Concept:
Leading on from the drips project thread it's clear that we have loads of people who enjoy taking pics here, so to get us active in these dull wet winter months we will have a Photo Challenge every week or so to see what we can come up with. There will be no winners as such, but everybody who contributes will hopefully offer help/ideas and cast a critical eye over the other images.
What is also clear is that we have a massive range of cameras between us, so to keep things simple the subjects covered each week should be possible with any camera, should not need any expensive/specialised equipment or lens, and should be easily accessible by all (preferably around the home), there is no reason why you can't get a good shot out of a camera phone, so anything from those up to high-end DSLRs are more than welcome.
The only rules are as follows:
1. Basic cropping, colour correction, levels, covert to B&W, removal of dust spots etc is fine, but detailed Photoshop work, HDR etc are all out, this is about getting the best from what's around you, not what you can do in a photo editing package. The final image should look pretty close to the original shot, basically.
2. No archive shots, images should be taken specifically for the challenge. However it can carry on for as long as people are interested in the subject, so feel free to go back to an old challenge and add pics if you come up with something new.
3. "Enter" as many pics as you like, it's not a competition. Just try to keep them to a manageable size as per Cliosport guidelines (800 pixels wide or thereabouts seems fairly standard these days), the thread is completely open for discussion etc as well, no need for it just to be pics.
Now the intro is out of the way, game on....
Cliosport Photography Challenge Round 1: "Kitchen"
Thursday 24th January - Sunday 3rd February 2008
Brief is wide-open on this one, as long as it was taken in the kitchen and features something remotely recognisable from a kitchen then it's fair game.
If possible try to explain a little about your pic, how you did it, settings you used etc and if appropriate what camera/lens you used.
Also feel free to throw some ideas for the next challenge in (if there is enough interest), hopefully we will get some real interesting subjects similar to the drip thing in the future. Following on from Clart's comments in the other thread we can also look at turning this into a little competition if interest is reasonable, but that would probably mean people only posting the best pic they've got and would therefore probably reduce the discussion/support side of things, see how it goes...
Leading on from the drips project thread it's clear that we have loads of people who enjoy taking pics here, so to get us active in these dull wet winter months we will have a Photo Challenge every week or so to see what we can come up with. There will be no winners as such, but everybody who contributes will hopefully offer help/ideas and cast a critical eye over the other images.
What is also clear is that we have a massive range of cameras between us, so to keep things simple the subjects covered each week should be possible with any camera, should not need any expensive/specialised equipment or lens, and should be easily accessible by all (preferably around the home), there is no reason why you can't get a good shot out of a camera phone, so anything from those up to high-end DSLRs are more than welcome.
The only rules are as follows:
1. Basic cropping, colour correction, levels, covert to B&W, removal of dust spots etc is fine, but detailed Photoshop work, HDR etc are all out, this is about getting the best from what's around you, not what you can do in a photo editing package. The final image should look pretty close to the original shot, basically.
2. No archive shots, images should be taken specifically for the challenge. However it can carry on for as long as people are interested in the subject, so feel free to go back to an old challenge and add pics if you come up with something new.
3. "Enter" as many pics as you like, it's not a competition. Just try to keep them to a manageable size as per Cliosport guidelines (800 pixels wide or thereabouts seems fairly standard these days), the thread is completely open for discussion etc as well, no need for it just to be pics.
Now the intro is out of the way, game on....
Cliosport Photography Challenge Round 1: "Kitchen"
Thursday 24th January - Sunday 3rd February 2008
Brief is wide-open on this one, as long as it was taken in the kitchen and features something remotely recognisable from a kitchen then it's fair game.
If possible try to explain a little about your pic, how you did it, settings you used etc and if appropriate what camera/lens you used.
Also feel free to throw some ideas for the next challenge in (if there is enough interest), hopefully we will get some real interesting subjects similar to the drip thing in the future. Following on from Clart's comments in the other thread we can also look at turning this into a little competition if interest is reasonable, but that would probably mean people only posting the best pic they've got and would therefore probably reduce the discussion/support side of things, see how it goes...
