DAY 7: The Most Magnificent Serious Compact Photo Challenge - August 2013

Briar

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Thought I'd post the 31 prompts again. I keep forgetting what they are.

1. Stuck together
2. Unrecognizable
3. Deep
4. Cool
5. Organised mess
6. Coming and Going
7. Downside up or inside out
8. Higher love
9. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld
10. Pretty Ugly
11. Meditative
12. Enjoyment
13. Exhaustion
14. Mostly monotone
15. Myopic [open to interpretation, visual or otherwise..]
16. True grit
17. Filled with air
18. A bottle of something or something in a bottle
19. Tender is the night
20. In the dark
21. Mechanical Mayhem
22. Flash
23. Toy Story
24. Lawless
25. Shooting blind
26. Underworld
27. Negative
28. Up in the air
29. Bananas
30. A touch of Class
31. Take my/your breath away
 
I spent around 5 minutes trying to find a way to print those prompts. I finally gave up. I may just write them down. It's official...I'm old.

Select them by clicking at the beginning, hold and drag to the end, and release. The whole should be high-lighted. Hold control, and hit C. Open a word processor, cursor at top, hold control and hit V. It should be pasted. Re-size page to preference, adjust font to fit, and print. I used 4 X 6 photo paper.
 
I spent around 5 minutes trying to find a way to print those prompts. I finally gave up. I may just write them down. It's official...I'm old.


Paul made a great downloadable sheet with the list and checkboxes. DL the PDF (By clicking on the Image) and print. Here
 
I should be able to check off "shooting blind" today. Going to the state fair today. prepare yourselves for a photo of morbidly obese people eating giant piles of greasy food.....poorly framed.

or maybe just a cute picture of a sheep or pig instead.
 
2 - Unrecognizable
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As I was still behind, I shot this yesterday evening to catch up completely (taken around 8PM but the photo shows 12PM or so (camera was still on mountain time zone). I had originally something else in mind, but when I passed this church during a bikeride my brain connected "Higher Love" via "Faith" with this church. I wanted to check if it is wasn't too far-stretched but the song "Higher Love" is also included on an album named "Songs of Faith and Devotion" (checked in itunes store).
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With some imagination, Steven Winwood's song also applies:
Think about it, there must be higher love
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above
Without it, life is a wasted time
Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk blind and we try to see
Falling behind in what could be
 
Well we are already on Day 7 and I have to say this exercise is pushing me down avenues I never expected to go

I've never broached Photoshop Elements 3 in a big way - (my main use is for simple resizing) - but I'm discovering a few handy little tools
So it looks like I can now get rid of all the little smudges & spots - big news for me not for the afficiandos here
I've even been trying colour variations for the first time.

The best aspect though is the thought process & looking for new directions for yourself

For anyone not joining in - Treat this as a learning process and it will pay off. Matters not how many you post it is after all for yourself.
 
I also like the creative part of the process. All kind of ideas pop into my head that -unfortunately are difficult to implement without models, time, and travel. So my shots so far are boring. Hopefully I will get one great idea during the month that can be realized easily. ;-)
I haven't postprocessed much yet (except BW conversion with Silver Efex) but I am sure that will have to change with some themes.
All in all I love this process and I am glad I jumped on the bandwagon.
Thans or showing me the way!
Peter
 
Earlier there were people doubting that imposed prompts would limit them; I found, as it seems you have also, that in fact these prompts can open us to ideas and approaches we haven't thought of before. I like it.
 
I should be able to check off "shooting blind" today. Going to the state fair today. prepare yourselves for a photo of morbidly obese people eating giant piles of greasy food.....poorly framed.

or maybe just a cute picture of a sheep or pig instead.

Sounds like the county flea market. The scent at the hotdog/nachos vendor is nauseating [with heavy overtones of ketchup btw] but the pigs line up.. or rather sorry that was insensitive, the spatially challenged people sit at the folding tables eating your above stated giant piles of greasy food... blech
 
Well we are already on Day 7 and I have to say this exercise is pushing me down avenues I never expected to go

I've never broached Photoshop Elements 3 in a big way - (my main use is for simple resizing) - but I'm discovering a few handy little tools
So it looks like I can now get rid of all the little smudges & spots - big news for me not for the afficiandos here
I've even been trying colour variations for the first time.

The best aspect though is the thought process & looking for new directions for yourself

For anyone not joining in - Treat this as a learning process and it will pay off. Matters not how many you post it is after all for yourself.

Each time we do this I'm either struggling with new software or working out a new camera [and I'm not a frequent purchaser!] and my challenge is doubled. I have some catching up to do. GR gone, X100s here and where is the blooming shutter button??!! Hehe.. kidding.
 
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