Okay, I totally lost track of things last week. I could blame it on illness, my brain going berserk over all the white and gray outside, lack of sleep, or bad karma. Who knows, but I repeated an assignment from less than a year ago. So now you are all stuck jumping again (unless you are a new member
).
So this week,
"Jump!"** Try to get a picture of someone jumping. It could be a person, animal or a self-portrait, but their feet should be off the ground. This may not be quite as easy as it sounds. In order to avoid blurry shots, make sure you have enough light and your shutter speed is is fast enough. Try using a continuous mode to capture several shots in quick succession or use a flash to freeze your subject.
As always, rules:
Please note the change in closing time as well as the size limit.
Just a note to new posters: DO NOT start a new thread for your post. Please just hit the reply button at the bottom of any current post and put your image there.
1. Your original image you submit should be taken between the 24th of February and the 10th of March. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT ( 3am EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition.
Don't wait until the last minute to post!
2. Your post must include
"Assignment: Jump!" (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and
the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry)
.
3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.
4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above). It must be an original image taken by you.
5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (
740px on the longest side).
6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).
7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the
DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) and
here.
Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work we go! Next week I want you to do
Commute. Most of us have a commute we take to work each day: car, subway, bus, bike or maybe our own two legs as we head off to a computer in our home office. Show us your commute or perhaps the way others in your community go to work.
Hopefully this is a new subject
!