Assignment 10: Darkness

[Dan Fleming]

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night depending on where you are in the globe! Colin 500 won our last assignment and has gotten us a new subject. He is looking for "pictures that are mainly black, but who knows what people come up with... " Below is a submission from Colin to give an idea of what to do.





Happy Shooting this will be open till June 30.











Hi Everyone, Thanks Colin for picking out these finalists. voting is below, I'll leave it open through thursday.





crosbyharbison


http://www.crosbyharbison.com/files/flags.jpg





cxr


http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/6744/img1023kx.jpg





MattG


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Bill W


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1147/4720817769_96217f5fa1_b.jpg





Sheiky


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





muc1


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Richard Lane


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Justin T


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[Poll]

[Mark Elberson]

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EOS 50D,EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM,1/100, f/14,ISO<span>200,External E-TTL

[greggf]

Here is my submission...Taken awhile back with my 30D, and 100 macro...


30D,ISO 200, f11@1.6 sec, all natural light


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[crosbyharbison]

Here's mine:


http://www.crosbyharbison.com/files/flags.jpg


Canon 5d II + 70-200 2.8 IS


Strobist: 4x 580 ex II flashes in stroboscopic overhead triggered with pocketwizards @1/128 power (I forget the hertz)

[cxr]

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[crosbyharbison]

@CSR


I resized it for you :P


http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/6744/img1023kx.jpg

[Jon Ruyle]

Ah... and I thought it was some postmodern attempt to take the theme of the assignment to the limit...


I quite like the resized version.

[cxr]

thank you very much crosbyharbison!!!

[Jonathan Huyer]

Ghost Train


An old coal mining train, at Bankhead near Banff Alberta. 30 second exposure with flashlight illumination.


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[alexsommers]

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Full moon, or close to it!

[MrGreenBug]

Pink Cosmos... flower... [:)]


http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7nO3EBpvAsc/S-E6INlzrzI/AAAAAAAAJeY/oGqKSkp7sJE/s800/IMG_0473.JPG

[alex_sb]

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Full moon, or close to it!









Wolfman is coming for you :)

[MattG]

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Great assignment!





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[Deva207]

here are my two:


thunder


http://www.pohrani.com/f/1Z/i5/3YXJ5bCs/contest1.jpg


and flower:


http://www.pohrani.com/f/3U/rn/3Uhe55G8/contest2.jpg

[Carbonator]

The Darkness... [H]





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[Bill W]

Jonathan.....really like your ghost train.


The HBs are frequenting my backyard quite a bit now, so I spend a lot of time photographing them.


Here's my entry; natural light, ISO 500, f8, 1/1600


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1147/4720817769_96217f5fa1_b.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/29409592@N03/4720817769/)

[Jon Ruyle]

Very nice, Bill. I've spent a lot of time shooting hb's and know how hard it is.

[canon-ball]

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/3651/img6821r.jpg

[zacotton]

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My first submission, and first post. Been frequenting here for a long time, tons of useful information.


Shot @ 70mm, ISO 100, f/4, 1/125sec.

[Bill W]

Thanks for the kind words Jon.


You're right about shooting them, but they sure are fun to watch even if I miss the shot.....you know, no HB in the scene. LOL

[Scott]

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Eidsvold, Australia during another power outage. You know what I mean Ben.





Scott

[Jonathan Huyer]

Bill --- Thanks for your comment. Your own shot represents about the pinnacle of difficulty in photography, from my point of view... great capture and great work! In my case, the train wasn't going anywhere, and I just had to figure out how to 'paint' it evenly with the flashlight in my 30 second exposure. I had time to make about adozen attempts during the period when the sky was still cobalt blue after sunset.

[Jayson]

Here's my contribution. Just a little moon and star...


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[mikehillman89]

My contribution, nothing special here.


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1362/4725954939_2ca43c0b7a.jpg

[ddt0725]

I finally got permission from my youngest daughter to post a photo of her!

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[Sheiky]

I don't know if mine is black enough [A]


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


Canon 5D2 with Sigma 50mm 1.4 @ 1/100 f1.8 ISO1600


Cool assignment, but very hard [:P]


Jan

[Mark Elberson]

I finally got permission from my youngest daughter to post a photo of her!

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Great shot Denise. I see you've been playing with your off camera flash :-) This is my favorite so far.

