Now Voting! Assignment #82: Step into your Landscape

On behalf of CLS, I would like to introduce Assignment #82

As described by CLS:

One thing I’ve learned from various visits to beautiful places is that I find the average landscape shots I come home with rather boring – similar shots could have been taken from any postcard or downloaded from the web. A way to personalize the shots that I’ve been practicing for a while is to put myself in the frame, a few examples are attached. It doesn’t necessarily make the view look better, but it makes the photo mean more to me personally. So, this assignment is about showing us a landscape scene you like, and as an addition you should be in the frame yourself.


The Finalists:

M_Six “Us”
This shot is a perfect example of what I had in mind. I’m pretty sure that one’s memory card is crowded with shots of the impressive views after a visit to this place. However, in a while they’ll just be another bunch of shots of nice views, but this shot is likely unique and may become your favorite shot from the trip.

http://bimmermail.com/Vegas/dv-us01-sm.jpg


Minerve101 “Orchard Lake”
This shot is a good example of another type of shot I had in mind. The landscape scene itself is really beautiful, but honestly those “good looking landscape shots” tend to become rather boring. Add a person looking out over the landscape and it becomes much more interesting. Who is he? (OK, we know that in this case but you get the point…) What is he doing there? What is he thinking of?

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8124/2...330bf6ca_c.jpg


Sheiky “Austria self portrait near Pezid”
I could have said “see comment to shot by M_Six”, but I repeat it: This shot is a perfect example of what I had in mind. I’m pretty sure that one’s memory card is crowded with shots of the impressive views after a visit to this place. However, in a while they’ll just be another bunch of shots of nice views, but this shot is likely unique and may become your favorite shot from the trip.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8458/2...fdb67ce2_b.jpg


Good luck.

Sob, i think i didn't have any picture of me like that! I will be in Ireland 9th-20th August, i will arrive later :D

So toes in the frame of the fish eye don't count?

With the instruction “…you should be in the frame yourself” I didn’t really have your shadow or your toes only in mind. You don’t have to be entirely in the frame (like in my examples), but you should be recognizable for someone who knows you (well). However, all contributions will be considered by the almighty judge, but in a possibly tight race contributions that fulfill the guidelines for the assignment may have a better chance;).

I almost posted a shot of my wife and I with Death Valley in the background, but it was more of a selfie shot than us being "in the frame," if that makes sense.

A selfie with the landscape as a background is for sure one of the types of shots I had in mind, but I didn't have any good example when I posted the assignment. (An intention with "add yourself to the frame" was that people may not have too many of such shots in their archives, and that it would increase the number of contributions newly taken specifically for the assignment.)

In that case...

Us
http://bimmermail.com/Vegas/dv-us01-sm.jpg

A little more than a week to go with this assignment!

Up in the Air
Riding the chairlift this past week at the Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...0/1E8A8974.jpg

Last weekend to enter.

No chance to travel to great landscape destinations, but here is one close to home.


https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8124/2...330bf6ca_c.jpg
Orchard Lake by Danny Watson, on Flickr

I actually had this assignment in mind when we went on holiday to Austria two weeks ago, so in the spirit of better late than never.... :rolleyes:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8606/2...d1e5990f_b.jpgTieftalsee Austria by Jan Paalman, on Flickr

I sent my girlfriend to the hill on the other side to take a landscape with a person in it. Some walkie-talkies would have been handy:p Try to spot her

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8458/2...fdb67ce2_b.jpgAustria self portrait near Pezid by Jan Paalman, on Flickr

Now Voting!

Congratulations, Sheiky!

Danny

You too Danny! The race isn't over just yet:o

One more day to vote!

I really liked this assignment, also because I had it in mind when we went on holiday. To be fair, I didn't take the photo myself and I was hoping my friend hadn't chopped off our feet, but it holds lots of good memories. We walked for about 5 hours before we were at this specific place and a few more hours were still to come. We made a 15k walk with the highest point being 2700m(9000ft) and I was on my running shoes, because I didn't think I needed to put on my heavy boots on the gravel paths. Boy, was I wrong. This photo was taken just a few yards under the highest point which had a steep incline. My calfs felt like the gravel path we walked upon all the time and with the decent my feet were sliding in my shoes constantly when walking down with big blisters as a result. Nevertheless we reached a spot where we had such a great view that it was all forgotten very fast and I could even smile when we took the photo:p
So lots of good memories there. I could recommend everone here a trip to Austria. It was amazing.

By the way, one of my friends has written a book and as friends we all take the book with us on holidays to take photos with at the most random places. Therefor I'm having quite a few silly photos of me "reading" this book at random spots with the mocest views. Sometimes I like those photos better than the landscape shot I took afterwards. Anyhow, being in the photo yourself is good for memories sake. Thanks for the assignment. I loved it:D

Hey Jan...congrats and thanks for the background.

Now...you know the routine better than most....please PM me the next topic :)

Kudos, Jan. Great shot.

Thanks guys!