Mini-Challenge #163 - Sense of Place
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Welcome to Mini-Challenge #163!
The theme of this challenge will be Sense of Place.
This is a theme I really like and try to accomplish but am not always successful. Essentially I am looking for images that really evoke a sense of where the picture was taken. It should draw the viewer into the image such that the place can be felt, like you could really picture yourself right there in the picture.
It is not always easy and I don't think there is any one way to accomplish this. A combination of angles / perspective, layers of lighting or motion can all contribute to this. Very challenging for SOOC, but consistent with the rules post processing is allowed.
In keeping with the last challenge we will keep this to about a week and a half. So, this challenge starts now and WILL CLOSE AT 9:00 PM (Pacific Time), May 3rd, 2013.
*** Fresh photos are welcome. If you haven't thought about this subject before, please feel free and take some photos during the challenge period.
OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and YOU POST 1-3 IMAGES. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter. The 1st place winner becomes the next host, chooses the next topic and becomes the next judge.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
5. You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
6. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post, change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (See here for help).
7. Don't be hesitant; share 'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round, your first step is coming up with a new theme and starting a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging, start a new thread (again using the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up. It is important to have runners up in case the winner does not show within the 72-hour window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72 hours to set up the next mini-challenge.
7. If the winner does not show/start the next mini-challenge after 72 hours, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the next mini challenge!
I was inspired last year when National Geographic included this category in the 2012 contest. Here is a link to some of the editors pics:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2012/entries/gallery/sense-of-place-week-14/#/0
Some other much less impressive examples:
I like this theme and l am looking forward to learning how others achieve this composition.
Good Luck!!
Jim
The theme of this challenge will be Sense of Place.
This is a theme I really like and try to accomplish but am not always successful. Essentially I am looking for images that really evoke a sense of where the picture was taken. It should draw the viewer into the image such that the place can be felt, like you could really picture yourself right there in the picture.
It is not always easy and I don't think there is any one way to accomplish this. A combination of angles / perspective, layers of lighting or motion can all contribute to this. Very challenging for SOOC, but consistent with the rules post processing is allowed.
In keeping with the last challenge we will keep this to about a week and a half. So, this challenge starts now and WILL CLOSE AT 9:00 PM (Pacific Time), May 3rd, 2013.
*** Fresh photos are welcome. If you haven't thought about this subject before, please feel free and take some photos during the challenge period.
OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and YOU POST 1-3 IMAGES. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter. The 1st place winner becomes the next host, chooses the next topic and becomes the next judge.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
5. You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
6. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post, change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (See here for help).
7. Don't be hesitant; share 'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round, your first step is coming up with a new theme and starting a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging, start a new thread (again using the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up. It is important to have runners up in case the winner does not show within the 72-hour window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72 hours to set up the next mini-challenge.
7. If the winner does not show/start the next mini-challenge after 72 hours, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the next mini challenge!
I was inspired last year when National Geographic included this category in the 2012 contest. Here is a link to some of the editors pics:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2012/entries/gallery/sense-of-place-week-14/#/0
Some other much less impressive examples:
I like this theme and l am looking forward to learning how others achieve this composition.
Good Luck!!
Jim
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One more for fun.
One of these days I'll have to figure out what my "style" is..
The first image give me a sense of isolation, being alone in a wide open space. Along with the darker edges with the softening of the area around the subject works well.
The second one makes good use of the perspective. As if I could put my hands down on the rails to help peer over the hill.
This is also a good example of how both shallow deep DOF can work.
2. Temperence River
3. Oregon Coast
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Alaska #1
Alaska #2
1. black forest waterfall
2. the river seine
3. the trail through paklenica
Arizona - 1966
Lighthouse
Alaska
That's my favorite waterfall in the area!
Hiked there last summer and will go back when the weather allows it!
Personally I am down to 11 photos. The problem is that I am not objective. When I look at the picture I remember the feeling of being there even if the photo does not give you that sense. So it is difficult to separate both. Do you have the same problem?
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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Windansea Beach
#2 - Folly Beach, SC
#3 - Folly Beach, SC
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However thanks for the theme. Made me think a lot and hopefully it will help me during my week in Jordan starting next saturday, and especially Petra!
1. I hope you removed your shoes
2. Me, a bird and the road
3. Let's not disturb nature
I hope you'll get the feeling I got when I was in all those places, because that was pretty amazing.
Claire
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Great place - went there a second time about a month ago, actually was not bad at all - glaswaldsee still had lots of snow though.
Oh I thought it was lower than where I live so you would have less snow. But it is probably more isolated.
By the way I love your photo paklenica. I can feel the sun on my face and tired at the idea of crossing that canyon but at the same time eager to see what comes next. Great shot!
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I think our photos are all our babies and objectivity is difficult. I also find that reading what other people have to say about a photo, even when I disagree, helps me to be more objective. So if it helps I try to distance myself from me the photographer and think about what I would say about my photo if I were a judge. I pick all the ones I think might 'do' for a challenge and then discard any that I have doubts about. Is there too much unrelated stuff in the foreground? Is the photo too small? Is it out of focus when that's not germaine to the challenge? has some object that should be shown as a whole been cut off out of the frame? That kind of thing. Then I check to see what I have left.
When looking at other people's photos there are just some techniques that I can't like. But that is a personal preference of mine, so I try not to say that I just don't like something.
Jim
1) The Vallee Blanche Glacier
2) Serengeti Storm
3) Pausing for Photos
Nice shots everyone.
Alan.
Mono Lake, CA
Owens Lake, CA
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#1 Cave, Lake Rotoma (Bay of Plenty, NZ).
Only access is by boat (or kayak, as in my case). Would like to take some similar shots, but last time visited the lake the level had come back up and the cave was under water. Have not been over since this dry summer had, to see if lake level decreased and cave now accessable again.
#2 Sunset, Ahipara (Ninety Mile Beach, Northland, NZ)
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1. Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
2. Newfoundland, Canada
3. Panama City by taxi, Panama
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2. Newfoundland, Canada
I love this!
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2. Navigating Milford Sound (New Zealand
3. Looking for Dinner in Chinese Fishing Net (Cochin, India)
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Jim
this is awesome Gretchen!
Thank you! The weather kept changing as we made our way through the sound - the wind almost blowing a Canon 7D out of my hands at times - but that was all part of the experience.
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