existing landscape to work with.
@MacDonaldTrump - wow, this is an amazing image. I assume it was a double exposure in post and you erased back some on yourself to make it look ghostly? If not, I'd love to know your technique. You are well placed in the frame and the banister makes a good leading line right to you. The lighting and mood are excellent.
@tizeye - this looks like something right out of a European movie, and as I've never been to Europe I find it really intriguing. So many different things to look at. In terms of framing, I would like it if the top of the frame had the structure visible - it's there in the top right corner, and if you'd taken a step back I think the frame would be more complete. Still a great view, though.
@cogi0490 - an interesting blue hour image. I like the blue and yellow color scheme, working as complementary colors. Because it's a night scene, the frame gets just a bit lost to the darkness, but the colors still make a lovely photo.
@stillcrazyman - what a spooky tree, it looks almost like a lightning bolt. I flipped my phone upside down and love the image that way as well. Really neat image with the sun framed.
@Darmok N Jalad - I really appreciate that you were able to keep all the lines straight! Excellent job. Lots of leading lines and framing elements here. Personally I would crop off the very top two columns because the lines they make lead my eye to the ceiling and whatever that white circle is, and I'm pulled away from the carving. I would crop just to the edge of the fluting on the main columns flanking the carving, and then the carving is on the rule of thirds and I think it's a stronger image.
@jz0309 - this image is fantastic. I'm in the middle of a street photography class right now, and it's a genre I have never really explored before. This image is everything I want to learn to shoot and the repeated columns and the row of bikes. I love the vintage feel this has from the slide film (I'm not sure how 1990 can seem vintage but somehow it does). This is really lovely. Are you new to our challenges?
@Janichsan - what a beautiful image in its simplicity. I love the structured lines, the lone two people. So minimal and yet so powerful. My only small CC is that I wish the two people didn't blend in to the vertical panes, but I know for a quick street photograph it's hard to get your subjects just perfect.
@georgeinnj - a super interesting take on a split frame. This is really lovely. I like the dark and light/old and new/muted and vibrant elements.
@swandy - I think you are also a new participant! welcome. it looks like you have a troublemaker on your hands! A classic toddler image well framed by the table.
@Somepix - an interesting take on this challenge. I like that you reversed the DOF for this, for something different. I do wish all of the dog was in the opening, and perhaps more centered. but creativity points for sure!
@Laird Knox - a beautiful final entry to wrap up the challenge. I am so intrigued with this image. Is it a reflection? Are we looking through? It looks like a combo day and night scene and I'm left with a lot of questions! But beautiful execution.
Okay, do I have to choose a winner??? Too many good options! To make it easier, there will be some sharing going on!!
Third: Allergy Doc, Akash.nu, and Donka
Second: Apple fanboy and MacDonaldTrump (I give a very slight edge to MDT if needed for next week, because I think AF has won recently?)
First: @jz0309
Thanks everyone for a fun week! On to the next!
@AllergyDoc - yes, this is definitely the kind of photo I had in mind when proposing this challenge. I do find your colors to be a bit oversaturated, but I do love the dichotomy of the natural landscape vs the graffiti.
@Robotti - always a very flexible woman in your images. where do you find them all?? A classic take on a framing challenge
@Apple fanboy - I really love this image. It has so many things going on and I really like the various framing elements (the silver sculpture, the frames on the artwork, the walls holding the artwork) but also the reflections in the window having and creating their own framing elements. Really interesting to look through the frame.
@Strider64 - I like the side building framing the center building, and that even though the glass ceiling isn't really a framing element it adds to the feeling of framing and gives an interesting structure to the image. I do wish the angle of the glass was a bit different - it seems tilted to the left even though buildings seem straight. I'm left with a bit of wonky feeling.
@akash.nu - ohhh, a lovely natural framing, very nice find and composition. I love the pastoral hill juxtaposed with the rough stone. I do find the processing to be a bit overdone with some haloing as you matched exposures.
@oblomow - to be honest, I'm not really seeing this as a framing element. There's really nothing holding her in the frame on the right. It is clever how you've rotated the scene, though.
@Donka - what a lovely image - your clients must have loved this.
I do wish the blacks weren't clipped quite so much so that the bride's dress didn't blend in with the tree. A tough exposure for sure.@lifeisepic - another half framed image, but this one works a bit better for me since the framing covers two sides of the image. Personally I'd like a bit more of the framing to set the scene better, but your goal was probably to show off the lighthouse. It does need to be straightened for the horizon line.
@someoldguy - what a beautiful fall scene. I love the gingerbread of the porch juxtaposed with the skyscraper to the back of the image. I do wish there was something centered more within the image to make the most of the porch columns, but obviously you only had the existing landscape to work with.
@MacDonaldTrump - wow, this is an amazing image. I assume it was a double exposure in post and you erased back some on yourself to make it look ghostly? If not, I'd love to know your technique. You are well placed in the frame and the banister makes a good leading line right to you. The lighting and mood are excellent.
