Assignment #4: Stone

Slinky0390 · March 22, 2008

I was bored and I'm still trying to find the right shot for "Concentric" and "Steam" so I got "Stoned"

Heres my contribution.

Click photo for EXIF

sfau · March 22, 2008

getting better?
took this picture about 5 hours ago

Nikolai · March 22, 2008

Slinky0390 wrote:

I was bored and I'm still trying to find the right shot for "Concentric" and "Steam" so I got "Stoned" Heres my contribution.

Click photo for EXIF

Nice stones, thank you!

Nikolai · March 22, 2008

sfau wrote:

took this picture about 5 hours ago

Thank you! Nice canyon!
I must say though: this is a text book scenario when you should have used braketing/hdr...

DonRicklin · March 22, 2008

Akin to Post #92

Roofing slates.

Don

Nikolai · March 22, 2008

LRmvcDonR wrote:

Akin to Post #92

Roofing slates.

Don

Hi Don, thank you for the entry!

I must say this shot makes way less "stoned" impression than #92. It also feels OOF or blurred...

DonRicklin · March 22, 2008

You are correct, I was so exited to post something similar to the other (and this is date, 2005) that I didn't check the premise of this thread or notice that it is only sorta sharp on the left side.

I'll post something more appropriate soon.

Don

Slinky0390 · March 22, 2008

Nikolai wrote:

Nice stones, thank you!

Thanks, and you're welcome.

sanaka · April 4, 2008

My submission:

I wish I could have shown scale better. This rock wall would have impressed even the ancient Hawaiian builders. ~2-3 yrs. old, it's around 50' high! Big stones at bottom are 6'-7'.

C&C appreciated. I masked the blown out sky and dropped in a properly exposed one.

Peace,
Sanaka

Nikolai · April 4, 2008

sanaka wrote:

My submission:

I wish I could have shown scale better. This rock wall would have impressed even the ancient Hawaiian builders. ~2-3 yrs. old, it's around 50' high! Big stones at bottom are 6'-7'.

C&C appreciated. I masked the blown out sky and dropped in a properly exposed one.

Peace,
Sanaka

Great image!

I love what you did to the sky, evn though it's looks a bit PSed.

I wonder if you could use a wider lense to enhance the scale.

Putting a familiar sized subject (human) into the frame helps with that, too.

Jack'll do · May 22, 2008

douglas wrote:

Well ive been wanting to get some photos of this for awhile, and this weeks assignment gave me the insentive I needed. Not sure how well it fits in catagory maybe I shoulda cropped out the truck.

I think Doug's rock fell off the truck. It's mine now!

Nikolai · May 23, 2008

Jack'll do wrote:

I think Doug's rock fell off the truck. It's mine now!

This is awesome, thank you!

Jack'll do · May 23, 2008

Thanks Nikolai, these assignments are great fun.

russell_53040 · June 2, 2008

Here is my "stone"

Nikolai · June 2, 2008

russell_53040 wrote:

Here is my "stone"

These are all good:-)

Yet again, as I already mentioned, please try to stay as "current" as possible, and only then play catchup. And even at that I do not recommend of doing more than one (two tops) of oldies per week. The idea is to think and put your back into them, not just marked them as done. Here, out of your 4 submissions, only #1 and #4 are OK, ##2 & 3 are too shallow...

jorogume · April 13, 2009

Well, I had to take a couple of weeks off due to my work. But here I am, back to school

... Here is my stone...

Nikolai · April 13, 2009

jorogume wrote:

Well, I had to take a couple of weeks off due to my work. But here I am, back to school ... Here is my stone...

And a lovely stone it is!

sapphire73 · May 9, 2009

Two Perspectives on Council Rock

Nikolai · May 10, 2009

sapphire73 wrote:

rocks

First one is a solid rock!

On a second one rocks really compete with the pines..

sapphire73 · May 10, 2009

One More Shot of Council Rock

Nikolai wrote:

First one is a solid rock!
On a second one rocks really compete with the pines..

I really like that first shot. I plan to go back and try it again under different skies.

Here is one I took the other day when the rocks were wet and looking rather different. Curious as to whether catching this child looking up in wonder gives emphasis or competition to the rocks above? Thanks.

Nikolai · May 10, 2009

sapphire73 wrote:

I really like that first shot. I plan to go back and try it again under different skies.

Here is one I took the other day when the rocks were wet and looking rather different. Curious as to whether catching this child looking up in wonder gives emphasis or competition to the rocks above? Thanks.

It's a good one... My only concern is you "the other day" comment... Did you took this shot (and other ones from this series) with this class theme in mind?

sapphire73 · May 10, 2009

Lorimer Park Shots

Nikolai wrote:

It's a good one... My only concern is you "the other day" comment... Did you took this shot (and other ones from this series) with this class theme in mind?

Yes, I did. In fact, it had been over ten years since I had visited this park but I went back (with my young grandson) three times in the past two weeks with this assignment in mind. I remembered those rocks! And I borrowed a wide angle lens from one of my sons to help me get some of those shots. The 24-105 L lens just isn't wide enough.

I already had some photos I thought would work for the stone assignment, but then I "caught" my grandson staring up at the rocks. He had been nervous around the rocks the week before but started "interacting" with them right when it was time to leave. I remembered that people in these stone/rock photos were OK if they contributed to a sense of scale or didn't become the focal point, so I turned my camera back on to see what I would get.

I also took several shots at this park with the vanishing point assignment in mind but not sure yet whether I will use them.

Thanks.

Nikolai · May 10, 2009

sapphire73 wrote:

Yes, I did. In fact, it had been over ten years since I had visited this park but I went back (with my young grandson) three times in the past two weeks with this assignment in mind. I remembered those rocks! And I borrowed a wide angle lens from one of my sons to help me get some of those shots. The 24-105 L lens just isn't wide enough.

I already had some photos I thought would work for the stone assignment, but then I "caught" my grandson staring up at the rocks. He had been nervous around the rocks the week before but started "interacting" with them right when it was time to leave. I remembered that people in these stone/rock photos were OK if they contributed to a sense of scale or didn't become the focal point, so I turned my camera back on to see what I would get.

I also took several shots at this park with the vanishing point assignment in mind but not sure yet whether I will use them.

Thanks.

Gotcha, you're "safe" :-)

Chile Chef · May 11, 2009

How do I enter the stone class?

Nikolai · May 11, 2009

Chile Chef wrote:

How do I enter the stone class?

Just like any other... Read the assignment, check the existing posts for some ambiguities, take a fresh shot and post it... Nothing to it

Chile Chef · May 11, 2009

Thank you very much sir.

Antonio Correia · May 14, 2009

Nikolai · May 15, 2009

Antonio Correia wrote:

water outlet

Antonio,
while some stones are present, it would take a long time to convince me it's a primary subject of this frame

Chile Chef · May 15, 2009

Here's a semi newbie / amateur attempt at the stone Assignment.

Nikolai · May 15, 2009

Chile Chef wrote:

Here's a semi newbie / amateur attempt at the stone Assignment.

Now that's a Stone!

Assignment #4: Stone

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