Fortnightly Challenge September 18-30 : Transparency

[Designer Dale]

Welcome to the Fortnightly Challenge

The purpose of the Challenge is to provide a venue where photographers of all skill levels can work to improve their craft by shooting along a common topic for two weeks - one fortnight. Helpful comments and critiques are key to reaching the intended goal - better photography.

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Shoot for the topics listed on the schedule. You may shoot for upcoming topics, but post photos only to their matching Challenges. Try to avoid using photos from your archives just for participations sake. If you really want input on an older image that fits the Challenge topic, please let us see it.

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Comments should be meaningful, something that the photographer can use to improve his/her work. Explain why you like or dislike a photo. Spend a moment looking at a photo before commenting on it. Try to answer the question "I like this photo because…" It really helps the photographer.


The Topic Schedule


Transparency: September 18-30

Soft/Sharp: October 1-14

Timing: October 15-28

Dale

 

[coryndiego]

Stained Transparency

I guess these below are more translucent than transparent..?

 

[Designer Dale]

Great capture of a classic example of stained glass art. I have always loved the effects of color and light in this medium.

Mine to start. Both from Penn Cove on Whidbey Island in Washington State.


EXIF Summary: 1/400s f/8.0 ISO100 Tamron 38-75 f/2.5@45mm


EXIF Summary: 1/200s f/5.6 ISO100 Tamron 28-74 f/2.8@28mm
Those are buoys, not dust/dirt.

Dale

 

[coryndiego]

Great capture of a classic example of stained glass art. I have always loved the effects of color and light in this medium.

Mine to start. Both from Penn Cove on Whidbey Island in Washington State.

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EXIF Summary: 1/400s f/8.0 ISO100 Tamron 38-75 f/2.5@45mm

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EXIF Summary: 1/200s f/5.6 ISO100 Tamron 28-74 f/2.8@28mm
Those are buoys, not dust/dirt.

Dale

Thanks Dale, Your shot with the seaweed overlaying the rock is like natures shrink-wrap. nice shot! If it were on a darker rock it wouldn't have captured the same luminance. Great texture contrast too with the smooth seaweed and the rough rocks.

 

[Blakeco123]

The bubble is the only truly transparent thing in these photos, the hollyhock and white flowers are translucent, but i think there still close enough. BTW the hollyhock photo is not edited, it was just illuminated by the sun at that angle

 

[coryndiego]

The bubble is the only truly transparent thing in these photos, the hollyhock and white flowers are translucent, but i think there still close enough. BTW the hollyhock photo is not edited, it was just illuminated by the sun at that angle

The bubble is very cool! My favorite is the way you caught the sunlight through the hollyhock with the ant. The flower is glowing vibrantly and the little ant was an unexpected surprise... nice!


- can someone tell me how to get the photos to show in my quote? Thanks.

 

[Designer Dale]

The bubble is very cool! My favorite is the way you caught the sunlight through the hollyhock with the ant. The flower is glowing vibrantly and the little ant was an unexpected surprise... nice!


- can someone tell me how to get the photos to show in my quote? Thanks.

The link in my sig has tutorials for showing images in quotes.

Dale

 

[Blakeco123]

The bubble is very cool! My favorite is the way you caught the sunlight through the hollyhock with the ant. The flower is glowing vibrantly and the little ant was an unexpected surprise... nice!


- can someone tell me how to get the photos to show in my quote? Thanks.

Thanks! Ya I didn't even know the ant was there till I went through that "session" on my computer.

 

[Designer Dale]

The Tacoma Museum of History is connected to the Chihuly Museum of Glass by , oddly, the Bridge of Glass. The walls hold works of glass art by Dale Chihuly and the ceiling is made up of these tiles. There are 2,364 works of glass art suspended in it. Some day I'm going to shoot each panel and put them together in PhotoShop.



MOG as seen from MOH


Bridge of Glass

Dale

 

[fcortese]

The Tacoma Museum of History is connected to the Chihuly Museum of Glass by , oddly, the Bridge of Glass. The walls hold works of glass art by Dale Chihuly and the ceiling is made up of these tiles. There are 2,364 works of glass art suspended in it. Some day I'm going to shoot each panel and put them together in PhotoShop.



MOG as seen from MOH
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Bridge of Glass

Dale

I love the colors and geometric shapes in this picture. Very nicely done, Dale. Here's my contribution from today's outing. It is not as colorful or artistic, however. It's a picture of a stagnant pond along the roadside, with algae below the surface coupled with a reflection of a nearby tree.

 

[Keleko]

I love the colors and geometric shapes in this picture. Very nicely done, Dale. Here's my contribution from today's outing. It is not as colorful or artistic, however. It's a picture of a stagnant pond along the roadside, with algae below the surface coupled with a reflection of a nearby tree.

I've had a very similar picture of water reflecting trees with the leaves under the water showing really clearly, too. I like what you have here, too.

I finally have contributions for this challenge from last night's high school football game shoot. I'm not sure which one I like better. I personally like the first better, but my wife liked the second more. So I'm posting both to see what the rest of you think. These were shot through the transparent drum.

 

[Beaverman3001]

Nothing too fancy, took it with a iPhone 3GS lol, but I like it

 

[fcortese]

Nothing too fancy, took it with a iPhone 3GS lol, but I like it

I like it, too. Very nicely timed and done. The look on her face makes the photo.

 

[gaswerks]

transparent tequila!

 

[fcortese]

One from the "archives," inside the lens of a lighthouse beacon