365/52 Photo Challenge
The 365/52 Photo Challenge is to take at least a photo every day. At the end of each week (Saturday), select one photo you have taken and email to rockcameraclub@gmail.com. Submitted photos will be displayed on this web page.
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Ted Burrowes - Rails End
No, this is not the photo from this week that I would choose to put on my wall, But one of the themes of the Challenge has been, I believe, to push the envelope and try some new things. And in that vein, my choice this week is a night shot of Rails End on McLaughlin Street in Lexington. It is a funky place at any time of day, but as I walked by it on Friday night, I wondered what the new iPhone 13 Pro would do in auto mode with the usual night lighting they have, and the recently-added Christmas lights. How much blur? How much color? How much interest? And I do like the result. It also exhibits some first baby steps in the direction of retouching, using the not-all-that-sophisticated capability in Apple Photos. There were two electric service lines at the top right-of-center that the spotlight made into distractions, and with the even-dark sky nearby it was not hard to get most of them erased to good effect. Yay!
Judy Robichaux - Circular Surprise
Circular Surprise by Judy Robichaux
I looked down in the leaves and saw these interesting patterns and colors.
iPhone XR photo edited in Lightroom.
I looked down in the leaves and saw these interesting patterns and colors.
iPhone XR photo edited in Lightroom.
SaraCoffey - Inspired by Charles Ebbets
Imagine being 800 feet in the air holding nothing but a 5x7 box camera & a box of glass plates to change out after each exposure. Charles Ebbets was hired as the photographic director of the development of the Rockefeller Center during its construction in New York City. The iconic photo of 11 ironworkers seem to be casually having lunch on the beams on the 69th floor of the RCA building Sept 20, 1932. Ebbets did not receive recognition for that image until 30 years after his death in 1978 when family members found documents including a glass plate of the original image....My rendition is of the Toy Story gang on an I-beam above a 1930's NYC (Getty) image. 2 image composite on a custom I-beam of wood & handmade props. My B&W version and additional info on Ebbets: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/296604325470559974/ https://www.ebbetsphoto-graphics.com/page/about-the-artist/#/gallery/charlies-classics/miscellaneous-9-000-men-on-beam-at-rockefeller-center-1932/
Ellen Martin - Sunrise
After all these years, I continue to be amazed at the sunrises over the Blue Ridge seen in Lexington in November and December.
Eben Ostby - Bodie Church
Bodie, California, is a wonderful, intact ghost mining town in the desert of the eastern Sierra mountains. Here is the town church.
Captured with an Olympus OM-4 on TMax 100 film.
Captured with an Olympus OM-4 on TMax 100 film.
Peggy Fleming - Artichoke Heart
iPhone.
Michael Smith - Dec Evening in Staunton
I attended Staunton's Christmas Parade on Monday night, but forgot my phone and camera. I had another reason to be on Beverly Street later in the week and took this shot with my iphone SE. To get this image, I had to adjust the exposure setting of the phone. Post processing was done in Lightroom to get the best lighting balance.
Andrea Popick - Frosty the Snowman
My inside frosty the snowman.
iPhone.
iPhone.
Ann Hopkins - Making Wreaths
Making a wreath at the Lavendar Farm this week. With my daughter who is here from Oslo.
Bob Kovach - Christmas Decorations
We were in the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh this week, viewing their Christmas decorations. This is a photo of a gazebo on a pond inside the conservatory.
Took 3 bracketed photos and processed as a HDR in Lightroom. The base photo was at f/5.6, 1/13 sec, ISO 1000.
Took 3 bracketed photos and processed as a HDR in Lightroom. The base photo was at f/5.6, 1/13 sec, ISO 1000.
Lad Sessions - Floral Arrangement On a Small Lake
We were visiting our son's family in Pasadena over Thanksgiving holiday, and one day we walked around the Los Angeles County Arboretum--very extensive and filled with interesting plants from around the world. They were also staging a light show for the evening, which we didn't see but for which there were many lights and structures, including this "floral" arrangement on a small lake. I think it contrasts nicely with the palm in the background, both set off by the reflections.
Sony A7III, 105mm, ISO 800, 1/500, f/8, EV-0.70.
Sony A7III, 105mm, ISO 800, 1/500, f/8, EV-0.70.
Chuck Almarez - Floating In the Jackson River
Stability in a changing world. The river rushes around it but this fallen tree seldom moves.
Phone 11 Pro, 1/160, f/2, ISO 20, Focal Length Equivalent 80mm.
Phone 11 Pro, 1/160, f/2, ISO 20, Focal Length Equivalent 80mm.
Leil Hackett - Early Mornin'