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May 2012 Photography Assignment - Wide open aperture

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    Hi members!

    It's May already - wow.
    Anyone got ideas for the regular and level 2 assignments.

    I'll throw 2 ideas out and feel free to support them or freely suggest other ideas. The ideas with the most support in the next 24 hours become this month's assignments.

    regular - wide open aperture

    Level 2 - texture

    both of those ideas work for me!

    Nice ideas. Another possible suggestion? - high and/or low perspective.

    As for a possible theme, how about bodyscapes (with or without nudity)

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    regular - wide open aperture

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    has the most support so those will be the challenges this month. merging posts now.
    Thx all!
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    Hi members!

    So the regular assignment this month is wide open aperture.
    This means photographing with the larger apertures available to your lenses (F-1.8, F-2, F2.8 etc) to achieve a shallower depth of field.
    Please post your assignments in this very thread. (The level 2 assignment (texture) can be found here.)

    Ok then who will post first?
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    OK, I will start. Shot at f/2.8. These are 41 Italian hand carved wood figurines called "Anri'. I bought them last weekend for $1200 and I am selling them to hopefully double my money. I have them stuck in a cubby hole in my dining room, all lined up nice and neat.





    Here is just a snapshot of all the pieces lined up in the cubby hole

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    Nice start AT! Shot 2 best exemplifies the wide open concept imo.
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    Hi tiger, you almost gave life to those wooden little guys... I love it!

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    Since I tend to generally tend to think in terms of maximum possible resolution and depth of field, this assignment is challenging, but very worthwhile for me. I spent the afternoon experimenting and this tree/shrub blossom image was the only one I liked. I hope to get more keepers as the month progresses. Canon XT, 50mm lens wide open at f1.8

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    So um, yeah, my kit lens is F3.5- 5.6 and it's the only lens I have, so I have to get REALLY close and creative.






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    great images so far guys.
    I visited a local park with the idea of taking some photos for this assignment:

    daffodil sun by bambe1964, on Flickr
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    I am enjoying all the posts in the thread so far.

    This assignment is very timely for me, as I have been waiting for my new "nifty fifty" to arrive in the mail. It arrived today, and I was straight onto the assignment. This is taken at f1.4. Expect a few more as I keep playing with the new toy.


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    Nice new additions here - digging the variety!
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