Sideline Assignment: My Town - DPChallenge Forums

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

01/11/2003 04:38:24 PM · #1

Take photographs in the city or town you live in. You may take as many or as few as you like. They don't have to be taken during any specific timeframe. Show people what there is to see in your town!

If someone visited your town on a photo expedition, what should they see? Where should they go? What is worthy of a photograph?

This assignment will have a 6 month duration so you can make photos in winter, summer, and spring.

Due: July 11, 2003

Feel free to share your photos via this thread anytime :)

John Setzler

indigo997

Nikon D70

01/11/2003 05:10:13 PM · #2

Are you sure you want to limit it to city/town rather than just area/region? The best photographic subjects around here (and the things that draw visitors) are outside the city.

jimmyn4

Canon EOS-7D

01/11/2003 05:21:03 PM · #3

Oh I like this. One questions though. I may be moving back to the states in April. Can my town be both where I am now and where I will be? Both have great photo potential.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

01/11/2003 05:25:21 PM · #4

I think that "My Area" would qualify for sure :)

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

01/11/2003 06:04:39 PM · #5

Here are a couple of oldies from my town, I'll take some new ones for this assignment I think! It will be quite a challenge, nothing much here of any interest.

Clevedon Pier
Clevedon Seafront

GinaRothfels

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens

01/11/2003 06:37:11 PM · #6

Konador, that birdman shot is wonderful.

byetko

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/11/2003 07:19:06 PM · #7

This will be great. In a week Im moving somewhere new so I know I will be taking photos of everything there.

jab119

01/11/2003 07:47:35 PM · #8

damn...you mean I have to create yet another web page of the pics I already have out there.....oh well I guess I can call it a "best of" web page for my area....

plus this gives me another excuse to re-shoot some places I have been wanting to get in different lighting :)

James

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/11/2003 10:11:19 PM · #9

This picture is fairly representative of the town/area where I live. As is this, this, and this.

During the winter, it isn't so interesting as we are at too low an elevation to have a lot of wintergreens, though we have several, but not high enough to have a lot of snow. :-(

arnit

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/11/2003 11:33:47 PM · #10

If you come to Iceland you must go to this outside museum. It is full of old buildings and stuff. It is open in the summer time.

Here are some shots from the museum I took this summer:
The Museum
The Museum (page 2)

01/12/2003 01:49:13 AM · #11

These all look great... I look forward to seeing some compilations in July :)

clicker

Canon PowerShot G2

01/12/2003 02:16:44 AM · #12

Way cool pics Arnit!
They inspire my imagination of your land.
They make me curious for more.
What more could you want from a photo?

Jak

Fujifilm FinePix S602Z

01/12/2003 02:33:21 AM · #13

These are my Vancouver galleries. I shoot new stuff every day, so i'll have new material for this challenge.

//www.pbase.com/jak_king/vancouver&page=all

clicker

Canon PowerShot G2

01/12/2003 02:41:23 AM · #14

Originally posted by Konador:

Here are a couple of oldies from my town, I'll take some new ones for this assignment I think! It will be quite a challenge, nothing much here of any interest.

Clevedon Pier
Clevedon Seafront

HHhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

"Nothing much here of any interest"
"Nothing much here of any interest"
"Nothing much here of any interest"

But to those of us who have never seen it before........

Is there a new thread here?

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/14/2003 11:05:20 PM · #15

My Town

I have been through some of my older images to start my 'My Town' series. I have added comments to most of the images to explain what they are.

Imagine this project as a collection of images that a Chamber of Commerce would use to invite visitors to your community and surrounding area...

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

01/15/2003 04:29:35 PM · #16

Hey John,
How old can the photos be, and is this challenge restricted to digital cameras or do you allow scans?

BadPigg

Canon EOS-10D

01/15/2003 04:33:09 PM · #17

Uh , John ? winter here in montana lasts 6 months or more , Wouldnt be to appealing if all I had to show was brown ,cold or snow. I'll have to dig up some old stuff. Is that ok?

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/15/2003 05:08:28 PM · #18

Leadville, Colorado, a town with "ten months of Winter, and two months of mighty late in the Fall."

Anachronite

Sony DSC-S85

01/15/2003 05:11:46 PM · #19

I am guessing sideline assignments are open for anyone to participate?

joanns

Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro

01/15/2003 07:50:24 PM · #20

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Leadville, Colorado, a town with "ten months of Winter, and two months of mighty late in the Fall."

It sounds wonderful. I bet you get sun. Seattle, 8 months of gray, wet and gloomy - 3 months of Heaven and 1 month undecided.

CreativeFlyPhoto

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/15/2003 07:54:03 PM · #21

Well .. i do need to take some updated shots .. but here is a start to my neighborhood and small town of Celebration, FL .... it's the town that Walt Disney World started and is now owned by the county ... we dont even have a stop light in the downtown area ... just one from the off ramp of the interstate toll road
//www.pbase.com/photosbyayme/celebration_fl

01/15/2003 07:55:34 PM · #22

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Hey John,
How old can the photos be, and is this challenge restricted to digital cameras or do you allow scans?

Use any foto from any source u like taken any time..

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/15/2003 07:57:15 PM · #23

Originally posted by Anachronite:

I am guessing sideline assignments are open for anyone to participate?

anyone can participate :)

lionelm

Canon EOS-10D

01/15/2003 08:33:44 PM · #24

Reston,VA
My town .. my current one .. by heart it would be Paris ... but this is the current one.
Went quickly through the others work (but quickly) ...

Web site suggestion : Link rooms ? Somebody could create a room to post link, a 'moderator' would own the room and would be able to remove entries ... one person could have a link there and maybe a button to say 'updated' so that room visitors could follow the updated links .. any other ideas to maintain the list ?

Lionel