#44 - Sticks (Congrats Jonathan Huyer)

On behalf of Erno James, this is assignment 44: Sticks

I know, a bit different. The subject of this assignment is quite broad and there really are no restrictions, so we'll leave it up to the clever minds of those here on The-Digital-Picture to conjure up their own interpretations of STICKS. Some ideas to get us jumpstarted include:

• fences
• branches
• drumsticks
• chopsticks
• sticks and stones
• out in the sticks
• sticky situations

• ....whatever you feel fit.

Well, I have to say all entries were worthy of making the Top 5, so thanks for all who submitted entries to the STICKS assignment. In random order are the chosen finalists:

Name: ddt0725
Motivation: A great take on STICKS, really pushing the creativity button on this assignment. Lovely color whirl.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6236/6...932b7862_b.jpg



Name: conropl
Motivation: Leading lines, pastels, and a silky smooth long exposure Lake Michigan all make for a great shot.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8...8fc74355_c.jpg



Name: Dr Croubie
Motication: A great interpretation of STICKS. Nice lighting and what a subject.

http://croubie.smugmug.com/photos/i-...-9mrdH4g-L.jpg



Name: Jonathan Huyer
Motivation: This is fine art. Lovely shallow depth of field, great low angle natural light, and the sprinkles of snow in the right foreground are all the icing on the cake. The majestic owl is placed perfectly, and he seems to peer directly into the soul of the viewer.

http://www.huyerperspectives.com/Nat..._M3_8677-L.jpg



Name: Steph
Motivation: Nice action, mood, and the perfect shutter speed. This image tells a story.

http://photos.deghaye.com/Fetes/MJJF...-2012-78-M.jpg


Best of luck to all and thanks again partaking in the assignment. Regards, Erno James

• The poll will be open for 3 days
• Good luck!

ok, eww@that last photo.

I was going to ask if photos of "out in the sticks" counts (because technically, it should be "out in the Styx"). I thought that was just as Aussie saying (like the US saying is, i believe, "in BF, Nowhere"), but seeing as it's mentioned in the post then maybe other people do know the expression too.
Given that I live out in the Sticks as it is (I'm sure Steve can make an Adelaide joke now), I should have plenty of fodder to choose from...

Since the Grand Prix was stolen the most exciting thing for someone to do in Adelaide is to take a photo of a stick.......:cool:

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Originally Posted by Steve U

Since the Grand Prix was stolen the most exciting thing for someone to do in Adelaide is to take a photo of a stick.......:cool:

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Done.
Attachment 1562
Test shot of a new lens I got, thought it might show up if it had bad CA or something.
(this is not my entry)

As usual, the sample photos are imposable to out do:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by clemmb

As usual, the sample photos are imposable to out do:rolleyes:

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Agreed...Enro sets a high bar.....

I am not saying that these are better, but I don't think I'll be able to get out to shoot something original before the deadline. So, here are a few from my archive....from Muir Woods just north of San Francisco earlier this year. The first is my entry:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8...767878f7_b.jpg
small-5206 by kayaker72, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8...f78b401a_b.jpg
small-5167 by kayaker72, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8...184f1e42_b.jpg
small-5137 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks,
Brant

Are flying drumsticks a valid entry?

http://photos.deghaye.com/Fetes/MJJF...-2012-78-M.jpg

Bella sits on some sticks wedged between some other sticks, out in the sticks.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8...925feb8e_b.jpg
Bella in a Tree by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

Waterfall with a big stick:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8...b47e6583_b.jpg
Nawadaha Falls (Presque Isle River)B&W-1337 by westmichigan, on Flickr

Edit: Removed from consideration because I submitted another on 11/17.

Well, since I'm missing my assignments from the beginners photography course I took recently you bunch will have to do now... ;)

Here's my "stick" picture.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8...82d255e4_c.jpg
Loonse en Drunense Duinen, The Netherlands by Co'tje, on Flickr

Cheers!

Sticks in Vegas

http://bimmermail.com/Vegas/vegas25-sm.jpg

Fun topic --- great idea! This is my favourite stick photo, a snowy owl east of Calgary:

http://www.huyerperspectives.com/Nat..._M3_8677-L.jpg

A few sticks found on the beach in Washington state

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/7...68fdd01747.jpg
IMG_0068bw by clemmb60, on Flickr

I cannot always get out and shoot something specifically for an assignment, but I actually left work before the sunset yesterday so I was able to get out to shoot something I had in mind for this assignment (although the sun was already down before I got there). The first one will be my entery. This will replace the waterfall I entered earlier from my archives.

