Assignment: "Cold" Jan. 28-Feb. 11

[Saralonde]

I know this is not true for everyone in our membership, but it has been freezing where I live. After weeks of snow, ice, and low temperatures, all I can think about is COLD. So show us some pictures that make us all think of cold. When I see your shots, I want to shiver!
(Hmm.. come to think of it, I should have chosen hot so I would feel warmer !)
Anyway, let's all get freezing!




As always, the rules...Please note the change in closing time.

1. Your image you submit should be taken between the 28th of January and the 11th of February. 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.

2. Your post must include "Assignment: Cold" (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).

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (800px 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) or here.

Next week we will do a "Back to the Basics" assignment, "Rule of Thirds." Sometimes it's good to review compositional basics. This is a "rule" that is often broken in both good and bad ways. Some ideas:

• Try composing in your camera instead of depending on cropping.
• Pick up a 5x7 picture frame (or cut one out of cardboard). Hold it up to the subject you are planning to photograph and plan out your best composition using the frame as a guide. This is good practice even when you don't use your camera to help you develop an eye for composition.
• Rule of Thirds on the DPS blog

[Hayward Taylor]

Frozen Chicago River - Standing on Michigan Avenue bridge looking towards the lake -



Panasonic Lumix DMC LZ8 p&s
1/250 sec
f/8
Manual Mode
ISO 200
No Flash
Post Processed

[DerCommodore]

Canon EOS 450D @ 0.5s f/3.5 100mm

[WildRain]

Antarctica





“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.” Eliel Saarinen, Finnish Architect, 1873-1950

Using CFL's for studio lighting, ET
Olympus FE-310, iso80, f/5.0 @ 1/250s, 31.0mm focal length. Dtd Janurary 28, 2009

[karwash]

No complaints, but I prefer my drinks cold rather than the weather...



Date picture taken: February 1, 2009
EXIF
Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
Focal Length: 55.0 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Auto, Fired, Return not detected

More EXIF on Flickr (click picture to view)

[akrat]

Cold as ice.
Camera: Pentax K100D
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

File Size: 582 kB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 798
Image Height: 975
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8
Color Components: 3
X-Resolution: 320 dpi
Y-Resolution: 320 dpi
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
Date and Time (Modified): 2009:02:04 09:05:22
YCbCr Positioning: Co-sited
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Date and Time (Original): 2009:02:04 08:37:59-08:00

[Scheherazade]

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Date and Time (Original): 2009:02:03 17:42:14
Date and Time (Digitized): 2009:02:03 17:42:14

Full Exif data available at flickr

[fletch]

Assignment: Cold

So much snow about at the moment all of my shots look cold. Also means there are loads to choose from for this assignment. Finaly went with this tree as it not only looks cold due to the snow but its so bare there is no real sign of life.



Taken on: February 3, 2009 at 12.58pm GMT
Camera: Olympus E-510
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 14 mm
Exposure: +0.45
ISO Speed: 100

[etmilosk]

Here's one that's too old for the contest, but it's scary cold.




EXIF data:

Camera: Kodak Z650 Zoom
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 59.2 mm
35mm Focal Length: 357 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Date: 2008-12-23

[RozSheffield]

I call this one "Left Out In The Cold"



Didn't come out exactly as I'd imagined it in my head, but it was too cold to keep shooting this evening!!
EDIT: Never got chance to reshoot this and really am not happy with the photo, even though I think it's a good concept. C'est la vie!

EXIF Data:
Taken on February 4, 2009 at 5.17pm GMT
Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash