Assignment: "Jump!" Feb. 24 - Mar. 10

[Saralonde]

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.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elvire-r/ / CC BY 2.0

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!

[Lindsie Nicole]

by Lindsie Nicole, on Flickr">" />

Picture of my sister jumping
Camera: Sony DSC-S950
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO Speed:100
Flash: Auto, Did not fire
Taken on: February 28th 2010

[sdhondatuner]

We had too much fun with this one



Taken: 03-02-2010
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikkor 18-55 mm
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 500
Exposure Bias: +1 EV
Flash: On, Return not detected

PP: Adjusted RAW, darkened background, and sized for flickr in PSE6

[LenDog]

This is a scanned photo of a Joint U.S.-British Tandem Freefall Jump in what was West Germany in 1986.

The photo links to an album with other old Military Jump photos (scroll down), and some feet off the ground stuff, taken over 20 years ago.

I took this photo, but I can't remember who took the others - credit to old buds and unknown photographers.

[a_brewley]

[AmberTillman]

Taken on the 20th. but I wanted to share. This is my little one "flying" as he called it.

Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[therolfes]

Date Taken: 3 Mar 2010 (10:01hrs, HST)
Camera model: Nikon D90
Focal length: 70mm
F-stop: 6.3
Exposure: 1/640
Flash: None
Exposure bias: 0
White balance: Auto
ISO speed: 200
Metering mode: Pattern

Added extra color red on post processing. Photo cropped so lines crossing center mass carry the eye from left to right, as well as up and down the edges to complete the composition.

[gomommygo]

Joy



Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
2/27/2010 12:11:15
1/400Sec.
F5.6
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Length 18.0 mm

[venura]

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
SB900

[ShannonK]

my first assignment post.




Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400