@tizeye - this looks like something right out of a European movie, and as I've never been to Europe I find it really intriguing. So many different things to look at. In terms of framing, I would like it if the top of the frame had the structure visible - it's there in the top right corner, and if you'd taken a step back I think the frame would be more complete. Still a great view, though.
@cogi0490 - an interesting blue hour image. I like the blue and yellow color scheme, working as complementary colors. Because it's a night scene, the frame gets just a bit lost to the darkness, but the colors still make a lovely photo.
@stillcrazyman - what a spooky tree, it looks almost like a lightning bolt. I flipped my phone upside down and love the image that way as well. Really neat image with the sun framed.
@Darmok N Jalad - I really appreciate that you were able to keep all the lines straight! Excellent job. Lots of leading lines and framing elements here. Personally I would crop off the very top two columns because the lines they make lead my eye to the ceiling and whatever that white circle is, and I'm pulled away from the carving. I would crop just to the edge of the fluting on the main columns flanking the carving, and then the carving is on the rule of thirds and I think it's a stronger image.
@jz0309 - this image is fantastic. I'm in the middle of a street photography class right now, and it's a genre I have never really explored before. This image is everything I want to learn to shoot and the repeated columns and the row of bikes. I love the vintage feel this has from the slide film (I'm not sure how 1990 can seem vintage but somehow it does). This is really lovely. Are you new to our challenges?
@Janichsan - what a beautiful image in its simplicity. I love the structured lines, the lone two people. So minimal and yet so powerful. My only small CC is that I wish the two people didn't blend in to the vertical panes, but I know for a quick street photograph it's hard to get your subjects just perfect.
@georgeinnj - a super interesting take on a split frame. This is really lovely. I like the dark and light/old and new/muted and vibrant elements.
@swandy - I think you are also a new participant! welcome.
it looks like you have a troublemaker on your hands! A classic toddler image well framed by the table.@Somepix - an interesting take on this challenge. I like that you reversed the DOF for this, for something different. I do wish all of the dog was in the opening, and perhaps more centered. but creativity points for sure!
@Laird Knox - a beautiful final entry to wrap up the challenge. I am so intrigued with this image. Is it a reflection? Are we looking through? It looks like a combo day and night scene and I'm left with a lot of questions! But beautiful execution.
Okay, do I have to choose a winner??? Too many good options! To make it easier, there will be some sharing going on!!
Third: Allergy Doc, Akash.nu, and Donka
Second: Apple fanboy and MacDonaldTrump (I give a very slight edge to MDT if needed for next week, because I think AF has won recently?)
First: @jz0309
Thanks everyone for a fun week! On to the next!
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Thank you Mollyc for the detailed comments
The real challenge was to keep lens, fingers, dog aligned, while waiting 10 seconds for the self timer to shoot
The real challenge was to keep lens, fingers, dog aligned, while waiting 10 seconds for the self timer to shoot
Thank you Mollyc for the detailed comments
The real challenge was to keep lens, fingers, dog aligned, while waiting 10 seconds for the self timer to shoot
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I can only imagine!!! I like this version better.
Great theme or topic, and thoughtful, sympathetic, judging @mollyc. Well done.
Congrats to the winners, and well done all participants - the standard of entries this week was extraordinarily impressive.
Personally, I really liked @Donka's shot, which I thought beautiful and elegantly composed, and was also very taken with the entry submitted by @Apple fanboy.
@MacDonaldTrump's atmospheric shot was amazing, while I loved the stunning colours in @someoldguy's image; and yes, the streetscape submitted by @jz0309 was very impressive.
Congrats to the winners, and well done all participants - the standard of entries this week was extraordinarily impressive.
Personally, I really liked @Donka's shot, which I thought beautiful and elegantly composed, and was also very taken with the entry submitted by @Apple fanboy.
@MacDonaldTrump's atmospheric shot was amazing, while I loved the stunning colours in @someoldguy's image; and yes, the streetscape submitted by @jz0309 was very impressive.
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Great topic (and relieved I didn't win) but a bit biased. Framing was the 'hip pocket' topic I was going to pull out in the event I won. Now I have to find another one to stick in my hip pocket. I found @cogi0490 Lake Como photo interesting as it was just a few miles south of where my photo was taken. It was in the town of Bellizona, CH on the Swiss/Italian border. Historically, that was the trade route through the mountain pass which also would be the pass for an invasion. One of the few areas where have three castles in the same area, supporting trade commerce and preventing invasion.
Had another one that came to my mind first but had the classic shallow depth of field out the window with the window framing in focus. There our group occupied the second floor and we were having a tapas spread. Looking out the window was the crowd at the market in a small town in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Had a couple of shots of the market crowd from that window without the frame, and thought of photoshopping in as the window view, but perspective was wrong and just too much trouble.
Like you having a hard time determining framing on @oblomow, but then figured she was holding the tree up so it wouldn't fall like the others.