This is an old break wall along Lake Michigan used to control erosion. It has now weathered and worn into a bunch of sticks sticking up in the sunset over Lake Michigan.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8...8fc74355_c.jpg
Lake Michigan Sunset-2973 by westmichigan, on Flickr

I also got a late start yesterday and was able to get a shot of the sunrise in the sticks on the way to work.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8...d305ab81_c.jpg
Sunrise-2941 by westmichigan, on Flickr

Wow, both those are excellent. Did you use a flash or anything for the first one?

you guys are killing this assignment! too many good ones to choose already...Have a great weekend. I'm off to Big Sur on the California coast to see if I can find some scenery to add to the list of growing images! Happy thanksgiving to all and if you're not celebrating it, promise to overeat at least once this week to catch up with me. Erno

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Wow, both those are excellent. Did you use a flash or anything for the first one?

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Thanks... I used a Grad ND filter, and then used a small LED flashlight to paint a little extra light on the "sticks";) during the 30 second shutter time.

I am again going to visit the way back machine and add one from last winter and one from 2005 (using a Kodak of all things).
1. (entry) if your not careful, it'll stick you
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i...tonemapped.jpg

2. this one is from the country side by my family farm. Sticks holding more prickly things. I recently dug out some old photos for a project and reworked them.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8...20081-Edit.jpg

3 and sticks holding wires that will shock you
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L...20091-Edit.jpg

Firstly, well done on winning the last assignment Erno. Good luck picking the finalists for this one, I don't envy you the task.

Here's my entry, a matchstick being lit by my gas hob:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8337/8...9d2d0195_c.jpg
Lighting a Match by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

And one from the archives, a coal transporter assembled from sticks.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8...7399af35_c.jpg
Coal Transporter in Longyearbyen by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by Andy Stringer

Good luck picking the finalists for this one, I don't envy you the task.

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Couldn't have said it better. There's a shot I want to take, but I know I just don't have the experience to compete with all the entries just this far!

Eric,
Just give it a shot ;)

I have been way too busy and not posting. Anyway, here is my entry. I hope straws are sticks.

http://www.pbase.com/roffee/image/14...7/original.jpg

Larry

^^^Great idea, Larry. Nicely done.

Until I get time to try out a new shot, I'll go with this.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5065/5...0d116d77_z.jpg
Aspen pano by B_R_T, on Flickr

Great shot Larry.

This is going to be my entry unless I get out to shoot sometime before the assignment ends. I hope colored wooden toothpicks count as sticks ...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6236/6...932b7862_b.jpg
Colored Toothpicks by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

I've had to delve into the archives too.

My entry is here, from HafenCity in Hamburg.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4...raightened.jpg

And a couple of other related images:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-M...pr-23_0035.jpg
St. Peter-Ording, Germany

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-s...OV-1549-74.JPG
Trosley Park, Kent

Like many others, I have too many things going on that will prevent me from going out on a specific shoot so this is my entry. An image from my trip to New Mexico to visit Bob Williams in January. It is a landscape from The Bosque Del Apache. I wanted to silhouette the "sticks" against a snow covered mountain.

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....80570100-4.jpg

This Saturday I finally got some spare time for photography. I did have the current assignment in mind when I went for a drive into the woods nearby. The "sticks" subject made me think of the common (at least in Sweden) countryside roundpole fences.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8...a6df7b84_b.jpg

Well, to continue on with the theme of everyone interpreting this in a completely different manner (just to make the judging all the more difficult), I'll make my entry a Stick Insect (on the apparently dusty roof of my car):

http://croubie.smugmug.com/photos/i-...-9mrdH4g-L.jpg

It's unfortunately an old one, no time for much new these days. Seems I may have already entered a shot of this guy in a previous assignment, but not this exact shot, i took it from raw again tonight (if anyone cares enough to complain)

Man, i really wish i didn't have to choose the finalists for this assignment. Everything is so good already!!!! erno james

Indeed! Anyway, only two more days to enter photos for the assignment! Keep em coming:D

The entry-period is over! I will ask Erno to make his choices and select his favorites. Thanks to all the participants and good luck!

The finalists have been chosen and the poll is now online. Congrats and good luck!

Been so busy with school that I didn't have time to take this shot before the deadline, but I still wanted to share it. This is the shot I had in mind since reading this assignment, and tonight on my way home I had some time to take a few exposures.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8067/8...b27b12de_c.jpg
Klätterlabbet at night by Poik242, on Flickr

Congratulation Jonathan. That is a great shot. I have seen it on your web site, and it is my favorite shot of yours. When I saw you posted it for this assignment I knew I had no chance.:p

Pat

Beautiful photo indeed!! Congrats Jonathan!

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Originally Posted by ddt0725

Beautiful photo indeed!! Congrats Jonathan!

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I completely agree, a stunning photograph. Congrats.

Larry

Kudos, Jonathan. Well deserved.

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Originally Posted by conropl

Congratulation Jonathan. That is a great shot. I have seen it on your web site, and it is my favorite shot of yours. When I saw you posted it for this assignment I knew I had no chance.:p

Pat

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Thanks everyone --- this is a huge honour. And Pat, I have to admit, I actually voted for your submission. I loved both of your shots, and I thought they were more 'true' to the assignment since they were new.

I'll dream up a new assignment here, and let you know ASAP. Thanks again!