Photo Comp - July 2012 - "Not my usual thing"

[RiK]

Topic for June, chosen by RiK is 'Not my usual thing'.

Right then, I won the last comp so it's my turn to pick a topic and this month I'm going to suggest a very open topic, but one which will also rely on your integrity a bit.

I'm going to open up a topic of 'Not my usual thing', and by that what I want you to do is to try taking a photo of something you've never tried before. Get out of your comfort zone a bit and try something new. I.e. if you're usually shooting what's around you on your morning stroll (i.e. Paula!), try shooting something abstract, or a portrait etc. If you're into landscapes, try shooting people etc.

No limitation on the subject at all providing you genuinely try to get out of your comfort zone and try something new

Entries now closed, here's my shortlist:

Some pretty good entries this month folks

TheGoodbyeGirl

Legs 11 by thegoodbyegirl1804, on Flickr
Nice tights!

StuartB

Droplets 2 by Gnu2000, on Flickr
Having fiddled around with water drops a bit myself I appreciated the effort taken to get this entry so that's a no-brainer

geenius

(Bit soft, but I like the captured moment)

Chontler

Thistle bugs by Chontler, on Flickr
If you hand-held that, you must have arms of steel!

Xstreme

Nearly didn't pick it due to the lack of semi-naked women, but I loved the tones..


Also in the running were Paula's reflection shot and Matt303's mum.. Hard to choose but in the end I thought the other shots were just a bit more unuasual and therefore more on topic so there we go..

Usual rules apply

[GoatFoam]

I have never, ever shot a landscape, night sky or HDR before so I will do one of those '-)

[RiK]

I have never, ever shot a landscape, night sky or HDR before so I will do one of those '-)

LOL

[TheGoodbyeGirl]

So usually I take landscapes or objects tonight I've done a self portrait with items I dont usually wear


Legs 11 by thegoodbyegirl1804, on Flickr

[F-ZeroOne]

This is not an entry as ages old; I work in the industry but am not interested in the industry, generally (although many of my colleagues are). Still, you can't help but pick up a few things, like this:



Oh, and another old one just to show off what a proper Hornby set looks like :

[Meow]

Sunset over the bin sheds. Yes, the sky was that colour. Pale pink.

[PFVA]

Another self portrait

My first try at these, I don't generally do self-portraits, I wasn't strolling (i had just finished it), and there is a little bit of abstraction. I didn't like the colours nor the light though.






I liked the Goodbye Girl's photo a lot more than mine.
It's still early in the month and i may come up with something next week.

[Meow]

Most of my photo's have crap sky's. So this my attempt at getting a better well more interesting sky. I guess I enter this one...

[Stuart B]

Inspired by Spinlizard's thread, I lashed together a droplet setup with a syringe & saucer:


Droplets 1 by Gnu2000, on Flickr


Droplets 2 by Gnu2000, on Flickr

[F-ZeroOne]

[RiK]

Liking this little early flurry of activity this month.

What would be really nice is if those posting could add a few words about why you took the pic, and how it was different to the sort of things you normally shoot. That was after all the idea of the topic this month so it would be cool to encourage a bit more discussion around the theme

[Meow]

OK. This one. Another attempt at catching a better sky....

[F-ZeroOne]

I meant to add a few words about the tractor but I forgot... Partly its just because I don't normally go round photographing farm machinery, and partly because I just liked the faded colours and general air of decay...

[GoatFoam]

OK. I admit it's an HDR, but not my usual thing, but normally I try and keep the ghosts OUT...

"First light" from my own HDR merge software too* '-)



*tonemapped in qtpfsgui though.

[GoatFoam]

That is not my entry btw.