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09/19/2007 09:13:06 AM · #1 |
Great Idea Dennis  EstimatedEyes for a side challenge!
I really enjoyed viewing everyone's walks and the photos - many different approaches to the walkabout - I just wish I had more than 10 minutes to get something useful myself.
Here are some images that I really liked from the challenge (in no particular order!).
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09/19/2007 12:15:26 AM · #2 |
| I would definitely love to be part of this next time - spent this whole weekend sick so didn't get out for it this time and was really disappointed! |
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09/18/2007 11:36:42 PM · #3 |
| On my walk on Saturday morning, I took only 13 shots (though the last two weren't for this particualr challenge but as a reference for something else). This makes it easier for choosing what to post ;-). |
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09/18/2007 10:27:01 PM · #4 |
I'd probably be up for doing this again (and again, and again) but I'll probably have to walk a little further than I did this time just to try to get away from all the barking dogs. ;-) It's been really nice looking through everyones photos but even more interesting to read the little stories behind them all. I've done some commenting but am hoping to do a bit more over the next couple of days.
As far as restrictions and rules, I'm fine either way. If it works for me, I'll participate. If not, I'll sit out until the next one rolls around and just check out everyone else's stuff.
It's all good. :) |
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09/18/2007 08:58:25 PM · #5 |
Thanks for setting it up Dennis.
There will be a similar "slice of life" challenge for the month of October, patterned after the 50 day challenge. Anyone who participated here may enjoy that one also. A thread will be started soon - watch for it! |
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09/18/2007 08:40:21 PM · #6 |
1 day. 36 photographers. 168 images.
 
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What a great challenge this was, and so much fun not only to shoot but to read the stories and comment on the images as well. Some of my favorites above, but loved so many more than I could post. I think I finally made it through the thread, and left comments for everyone that participated. Thank you all, again.
And thanks, too, for your feedback and suggestions. Very much appreciated, and some wonderful ideas there. For next month, I think we’ll keep the basic format pretty much the same, but throw in a few optional rules that folks can follow, or not, as they choose ... more of a side challenge to the side challenge, if you will. But the focus will be the same – expanding our vision by searching for interesting photos in unexpected places.
Looking at the calendar, I’m thinking the weekend of Oct. 13-14, but probably giving people the option to shoot on either Saturday or Sunday to make it more accessible to all. I’ll post a sign up thread around the first of the month. Hope you all choose to participate again!
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09/18/2007 02:49:54 PM · #7 |
I'm all for thoughts two and eight.
Keep new ideas on the back burner until the thing's more established?
There's also the thing about individual differences of circumstance.
I just happen to live in about the most culturally diverse part of the capital city of Norway. Five miles would take me through that city and out the other side, past the seat of government, royal palace, national theatre, city hall, fjord, ski jump, Bislett stadium and on and on - just about every picture I've entered in challenges has come from within a 5 mile radius of home - (it's sort of small and compact, as capitals go). Someone else might have one road and twenty five miles of hay fields, not there's any shortage of photo (and other) opportunities in hay fields, but you get my drift...
So I guess there's no need to fix it until it's at least looking to break, and it's nowhere near doing that right now :)
Don't have a car either :) |
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09/18/2007 11:59:55 AM · #8 |
I have a number of thoughts on this challenge:
First thought: simple but very effective. Liked doing it, liked seeing what others did.
Second thought: For the next one , don't change it too much. I think there were a number of people who missed this one and would like to have gotten into it. Keep it the same till it gets a little more established.
Third thought: Five miles is taking it out of the realm of a neighbor (IMO). I like the fact that it was a neighborhood challenge. I think you could go a whole year walking your neighborhood and still discover new a fascinating sights. Besides, I need the exercise! (Really. That was one of my main considerations in doing this challenge.) There was a lot of area I did not get to cover and there a number of images I did not get to submit. Five miles can be around the block and that would include a lot of acreage!!!
Fourth thought: Reduce the submissions to three or at most four.
Fifth thought: Keep the stories behind the image. It makes it more interesting. (That is not to say that you have to have stories. . . just don't eliminate them.)
Sixth thought: Revisit the 50 mm idea. I realize some won't have a fifty mm lens. The idea though is to keep the lens at a fixed depth, even if it is 35 mm or a point and shoot. Just don't play with the telephoto to crop your image. I feel it would force the photographer to move around to get the best features of the subject.
Seventh thought: Maybe a weekend would allow participants more liberty in getting the job done.
