*ENTRY* Thread DSS #50 (S-Curve or Golden Spiral)
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Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge #50
Welcome to Round #50 of the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges. This challenge is open to any Dgrin member. It will run from Monday, May 3rd, 8:00am, PST time (GMT -7) to Monday, May 17th, 08:00am, PST time (GMT -7).
The topic ready for your interpretation: S-Curve or Golden Spiral
Good composition is a key element in achieving compelling photography. Both the S-Curve and the Golden Spiral sometimes called, the Fibonacci spiral, are tools that can be used in composition that are very powerful in how we react to them. Choose which one to shoot and show us your interpretation of how an S-Curve or Spiral can push your image from good to great!
References:
S-Curve
Golden Spiral
also
P.S. This rounds S-Curve is not to be confused with the most common Photoshop curves shape.
Your Judges:
DeuceFour: (Winner of Round 47)
Guest Judge: bf2015
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your entry is to be submitted directly into a SmugMug gallery. It's pretty simple, just go to the gallery link below, and follow the upload instructions at the top of the page: Remember, the basics stay the same: 1 entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during this contest period. Do not use a minimal save method (such as "save for web"), and your EXIF will be embedded in your image, no worries!
To avoid disqualification, read, in full, the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge Rules, there have been some slight modifications
Welcome to Round #50 of the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges. This challenge is open to any Dgrin member. It will run from Monday, May 3rd, 8:00am, PST time (GMT -7) to Monday, May 17th, 08:00am, PST time (GMT -7).
The topic ready for your interpretation: S-Curve or Golden Spiral
Good composition is a key element in achieving compelling photography. Both the S-Curve and the Golden Spiral sometimes called, the Fibonacci spiral, are tools that can be used in composition that are very powerful in how we react to them. Choose which one to shoot and show us your interpretation of how an S-Curve or Spiral can push your image from good to great!
References:
S-Curve
Golden Spiral
also
P.S. This rounds S-Curve is not to be confused with the most common Photoshop curves shape.
Your Judges:
DeuceFour: (Winner of Round 47)
Guest Judge: bf2015
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your entry is to be submitted directly into a SmugMug gallery. It's pretty simple, just go to the gallery link below, and follow the upload instructions at the top of the page: Remember, the basics stay the same: 1 entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during this contest period. Do not use a minimal save method (such as "save for web"), and your EXIF will be embedded in your image, no worries!
To avoid disqualification, read, in full, the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge Rules, there have been some slight modifications
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Edit: The nautilus shell presents one of the finest natural examples of a logarithmic spiral, although it is not a golden spiral.
Thanks Wikipedia. Thanks for ruining my joke.
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It's close enough
I'm afraid that if you say yes, this will be transformed into a fractal art gallery...:D
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YES & NO
If it is computer generated then no.
If you use your artistic skills to manufacture some physical 3D fractal art and take a photo of it using your camera, then yes.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think they are only computer generated images.
Good - Thank you
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Canon 28mm f/1.8
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Nature is full of fractals. :encore
flowers, shells, plants, etc... not all are based on the golden spiral but many are.
Sure it is, and they are so much beautiful than any computer generated image - only that those images seem to
be fun. I'm totally for photography and less for digital imaging, as I always said.
* My entry to the last contest was part because of fun, but mostly because of getting blocked on the first time
using a macro lens... which, BTW I'd like to know how to use it properly for this new contest...
PS: that's why I was so enthusiastic when I saw the theme
PS2: I just took lots of them yesterday, trying the macro lens again, but also the regular telephoto... :encore
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Hubby preferred my portrait crop. I preferred the landscape
Can I use the same file as I used for "WTH is that?"
I actually took a few shots so I will use another one if necessary
I'm gonna answer my own question now lol
No I can't because it was shot today at 6:30am PST time
Remember the "fresh" date
Use the File/Place command to bring the black or white golden spiral into Photoshop to use as a template. The file is vector and can be resized as you like. The place command will bring this in as a Smart Object layer in later versions of Photoshop.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1442567/Golden-Spirals/Golden-Spirals.zip
Hope this helps!
Stephen Marsh
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I'll have to buy some more because we've eaten them all lol
Although I am a visual person who likes to see pictures to get a clue.
Sean you keep this up and your going to stretch my mind beyond elasticity!:D
Math aside the spiral part is pretty simple to use compositionally, and is actually close to the rule of thirds in rough practice.
For fun I did another search on the big G, using the search words below
spiral composition photography
This thread is already on page three of the results.
EDIT: make that page one now!
When I was in school (for architecture) we referred to it as the Golden Section, but the principle remains the same. This page shows the Golden Spiral and seems a bit easier to wrap my head around, perhaps it'll be a bit easier for us visual folks!
The article mentions Vitruvius as the originator of the concept, however it was in use long before he came along, most specifically in Ancient Greek architecture. Now if only I could book a trip to Greece before the end of the challenge I'd be all set!!
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I think I am getting the idea though.
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good to see you hangin round again.
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I like your new avatar
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Thanks both of you! I've been watching and trying to find the time to get going here again. I just keep waiting for that inspiration to hit.
I was out shooting some and had this in my mind. Maybe something will click.
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Here is a much richer visual representation.
Just remember that you do have a choice of which theme you shoot, if your still confused.
Yes, I am much less confused now!
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Tamron 17-50 f/2.8
What a gorgeous visual description of the golden spiral!!! I personally love this method of composition and appreciate the opportunity to really focus on it for the next 2 weeks as I look for subjects to shoot.
"In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun..." Mary Poppins
I recommend shooting S-Curves then.
that was exciting... gonna have to show the kids that one!
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Thanks for sharing the files!
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He, he,... I was about to ask the same thing
... but I'm afraid that the second version of the golden spiral, may be less obvious to the judges...
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