Assignment: "Fill the Frame" Nov. 10 - 24

[Saralonde]

This week: Another Back to Basics composition assignment. Get in close, now even closer. "Fill the Frame" with your subject. Get rid of superfluous backgrounds and distracting secondary objects and make that subject stand out.

6 Tips for Perfect Composition in Portrait Photography
Fill Your Frame

I came across this colorful display of umbrellas at a Renaissance festival:

1/8000 f/2.8
Focal Length 40 mm
ISO 400

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 10th of November and the 24th of November. 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 "Fill the Frame" (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 week: One more composition assignment, "Repetition and Patterns". With a little looking, you can find this anywhere, in nature, man-made objects or you can create your own. The trick is to make it interesting to your viewer.

Using Repetition and Patterns in Photography
Repetition and Patterns in Photography

[Hayward Taylor]

mounted Nikkor 105 2.5mm manual prime

Pentax K20D w/a Soligor 28mm manual
Nov 23rd
Exp - 1/180
Arperture f/8
ISO 200

[Saralonde]

I'll post my entry here later, but where is last week winners???

Since the "Break the Rule of Thirds" contest only ended a few hours ago, we haven't had time to vote yet. Look for them on Saturday.

[wulf]

Or, if you mean the "Rule of Thirds" one from the week before, it is on the blog as always:

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (7-13 Nov ‘10)

A quick tip for everyone looking for the results - got to Digital Photography Tips: Digital Photography School and search for "this week" using the box near the top right. That seems to focus things in (although, to be honest, it works even better just to subscribe to the RSS feed).

Wulf

[pepgirlz]

My fill the frame is a old glass float we have hanging in the dinning room. I would like to have any C&C as I am self taught and could use any pointers you can through at me. Thanks Jean Float | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Camera Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 250 mm
ISO Speed 1600
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Date 11-11-2010

[Reinardina]

Once I know the new assignment, I set out to shoot my interpretation of it. Somehow I could not find anything this time that filled the frame in a pleasing way. On my way home however, I was waiting to cross the road and saw a woman next to me touch her face. I managed to get this candid shot.

Camera
Make Panasonic
Model DMC-FZ8
Datetime 2010:11:17 15:09:14
Image
Exposure time 0.0125 s
F-number f/3.3
Exposure program Normal program
ISO speed ratings 100
Date/time original 2010:11:13 12:58:53
Date/time digitized 2010:11:13 12:58:53
Exposure bias value -0.33
Max. aperture value f/2.8
Focal length 38.3 mm
Pixel X dimension 555 pixels
Pixel Y dimension 740 pixels
Digital zoom ratio 0
Focal length in 35mm film 230 mm

[doodles]

I havn't posted in such a long time, please forgive me if I didn't do this correctly.
Plus my Canon is in the hospital, here's hoping it's in the recovery room. So this was with my point and shoot taken at a pretty special auto museum in Los Angeles.

I changed it to sepia tone just because. Any critiquing is much appreciated.



November 17, 2010 at 8.50AM MST (edit)

Exif data
Camera Sony DSC-W100
Exposure 0.5
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 7.9 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 96 dpi
Y-Resolution 96 dpi
Orientation Unknown (0)
Software Picasa 3.0
Date and Time (Modified) 2010:11:17 17:19:20
YCbCr Positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Program AE
Date and Time (Original) 2010:11:17 17:19:20
Date and Time (Digitized) 2010:11:17 17:19:20
Compressed Bits Per Pixel 8
Max Aperture Value 2.8
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Light Source Unknown
Color Space Uncalibrated
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto
Scene Capture Type Standard
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Image Unique ID 815f4a5512c12fb099198cfbb0acf2aa
Exposure Mode Auto
Quality Fine
Anti- Blur Off
Compression JPEG (old-style)

[RJKs Daughter]

I've been trying to get better at moving closer to my subjects. For some reason I tend to stand back a bit. In this recent maternity session, I framed my shot with both subjects completely in my view. When I saw the laughter, I stepped in to get a tight shot & fill the frame with just the mother-to-be. I realize I could have gone even closer & selected just her face. But this is definitely progress in the right direction for me

Date: 11/14/10
Camera: 5d Mark II
Lens: 50mm, 1.4
F-stop: f/2.0
Exposure: 1/250
ISO: 200

[NormanRC51]

Doodles,

Was that at the Peterson museum?

[doodles]

Norman, as a matter of fact it is at the Peterson..............39 Pontiac Woody!! NHRA exhibit just opened for the Prudomme exhibit.