Eight thought: Thanks to EstimatedEyes for a job well done. Congrats!
And now. . . I'm thoughtless.
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09/18/2007 08:09:59 AM · #9 |
This was a great idea and I am trying to comment on most of the images. I am definitely onboard for next month.
To add to shalrath's idea, I think it might be fun to ask that people take an object with them and include that in at least one picture. I've seen the journies of a duck and I think one other stuffed animal here, so take one of those, or something easy to carry. I was gonna say "egg", but realized that it's not really a good idea to travel with one of those lol. (Oh unless it's hardboiled and then you can have a snack while you walk around hehe)
It's been fun!
Originally posted by shalrath:
This was a great side challenge, I really enjoyed it and I'm on board again for next time.
I love the idea of having other rules.
Another suggestion might be something such as creating a 'presentation' from your shots (a triptych (?) or something like that).
Again, simple ideas like including your own foot in at least one image could be fun, too. |
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09/18/2007 08:01:26 AM · #10 |
I really enjoyed the challenge the way it was, especially the fact it was not restrictive. I liked the 5 image upload, it was perfect. Sometimes people just need an excuse to just get out and have fun. no trying to please anyone, just showing someone your world, thru your eyes, without rules.
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind a suggestion such as 'see if you can find a purple flower in at least one of your shots' (not a requirement but something to hunt for)
I like the idea of various location walkabouts, I tend to visit craft fairs and old towns and walk the storefronts. I am at the intersection of 2 major rivers (Mississippi and Missouri) and there are so many river front towns that are so adorable. I would love to use those.
I also like the weekend walkabout idea. Gives more people more options.
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09/18/2007 06:58:04 AM · #11 |
This was a great side challenge, I really enjoyed it and I'm on board again for next time.
I love the idea of having other rules.
Another suggestion might be something such as creating a 'presentation' from your shots (a triptych (?) or something like that).
Again, simple ideas like including your own foot in at least one image could be fun, too. |
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09/17/2007 10:49:01 PM · #12 |
This was great fun for me I do tend to walk alot and for me to wonder off for a day and shoot is no biggie, that being said I like the 5 image limit and think it should stay. The suggestions as "rules" works as I'm sure not all people have the various lenses at their finger tips and could be limited by such rules and then feel squeezed out.
It is a nice side challenge and I see it having many new people on board in the up coming months.
I would like to thank everyone who has commented on my images and let you know that I intend to do the same. It is always to have feed back so we can grow in the direction of our vision.
A great big THANK YOU to EstimatedEyes for everything.
Message edited by author 2007-09-18 09:08:45. |
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09/17/2007 05:49:47 PM · #13 |
Steve thanks for your comments :)
Just also wanted to add it would be a good idea to start a new thread for posting photos keeps things tidy ;) |
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09/17/2007 05:49:37 PM · #14 |
| Loved it, but thought the time frame was somewhat tight, given other obligations such as work and family as well as important stuff like the main DPC weekly challenges and other DPC side challenges (eg B&W this month) that also require one's attention. Would suggest changing to 2 days (Sat/Sun) or even better make this a weekend event (Fri 5 pm to Mon 8 am) -- and then give us 48 hours to process and upload. |
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09/17/2007 05:34:06 PM · #15 |
| while I did not join in this time, I like the concept. I would go with three images and I like the suggestions to give it some variety. Say one week "go 3-5 miles from home and take your picture", or "include a body of water in your picture." The idea is something that gives it some variety, without putting in much of a restriction. |
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09/17/2007 05:16:05 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by formerlee:
I hope people appreciate my comments, I think I can be caustic at times, but never hurtful. |
I've greatly enjoyed your comments, Steve - they add spice to the experience (not to mention a touch of humour).
eta - I've had a lot of comments and I've enjoyed all of them, not just Steve's - thanks!
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09/17/2007 04:54:27 PM · #17 |
Well, I have been so impressed with this idea. First, I didn't think it would work as a walkabout, I was wrong, it worked like a charm. Then, I am reknown for not commenting, so that's what I have been doing.
I have been here for over an hour giving comments, a first for me. I will work my way through all by the end of the week and leave at least one comment on all. Everyone has gone out and captured some fantastic shots. I hope people appreciate my comments, I think I can be caustic at times, but never hurtful. Although there are no duffers so far.
It is nice to give comments without the pressure of a challenge.
I am planning the next one now. Thanks Dennis, this was an inspired idea.
