Assignment 8: Leading Lines

[Dan Fleming]

Good morning everyone (at least it is morning for me)! We have assignment 8 ready to go today. Travis Chance has asked that we do an assignment on Leading Lines: "visually interesting but compositionally simple." If you need some additional inspiration here is a Wikipedia definition: "Leading Lines are lines that guide your eye through the painting or
photograph." Have fun shooting, just make sure your submissions are in by April 2, Good Friday for the christian among us, also the day you can stop worrying about getting pranked!





Sorry about that! I was away for easter weekend, and never really got caught up on stuff this week, so the forum was completely out of my head. Anyway, i have compiled a finalist list, so here is the list with the poll at the bottom.





Garrett-Grimsley


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Jorundr-Jorgensen


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LeTiger


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Travischance


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Sirhc_1


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btaylor


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varok


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[Poll]

[greggf]

Here is a submission...I think the fence constitutes-lines-it leads you in and out of the photo.


taken with 5D2, 70-200ll, iso 200 180mm 2.8@1/1250th


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[alexniedra]

Here's my submission. Sit back, relax and let the leading lines these downtown streets guide you through this aerial shot of Paris. Shot from the Eiffel Tower (EOS Rebel Xti, Tokina 12-24mm f/4)


ISO 400, f/11, 1/500 @ 12mm


http://aleksniedra.zenfolio.com/img/v9/p107188368-4.jpg

[ddt0725]

First assignment I was able to enter! [:D]

7D, 100-400mm @ 100mm, f/4.5, 1/125, ISO 100

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[crosbyharbison]

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iso 400, 41mm, f/10, 1/250 sec, canon 40d, canon 28-135

[Garrett-Grimsley]

Here's two of mine!


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Both were taken with a Canon 350D w/ a Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5


"View Image" to see the large versions.

[Colin500]

Downtown Chicago. Canon PowerShot G1, 7mm, 1/500, f/5.6.


(This shot is several years old, but it was all about "leading lines", and I like it too much to leave it in the cupboard — "old technology", and a hot green pixel, notwithstanding.)


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[Jorundr-Jorgensen]

Again a great topic! And already so many enteries! Bloody great..


Ok here's my entery for this contest, a bit of color for the change, Alexanderplatz - Berlin, the metro there is just the best there is.


Canon 400D, Tamron 17-50 2.8 non VR @ 17mm, 1/15, 8/f, ISO 800, Hand Held (miracle and no coffee in the morning).


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[Mark Elberson]

50D, EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS, ISO 100, 1/25th, f/8.0, 17mm
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[Brendan7]

I'm not sure if this counts, tell me if it doesn't meet the requirements and I'll remove it.


7D, 300 f/4L IS, 1/320, f9, ISO 400. The "leading lines" in this one are the shadows in the water.


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brendan

[Shea Design]

http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_LeadingLines-cepia_railsplitiltshift_2810-smaller.jpg

[LeTiger]

First One: 30 second exposure, F14, 55mm, ISO400


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/1807099110_68b870b6f3_b.jpg


Second One: 1/125 exposure, F6.3, 18mm, ISO100 (in retrospect should have brought my tripod, bumped it to ISO400, and upped the Fstop as much as I could get away with....)


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2173776911_88540c961a_b.jpg


Cheers! (if an admin needs me to resize them, just let me know, I felt that "medium" was a bit too small... (flickr))

[peterborough_photography]

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[Pieter]

Here's my submission. Sit back, relax and let the leading lines these downtown streets guide you through this aerial shot of Paris. Shot from the Eiffel Tower (EOS Rebel Xti, Tokina 12-24mm f/4)


ISO 400, f/11, 1/500 @ 12mm


http://aleksniedra.zenfolio.com/img/v9/p107188368-4.jpg



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Nice one, Alex, the depth of field is incredible.





I have to look in my photo-library to see whether I have something that fits in this assignment, pretty hard one.


