Start of a 31 day personal challenge

ronlane · Oct 5, 2013

Day 5 was a good day. I attended my first photowalk with about 12-15 other local photog's, as part of the worldwide photo walk 2013 by Scott Kelby. Met some great people and had fun. Here is one of from today, there are others that I am still looking at as possibly submission for the contest.

I woke up this morning and decided that it really needed to be in b&w.

PixelRabbit · Oct 6, 2013

Very nice Ron! Love the clean lines

ronlane · Oct 6, 2013

PixelRabbit said:
Very nice Ron! Love the clean lines

Thank you PR.

Low_Sky · Oct 6, 2013

I agree with you, I think it looks better in B&W. I like it.

ronlane · Oct 6, 2013

Low_Sky said:
I agree with you, I think it looks better in B&W. I like it.

Thank you.

SCraig · Oct 6, 2013

I did something similar last year. I participated in a photo-a-week challenge for a year on another forum. It is more difficult than it sounds, but a worthwhile exercise. It forces us to look around for things simply to meet the timeline and makes us open our eyes to the things that are all around us. Good luck with it, I think you'll find it challenging and fun.

ronlane · Oct 6, 2013

SCraig said:
I did something similar last year. I participated in a photo-a-week challenge for a year on another forum. It is more difficult than it sounds, but a worthwhile exercise. It forces us to look around for things simply to meet the timeline and makes us open our eyes to the things that are all around us. Good luck with it, I think you'll find it challenging and fun.

Thanks SCraig. I got to the second day and really saw how hard a photo a day was going to be. Yesterday's photo walk was something that I think helped me, but we shall see what I can get today.

cgipson1 · Oct 6, 2013

Nice, Ron!

I see something in that church shot that I find interesting...

check out the symmetry:

I did a vertical straighten based on the crosses... and I love that shadow! lol!

Whach'a think?

SCraig · Oct 6, 2013

ronlane said:
Thanks SCraig. I got to the second day and really saw how hard a photo a day was going to be. Yesterday's photo walk was something that I think helped me, but we shall see what I can get today.

It's difficult, a lot more than it sounds at first. It gets more difficult to find something different the farther into it one gets to, but it really does make us open our eyes more. Stick with it, once completed it is something you'll be proud of.

ronlane · Oct 6, 2013

cgipson1 said:
Nice, Ron!

I see something in that church shot that I find interesting...

check out the symmetry:

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I did a vertical straighten based on the crosses... and I love that shadow! lol!

Whach'a think?

I like it Charlie. I spend some time trying to get them straightened but it still didn't look just right. I really like the shadow that was in there to give it a third, I have that tighter shot but was looking at it being my entry to the contest.

ronlane · Oct 6, 2013

I uploaded more pictures from my photowalk on flickr page if you would like to see more.

ronlane · Oct 6, 2013

Day 6 was difficult after spending a couple of hours walking and editing photos on day 5. I tried some multiple exposures today but just wasn't happy with any of them. This one was the only one that I really liked for the moon and the colors of sunset.

DarkShadow · Oct 6, 2013

So far your on a roll. I really like the church

ronlane · Oct 6, 2013

DarkShadow said:
So far your on a roll. I really like the church

Thanks DarkShadow. I can already tell that the roll is more of a roller-coaster. BIG TIME.

ronlane · Oct 7, 2013

Today I remembered to go back and look at the spot where I saw some mushrooms on Friday evening but didn't get a good picture. There was this one 'shroom that was coming up today. Yes, I did take this after dark and used a long exposure and f/1.8. The light came from my iPhone flashlight blinked on and then off. It is something different and challenging to see if I could do it.