Assignment 23: Balance Congrats bgood

Good Morning All! William who won the previous assignment has gotten me the information for the new assignment! He wants us to think of Balance. In his own words:


<span>"The brief will be to captureBalance. It can be anything you choose however a cliche like a spinning-top or the Leaning Tower of Pizza should receive a unique spin or a different slant (Yes that was intentional)."


William suggested taking a look at this picture by Bob Williams for inspiration.





Finalists





Upward Standing Bow -- Rocco


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ddt0725


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/...00ac0c6a_b.jpg





freelanceshots


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/...21261119_o.jpg





dsiegel5151


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/...10cefb5c_z.jpg





bgood


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[Poll]

It's been a month or two since I've been on here, missed this site. Haven't stopped snapping away though. Lately my interest has been people. (Starting to control my nerves when I approach people, finally!) Also, just finished my first paying photo shoot!


Neither here, nor there. Love the theme for this assignment and have a feeling it's going to be a tough one. Happened to take some that fit the bill just a couple of weeks ago.


Upward Standing Bow


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Camera: Canon EOS 7D


<span>Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

F-Stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/250 sec.
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 28mm





Good luck!


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Well this one isn't going to win any awards, but it was fun to see what could be made usable from a slightly over-exposed, slightly shaky, random snap when my missus was fooling around.


7D, Jupiter 250mm f/3.5 for Kiev 88, f/no idea, ISO100, 1/50s.


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Nice topic!


I tried to get my daughter to do a headstand but she shockingly said no! So, here's my submission ...at least until I can talk her into it!


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Very good control Denise :)

Thanks, Steve! I'm holding the wireless remote in my teeth! [;)]

One Legged Ring Billed Gull.


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Black capped chickadee, "balancing" over an empty dish


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Entitled, "Checks and Balances." - Erno.





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Creative, now that

One swallow-tailed gull balancing on top of another, at Darwin Bay on Genovesa Island, Galapagos.
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1D Mark IV, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 70mm, f/5, 1/320s, ISO 100

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Dan Fleming

It can be anything you choose ... like the Leaning Tower of Pizza

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I was quite tempted by the idea of a leaning tower of pizza, but I assume it was just a typo. This is not my photo, just one from google images for fun...
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Thunderbirds performance at Great Tennessee Airshow the beginning of May.


Would have loved a 7D's FPS, but the 40D made me happy....


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Canon 40D, EF 70-300 @ 300mm


f/7.1 @ 1/1000


ISO 200

This is cool Andy; I was hoping it was one of yours. Worth1000 is a great site for this kind of thing, I visit it often, and it

everyone's favorite subject, motorsports!


[View:http://community.the-digital-picture...neric/utility/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/...21261119_o.jpg Motorcycle Mania 2010 Little Rock by freelanceshots, on Flickr:550:0]


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[View:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslhc/5...69/:700:0]Just to go along with some Motorsports! ;)


1/800 | f/3.5 | ISO 2000 | Handheld | 200mm





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1/250 | f/2.8 | ISO 12800 | Handheld | 108mm


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Son of a ?$@&amp;# (Canon 40D, 300mm f4L IS, @f4, 1/100s

The squirrel shot is awesome and to funny! Close up shop, assignment 23 has a winner.

It

Wow. I guess we

Trampoline jumping offers some nice photo opportunities. My kids that usually hide from the camera are a lot less reluctant to being photographed when jumping on a trampoline. When they're jumping it's more like "dad, take a pic of me doing this cool thing" than the usual "hey, put that thing away".


This photo is from a trampoline series of pictures of my daughter. Actually I initially marked this photo as "trash" due to lack of eye contact (somehow you've got to narrow down the 25 photos from a series to a few), but at a second glance I noticed the kind of fun perspective with the woodshed in the background.


Trampoline jumping itself requires good balance and body control, and additionally it probably requires quite some balance to be standing tiptoe on top of a roof.


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Here's my submission


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Hang on, let's try that again





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Ah, that's better.





Balance on Big Sur

photoshop (or gimp) -added vignetting? Grab the wrong hood? Or adapting EFS lenses to FF bodies?


either way, i like. i

Haha, thanks.


I was given an old copy of cs2 a while ago. It confused the hell out of me so I never used it. This is my first proper effort to do something with it. Not very good I know, but maybe when I get more practice I

Tried recreating an image I saw and was encouraged by the result...


http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/5941928031/

never seen this done before. The water around the paperclip really grabs my attention. nice job!

Thanks. It was frustrating trying to get the paperclip to float (and not float out of the picture) and then getting the lighting I wanted, but in the end I had a blast giving it a try.

Yep that

MK IV; 300mm f/2.8L IS +1.4X, @420mm, f/7.1, 1/1600sec, ISO 400






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Rich

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Here is my submision.


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I used high gloss photo paper for the backdrop, used a longer exposure and a flash with a piece of paper in the other hand and held it directly over head. I even guesstimated the exposure perfectly the first time!


Cheers,


John.

No finalists yet? [:D]

Hmm? I'll do some inquiries. Not sure how this normally works. I have been wondering the same.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself adding another entry, just found this one from when I was up at my cousin's place for a BBQ, this tree hollow is maybe 5m from their balcony.


7D, 70-300nonL, 300mm, f/6.3, ISO3200 (it was cloudy), 1/80s.


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"]They make it look so easy, while balancing a feather on the end of their beak.


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Canon 350D, EF 70-300L, 1/800, 300mm, f5.6, ISO 400

Well done guys. I

Looks like bgood is running away with it. Just going to say congrats now. It

Thanks Rocco. I liked your pic too. I even voted for it!!!

Congrats, bgood!! A very creative shot and a well-deserved win!


Denise

Congratulations! It was a stunning image.