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365/52 Photo Challenge
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Ellen Martin - Sun Setting on 2021
It may sound like a cliché but, on December 30 as I was driving home it immediately struck me, the sun is setting on 2021.
Thank you to Bob and our board who have given their time to put together this 52 week fun challenge. I’ve looked forward weekly to seeing what has caught the eye of others. Now on to 2022!
Thank you to Bob and our board who have given their time to put together this 52 week fun challenge. I’ve looked forward weekly to seeing what has caught the eye of others. Now on to 2022!
Bob Kovach - Lewis Ginter Garden
This week we were in the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond. What caught my eye were the lights, illuminated trees and conservatory, reflected on the lake in the garden.
Taken with a Nikon D850 at f/8, 4 sec, ISO 800.
Taken with a Nikon D850 at f/8, 4 sec, ISO 800.
Judy Robichaux - Christmas Hummer
I enjoy how the lights and reflections play in this Christmas Ornament.
Canon R6 Mirrorless Camera with Canon 24-105 f/4L lens
5 seconds, f/16, 105 mm, ISO 160, edited slightly in Lightroom.
Canon R6 Mirrorless Camera with Canon 24-105 f/4L lens
5 seconds, f/16, 105 mm, ISO 160, edited slightly in Lightroom.
SaraCoffey - Twilight
Looking back on the past 52 weeks my goal was to 'Combine 3 of those “challenges”. This image in my mind fits a number of them. There is Nature, Use a Tripod, Dreamscape, Horizon Lines, Golden Hour, Arches, In the middle, Just Breathe & Fill the Frame. I believe this shot is in between the Golden Hour just as the Blue Hour begins. One thing to remember is the Golden & Blue Hour is not a literal hour, more like 25 minutes & the Blue Hour 15 minutes at best, at least where I live.
Settings: F8 1/10 iso 400 @90mm 55-250mm lens.
Every week photograph something that makes you feel grateful and look ahead to good things in 2022!
Settings: F8 1/10 iso 400 @90mm 55-250mm lens.
Every week photograph something that makes you feel grateful and look ahead to good things in 2022!
Lad Sessions - Chessie Trail
On Boxing Day Vicki and I walked the Chessie Trail from the Buena Vista end. It was a golden afternoon--except in the shadows along the Maury River. Somehow the subdued light on these sycamores spoke to me.
Sony A7III, 56 mm, ISO 200, 1/60@f/4, greatly cropped and massaged in ON1.
Sony A7III, 56 mm, ISO 200, 1/60@f/4, greatly cropped and massaged in ON1.
Ted Burrowes - Photography of Our Topography
The Challenge has provided me with a delightful year of expanding and deepening my photographic boundaries. Thanks to all who implemented it and to all of you who also contributed photos!
To close out the year, I am going to shift gears a bit. Many of my contributions have been quite close-up subjects, so this time I'm choosing to do a larger-scale subject, and I am doing so with a nod to Lad Sessions' submission of last week. His was an engaging view of (big) House Mountain from the north. Mine is a view of (little) House Mountain (and more) from the south, specifically from Brushy Hills. Lad's was on a day that had subdued lighting, mine from a day with bright sunshine and sharp cloud shadows.
Once again it was my iPhone 13 pro, where the auto settings yielded ISO 50, f/1.5, 26mm. 1/2994 sec (oh really?).
Happy New Year to All !!
To close out the year, I am going to shift gears a bit. Many of my contributions have been quite close-up subjects, so this time I'm choosing to do a larger-scale subject, and I am doing so with a nod to Lad Sessions' submission of last week. His was an engaging view of (big) House Mountain from the north. Mine is a view of (little) House Mountain (and more) from the south, specifically from Brushy Hills. Lad's was on a day that had subdued lighting, mine from a day with bright sunshine and sharp cloud shadows.
Once again it was my iPhone 13 pro, where the auto settings yielded ISO 50, f/1.5, 26mm. 1/2994 sec (oh really?).
Happy New Year to All !!
Andrea Popick - Cymbidium Orchid
iPhone.
Michael Smith - Portrait of a Sheep
I had an opportunity to go to the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton this week on a warm December day. The mild conditions were good for taking pictures of the animals and the buildings of the museum. The choice of this weeks submission was difficult, but this animal image was my best.
The image was taken with a Canon 80D with a Sigma 28 - 70 zoom lens. Post processing was done with in Lightroom.
The image was taken with a Canon 80D with a Sigma 28 - 70 zoom lens. Post processing was done with in Lightroom.
Chuck Almarez - 365/52: A Retrospective
A good way to end the old year is to look back before you go on — so that’s what I’ve done with my 365/52 Photo Challenge images. From an early January shot of a stream full of running water to the last Christmas card composite I put together in late December. I tried to pick one, but ended up picking them all and creating a Photoshop challenge as well.
I appreciated the “pressure” I felt of the challenge to not only take a photo but also to occasionally share a few thoughts about the how and why the photo was taken/made. The one thing I would have liked was to have a bit more guidance or restriction on subject matter that would force me to be more directed and focused on meeting a specific goal. Fortunately, our new challenge to be introduced soon will give us more specific goals to work toward. Now I’m looking forward to our “second half” show at the Clifton Forge School of the Arts that Bob & I are working on. Hope everyone has had a great holiday season and I look forward to what we’ll be doing in 2022! STAY SAFE!
I appreciated the “pressure” I felt of the challenge to not only take a photo but also to occasionally share a few thoughts about the how and why the photo was taken/made. The one thing I would have liked was to have a bit more guidance or restriction on subject matter that would force me to be more directed and focused on meeting a specific goal. Fortunately, our new challenge to be introduced soon will give us more specific goals to work toward. Now I’m looking forward to our “second half” show at the Clifton Forge School of the Arts that Bob & I are working on. Hope everyone has had a great holiday season and I look forward to what we’ll be doing in 2022! STAY SAFE!
Keith Goggin - Tree Fungus
I'm always on the lookout for natural abstracts, and this week I got lucky. This week's image is some fungus and lichens on a large pine tree on our farm.
Nikon D850; 105mm, f/2.8 lens; ISO 1250; aperture f/22; 1/160 second; natural light, zero exposure bias.
Nikon D850; 105mm, f/2.8 lens; ISO 1250; aperture f/22; 1/160 second; natural light, zero exposure bias.
Eben Ostby - North Fork RR
The North Fork & Western RR is Will Harris’s spur line and collection of railroad engines and cars in Goshen. He kindly allowed me to take a few pictures one day when I was driving around the Goshen area.
This was taken with a 4x5 camera and high-contrast ortho litho film.
Happy new year!
This was taken with a 4x5 camera and high-contrast ortho litho film.
Happy new year!
Peggy Fleming - Covid Dining Outside in DC
Covid dining outside in Washington DC. Bustle, sirens, masked, delicious food.
iPhone.
iPhone.
Ann Hopkins - Let There be Light!
Happy New Year!
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