[ddt0725]

Great shot Denise. I see you've been playing with your off camera flash :-) This is my favorite so far.



Thanks, Mark! [:D]
This originally was in my throw away pile because the flash on her left didn't fire. But when I saw the assignment, I figured it fits the topic perfectly!All she needed was a tear rolling down her cheek to add alittle more drama!

Denise

[IAMB]

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Here's mine... just a little lava flow. 1D mkII, 70-200 2.8 @10sec, f8, 200mm and ISO100.

[muc1]

Hi IAMB,


Where's the flow at?


Here'sa pic for this theme.


Canon 7d. Canon 2.8 100mm usm macro.


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[MrGreenBug]

Hi IAMB,


Where's the flow at?


Here'sa pic for this theme.


Canon 7d. Canon 2.8 100mm usm macro.


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Very nice! I love the deep red color of this rose.

[IAMB]

Hi IAMB,


Where's the flow at?





Along the Kilauea East rift zone.

[Richard Lane]

Here's One from Last Night!


EOS 7D / EF-300mm f/2.8L IS + 2.0x teleconverter II @ 600mm f5.6 and 1/15sec. ISO 3200
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[ddt0725]

That is awesome, Richard! I think there was a werewolf lurking in your neck of the woods last night also!!

Great shot!

Denise

[Richard Lane]

Hey Denise,


Thanks for the kind words!


It should be a Full Moon again tonight, so you should give it a go, but bring your silver bullets.


Richard

[ddt0725]

It should be a Full Moon again tonight, so you should give it a go, but bring your silver bullets.



I did take some shots two nights ago but with no clouds it was just your ordinary moon shot! Hopefully, tonight will go better since there is some rain in the forecast! I got up extremely early this morning to go take my first shots of a sunrise but it was raining ...so no sun :( Maybe tonight the rain &amp; clouds will work in my favor! [um]

Denise

[freelanceshots]

Picture shot with 2 stobes in the late evening of me firing my glock pistol. I wanted a cool perspective/up close action shot of a gun going off so this is what I turned out. Used my 5D2 and my 70-200 set up on a tripod with the self timer activated./cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.32.66/Glock-pistol-shoot.JPG

[Richard Lane]

I got really lucky with the clouds last night, it was actually a pretty clear night by me, except for this one huge cloud that went right by my photo. I'll take luck anytime I can get it.
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Here is a shot of the evening sky about 15 minutes after the cloud went by.


I'll do a cloud dance for you!


Rich


EOS 7D / EF-300mm f/2.8L + 2X Conv. @600mm Manual Exposure f/8 @ 1000/sec. ISO 3200
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[Justin T]

Here is my entry


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[ddt0725]

My first spider photo! In fact, I can't believe I'm actually taking a picture of a spider! [+o(]

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[Dave Johnston]

Great entries everyone. Here is my submission. Darkness is scary.


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4747287737_f57abf2bfa_b.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/pairodocs/4747287737/)


Canon 50D + Tamron 28-75 2.8 @ 68mm 1/80" f8 ISO-100 Strobist info: One 580exII 1/32 Camera Left shot through 1.5 inch grid Triggered by CTR-301p.

[JJphoto]

Here is my entry


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this is interesting image, what is it? endoscope image? or some sort of virus?

[Justin T]

This is actually a picture of a "Koosh Ball ("http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;q=koosh%20ball&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;source=og&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi)" toy as seen though the end of a paper towel roll. Interesting, isn't it? [:)]

[JJphoto]

This is actually a picture of a "Koosh Ball ("http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;q=koosh%20ball&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;source=og&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi)" toy as seen though the end of a paper towel roll. Interesting, isn't it? /emoticons/emotion-1.gif
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Justin, no wonder it looks like a image taken with a microscope or endoscope, cool![:)]

[mukul_chou]

Some of my snaps





http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Digha_Talsari_Uday/th_b6210790.jpg (http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Digha_Talsari_Uday/?action=view&amp;current=b6210790.jpg)





http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Gantok_Lachun_Yumthang/MukulCam/th_9c20fcc6.jpg (http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Gantok_Lachun_Yumthang/MukulCam/?action=view&amp;current=9c20fcc6.jpg)





http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Gantok_Lachun_Yumthang/MukulCam/th_4568849a.jpg (http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Gantok_Lachun_Yumthang/MukulCam/?action=view&amp;current=4568849a.jpg)





and out of darkness


http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Gantok_Lachun_Yumthang/MukulCam/th_ab07ada3.jpg (http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/home_me/Gantok_Lachun_Yumthang/MukulCam/?action=view&amp;current=ab07ada3.jpg)

[MattG]

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Just took this one on the weekend - thought it fit well (even though the closed date has passed.)

