Mini-Challenge #184 - Fill the Frame

Earache

Welcome to Mini-Challenge #184 - Fill the Frame
Many experts recommend this technique to increase impact in compositions, as-well-as get us closer to the subject, thus, featuring the subject more.
They say that subjects seem closer in the viewfinder than they actually are, because we are so intent on just the primary subject, and as a result, we often don't move closer when doing so may improve the image.

So, from face-only portraits, to macro/close-up, to abstracts (my favorite use of this technique), to however you may interpret the idea, please post your Frame-Filling images.
Cheers!

I'm going to go with a bit shorter time period to move things along, so:
DUE BY - Saturday, March 29, 2014 @ 9:00 pm PST

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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.

IMPORTANT: ENTRIES DUE NO LATER THAN... Saturday, March 29, 2014 @ 9:00 pm PST

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!

Examples:

puzzledpaul

Starling bank



pp

DonRicklin

1) The Hip Harp Lady


2) Duct tape gone Bad!


3) Buoy time.


Don

Gaby617

Terrible 2's by gortiz617, on Flickr

lifeinfocus

Yum
I changed one of my images because it didn't fit the theme.

1. "Oranges to a Healthy Life"



2. "Mary Statue"



3. "Lines"

kdotaylor

#1 Sarah Jane


#2 White Flower


#3 Water on a Leaf

achambers

1) Honeybee




2) Be Mine




3) Waterfall, Carlton PA

jwear

A PELI SNACK



stone



stone face

CHANDLERJA

1. Neck Strain



2. Grass Bauble



3. Bee

kentwaller

1. sainte-chapelle




2. star trails over trees




3. alsace autumn

Fiddlestix

Royal colors



Caring hands



Face from stone

davev

Badlands Sunrise



Duck



Ghost

Earache

WoW!
Such wonderful images posted-up thus far...
I can feel the *judging panic* setting in already... It's a happy pain though.

CHANDLERJA

Dave,

I don't have the words to describe how awesome your Ghost picture is.
It just blows my mind. I wanna grow up to shoot like you!

superduckz

I'm going to try mostly B&W which is against my usual preference but these three fit the theme well I think.

1. Cats Eye.




2.Treaty Oak





3. Main St Bridge

shawnc

I really like to fill the frame when I shoot, so this was a tough choice.
We all seem to have our favorite shots that creates certain emotions for us personally.
I hope it elicits the same emotion in the viewer.


Argentine Giant Cactus bloom


Brown Pelican


Plumeria

davev

CHANDLERJA wrote: »

Dave,

I don't have the words to describe how awesome your Ghost picture is.
It just blows my mind. I wanna grow up to shoot like you!

Thanks. Every now and then I get lucky.

superduckz

davev wrote: »

Thanks. Every now and then I get lucky.

Preparation plus opportunity equals luck and you routinely make the very most of both. Great shot!

Lauricella

...stick together
A small contribution to get my feet wet.

Lauricella

Freckles
His noise is all Freckery

1magineer

Storm Weave (D90, ISO 500, 105mm [35 equiv.], f/8)
A frame full of an intricate pattern of blossoms is formed by a gust of wind during a late–summer storm, while in the background the vertical spires of liatris remain untouched.


Props to You (D90, ISO 3200, 48mm [35 equiv.], f/5)
A frame full of Precision Props at the Newport Boat Show


Intricate are You Among the Grasses (CoolPix 7000, ISO 800, 105mm [35 equiv.], f/8)
A frame full of grasses on a December day, West Hartford, Connecticut

1magineer

Love this frame full of Pelican:

grandmaR

I thought at first that I would do all three photos of food. These are ribs that Bob got - that's what he always gets



but after I got 70 or 80 pictures of food, it was making me hungry, so I branched out to pattern-abstract type things



These are the bricks that Bob took off the floor that we under the Franklin stove after he gave the stove to our son-in-law



This is an embroidery I did copying a Monterey cypress onto a sweater

kwickers

Dog Filled Frames
Hello, Love Dgrin, not been around in awhile. Here a few Fill the Frames. - Keith

Rocky


Daisy


Navi and Kina


Hope these meet the Fill criteria

1magineer

kwickers wrote: »

Hello, Love Dgrin, not been around in awhile. Here a few Fill the Frames. - Keith

Hope these meet the Fill criteria

I'd want someone to let me know: "Photograhy" in your watermark could use a "p."

ShootingStar

1. Leopard


2. Windows


3. Come & Hug me!

billseye

"One Feather" - Venerable Hippy of East Beach


Bodie, CA


Albino Peacock

Alans Grin

Lovely photos in here again.


1) Vervet Monkey





2) Puma





3) Magnifying glass end on (Just to be different / weird!)



Good luck everyone.
Alan.

bfjr

sapphire73

1. Handle


2. Shoes (of school children in Kenya)


3. Montana Bluet

Fiddlestix

Sapphire,

Three outstanding images ! ! ! ! Hard to pick which I like the best since all three have elements that I really like.