>>>>>>Challenge 72: Stillness<<<<<<

Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
edited September 4, 2006 in The Dgrin Challenges
Hi Everyone, Dgrin challenge 72 is here. It will run from Monday August 21st at 12:00:01 a.m. NYC time, through Monday, September 4th at Noon NYC time. The guest judge for the challenge will be the winner of challenge 71, as determined by the voters.

As always, please take some time to comment and critique so all participants will get the most out of the Challenge. Please comment as often as you can.

The theme for Challenge 72 is STILLNESS

Thanks for the very appropriate suggestion Joan :thumb

So the theme for Challenge 72 is the opposite of Challenge 71. Your shot should convey a sense of stillness or of a moment frozen in time. Some of the entries submitted to Challenge 71 meet this criteria. Joan's idea of possibly re-shooting your Challenge 71 shot to convey stillness rocks :clap An example of the theme would be shots of things in motion, but with the motion frozen. Or, calm, placid, or still subjects that convey the theme.


Good luck to you all and as usual Dgrin Photo Challenge rules apply. Please read them here.


Steve





***Challenge STILLNESS will close to entries on Monday, September 4th at 12 Noon NYC time***

Please note that entries received after the challenge period ends are ineligible and will be deleted without notice.
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  • mbzmbz Registered Users Posts: 230 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2006
    Tiger
    What can be more still than a cat (or a tiger for that matter) before an attack. In that particular instance the tiger was hunting a bird. In the next second after the picture was taken the tiger jumped, but... missed.
  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    Ah, Stillness...peace, tranquility....
    Had a fun shoot this evening..whooohooo!

    Here's my new entry:

    92005536-L.jpg

    8-22-06 29mm f/4.0 1/400
    Swartzy:
    NAPP Member | Canon Shooter
    Weddings/Portraits and anything else that catches my eye.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    91599870-L.jpg


    Title: As The Sun Sets, the world stands still

    photography by ginger
    upacreek as usual

    8/28/2006
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • JarvisJarvis Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    Marble Child
    Taken 8/22/06
    50mm
    ISO-100
    1/3200 sec
    F/2
  • Dramatapix®Dramatapix® Registered Users Posts: 430 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    My first ever entry... wouldn't mind any feedback.

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    exif
    http://brettmallard.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=85464066','exif85464066','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,width=350,height=500'
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  • Sydnie&amp;AdisonSydnie&amp;Adison Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
    edited August 23, 2006
    Red, White and Still
    Date: 2006-08-23
    Time: 18:10:51
    Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
    Shutter: 1/800.00
    Aperture: f/4.0
    ISO: 100
    Focal Length: 70mm
  • oldtimeoldtime Registered Users Posts: 331 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2006
    Stillness
    90567243-M.jpg

    Taken 8/22/06
    A carving by my father, a restful -still pose
    D-50, D2H,D300
    Nikon 50mm 1.8D
    Sigma 120-300 2.8
    Sigma 70-300-4-5.6
    my Galleries
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  • nalvareznalvarez Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2006
    Liquid Stillness
    88201670-L.jpg

    8/23/06 ISO 100, F4, 10/250 speed
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  • rickstrickst Registered Users Posts: 103 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2006
    Stillness
    Minnesota River Valley

    89165476-L.jpg
  • harjttharjtt Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2006
    Waiting
    Here's my entry - "Waiting". The pretty las in the pic had been sitting like that for a good 5 mins before before I took the shot. Taken yesterday 24th August 2006 outside Liverpool St subway, London. Olympus E1 14-45mm - f9.0 1/60 ISO 400

    90445960-L.jpg


    Cheers

    HArjTT

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  • SloYerRollSloYerRoll Registered Users Posts: 2,788 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2006
    Stillness...
    Nikon D50
    f3.8
    shutter speed 1/300
    Flash not fired

    Not really a dark person. Every time I was thinking about this challenge though all I could think of were tombstones and one other thing I hope to post soon. I still haven't had good lighting for that shot yet.

    Note the lack of tombstones in the background showing isolation as well as stillness.
  • athosathos Registered Users Posts: 237 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2006
    A Still Perch.

    this fella stood still for half a minute or so.

