Welcome to PROJECT 52-7 for the year 2015.
PROJECT 52-7-20-Landscape - Night Light
Images for Project 52-7-20 are to be taken between the 19 May 2015 Tuesday and 26 May 2015.
Rules
1. Anyone and everyone interested in the challenge is eligible. The goal continues to be have fun and share comments, concepts, insights, and techniques
with fellow Pentaxians.
2. Each week will feature a Theme and Sub-concept for you to explore.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-7 thread for the week. Explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly
theme.
4. Some post-processing is OK (adjusting white balance, exposure, color saturation), but let's try to stay away from heavily PP'ed images here. Try to
keep the creativity to photographic techniques and the captures themselves.
5. Since this project is about technique, and not camera, shots taken by non Pentax cameras are allowed.Cameras may be SLRs, DSLRs, Point & Shoot,
Medium Format, et cetera.
6. There is one “Theme Concept” labeled “black and white,” but feel free to post black and white, sepia, monotone, etc., for any of the other themes.
7. The picture you post should be taken during the week in which the theme is active to be eligible for judging.
8. Any picture taken from thread start date to listed closing date is acceptable. You may request to submit a photo outside of the time frame, but its
acceptance is dependent on the judge of the week. Please try and keep to within a day or two (either way) of the week. This is to make allowances for
those that would like to participate, but for one or other reason, are not able to do so during the time given for the challenge, such as illness, weather,
travelling etc.
9. The WINNER of each weekly challenge is the JUDGE of the next week's Project 52-7
10. JUDGE may participate the challenge, but the picture of JUDGE will be comment by 2nd and 3rd WINNER, and there is no podium place for JUDGE's picture. *** New Rules ***
11. The Facilitator (in this case scomatic) may participate in the challenge, provided he/she is not the judge.
12. Closing date for the challenge is Monday at midnight in your time zone, this will encourage people to snap the picture during weekend and post it up on next days. Late entries are accepted but subject to the acceptance by the current weeks JUDGE. ** Amendment **
JUDGE need to provide either with Option A or Option B or Both AB options criteria when during JUDGEMENT *** New Rules ***:
OPTION A (Just provide 1-10 point on each criteria and average out is the overall point)
Technical criteria
- Exposure Focus/sharpness
- Colour and/or tonal rendition
- Contrast
- Lighting
Visual and aesthetic criteria
- Framing and choice of viewpoint
- Background
- Design elements and principles
- Visual impact
Content
- Emotion / Mood /Feeling
- Relevance
Viewer’s response
- Excitement
- Interest
OPTION B (Good / Bad comment)
Example:
the good: Composition is perfect, I like your lighting. blah blah blah
the bad: I think leveling the horizon would be better, the blown out highlights on top left are distracting to me. blah blah blah.
Overview
Shooting great night photography means applying the same attention to light and photo composition as you do in daylight. In fact, you’ll find that most night photography tips are just as relevant for photographers during the day.
Nevertheless, before you head out into the night, it will pay dividends and save you time if you plan ahead. For instance, pick some good photo locations beforehand by scouting out local spots that have interesting lights and architecture. Or if you’re looking to shoot light trails, check which roads are busiest and when is the best time for traffic.
Likewise, if you’re shooting low-light seascapes or landscapes, arrive at your location with plenty of time to set up. The best photographers know that you’ll get better pictures when there’s still some light and colour left in the sky.
This is also particularly true of floodlit buildings. The architectural photographer will know that his or her pictures will be more interesting – and exposures easier – if the brightness of the sky and that of subjects lit by artificial light are balanced.
Finally, for the best results, shoot in raw format. This way your images will retain the most ‘information’, whcih gives you greater scope for enhancing your shots in Adobe Camera Raw and other raw-processing software.
Raw is especially beneficial when shooting night photography because it gives more flexibility when you want to change things such as colour temperature, or brighten or darken your exposures.
13 Essential Tips For Low Light & Night Photography - may see more at:
13 Essential Tips For Low Light & Night Photography : John Paul Caponigro ? Digital Photography Workshops, DVDs, eBooks Sample: 
This will have to do! 
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