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09/17/2007 04:44:39 PM · #18 |
| Dennis, this was an excellent idea, and I'm really glad I participated. There's so much to see so close to home. I understood at the beginning that we'd have all week to make comments, and I hope that still applies, because it'll take me that long to get around to everyone. I wouldn't change a thing for the next one. I'm looking forward to it. |
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09/17/2007 03:53:05 PM · #19 |
I enjoyed this and would like to do it agagin. I have started and hope to finish commenting on at least 1 of each persons photos I have certainly enjoyed all the comments I have recieved :)
I like the ideas of having special rules as it would force me to do things I would never normally do left to my own devices. I think it would be good to have the special rules as a voluntary componenet so that people who do not have the equipment or dont enjoy photographing particualr subjects can just to their own thing. |
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09/17/2007 03:51:34 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by formerlee:
I think the Walkabout Challenge can still happen if people drive 5 miles, then walkabout. It is surprising how things can change in such a short distance. Also, keeping the challenge within walking distance would soon become a restriction in itself. |
That captures what I was thinking, too. If we keep it close, hopefully it will still seem "ordinary" to us, in keeping with the spirit of the challenge.
Good feedback ... thanks. I like the idea of making the extra "rules" voluntary, so people can decide whether to follow them or not but still be able to enter the challenge regardless. Maybe call them "suggestions" instead of rules, i.e., "try to zoom with you feet instead of your lens" rather than "all entries must be taken at 50mm" |
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09/17/2007 03:00:12 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by formerlee:
However, I think the Walkabout Challenge can still happen if people drive 5 miles, then walkabout. |
True, true.
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09/17/2007 02:58:07 PM · #22 |
I agree with  KarenNfld about keeping the format simple with few restrictions. However, I think the Walkabout Challenge can still happen if people drive 5 miles, then walkabout. It is surprising how things can change in such a short distance. Also, keeping the challenge within walking distance would soon become a restriction in itself.
I look forward to the next one, and still can't get over my surprise on just how many people found great subjects so close to home. |
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09/17/2007 02:57:14 PM · #23 |
Lens restrictions could prove to be too much of a restriction, inasmuch as it might leave some people feeling like they can't participate, even if you made it a voluntary restriction.
What might be useful is to have some generalized subject restrictions - like the challenge themes, where you can say go out from your house on a walk and come back with pictures of "blue" or "stormy" or whatever.
Some unifying theme would be a good idea, as it would add an extra dimension to viewing all the offerings - not just "what you saw on your walk", but what you interpreted as fitting the theme within what you saw on your walk.
Or have the best of all possible worlds all at once - have the day's portfolio include some "best of" shots and some that fit the theme.
Thanks again for doing this, and for keeping it going - this has been a fun exercise and I'd like to continue to participate, however you decide to set it up. |
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09/17/2007 02:52:31 PM · #24 |
I enjoyed this challenge, I would like to see it again. I don't like the idea of restricting it to a certain focal length or a certain type of lens or camera. You will not get as many participants if you set rules like that. I also don't like the idea of having to shoot something in particular (2 people, 2 animals, etc). I rarely photograph people and like I said, restrictions will limit the number of people who do this. I think a lot more people signed up for this in the beginning than who actually followed through with it, restrictions may just add to that. Oh, and if this is a walkabout challenge, what is the reason for driving 5 kms or so for next month?
But that's just my opinions, it's your challenge, obviously you can do what you like.
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09/17/2007 02:25:29 PM · #25 |
Firstly, thanks for the walkabout challenge initiative. I dare say it would be great just to do it once a month without any 'extras'. Limitations can be a bit of a drag, but having said that, it can also add to the fun if we're all singing something like the same tune :)
I'd gleefully jump at 50mm, but there could be a little equipment problem for quite a few people there, even if it were only 'prime-lens-anywhere-from-35-to-100'. As long as the 'rules of the month' were voluntary it wouldn't be a problem.
How about 2 of people, 2 of things and one 'front cover'?
North South East West sounds good - might be tricky for someone who lives on the coast :) Again, voluntary/flexible 'special' rules strikes me as the best idea.
5 pictures is about right, I think. Mine are in a walkabout collection in my portfolio, so you can nip in and browse the out takes - I have a couple of comments there (thanks!). Please excuse my shameless self-promotion.
With regard to Originally posted by EstimatedEyes:
"the original concept of challenging ourselves to make photographs out of ordinary subjects in ordinary places" |
- it worked - opened my eyes - thanks again. |
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