June 2010 Photo Challenge

Sephiroth

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The theme for this month will be:

PERSPECTIVE

Perspective is the way in which objects appear, based on their dimensions and the position of the eye relative to them. The position of
objects in a photograph can make the overall effect unusual, pleasing to the eye (or unsettling), as well as giving the sensation of depth, distance and space.

Examples include:

- manipulating angles and/or distance to make the otherwise mundane look unusual and interesting
- looking through objects, over objects, past objects
- making use of optical aberrations such as barrel distortion (fisheye effect) or pincushion distortion
- manipulating light and/or darkness to produce unusual or striking effects
- using shapes and/or colour to convey a skewed perspective of the world






The same rules as always apply:

- only two photographs per participant
- do not use photographs already posted around the site
- voting begins on, or around, the 27th of the month
- the winner must post a new challenge within a couple of days
- all Chrons members may vote (including those who do not enter the competition)

In fact, we would love it if more members from around the site would help us choose a winner each month!
(We'd also like more of you to get your cameras out and take part, of course.)

And just to clarify:

- the photograph must be one you have taken yourself (perferably one you have taken for the challenge, but posting old photos is fine as long as YOU took them)



I'm looking forward to seeing your ideas. Good luck!
 
Good theme, Seph - I don't usually use a lot of perspective in my pics (intentionally, anyway), so this will be an interesting challenge for me!:)
 
Well done on a deserving win!

Very much looking forward to this challenge. Most of us are bonkers enough to see things from a different angle anyway, so it shouldn't be too hard...... :D
 
Oh, hell, I've just noticed my typo. :mad:

*sigh*


Well, I'm glad you all like the theme, at least. :)
 
I have an idea of what I want to take a photo of but I don't think I will be able to actually take the photo as the place is about three hours from where I live. I shall just have to think of something else.
 
Life in the slow lane...
holeinthewall.jpg
 
Mouse really beat me to it on this one. But I'll still use it, to heck with it.
And I'll get a new one this weekend, I get access to my girlfriend's camera.
Changed my mind in the mean time.

So, first entry:
hellotherebysorrowblade.jpg

You look crooked from his perspective.
 
My second one. Was gonna try to do something different to my first but um...

31279_397651580892_652560892_4232013_7367466_n.jpg
 
This is a sculpture of the Mallard, the fastest steam loco in thew world. It lives near Morrisons here in Darlington and was made by David Mach entirely out of housebricks! This is a 'driver's view' showing the billowing smoke and steam.

brick-train.jpg
 
Wow - there are some gret entries so far!:)

A similar theme for my first entry. It took a while to find the right stretch of track, and when we got there, it started to rain, so the pic was a little rushed. I wanted to get the vanishing point just right, and it seems to have worked.
Picture065.jpg
 
This may be a stupid question...but are we allowed to post whole panoramas?
 
I like that, AE. Very artsy.


Calebonaropebridge.jpg

Where's this from? Looks dangerous. I remember a similar bridge which I crossed in Malaysia. The ropes weren't tight enough and started swaying wildly when I was crossing. Almost fell into the river below.

Ah okie. Just noticed the safety harness. I wouldn't attempt a similar bridge again without a safety device. :)
 

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