    90267292-L.jpg
    www.simplyathos.com

    Gear
    *Canon 40D: 17-55IS - 70-300IS - 100mm Macro - Sigma 10-20EX
    *Imagination
  • AndymanAndyman Registered Users Posts: 267 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2006
    Miah Maul, Delaware Bay
    90695374-L.jpg

    EXIF
    Nikon D50
    Tamron AF18-200mm F3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD
    Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical
    Nikon 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro-Nikkor
    Nikon SB-800 Speedlight
  • JoanJoan Registered Users Posts: 62 Big grins
    edited August 26, 2006
    Stillness in time at Ellwood
    90852499-L.jpg

    The gas station and restaurant were built in 1929 for the Barnsdall-Rio Grande Oil Company. The restaurant was a lunchtime stopping place for many of William Randolph Hearst's guests when they drove from Los Angeles to Hearst Castle further up the coast. During WWII the Ellwood oil facilities nearby were shelled by the Axis on February 23, 1942 when a Japanese I-17 submarine commanded by Captain Nishino Kozo. Customers were scared away, and the gas station/restaurant complex failed. A remake of the movie "The Postman Always Rings Twice" was filmed here in 1981, but now the gas station stands still.

    Nikon D70, f/16, 1/250 sec, 2006-08-25 07:31:25 (exif)
    ~ Joan

     Photo gallery: http://jbarnett.smugmug.com
  • fotodojofotodojo Registered Users Posts: 231 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2006
    From June @ Sydney's Taronga Zoo

    EXIF Summary: 1/1000s f/9.0 ISO200 180mm
    Image Created: 2006:06:12 15:20:28
    Exposure Bias: -1 EV
    Metering Mode: Pattern
    Flash: No Flash, Compulsory
    Color Space Information: sRGB
    Exposure Mode: Auto
    White Balance: Auto
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  • amadeusamadeus Registered Users Posts: 2,125 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2006
    taken today.

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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited August 26, 2006
    "Hard to Sleep"
    90851473-L.jpg

    EXIF
  • KimberlyKimberly Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited August 26, 2006
    Still Studying
    90798725-M.jpg
    2006-08-23, Canon PowerShot SD400, f/2.8, 5.8mm
  • Fusion_UKFusion_UK Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2006
    Waiting for the Wind
    mal-012.jpg

    August 2006
    Kodak DCS620
    Nikkor 135mm f2
    1/125 sec
    Ian :photo
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  • ambereambere Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited August 27, 2006
    Afternoon Nap
    Afternoon nap after feeding.
  • DJOrourkeDJOrourke Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited August 27, 2006
    90988756-L.jpg

    Exif
  • ChrisBlazeChrisBlaze Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    My first post and me first pic:

    sunset1.jpg

    www.chrisblaze.smugmug.com
    Visit my gallery

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  • DizzyDizzy Registered Users Posts: 121 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    Just Five More Minutes
    91058511-L.jpg
    http://spinnindragon.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=91058511
    www.spinnindragon.smugmug.com
    Art Gallery
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2006
    stillness
    shot 8/23 f11 320 iso ap 300 w/1.4 tc --STILL ASLEEP
    Jeff W

    “PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”

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  • Nee7x7Nee7x7 Registered Users Posts: 459 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2006
    Lake Haiku
    91915623-O.jpg

    Shot Date: 8/24/06
    Aperture: F5.6
    Shutter: 1/50
    ISO: 200
    Camera: Canon 350D/XT
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  • AikenAiken Registered Users Posts: 27 Big grins
    edited August 28, 2006
    Stillness
    Taken in Great Yarmouth over the weekend. it wasn't at all windy, and when the photo was
    taken every one of the wind turbines was completely still :)

    91352859-L.jpg

    Rob

    www.aiken.smugmug.com
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    Rob
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  • quarkquark Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2006
    Stillness - piglet style
    Taken 8/27/2006.
    Exif in gallery

    90917899-M.jpg
    heather dillon photography - Pacific Northwest Portraits and Places
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  • ArtKArtK Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited August 29, 2006
    A Visit To The Garden Pond
    I hope I'm doing this properly. If not, I will try again.:):

    This photo was taken at a park in Chinatown during a visit to Vancouver, BC.

    Image taken with a Canon Rebel XT using a 17-85mm lens.
    ISO 400
    Shutter Speed 1/250
    Aperture f8.0



    90991521-M.jpg
    http://www.artkphotos..com
  • JoanMRKJoanMRK Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited August 29, 2006
    Cottonwood Pond
    webdsc0191dragonflyjs3.jpg

    Nikon D50
    8/28/06
    3:32pm PST
    1/250 Sec
    F/7.10
    Focal Length 300mm
  • hugzhugz Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited August 29, 2006
    Posed But For A Second
    I took this pic at the Greater Vancouver Zoo on August 26, 2006
    This bird posed for me as still as could be, and waited for me to
    take the picture. Notice the feather in his cap lol.
    Picture taken with Nikon coolpix 990.
    F/9.9
    1/220 sec
    ISO-100
    focal length 23m
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