Assignment: "Spring/Fall" Mar. 24 - Apr. 7

[Saralonde]

"Spring/Fall" The change of seasons is upon us. Depending upon which hemisphere you live, it is getting warmer or colder. Show us an example of how it is changing in your area. Is there something different besides falling leaves and flowers?

Rainy weather, cloudy skies are often what Spring is like where I live:

Focal length: 38mm
f/6.3
Speed: 1/800
ISO: 100

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 March and the 7th of April. 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: Spring/Fall" " (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.

Next assignment: Our next assignment is a month long one. Despite the colorful time of year we are in, we are going to concentrate on Black and White photography, with a different theme each week. You may use your camera on a black and white setting if you want, but doing it in post processing will give you more control.

The first week we will use black and white on a subject we usually consider colorful, Nature. To compensate for the lack of color, pay particular attention to contrast, composition and lighting. Keep it simple, look carefully at patterns,shapes, form and lines. Lighting can be more dramatic.

Some help:

Key Ingredients for Black and White Images

5 Black and White Photography Tips

Learning Black and White Photography

31 Stunning Black and White Subject Study Photos on Imagekind

How to Convert Color Digital Images into Black and White Ones

How to Create Black & White Images from a Single RGB Channel

How to Create a Black and White High Contrast Sky from a Colour Image

New ebook The Magic of Black & White Photography (Part 1)

[sdhondatuner]

A break in spring showers allows the early bird to get the worm.





Taken: 03-25-2010
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 50-500 mm
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/180)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 500 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -1/2 EV
Flash: No Flash

PP: Adjusted RAW and sized for flickr in PSE6

[mickymac101]

Spring kids



In Ireland Spring is lambing season, these are two pygmy goat kids, Born the day before i took this photo.

Camera: Sony DSLR-A230
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
SO Speed: 400

Date: 26/03/10

[Sweedon]

Camera: Canon EOS 50D | Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500) | Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm | ISO Speed: 800 | Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Date and Time (Original): 2010:03:26 10:27:02-04:00

[WildRain]

Palm Sunday: Blessing of the Fleet
Jacksonville, FL Annual Spring Event



Camera: Canon PowerShot S5 IS
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 72 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Date: March 28, 2010

[a_brewley]

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/1.6
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Taken: March 27 2010

[velvet4269]

Well, I posted this in SYS, but it falls under the spring category


Photo taken 27 March 2010
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/10.0
Flash: No Flash
Exposure: 1/100
EV: -.7 ev
Focal Length: 105mm

[Christine T]

I'm not sure how it is in other areas, but here in my neck of the northeast, Spring is signaled by an influx of Ladybugs. I was trying to read a wedding invitation when.....



Date taken:30-Mar-10 15:13

Camera model:Canon EOS 7D
Focal length:50 mm
Max lens aperture:f/2.8
Exposure:1/15 at f/2.8
Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias:0 EV
Exposure mode:Manual
Exposure prog.:Manual
ISO speed:ISO 100
Metering mode:Pattern

[Keikyu]

Signs of Spring


The "Spring" assignment is just in time; the trees in our front yard have a sprinkling of white flowers that just started blooming this week! Still waiting on the leaves though

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Taken on March 28, 2010

[gomommygo]

NOT for assignment

April showers bring May flowers....

(or a March thunderstorm, as is the case in this photo). Central Texas can have volatile, fast moving storms formed from clashing fronts which produce amazing lightning, hail, and sometimes tornados. We've had a drought for several years, so the rain has been welcome.



For show only; not for assignment