Synchronized Travel - DPChallenge Forums

01/05/2006 09:06:00 AM · #1

Whoâ��s up for some fun??

This is mainly targeted to European DPCers due to time zone issues but anyone is welcome to join in if they like to shoot in the middle of the night :)

This would take place on Sunday, January 22nd at 10:00 AM GMT, that is London time.

HYPOTHESIS: Travel a synchronized path with the other participants and discover whether parallel lines ever meet.

APPARATUS: Two or more participants, a notebook, and a camera.

METHOD: Participants travel around their chosen location using a 10 stage set of common directions, taking notes and photographs to record their experiences at each stage. Where directions donâ��t match the environs, improvise.

1. The first stage is your starting point

2. Walk in any direction for 50 to 100 paces, and then turn 180 degrees.

3. Continue walking in that direction until you see something blue.

4. Make a left turn and walk 50 to 70 paces.

5. Walk in any direction until you see something that either is or looks like a number 7 or 11.

6. Take the first left, and continue walking until you find somewhere to sit. (This would be a perfect time to have lunch)

7. Choose any direction and walk for 25 to 50 paces.

8. Continue walking until you see an unusual color, shape or texture. Turn 180 degrees.

9. Keep walking in any direction until you see an archway or an unusual architectural structure.

10. Head for home, but continue looking for something that catches your eye.

That part was taken from a book my future brother in law gave me from Christmas, the next part is my own.

We would take notes (optional but encouraged) and pictures at every stage.At the end of the day we will upload the pictures and the notes and share them with the other participants.

There is really no reward for this except just fun. I thought this would be something cool to do, sort of like a virtual get together. Anyone interested?

June

Participants so far:

Chiqui
Manic

Message edited by author 2006-01-05 09:18:04.

01/05/2006 09:09:59 AM · #2

Sounds like it could be fun :o) How about just making it 10am localtime on that Sunday, so that anyone can join in?

01/05/2006 09:11:24 AM · #3

Originally posted by Manic:

Sounds like it could be fun :o) How about just making it 10am localtime on that Sunday, so that anyone can join in?

Then it wouldn't be synchronized, would it?

June

01/05/2006 09:12:01 AM · #4

Originally posted by Chiqui:

Then it wouldn't be synchronized, would it?

Ah yes, good point :o)

Azrifel

Fujifilm X100VI

01/05/2006 09:13:03 AM · #5

BTW, are you guys coming to Amsterdam the 22nd?

I'll probably sit in a train at 10.00 GMT, could be a bit tricky.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

01/05/2006 09:14:29 AM · #6

Originally posted by Azrifel:

BTW, are you guys coming to Amsterdam the 22nd?

I'll probably sit in a train at 10.00 GMT, could be a bit tricky.

No, we are not. We can't really afford it and my schedule is messed up so I won't even be arriving in London until the night of the 21st

June

Spork99

OM System OM-1

01/05/2006 09:14:31 AM · #7

Originally posted by Manic:

Originally posted by Chiqui:
Then it wouldn't be synchronized, would it?

Ah yes, good point :o)

It would be synchronized, just not simultaneous.

Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro

01/05/2006 09:15:39 AM · #8

Originally posted by Azrifel:

BTW, are you guys coming to Amsterdam the 22nd?

I'll probably sit in a train at 10.00 GMT, could be a bit tricky.

Technicality :P

The point of it is to do it at the same time.

Azrifel

Fujifilm X100VI

01/05/2006 09:16:13 AM · #9

Originally posted by Chiqui:

Originally posted by Azrifel:
BTW, are you guys coming to Amsterdam the 22nd?

I'll probably sit in a train at 10.00 GMT, could be a bit tricky.

No, we are not. We can't really afford it and my schedule is messed up so I won't even be arriving in London until the night of the 21st

No problem. Drop me a note when you visit in the future. :)

OdysseyF22

Panasonic DC-G9

01/05/2006 09:25:44 AM · #10

Maybe I'm missing something, but there are a couple of 180 degree turns...this would send us back the way we had come...is something going over my head?

BobsterLobster

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/05/2006 09:55:23 AM · #11

I got that book for my wife who loves travelling. Great book!

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

01/05/2006 12:29:40 PM · #12

This sounds a lot like the Lonely Planet Guide To Experimental Travel ? I read it a few months back, plenty of interesting ideas for photographic walks. In fact I might well do something like that in Vegas this weekend.

Kivet

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

01/05/2006 12:39:47 PM · #13

Well now I have to figure out what time that is in Wyoming....let alone what day....

edit: well I think London is 7 hours ahead of me....should be almost 6:00 there now?

Message edited by author 2006-01-05 12:42:21.

01/05/2006 01:06:44 PM · #14

bump

01/05/2006 01:09:56 PM · #15

Originally posted by Chiqui:

bump

Nobody posted to it for 27 minutes so you felt you had to bump it ? :)

01/05/2006 01:11:39 PM · #16

Originally posted by Gordon:

Originally posted by Chiqui:
bump

Nobody posted to it for 27 minutes so you felt you had to bump it ? :)

Sorry, I didn't realize that :P

June

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/05/2006 01:14:16 PM · #17

bump

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/05/2006 01:19:53 PM · #18

Fun project. That particular set of directions is very euro-centric, of course. I could walk all day in a straight line here and never see anyhing resembling an arch, for example. Never see much of anything actually except marshes and beaches and sea, if the line happened to be the right one :-) My chances of stumbling on a place to sit-and-eat on any given straight line ore vanishingly small as well :-)

R.

01/05/2006 01:25:13 PM · #19

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

You can either adapt it to suit your environs, or start somewhere that's not in the middle of nowhere ;o)

01/05/2006 01:27:39 PM · #20

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Come now - if you are in the middle of nowhere, there are _plenty_ of places to sit and eat... under a tree, on a rock, in a field.

Same with arches - trees have arches, rock arches, even humps of grasses form arches.

You've just got to look and be creative :)

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/06/2006 06:08:43 AM · #21

*bump* for the morning crowd :)

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/06/2006 06:13:00 AM · #22

Originally posted by Gordon:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Fun project. That particular set of directions is very euro-centric, of course. I could walk all day in a straight line here and never see anyhing resembling an arch, for example. Never see much of anything actually except marshes and beaches and sea, if the line happened to be the right one :-) My chances of stumbling on a place to sit-and-eat on any given straight line ore vanishingly small as well :-)

R.

Come now - if you are in the middle of nowhere, there are _plenty_ of places to sit and eat... under a tree, on a rock, in a field.

Same with arches - trees have arches, rock arches, even humps of grasses form arches.

You've just got to look and be creative :)

Can't do that, sorry, I'm too scared of the DNMTC peoples :-)

R.