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07/30/2002 09:25:25 AM · #26

in some ways this also has a lot in common with the Texture challenge.

using lighting to bring out the texture of an item.

Patella

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

07/30/2002 10:34:10 AM · #27

Contrast an old item with a new item (put both in the shot)

Although, I have to admit, this scares me -- I can just see the comments...

"This was supposed to be old, not old AND new...."

TerryGee

Canon EOS-30D

07/30/2002 10:36:25 AM · #28

Originally posted by magnetic9999:
in some ways this also has a lot in common with the Texture challenge.

using lighting to bring out the texture of an item.

Yes, I was just thinking that when looking at the unicorn photo. It would work for this - do you agree?

Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH

07/30/2002 10:38:59 AM · #29

definitely!

Originally posted by TerryGee:
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
[i]in some ways this also has a lot in common with the Texture challenge.

using lighting to bring out the texture of an item.

Yes, I was just thinking that when looking at the unicorn photo. It would work for this - do you agree?

[/i]

TerryGee

Canon EOS-30D

07/30/2002 11:01:09 AM · #30

Good...Right now I'm heading in many different directions, that is one possibility. I have to get this one done early (won't be available Friday on).

Agamemnon

Olympus C-700UZ

07/30/2002 11:54:20 AM · #31

The weekly post is going now. Let the many different reasons to score in many different ways continue....

bdshort

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2

07/30/2002 12:44:07 PM · #32

I guess I'm reading a lot less into this than many of you are. To me, the subject is just to take a picture of something old, and emphasise that using any means legal for this site :)

That could mean using B&W or sepia to "age" the shot
or using lighting to emphasise texture
or any number of other things.

Personally, I'm going to go up into space on a Soyuz rocket and take a picture of the earth. ;)

Brian

floyd

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

07/30/2002 01:12:43 PM · #33

Then I look forward with eager anticipation to seeing your submission. :)

John

Patella

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

07/30/2002 01:16:09 PM · #34

I double dog dare someone to take a picture of a new moon and see what the voters think about that. *grin* (Course, since it's currently waning from full that might be a bit hard...)

Agamemnon

Olympus C-700UZ

07/30/2002 01:31:29 PM · #35

I am getting the feeling anyone who uses Sepia will get "Not make the picture look old" comments.

muckpond

Nikon D200

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

07/30/2002 01:38:08 PM · #36

Originally posted by Agamemnon:
I am getting the feeling anyone who uses Sepia will get "Not make the picture look old" comments.

Ah...but wouldn't an old photo be "something old" in and of itself? We could go on and on and on.....

aelith

Olympus C-3020Z

07/31/2002 08:36:06 AM · #37

I sure am glad I read this thread. I thought the challenge was to find something really old and shoot it with it's age as the focus of the picture. Like the difference between a snapshot of an old lady and a beautiful closeup of just her eyes. I didn't realize the challenge was to mimic a historic technique. I don't suppose D&L ever give claifications of their intentions. I'm thinking that 'Abandoned' was the springboard for this weeks challenge.

aelith

TerryGee

Canon EOS-30D

07/31/2002 08:47:37 AM · #38

which challenge is abandoned from?

BAMartin

Apple iPhone 5

07/31/2002 09:14:24 AM · #39

Originally posted by TerryGee:
which challenge is abandoned from?

Abandoned was my submission for the texture challenge.

Abandoned

aelith

Olympus C-3020Z

07/31/2002 09:29:16 AM · #40

Thanks for the link. It's a neat picture BAMartin. :)
aelith

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

07/31/2002 09:39:40 AM · #41

I don't think it's safe to assume that there is any "one, right answer" to the challenge topic. Or that it's a big mystery.

But in my humble opinion, I think that unless you shoot something that *IS* old, and *obviously* old at that, the voters are going to kick your butt.

If you shoot a new car with an aged looking technique people are going to mark you down. This is just my prediction ..

hokie

Nikon D2X

07/31/2002 10:13:03 AM · #42

Originally posted by aelith:
I sure am glad I read this thread. I thought the challenge was to find something really old and shoot it with it's age as the focus of the picture. .......... I didn't realize the challenge was to mimic a historic technique. I don't suppose D&L ever give claifications of their intentions.

I think Drew and Langdon get a kick out of watching the folks debate the ambiguity of the challenge..I know I do :-)

Besides, part of the challenge is for people to open up to alternate ways of thinking, not restrict themselves to 2 guys way of looking at things..

bdshort

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2

Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH

07/31/2002 10:42:26 AM · #43

aelith: I think abandoned would have made a great shot from "something old" And despite the debate here, I'm fairly sure that the object of the challange IS to take a picture of something old. At least, that's what I'm doing, and that's how I'll be voting. If you have a nicely composed, lit, whatever shot of something that is old, you'll get a good score from me.

Brian

mikeysbistro

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

07/31/2002 11:16:31 AM · #44

Just to add more salt to the wounds, I can see the current challenge being a sore spot between people from different countries.

For example a European''s definition of old is going to be much different from an American''s. I won''t even go into Egyptians, Chinese, Indian etc. or we''ll all just be out of the challenge completely :-p

I was looking at a building here in New York that''s 125 years old. For the U.S. that''s old, but then talk to somebody from Europe and they''ll tell you that building was just put up "yesterday". My Uncle''s house in France is 300 years old and he calls it a "new house" that''s compared to the one down the road which is nearly 500 years old. And even then the folks in the village still consider that one fairly recent because the big castle on the hill is 1,500 years old.

I think I''ll just go take a picture of some mountains just be safe so at least I''ll only be marked down for photographic technique :-p and any comments that I didn''t meet the challenge because the solar system is older than any mountain be damned :-)

On a more helpful note: if you''re in New York, there''s lots of old stuff to take pictures of at the MET! Stuff from the Renaissance, Greeks, Egyptians etc.

* This message has been edited by the author on 7/31/2002 11:26:18 AM.

Agamemnon

Olympus C-700UZ

07/31/2002 11:40:05 AM · #45

I think Drew and Langdon get a kick out of watching the folks debate the ambiguity of the challenge..I know I do :-)

My favorite part is slowly watching the different interpretations get more and more specific, until you almost know that 'safe' shots will score best.