Start of a 31 day personal challenge

timor · Oct 8, 2013

ronlane said:
I spent all weekend thinking about challenging myself for the month of October and producing one quality and creative photo per day.

Man, that's a task. Gonna take you 3-4 hours a day. Good luck and we are watching.
First picture is prima, like it a lot. Maybe only the background is a bit too busy. some really shiny spot came right into center of the shot. I know that problem, absorbed with the subject I also don't pay enough attention to the surroundings.
P.S. O mamma mia, I didn't realized it's already 4 pages. My comments are about the first picture you posted.

minicoop1985 · Oct 8, 2013

ronlane said:
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.

Moonlight-sunset by Ron_Lane, on Flickr

That is awesome. The lights and poles don't even ruin it for me. Fantastic.

ronlane · Oct 8, 2013

timor said:
ronlane said:

I spent all weekend thinking about challenging myself for the month of October and producing one quality and creative photo per day.

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Man, that's a task. Gonna take you 3-4 hours a day. Good luck and we are watching.
First picture is prima, like it a lot. Maybe only the background is a bit too busy. some really shiny spot came right into center of the shot. I know that problem, absorbed with the subject I also don't pay enough attention to the surroundings.
P.S. O mamma mia, I didn't realized it's already 4 pages. My comments are about the first picture you posted.

Thank you.

minicoop1985 said:
ronlane said:

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.

Moonlight-sunset by Ron_Lane, on Flickr

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That is awesome. The lights and poles don't even ruin it for me. Fantastic.

Thank you. I know, I struggled with the poles and lights in that for a little bit myself but thought that it just gave it a little context instead of only showing the sky.

sashbar · Oct 8, 2013

yep, another good day

astroNikon · Oct 8, 2013

Absolutely love the church picture, especially the cross shadow
and you'll always get me to give a thumbs up on any moon / star / planet picture :thumbup:

ronlane · Oct 8, 2013

sashbar said:
yep, another good day

Thank you.

astroNikon said:
Absolutely love the church picture, especially the cross shadow
and you'll always get me to give a thumbs up on any moon / star / planet picture :thumbup:

Thank you. I have to admit that I needed help finding that. My wife pointed it out to me. Sometimes it pays off to have an extra pair of eyes looking out for the interesting.

ronlane · Oct 8, 2013

Couldn't decide between these two tonight, so I decided that if I can struggle to get one on a given night then I can post two on a good night.

1) I've tried before to take a good photo of these silo's but couldn't get the correct angle. Not 100% happy with the sky on it but this is a lot closer than my other attempt. I will be back to try it again.

2) Then as I am walking back to the Jeep to go home, I look up at the sky and saw this.

ronlane · Oct 9, 2013

I have to admit that I almost didn't make it tonight. As the days get shorter and other things get in the way, I almost didn't get something to shoot today. The one positive side is that I am getting better at OCF and long exposure stuff.

Stevepwns · Oct 9, 2013

Derrel said:
Hah-hahhh! My mad Photoshop compositing skillz fooled you, didn't they Ron! You thought this was a real photo...but it's actually TWO separate photographs, composited into ONE; in the first photo, I was signaling a Cancun-area beach waiter to come over to take my drink order while I was standing on one foot during a Mexican stand-off; in the second photograph, you were laying flat on your back after having downed 31 Moon Pies at the family BBQ!!! I imported both to PS, selected a stock background (one that I illegally stole off of some dude's Flickr site), then spent about 25 minutes compositing the two images and cleaning up the edges, cloning out the Moon Pie stains all over your shirt and pants, etc.etc.

Ahhhh, the magic of Photoshop!

Wow, you didnt hold back on that at all. Well done sir. I applaud you. :headbang:

This is a great idea, I might just borrow it. You are doing very well, I am enjoying seeing what you post.

ronlane · Oct 10, 2013

Stevepwns said:
Derrel said:

Hah-hahhh! My mad Photoshop compositing skillz fooled you, didn't they Ron! You thought this was a real photo...but it's actually TWO separate photographs, composited into ONE; in the first photo, I was signaling a Cancun-area beach waiter to come over to take my drink order while I was standing on one foot during a Mexican stand-off; in the second photograph, you were laying flat on your back after having downed 31 Moon Pies at the family BBQ!!! I imported both to PS, selected a stock background (one that I illegally stole off of some dude's Flickr site), then spent about 25 minutes compositing the two images and cleaning up the edges, cloning out the Moon Pie stains all over your shirt and pants, etc.etc.

Ahhhh, the magic of Photoshop!

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Wow, you didnt hold back on that at all. Well done sir. I applaud you.

This is a great idea, I might just borrow it. You are doing very well, I am enjoying seeing what you post.

Thank you, go ahead and do it. Today I will be third of the way into mine. It is a great lesson and is helping me make even my snapshots look better.

sashbar · Oct 10, 2013

ronlane said:
I have to admit that I almost didn't make it tonight. As the days get shorter and other things get in the way, I almost didn't get something to shoot today. The one positive side is that I am getting better at OCF and long exposure stuff.

Centerpiece by Ron_Lane, on Flickr

I am worried

A bit of a creativity crisis. And it is less than 1/3 of the distance..

ronlane · Oct 10, 2013

sashbar said:
ronlane said:

I have to admit that I almost didn't make it tonight. As the days get shorter and other things get in the way, I almost didn't get something to shoot today. The one positive side is that I am getting better at OCF and long exposure stuff.

Centerpiece by Ron_Lane, on Flickr

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I am worried A bit of a creativity crisis. And it is less than 1/3 of the distance..

I feel like it's more than a bit of creativity crisis sashbar. There have been a few days where I feel that I'm just forcing myself to take photos. This was one of those days where I felt forced and not creative at all. I need to get out and walk around the neighborhood and see what I can find, look at some other photos to draw some inspiration, something. (guess I know what I will be doing today.)

sashbar · Oct 10, 2013

ronlane said:
There have been a few days where I feel that I'm just forcing myself to take photos. This was one of those days where I felt forced and not creative at all.

Now you feel like a real pro

ronlane · Oct 10, 2013

sashbar said:
ronlane said:

There have been a few days where I feel that I'm just forcing myself to take photos. This was one of those days where I felt forced and not creative at all.

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Now you feel like a real pro

Wait, be careful. I'm not sure that I want my name (Pronoun) and that word spoken in the same sentence. That could start a flame on this thread.

ronlane · Oct 10, 2013

Sashbar,

See how using that word causes a stir. Two likes on my comment now has me wondering if they agree about the comment or that I shouldn't be pro (Although, I shouldn't be considered a pro).