Assignment: "B&W Nature" Mar. 31 - Apr. 14

[Sime]

"B&W Nature"

We're running through a month of concentrating on Black & White photography. This week we want you to focus on "B&W Nature" images. Keep it simple, think about space and composition.


Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800) Aperture: f/3.5 Focal Length: 10 mm ISO Speed: 100 Exposure


As always, rules:

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 31st of March and the 14th 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: B&W Nature" (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). (If it's wider than the image above, it's disqualified)

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.

Next week : High Contrast Black and White

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)

[GwenieThePooh]

Lone Tree over Storm Clouds



EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D5000
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 48 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: No Flash
Date and Time (Modified): 2010:04:05 15:34:46
Exposure Program: Manual
Date and Time (Original): 2010:04:05 14:38:55-07:00
Date and Time (Digitized): 2010:04:05 14:38:55

[gotbamboo]

Estero Island Florida

[duna]

Taken on April 5, 2010
Camera: Nikon D3000
Exposure: 1
Aperture: f/36.0
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[R lake]

Model: NIKON D40
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 195mm
Flash Used: No

[crisann12]

taken April 1, 2010
Canon Rebel XSI

[campermum]

Fungus in the Otway forrest Australia


Taken on 4th April 2010

Exp. 1/13
F 2.7
ISO 100
Slow flash with macro lens
Cannon S5IS full manual mode.

Please leave me some feed back trying to learn new settings on camera and need some critique, suggestions ect.

[Hedgey]

Panasonic DMC-FT1
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 15.3 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[MsKay]

Date taken: 4.4.10
Cannon Powershot SX 120
f/ 3.2
Exp: 1/1600 sec
ISO: 80
Focal length: 9/mm
Max Aperture: 3.34
No Flash

*Post processed in piknic and Paint.net

[MECSmyth]

Spring Showers

Photo taken on Wed. April 7, 2010

Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Aperture: f/14
Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec.
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO: 200
Lens: EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

My Stuff: Canon EOS 50D; Leica D-LUX 4; & Canon Powershot S3 IS - EF 100 mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM; EF 17-40 mm f/4L USM; EF 24-70 mm f/2.8L USM; EF 35mm f/1.4L USM & EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS/ Acratech Ball Head GV2/ Manfrotto tripod 055XPROB