June 2015 Photo Essay Posting - DPChallenge Forums

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

06/30/2015 07:24:22 AM · #1

Start posting your June essays here.

Please link your photo essays to a DPC thumbnail, regardless of where your essay is published. This thumbnail will represent your cover image. To keep things simple, make essay comments on the cover image. Having this information in one place makes it easier to see the communities opinions and thoughts. We don�t have a panel to judge these essays so your comments are appreciated.

Continue any discussion about this side challenge in the Photo Essay Side Challenge Discussion forum.

Enjoy!

ubique

Olympus PEN-F

06/30/2015 07:36:29 AM · #2

Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f1.8 ZA

06/30/2015 08:45:36 AM · #3

2mccs

Sony Alpha a7 II

06/30/2015 09:11:25 AM · #4

Essay can be viewed by opening the top image and then open the following images in the upper left hand corner.

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2mccs

Sony Alpha a7 II

Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f1.8 ZA

06/30/2015 09:33:01 AM · #5

GOT IT WORKING ;-)

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jmritz

Fujifilm X30

Custom Made Pinhole

06/30/2015 04:52:42 PM · #6

those essays are wonderful.

mine

daisydavid

Canon EOS-5DS R

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

07/01/2015 05:59:48 AM · #7

moi aussi

ubique

Olympus PEN-F

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

07/02/2015 04:08:12 AM · #8

Crikey these photo essays are good! (I exclude my own, which is not a photo essay and is not in the spirit of the exercise).

beautiful meeting of mortality and spirituality.

a charming parable, a small story and a large story told in the same words and images.

from DPC's incomparable artist-with-camera; poet-with-camera. Even superlatives are not enough.

an utterly original and perfectly orchestrated meeting of analog and digital.

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

07/02/2015 07:43:54 AM · #9

Paul, thanks for the mention. I enjoy the process, so the lack of interest on DPC isn't discouraging. The wonderful feedback and inspiration I've received from you and many other essayists is reason enough to continue.

Each and everyday, more and more endangered species are being pushed to the brink of extinction. One such species is the Photo Essayist. We are asking for your help in keeping this side challenge alive and well on DPC. Something as simple as a comment would encourage them to forge ahead. No contribution is to small and I�m certain they would appreciate your support.

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salmiakki

Sony Alpha a7R III

07/02/2015 09:05:48 AM · #10

I haven't had chance yet to look at the essays for June, but I look forward to doing this during the coming weekend.. I'm terribly disappointed not to have found the time to take part. I must try harder for August.

I still find this is the highlight of my DPC participation.

herfotoman

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM

07/14/2015 04:33:14 PM · #11

Originally posted by ubique:

Crikey these photo essays are good!

They certainly are.

So if you read this, and have not yet opened the 5 individual essays, I urge you to do so. It will increase your enjoyment of all photographs so much.

My take on the 5 are:

A short thesis to convince us to take the NOODUITGANG- [emergency exit for the few non-Afrikaans-speaking amongst us] .

I must agree with the booklet request.

Like a good picture storybook, you can use your own/different words/story each time you read it.

Wrenching because we are so stupid to let the precious moments by so easily.

As per normal, your images need to be worked on/with by the viewer.

mariuca

Fujifilm X-T30

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

07/27/2015 10:06:22 PM · #12

The last days of July, the last hundred meters�I did not want to ignore the June photo essay by either participating or commenting.
Therefore I post a sketch of a photo essay; I am at the very beginning of it. Nevertheless I post it for I want to continue this thread even if I have to show things in progress.
My comments to the June essays will follow shortly.

My thought with this essay started a while ago, probably even before my first essay posted here ("Looking and Seeing") and was prompted by a few lines read here and there that I wish I had articulated myself:
Stieglitz:
"In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality"

Jorge Luis Borges
"Reality is not always probable, or likely"

So, here it is, a sketch on uncertainty, "What's Real":

This is the first image, click on it and open the following images in the upper left hand corner.

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