THIS IS THE CHAT THREAD
This week's theme is NATURAL LIGHT - as agreed by Reinardina, Ogga and me. Sorry for the late post - so much on!
Feel free to interpret however you wish. No restrictions on post-processing.
Pictures to be taken between 6th January and Sun 11th Januayry 2015.
Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59pm Monday 12th Jan 2015.
Poll will be up Tuesday 13th Jan 2015.
Winner to be announced Saturday 17th January 2015.
The Rules for the weekly competition are...
By entering you agree to take responsibility to:
Post a topic on, or before the Sunday following your declared win
Create an entries thread
Create a chat thread
Create a poll for that weeks comp and declare the winner on the Saturday
(if for any reason there is a problem and no subject is posted by the winner by Monday night admin will advise second place winner to post the topic asap, do the poll etc
Sorry we were all struggling to post with parties / house guests / no good internet available but better late than never. Had such good morning light up here lately it`s bound to go all dull now but do the best you can in the slightly shorter working window.
Does fog count? :D :legit:
If Im feeling better soon, I have an idea I would love to try for this one.
Quote from: Hinfrance on January 06, 2015, 12:58:33 PM
Does fog count? :D :legit:
As long as you didnt make it with a smoke machine. Simply give us an image that shows great use of natural light.
Quote from: jinky on January 06, 2015, 03:45:31 PM
Quote from: Hinfrance on January 06, 2015, 12:58:33 PM
Does fog count? :D :legit:
As long as you didnt make it with a smoke machine. Simply give us an image that shows great use of natural light.
Great use? I was just going to use it.
I agree, 'great use' - that's asking a lot from us, haha
All we've had here this week week is various kinds of fog, from thick and freezing some early mornings through to thinner and drizzly in the afternoons. Not looking promising for this subject at all although the forecast suggests that it might eventually clear on Sunday.
A foggy scene can be quite appealing, and it is natural light after all.
Quote from: DigiDiva on January 06, 2015, 07:55:01 PM
I agree, 'great use' - that's asking a lot from us, haha
we are all going to use it... whether great or not
Feeling sorry for all you people in the fog and sleet and rain... while we cook in the bushfires!
Well notsure about this subject think it is going tobe a normal picture as we have been grey outside all this week with rainetc.
25 days until i am onyour land mass Jen ( not that i am counting ) bring onthe sun. 8)
Very overcast and wet here too :(
But may enter with this shot, as I have to try and regain some mojo to lift the old spirits a bit.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11049/normal_wetnlight.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=17058)
Just taken a picture much like that for a competition titled "new", bit of a deja vu moment for a minute.
I normally take all my photos in natural light, but this one, I specifically took for the competition.
A leaf on my wet terrace, as the sun is just reaching said terrace.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11140/normal_Natural_light_Leaf_lin_l_res.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=17059&fullsize=1)
I've been out of the frame for a while (please excuse the pun!) but hoping to get an entry in this week. Have an idea.
Took this this morning whilst kids having breakfast. I put a container on a windowsill and used the sun to light up the bubbles.
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11327/normal_A3.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=17060&fullsize=1)
Been watching this with interest and not a little puzzlement. Natural Light covers just about anything, perhaps 95% of everything posted on CC.
Is thing a way of setting a theme that is 'OPEN'? A theme that never seemed to grab anyone when it was proposed during earlier discussions about the competition.
Perhaps the next theme should be 'A PICTURE' :legit:
I disagree Abers - the topic is quite narrow. Yes, most pictures are lit by natural light, but natural light is not their subject. To my way of thinking the image has to show the impact of natural light, not simply be lit by it. That implies that the light must interact in a very noticeable way with the objects or people in the image :)
I shall be voting accordingly!
In connection with your comment Abers - didn't you say the same last time I chose a theme? Let's see your interpretation of the theme. Looking forward to an entry from you.
Again following Abers comment, what if my image was taken using a flash or studio lighting .........surely this wouldn't be natural lighting? Natural lighting rules out most of my images as I love still light with set lighting.
Surely ANYTHING that is reflected off of something is not Natural Light, to me Natural = uninterrupted light.
When the sun is blocked by the clouds or reflects off other objects, it is experienced as diffused light, if this helps in anyway.
Quote from: kerbside on January 11, 2015, 05:48:32 PM
When the sun is blocked by the clouds or reflects off other objects, it is experienced as diffused light, if this helps in anyway.
Still Natural in my view ;) - Of Nature - Lit by the Sun - Even when bouncing off the Moon or refracted through a chunk of glass - :legit:
Quote from: DigiDiva on January 11, 2015, 04:46:50 PM
In connection with your comment Abers - didn't you say the same last time I chose a theme? Let's see your interpretation of the theme. Looking forward to an entry from you.
No entry from me I'm afraid. However I see natural light as any light source that emanates ultimately from the sun Whether it is reflected, diffused, concentrated by or through a lens.
Light that is generated physical or electromechanical means is surely not natural.
Is infrared light natural? :doh:
Nothing from me this week as I just have not had time to pick up the camera in the timescale open to me. Thought this was a fairly wide open brief myself looking to make the most of natural light without studio / flash intervention. I`ll be looking for the shot accentuating the use of natural light. Don`t really see where the debate is but probably lacked clear definition (if needed) because it was a theme set by 3 people probably with differing meanings themselves.
All light is energy. Energy can neither be created or destroyed. It must therefore follow that all light is natural. :-*
After reading the thread more closely I decided not to enter my photo. Didn't feel it was true to the brief.