Assignment 6: Vanishing Point -- Congratulations mattsartin

[Dan Fleming]

Here is Assignment 6, courtesy of Dave Johnston. We want pictures that show a vanishing point. To use Dave Johnston's description "I am sure you've seen the shots of a subway going of into oblivion, or a
really long strait road." He and Sheiky will be judging this time around for the finalists and then as usual we will vote on their selections.





The voting is closed, and it looks like mattsartin! I am looking forward to the next assignment, and will post it in a few days. If anyone would be willing to help with the judging of the next assignment I am looking for a judge still!


Thanks


btaylor


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mattsartin


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Nate


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bastoone


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MattG


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2slo


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[Sheiky]

I will be judging as well so my entry doesn't count. I still want to kick off just to make this tread more open for uploads. Good luck everybody!


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[Jorundr-Jorgensen]

Great subject! Looking forwards to the enteries.

[btaylor]

Fantastic subject!


Here's my entry. Taken at a friends' wedding in Western Australia. The reception was held at a winery and the scenes were just magic.


Hope you like.


Cheers, Ben.


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[Sean Setters]

Was that a tilt-shift lens or did you do that in post?

[clemmb]

The Road Less Traveled


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[btaylor]

Was that a tilt-shift lens or did you do that in post?
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Unfortunately it wasn't a tilt shift lens for this one. The blur was done in post.


I've used the TS-E 90mm f/2.8 before and it was superb - I really enjoyed using it. That photo was actually taken handheld with the good old 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. It's done some hard yards, but I'm ready to upgrade it. In fact I haven't used it since getting my 70-200mm f/4 IS.

[alex]

Here is mine: taken in southern Ada County, just north of the Snake River in Idaho.


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[mattsartin]

Canon XTi &amp; 50mm f/1.8 II


1/100s f/2 ISO 800


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[nate]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4347693474_0a1c319872.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/strikingpictures/4347693474/)


This was taken in Z&uuml;rich, Switzerland. Click for big Version of flickr.



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[piiooo]

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Cape Cod, MA


Rebel XSI, EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS, 17mm, 2s, f/16, ISO 100

[bastoone]

Hello all!


this photo was taken in Little rock, AR on the river trail bridge


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17 mm f2.8 iso 100 1/200 sec

[freelanceshots]

Image taken with my 40D and the 10-20mm Sigma lens attached taken at 10mm.





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[alexniedra]

Awesome shots here everyone! Keep it up!





The judges will have it hard with this one...[;)]

[mbaltrusitis]

Canon Rebel XS / EF-S 18-55


1/60 @ f/3.5, ISO 200, handheld


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[Dan Fleming]

Sheiky pointed out to me that having the last day on Valentines was probably not a good idea, not to mention making it too short. I have extended the deadline till February 19th so that we can get a good set of submissions.


Happy Shooting!

[Ehcalum]

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[Brendan7]

Excellent entries, everyone. piioooo, Ehcalum, Mattsartin...They're all great. These assignments are really kicking some serious butt [Y]

[MattG]

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[piiooo]

Let me tell you ladies and gents, these competitions are getting better and better.


I am looking at the pictures and I am loving every sinle one!

[rlriii13]

Can I have two points?


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[musickna]

Let me tell you ladies and gents, these competitions are getting better and better.


I am looking at the pictures and I am loving every sinle one!





Couldn't agree more. Lovely stuff.


Richard

[musickna]

St. Charles County, Missouri, near the Confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.





http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4351848619_52d9618191_o.jpgEOS 5D II, Canon EF 15 mm f/2.8 Fisheye, 1/250, f/3.5, ISO 100. Processed in DPP, 'Twilight' picture style (from Canon website), Linear Contrast.

[Sheiky]

The judges will have it hard with this one.../emoticons/emotion-5.gif






You've got that right!!![:P]


Love the entries! Looking forward to next friday [:D]

[Tim]

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Shot with 30D, 17-40L@17mm, f10, 1/100s, ISO100

[NFLD Stephen]

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[Madison]

mattsartin is nice! The DOF makes sure you see the athlete first, and the vanishing point serves a purpose. Still there, but blurry, it really pushes the athlete forward in the picture. Creative, functional and nice to look at. And not the 500.000th road picture.





I vote for that one. It's a cut above the rest: which is beautiful and fun and cool and everything, but mattsartin takes vanishing point to another level compared to the other submissions.

[mattsartin]

Thank you I appreciate the compliment! I actually won a competition at IU Southeast with this picture. It was just a spontaneous thing too, taken of a guy a run with one night, everyone else has nice work too

[Brendan7]

My gosh, they're all fantastic. I actually only own one lens, and it happens to be a 300 f/4 so I can't really participate in most of these assignments. Lensrentals.com, here I come!


Anwho, I will second that, very nice image Matt. Different from the rest, next time try one at f11 to get a full depth of field.


brendan

[Madison]

Next time try one at f11 to get a full depth of field.
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Dare I say it: no. That would effectively ruin the photograph. With current DOF intact all info needed remains visible in the picture yet the DOF is functional for it lierally puts the focus on the main subject. The blurred background is still very very very recognisable and the vanishing point in the blurred section is actually fully functional AND it serves as a means to further push the main subject forward into the picture so to say.





Dont change anything. Keep doing what you are doing. My 2c. (A hundred people, a hundred opinions LOL)

[Brendan7]

Next time try one at f11 to get a full depth of field.









Dare I say it: no. That would effectively ruin the photograph





Or give it a different look. Oh well, it's good as it is, let's not beat a very, very, dead horse [H]

[Scott]

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Scott

[Brendan7]

Dave Johnston, I hope you have a lot of free time on weekends; judging these entries should keep you up a while [:P]

[Dave Johnston]

Dave Johnston, I hope you have a lot of free time on weekends; judging these entries should keep you up a while /emoticons/emotion-4.gif
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Indeed sir, this is some tough competition here. I feel sorry for the guy that has to judge it.








... wait. [:|]

[2slo]

xsi, f10, 1/125, iso-100, 33mm using efs17-55mm


high plains prairie central idaho, sun was poking through the clouds.


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[Rodger]

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I can play this time!


This was a few days ago (ignore the flickr time stamp, I had my camera set wrongly). It's of my street, I think a 30 second exposure as a car drove by. Taken around 11:00pm.

[Brendan7]

This is by far the best assignment yet. 2slo, very nice. However, I will say that Rodger's for me is a cut above the crowd. So far it's edged out some extremely tough competition for the best here...

[Rodger]

Dave Johnston, I hope you have a lot of free time on weekends; judging these entries should keep you up a while /emoticons/emotion-4.gif






Indeed sir, this is some tough competition here. I feel sorry for the guy that has to judge it.





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Hahahaha!





Also, Thanks Brendan for your comments!!

[mattsartin]

Sticking with the first for my original entry, Just thought I'd share my best cliche vanishing point road pictures. [:P]


Canon XTi &amp; Tamron 10-24mm @ 10mm


1/200s f/8 ISO 100


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18-55 IS @ 18mm


1/100s f/5.6 ISO 400


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[Sheiky]

I just submitted my favorites to Dave, so we can make a nice selection together. Great entries!


By the way Matt, I love your bridge...[:D]

[ddt0725]

I just want to say I think EVERY ENTRYin this assignment is a winner!! Awesome photos! Congrats to everyone!

Denise

[Madison]

Tip: think outside the box and make something with vanishing lines that does NOT include a man made road or a street. It's doing the obvious. You need to reinvent that and start to look at your surroundings differently to become more aware of other possibilities within the same assignment if you ask me. That will set you apart from being a standard photographer. It will show your ability to translate ideas into images, and be creative with assignments in a way that is your own.

[Rodger]

Tip: think outside the box and make something with vanishing lines that does NOT include a man made road or a street. It's doing the obvious. You need to reinvent that and start to look at your surroundings differently to become more aware of other possibilities within the same assignment if you ask me. That will set you apart from being a standard photographer. It will show your ability to translate ideas into images, and be creative with assignments in a way that is your own.


Valid point. I needed called out on that. Thanks for keeping the site creative :)

[musickna]

Valid point. I needed called out on that. Thanks for keeping the site creative :)


You're being too hard on yourself![:)] I think your photograph is both original and fabulous! I love the way you have used light.

[Rodger]

You're being too hard on yourself!/emoticons/emotion-1.gif I think your photograph is both original and fabulous! I love the way you have used light


haha musickna, I appreciate your comments! But it's always good to renew your creative process! That's why people like Chase Jarvis can spend hours and make money talking about creativity. If you haven't, check out his blog and specifically his "Consequences of Creativity" talk.http://vimeo.com/5376998


Again, thanks for the kind words!

[Dan Fleming]

Finalists are up! Thanks again to Sheiky and Dave Jonston for being willing to judge this round. The pictures were all phenomenal. Special congratulations to: btaylor, mattsartin, nate, bastoone, MattG, and 2slo! Enjoy voting

[musickna]

Excellent choices! I've cast my vote.[:)]

[Sheiky]

Beautiful entries!!! Looking forward to the winner's next assignment [:D]

[MrGreenBug]

Wonderful photos everyone! Just casted my vote. [:D]

[Rodger]

Dang! This was a hard one to vote on! So many great shots!

[2slo]

I'm in awe of the fact my picture was even selected for votiing amongst sucha tough crowd. I personally liked other picturesmore than mine, including the one I voted for as well as several that were not in the finals.


You folks really make me rethink the way I see the world through a view finder. Thank you, because I really need that!!


Jerry

[Sheiky]

Jerry, maybe there were technically better pictures than yours, but remember it also has an assignment.


My comment while judging was:- 2slo,high plains prairie. Lovely naturephoto. Beautiful colors and love the fact that the vanishing point is pointed sideways instead of cliche straightforward.


I have seen the best entries I've ever seen here in an assignment, but some just match better to the assignment than others. I rated the assignment and the technical part about 50/50.


Good luck with shooting everybody!


Jan

[Dan Fleming]

Congratulations mattsartin on the win! Good job to the rest of you! The next assignment will be up as soon as possible!

[MrGreenBug]

Congratulations Matt!!! Very nice photo indeed! [:)]

[mattsartin]

Thanks all! Glad you all liked my work, everyone else did a nice job as well!

[btaylor]

Great work Matt!!! Congrats mate. [Y]

[musickna]

Congratulations, Matt - your photograph was my personal favorite.

[Madison]

Congratulations, Matt - your photograph was my personal favorite.
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Mine too. It's a beautiful shot. Congratulations!

[MattG]

Nice job everyone! Great job MattS

[bob williams]

Great shot Matt. Congrats [:D]

[bob williams]

Great shot Matt. Congrats [:D]

[Sheiky]

Well done Matt![Y]

[mattsartin]

Thanks again!!