BBW
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- BB
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Single in January - So how's it going? Day 11-20
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Wouter Brandsma
Unlike last year during my PAD project I tried to select a photograph daily this year and upload it here. The first two weeks felt natural, but I noticed being to conscious in my shooting. I was too much aware of what I had selected the day before to keep my daily photographs in a sort of flow. And I noticed it wasn't a very wise decision for me. So I keep photographing and will make my edits for this week during the weekend and post them here. Then I also hope to keep up with commenting the photographs I think are interesting to me.
Otto
Regular
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- Forney, TX
Although I struggle at times with what to shoot, this SIJ is the most fun I've had, photographically speaking, since I can't remember when. Believe me, at my age, I can't remember when, often.
Lightmancer
Legend
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- Sunny Frimley
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- Bill Palmer
I'm finding a curious phenomenon... I have always been an advocate for carrying a camera at all times, but all too often that means it never comes out of the pocket/briefcase/whatever. Now I am thinking and planning ahead, going out specifically to get a shot (I am trying to avoid the bathtaps unless I am really desperate) and "seeing" more photos than I usually would. I am also enjoying the focus on a single camera; handling the little GRDIII, always in the same mode, has become second nature. Getting the best from the metering is now just a flick of the wrist. Post processing is restricted to a mild crop and a small amount of dodging and burning; any more than that and it is the "wrong" shot - for me at least.
I am really enjoying this. Even when it is a trial to fit something in it is a source of smiles to get the shot du jour.
I am really enjoying this. Even when it is a trial to fit something in it is a source of smiles to get the shot du jour.
BBW
Legend
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- betwixt and between
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- BB
I'm finding it sloooow today and I'm not feeling overly excited. Lots of stuff going on in life makes things get put on the back burner.
As for the whole commenting on people's photos, if it is too much, it's too much. Don't worry about not keeping up. I know it is easy to say that because I feel compelled to react to everyone's.
My thoughts at this juncture that if we were to do it again, it might be better not to comment...but just to let each who is involved post their photographs and take the time to look at what everyone else is doing. As it's been pointed out many times, this is a very personal exercise or journey...however you choose to look at the SIJ. Just thinking out loud here.
As for the whole commenting on people's photos, if it is too much, it's too much. Don't worry about not keeping up. I know it is easy to say that because I feel compelled to react to everyone's.
My thoughts at this juncture that if we were to do it again, it might be better not to comment...but just to let each who is involved post their photographs and take the time to look at what everyone else is doing. As it's been pointed out many times, this is a very personal exercise or journey...however you choose to look at the SIJ. Just thinking out loud here.
Duane Pandorf
Top Veteran
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- Western NC
Thanks Amin, I feel a little pressure off my shoulders with your comment here as an "outsider" other than my camera strap that seems to always be hanging there this month or the strap around my wrist!
- Location
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Name
- Sue
Thanks, Mark. I've decided to stay in, and make the effort to make comments... but those will be fewer than before, because of the time it takes to write a "proper" comment. I'm over the whole "shouldnt submit" thing and figure that the SIJ is a good reason to get out and shoot, if I can. I was trying to do the right thing, given the circumstances.
Thanks Amin. I was feeling like it was a duty or something, and thats why I thought I should pull out.
To Barrie and others who have requested I remain in, a big thank you...
I did do some shooting yesterday, I'll see if theres anything worth the upload, but I'm not feeling too confident, the sun was high in the sky and I could not see the LCD screen at all, just had to rely on my ears and the beeping to tell me if something was focussed. I'll go out again shortly before the sun gets up much more and before I get tied into another morning of being on the computer.
grebeman
Old Codgers Group
- Name
- Barrie
That's why I'm here Sue, I would have missed so many shots otherwise, and I'm really glad you've decided to hang in there.
Barrie
I think all this "looking through the viewfinder" thing the so-called "experts" recommend a bit overrated to be honest ...
BillN
Hall of Famer
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- S W France
- Name
- Bill
I quite like a viewfinder = No 1 - (and I wear specs)
swivel screen = no 2
LCD = a poor 3rd
but horses for courses
but I cannot see why all LCDs should not be of the swivel screen type
LR saves the day anyway
swivel screen = no 2
LCD = a poor 3rd
but horses for courses
but I cannot see why all LCDs should not be of the swivel screen type
LR saves the day anyway
- Location
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Sue
+1.
On the subject of the new comment functionality I will just say as an IT professional my considered opinion is simply that the inconsistency between this, a normal thread where I am typing a quick reply, and the photo galleries where by definition I want to encourage comments, escapes me.
I do not mean to be critical. Just stating facts, and of course...who the heck am I?
stillshunter
Super Moderator Emeritus
- Location
- Down Under
- Name
- Mark
Great to have you remain marching forward with us Sue. And big thanks to folks like Otto and Bill 
, great to hear and I'm with you all 100%!
On the issue of the recent changes to the Comments facility. Sure you don't have to comment - just like you don't have to venture from P-mode on your 13th camera for the year. But please don't let the extra few button presses distract from the core of SiJ. So if you have the time to comment then I'd really encourage you to do so.
