Weekly Assignment

P8070077 (by mtschroeder)This week’s assignment was Auto-Mode, and the goal of the assignment was to “forget” about using manual for a few shots and show us something that you took in auto mode that still blows us away. The shots that we saw this week really did show that it’s not always mandatory to set everything yourself in order to get a great shot. Our winner this week was Rivethaus for the picture of the stone angel. The shot had nice shadows and contrast as well as a good composition. We felt that it probably couldn’t have been improved much in any other mode. Our first runner up was lawnyo for not only a well composed, but funny shot of the martini drinking dog. Our final runner up was JRONJ for the picture of the artist setting up. We felt like the setup and composition of this photo and the colors and shadowing came out quite nicely for the daylight, and the fact that it clearly wasn’t setup made it stand out.

Naughty Poochie (Project365 Day 5) (by lawnyo)Artist Setting-Up (by jronj1)This week’s newest assignment is Affirmative! This fun assignment is all about taking pictures of things that suggest affirmation or approval. Applause, those giant #1 foam fingers, anything that makes it an affirmative shot. In order to be eligible for the mini-contest, your photo needs to have been taken between 6-20 August 2008, the exif must be intact, and you must include “Assignment:Affirmative” somewhere in your post. Our next assignment will be “The eyes have it” so start taking those pictures!

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