BTW(Off-topic, I'm sorry), which photo-library program do you use? I use Picassa, and it works great

[stampedingturtle]

I thought I would keep it simple for my first assignment.


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Canon 450D &amp; EF 70-200 L

[travischance]

Whatsreal:


Thanks for posting. This was taken in my "backyard" of Washington DC at the George Bush WWII Memorial leading the eye to the Lincoln Memorial.


Canon Rebel XSi + 24-105 f4L | Manual | f16 | ISO 100 | 8 second exposure


Both RAW conversion &amp; final processing done using CS4


http://www.travischancephotography.com/photos/818408949_jhZiP-M.jpg

[Damian S.]

Wow, steady as a marksman! Nice one Jorundr.

[Jorundr-Jorgensen]

Wow, steady as a marksman! Nice one Jorundr.
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Thanks, but I confess, I cheated, it was cafaine-free coffee in the morning.. ; )

[jamminjulia]

Hi there, beautiful images so far :) Here are a couple of mine:





Southfield, MI. ISO 100, f/2, 1/1250 s, Canon EF f/1.4 50mm, Rebel XTi:


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<span>Qu&eacute;becCity,<span>Qu&eacute;bec. ISO 100, f/8, 1/160 s, Canon EF 17-40L, Rebel XTi:


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Edit: The later is from my archives.


-Julia

[alexniedra]

Nice one, Alex, the depth of field is incredible.



Thanks Pieter. [:)]


I like to use a 12mm lens at f/9-f/11 for the majority of my landscape images for full depth-of-field.



BTW(Off-topic, I'm sorry), which photo-library program do you use? I use Picassa, and it works great


No problem - I don't mind, and I hope everyone is okay with this semi-irrelevant discussion.


I use Adobe Lightroom 2.0 for organizing my images. It allows me to import, edit and export all of my images in a streamlined worflow. I'm sort of an Adobe nerd, sorry. [:)]


I have used Picasa as well and I think it's great. I just prefer Lightroom for it's editing/fixing options and it's intelligent export options (Zenfolio, Facebook and Flickr direct export). Very rarely do I do any more editing to my images than what I can do in Lightroom, but all that may change when Adobe Photoshop CS5 comes out in April. [:)] I have to admit, HDR seems really cool to try sometime. I currently use Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Ancient! I know!) for Panoramas and I have been pleased with the results so far.

[mattsartin]

Bridge in Cincinnati


Canon XTi &amp; 18-55IS @ 18mm


1/100s f/5.6 ISO 400


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[bgood]

Not the greatest shot, but I liked the meandering stream leading to the geyser.


50D, 17mm, f/8, ISO 100, 1/40 sec





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[Pieter]

That's got to be Yellowstone NP, right? Went there last year and enjoyed it very, very much. The tripthere was basically the reason to buy an SLR(currently the 1000D, and saving money for a 50D)...

[bgood]

Yep,we spent the day at Yellowstone and I shot away. This wasn't one of the better shots, but it does have leading lines.

[Jorundr-Jorgensen]

Bridge in Cincinnati
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Great one mattsartin! I like the angle and the tones.

[Sheiky]

Bridge in Cincinnati






Great one mattsartin! I like the angle and the tones.






It was my favorite entry in the vanishing point assignment, although it didn't count. [:P] Anyway good luck!

[richm]

A couple of candidates:


NYC - 10mm 1/2000 f3.5 ISO 400


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Evening on the CT River - 24mm 1/125 f8.0 ISO 400


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[MattG]

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Hearst Building NYC


T1i, 17-55, f2.8, ISO 200, 20mm, 1/2000

[mattsartin]

Thanks! I appreciate

[jake66]

I hope this counts.


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Rebel Xsi 18-55 IS 18mm f5 handeld (somehow)

[NFLD Stephen]

Great photos everyone!


Here is mine: XSi, 100 Macro, F/8


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I think I may have taken the assignment title"leading lines" a little to literal....oh well!