Why?
The comments are - like the PAD idea - about looking a little deeper at images to learn more and develop a keener and more inquiring eye....and find what drives photographers. The subject matter might not resonate with you but, by looking at the image a little larger and a little more deeply you start to appreciate more about what photography says; and that it's not the cow that she's looking at but the play of shadows, the emotion, the negative space, etc. And this may only be drawn from the comments, and not the image. So I see the comments as a part of the narrative - much like the description you are putting in with your photos to relay a little about the why you pressed the shutter, processed how you did and chose to upload that image specifically. I admit that there are some images that I look at, at first, and see nothing that resonates with me. Then I scan the comments and find a little throw away to "Nice texture"....really? I look back up to identify this 'texture' that's spoken of and then I see it and it clicks. I also admit that this then influences what I might select within my framelines on the next venture. I am finding that providing and reading these comments has also helped my appreciation of old masters. I find that I am spending more time looking into Cartier-Bresson, Koudelka, or Parke's images to see the photograph.
So please let's keep the narrative going if you can. As I, for one, find more value in this than simply having a N/NW gallery - much like I hope the end-point to January isn't that I have 31 images to show for it....but that I walk away with something a little more. And if you can't comment now then please do take what little time you do have to look at the photos at 'full' size and read the past comments to grasp folk's intent - especially for a photo that might not at first resonate.
, great to hear and I'm with you all 100%!On the issue of the recent changes to the Comments facility. Sure you don't have to comment - just like you don't have to venture from P-mode on your 13th camera for the year.
But please don't let the extra few button presses distract from the core of SiJ. So if you have the time to comment then I'd really encourage you to do so. Why?
The comments are - like the PAD idea - about looking a little deeper at images to learn more and develop a keener and more inquiring eye....and find what drives photographers. The subject matter might not resonate with you but, by looking at the image a little larger and a little more deeply you start to appreciate more about what photography says; and that it's not the cow that she's looking at but the play of shadows, the emotion, the negative space, etc. And this may only be drawn from the comments, and not the image. So I see the comments as a part of the narrative - much like the description you are putting in with your photos to relay a little about the why you pressed the shutter, processed how you did and chose to upload that image specifically. I admit that there are some images that I look at, at first, and see nothing that resonates with me. Then I scan the comments and find a little throw away to "Nice texture"....really? I look back up to identify this 'texture' that's spoken of and then I see it and it clicks. I also admit that this then influences what I might select within my framelines on the next venture. I am finding that providing and reading these comments has also helped my appreciation of old masters. I find that I am spending more time looking into Cartier-Bresson, Koudelka, or Parke's images to see the photograph.
So please let's keep the narrative going if you can. As I, for one, find more value in this than simply having a N/NW gallery - much like I hope the end-point to January isn't that I have 31 images to show for it....but that I walk away with something a little more. And if you can't comment now then please do take what little time you do have to look at the photos at 'full' size and read the past comments to grasp folk's intent - especially for a photo that might not at first resonate.
BillN
Hall of Famer
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- S W France
- Name
- Bill
It would be nice to have a "bird a day image thread"
stillshunter
Super Moderator Emeritus
- Location
- Down Under
- Name
- Mark
OK - one Bill wanting bird-a-day and another wanting to use the GRDiii - love to see that twain meet 
Bill (wt21), mate, if you want in then my all means - it's not a clique. I can't think of anyone who'd object. 
If you can post to the SIJ gallery and start off at "SIJ - Day 17"...or further back if your EXIF finds you have some others in hand. Please be sure to put "GRDIII" in the keywords so folks can see just what this little compact can do. Though you have a few more in your company and a mighty tempting proposition you are all making!!!!
Bill (wt21), mate, if you want in then my all means - it's not a clique
. I can't think of anyone who'd object. If you can post to the SIJ gallery and start off at "SIJ - Day 17"...or further back if your EXIF finds you have some others in hand. Please be sure to put "GRDIII" in the keywords so folks can see just what this little compact can do. Though you have a few more in your company and a mighty tempting proposition you are all making!!!!
Duane Pandorf
Top Veteran
- Location
- Western NC
Day 17 image
Since I can't upload an image to the gallery from my iPhone or ipad but I can to my blog, here's a link to the image I will post later this evening when I get home:
Day 17 | 2012 « Duane Pandorf
Since I can't upload an image to the gallery from my iPhone or ipad but I can to my blog, here's a link to the image I will post later this evening when I get home:
Day 17 | 2012 « Duane Pandorf
New cameras are somewhat irrelevant at the moment due to personal circumstances, and I generally don't bother leering at new equipment when I'm still mastering the old, but the possible OM-D, and the new Fuji have both caught a little of my interest ... having said that, my old complaint of wanting a built-in EVF is starting to wane a bit, noticing how much I use the VF-2 flipped up to 90° - about a ⅓ of my SiJ images have been taken that way.
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