[Colin500]

Hi Everybody, I just finished selecting the finalists, and wanted to say that, although I was a bit apprehensive about choosing "Darknesss" as subject, I'm now quite pleased that I did -- and quite impressed by all the submissions! So a definitive "thumbs up", and thank you, to all that participated!


And with so many great photos, selecting the finalists for the voting wasn't easy. I tried to put photographic quality, creativity, and "level of darkness" into the equation, plus having a wide range of rather different images, although sometimes it seemed that I might as well have flipped a coin...


Anyhow, thanks to "Whatsreal" the vote should be open soon, and I'm already looking forward to the next assignment ;-)


Ciao, Colin

[Sheiky]

Thanks Colin, looking forward to the finalists you have chosen! Let the voting begin!

[mukul_chou]

Hello Colin,


After the voting ends I would like to know your opinion of each photos (or at least of each of finalists)separately.





I hope you will be able to block some time for that





Thanks

[Dan Fleming]

As Colin said the excellent posts have been narrowed down a little to 8 finalists. You can vote in the first post in this thread between now and Thursday. Good job to all who participated.

[ddt0725]

Congrats tothe finalists!!! They are all fantastic! [Y]

Denise

[Bill W]

strange.....when I view the hummingbird pic the tail is cut off, when I signed in toask why (it isn't in the original) it displayed correctly.


Any thoughts moderator?

[Sheiky]

strange.....when I view the hummingbird pic the tail is cut off, when I signed in toask why (it isn't in the original) it displayed correctly.


I'm still seeing the one with the cut-off tail. If whatsreal putts the boundaries to 800p wide it will be fine.

[Bill W]

puts the boundaries to 800p wide it will be fine


Yeah Jan....that's what has me confused. The orig pic in the streamis 800, so how did he become cut off when placed in the finals?


I don't know how these pix areconfigured for voting.

[Dan Fleming]

strange.....when I view the hummingbird pic the tail is cut off, when I signed in toask why (it isn't in the original) it displayed correctly.


I'm still seeing the one with the cut-off tail. If whatsreal putts the boundaries to 800p wide it will be fine.





...and that's what I get for not reviewing my post after I put it up. Its fixed now. Thanks guys for pointing that out. (I also fixed the dog)

[Bill W]

thanks whatsreal and you're doing a fine job that is appreciated.

[JJphoto]

I couldn't vote, I did it before. but this time no matter what I clicked on, nothing happened. can someone help?

[Overkill]

are you a vet as well???? [:P]


(thanks for that!!)


MattG

[JJphoto]

are you a vet as well???? /emoticons/emotion-4.gif


(thanks for that!!)


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I was stupid, I didn't sign in, no wonder I couldn't vot.


anyways, I guess people here are more like dog than hummingbird or whatever[;)]


good luck MattG! and everybody else!

[Colin500]

Congratulations MattG!


The photo of the dog is really a nice play on darkness, with both the subject, and background being very ... dark.


On to the next round ;-)


Regards, Colin

[Sheiky]

Yep congratulations to MattG!!! [Y]


Looking forward to the next assignment [:D] Please make it quick, I have summer break so I have quite some time to put into a new assignment [:P]

[Bill W]

congratulations MattG....good looking pic and DOG.


Next subject?


whoops....I noticed I inadvertently deleted my pic from flickr after reading theNiknonian's portfolio suggestions. [:$]


It was Joel's fault I did this.......[:D]

[MattG]

Thanks Everyone! I am very close to choosing the next topic. It's between two and I like them both of course.

[ddt0725]

Beingthe over-the-top dog lover that I am, congrats to the model (and photographer)! [:D] I hope your model is going to get a terrific new toyout of this!

Denise

[Richard Lane]

Congratulations Matt!


Your Victory was well deserved. I actually liked yours the best too!


Rich

[MrGreenBug]

Congratulations Matt on your dog photo! [Y]

[ShutterbugJohan]

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EOS 50D,EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM,1/100, f/14,ISO<span>200,External E-TTLBeautiful!!! Great shot. :-)