[Dave Johnston]

Great stuff here so far. I felt like I saw an image today I wanted to create... I was discouraged as I don't believe I was able to physically realize what I was seeing in my head. This is the result. I was attempting to come up with an abstract piece for this assignment. Thanks for looking y'all.


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Canon 50D + 60mm 2.8 Macro @ 60mm f10 1/100" ISO-100 Strobist info. One 580ex II w/ 12" snoot shot through CalColor 60red gel @ 1/32 camera left. One 480ex shot through Storaro azure gel @ 1/64 1-2 feet approx above camera.

[2slo]

Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield Ca, Race Day at 'Pinks All Out'


xsi, f8, 1/500, iso200 55mm


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[Todd Ovick]

caught this one the other day, thought it might qualify for the assignment. canon 5D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS @ ISO 200, F/7.1 1/800, focal length at 185mm. our pure bred rhinelander rabbit takin' a break on the deck with balusters in the background.





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[sirhc_1]

Hey guys! Here's mine. Shot these during my vacation back home. Hope you like it![;)]


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[pservillas]

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[bgood]

50D,17mm, ISO 400, f/8, 1/800, while driving / kids screaming/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.31.53/Big-Sky-Sunset-small.jpg

[Brendan7]

WOW. these are great :)

[Sheiky]

Here's mine. Taken from the Euromast in Rotterdam from about 100m/300ft high. Handheld, got to love IS on some occasions [A]


Canon 5D2 with 24-105 @ 35mm iso100 f10 1/6s


http://www.fruityview.nl/tdp/curves.jpg


Jan

[btaylor]

Another great bunch of submissions guys - well done!


I had a little trouble coming up with something for this assignment that wasn't too similar to the Vanishing Point assignment. Made me think about what I was doing I suppose which was fun.


Took this one about 10 mins ago of one of my guitars. The lovely Cole Clark Fat Lady. Solid bunya pine and Australian rosewood deliciousness (that's a real word by the way). I thought the lines in the grain of the wood made for some nice contrast and the strings kind of lead my eye back toward the body of the guitar and the build label inside.


40D, 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 10mm &amp; f/8, ISO 100, 1/200 sec. Lighting from a single 580 exII shot through a white umbrella directly above subject.


Cheers! Ben.


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[Ghosthex]

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[Cozen]

Here's my first attempt at these assignments. Hope it qualifies as "leading lines". Enjoy!


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[edfrometown]

Okay, well here's my first try at one of these assignments...


XTI, 24-105 f/4 @28mm, ISO 100, post processing in Aperture 2...


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[varok]

Great photos everyone! Here's mine


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[Tim]

vote yet?

[neuroanatomist]

Varok - nice pic! Looks like Carlsbad flower fields?


--John

[MattG]

[:) ]voting any time soon?

[crosbyharbison]

[:) ]voting any time soon?






My thoughts exactly :D Time for something new/fun to work on...

[Dan Fleming]

Sorry about how long the voting took to get up, but its there!

[MattG]

Is this one going to close? I'm ready for the next one!





MattG

[LeTiger]

Err... next assignment?


(Congrats Btaylor!)

[Dave Johnston]

Err... next assignment?


(Congrats Btaylor!)






Was totally just thinking that. [Y]

[btaylor]

Hmmm thanks!!! I'll get the next assignment topic up and running as soon as I have some creative inspiration.

[neuroanatomist]

Hmmm thanks!!! I'll get the next assignment topic up and running as soon as I have some creative inspiration.






Ok, wait just a minute. You had time last week to shoot this creatively inspired photo ("/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.28.34/T_2600_J-Save-the-Date_5F00_15May2010_5F00_1761-WEB.jpg) and then post it in the most recent 'What Did You Shoot this Week ("/forums/p/3904/32665.aspx#32665)" thread. But you haven't had time to come up with the next assignment?


Where are your priorities, Ben?!? [:P]

[btaylor]

Ok Ok I get it, GEES!!! [:D]


Thinking with the left side of my brain directly. I think that's the creative side, if anyone could tell me otherwise I suppose it'd be you John!