Had another one that came to my mind first but had the classic shallow depth of field out the window with the window framing in focus. There our group occupied the second floor and we were having a tapas spread. Looking out the window was the crowd at the market in a small town in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Had a couple of shots of the market crowd from that window without the frame, and thought of photoshopping in as the window view, but perspective was wrong and just too much trouble.
Like you having a hard time determining framing on @oblomow, but then figured she was holding the tree up so it wouldn't fall like the others.
Thanks for judging @mollyc It was a very nice topic and lots of great images! Congratulations to the winners and all participants.
Ah, good to know! I love this area and now I have one reason more to visit it again
It was a very nice topic and lots of great images! Congratulations to the winners and all participants. Ah, good to know! I love this area and now I have one reason more to visit it again
Nice job judging , and congrats to the winners ...
My entry was taken last Fall in Central Park during my first (unsuccessful) trip to find the Mandarin Duck . The structure is called the Ladies Pavilion (http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/ladies-pavilion.html) . It was a great day out otherwise exploring a part of the Park that I haven't been in in decades . Had to get a bit too close to the structure so had to tilt the camera up a bit to get the whole thing in the frame . The verticals ended up somewhat splayed and gave me no end of aggravation in post. They still aren't quite right but they're good enough .
Next time I'll bring a tripod and a super wide lens .
My entry was taken last Fall in Central Park during my first (unsuccessful) trip to find the Mandarin Duck . The structure is called the Ladies Pavilion (http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/ladies-pavilion.html) . It was a great day out otherwise exploring a part of the Park that I haven't been in in decades . Had to get a bit too close to the structure so had to tilt the camera up a bit to get the whole thing in the frame . The verticals ended up somewhat splayed and gave me no end of aggravation in post. They still aren't quite right but they're good enough .
Next time I'll bring a tripod and a super wide lens .
Thank you.
It was taken at an old cement plant from inside the rotary kiln.
The arrow shows the location of the camera. The tower you see in the image is in the upper left corner above. This was shot as a pano with an ultra-wide 14mm prime on a full frame camera. I was really surprised how the inside of the cylinder went so flat in the final image. It looks like a wall rather than a tube.
The inside of the kiln was lit with a tungsten balanced source so that gives you the daylight impression. The tungsten white balance also makes the night sky go neon blue. The Moon was out and you can see the glow to the left. I believe you can also make out Andromeda centered in the opening about a third of the way down. I'm not sure though, I would have to look at the original again.
Here's an outside view of the kiln. You can get a sense of the scale from the ladder leaning against it. this project was shot with the tripod intentionally tilted so the images went a bit wonky.
And another view of the tower.
Thanks for taking the time to judge the contest.
Thank you for all of the comments. It is a lot of work.
I can agree with your comment about the hole. The building is very deep and the hole was only about 2" in diameter. It was hard to see what was in there. I took off the lens hood and put the lens against the board, hoped I had a decent angle, and shot. It took three tries to get this.
I might go back when I can afford a lens that will allow critical focus from 1 inch to 50 feet. I guess someone has to invent it first.
Thanks @mollyc for you comments and I am flattered that you have chosen my photo as the winner. All entries were phantastic and everyone deserves kudos!
I’m indeed new to the challenges and only started to participate a few weeks ago and contributing to the photos of the day for a month or so.
I’ve had various SLRs since the early 80s, most of them Canon, switched to the D30 when it first came out and currently have a 6DII with a 24-105 and 100-400. I’m a pure hobbyist, never got a penny for any of my pics. I have around a 70k library, more than half of those family and kids growing up. Love wildlife and shooting people “in the moment”.
I do have a dilemma, I know the rules, and I should be choosing the next theme and be the judge... I have bee traveling for the past 2 weeks and will be for at least the next 3 weeks for work, and I can only use my phone to access this forum (do t do this on work computer out of principle). I don’t feel I can commit the time to do a meaningful and fair judging plus only looking at photos on the phone. So, if I can, I would like a rain check... I will commit to take this role in the future if someone else is I a similar position ...
I love macrumors, but the photo of the day and this challenge are my absolute favorites and you guys make these what they are: Great place to hang out
I’m indeed new to the challenges and only started to participate a few weeks ago and contributing to the photos of the day for a month or so.
I’ve had various SLRs since the early 80s, most of them Canon, switched to the D30 when it first came out and currently have a 6DII with a 24-105 and 100-400. I’m a pure hobbyist, never got a penny for any of my pics. I have around a 70k library, more than half of those family and kids growing up. Love wildlife and shooting people “in the moment”.
I do have a dilemma, I know the rules, and I should be choosing the next theme and be the judge... I have bee traveling for the past 2 weeks and will be for at least the next 3 weeks for work, and I can only use my phone to access this forum (do t do this on work computer out of principle). I don’t feel I can commit the time to do a meaningful and fair judging plus only looking at photos on the phone. So, if I can, I would like a rain check... I will commit to take this role in the future if someone else is I a similar position ...
I love macrumors, but the photo of the day and this challenge are my absolute favorites and you guys make these what they are: Great place to hang out