Weekly Challenge #94: Balance

[séamuis]

Weekly Challenge #94: Balance

Balance: subject placement within the frame.

I'm probably the worst candidate to host much less judge a challenge, but since the honor fell upon my shoulders, I decided I would come up with a challenge that tests one's ability and more importantly ones idea(s) regarding composition. hopefully this will inspire everyone to try and achieve such a state [of balance]. not terribly difficult, yet vague enough to leave room for interpretation. as a street photographer I generally fail at this quite often. it is an essential element to the basics of photographic composition yet can be very hard to achieve with most subject matter. give it your best shot and lets see what you come up with.

contest will close Tuesday, April 14 (7 days) I will post the judging results Wednesday, April 15


inspiring enough Gary? yea probably not. oh well.
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The rules are as follows...

1. Post ONE photo (max 1000x1000).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme. It can be color or B&W, your choice.
3. Post your single picture in this thread, and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and chose 1 of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus a day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax camera will do or a Samsung DSLR.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.

Previous Challenge Subjects:
1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits, 23-Motion Blur, 24-Simplicity, 25-Color, 26-Cars, 27-Repetition, 28-Wildlife, 29-Epiphany, 30-Contrast, 31-Pets, 32-Landscapes, 33-Coastal, 34-Churches, 35-Bridges, 36-Creation, 37-Still Life: Food, 38-At the Zoo, 39-Wide Aperture, 40-Merry Christmas, 41- Sunsets, 42-Action, 43-Fireworks, 44-Manipulated Light Portraits, 45- Advertising/Product Shot, 46- B&W Street Shooting, people/buildings, 47-Vanishing Point, 48-Reflection, 49-Tranquility, 50-Expressions, 51-S Curve, 52-Hands, 53-Shadows, 54-Your Favorite Beverage, 55-Barriers, 56-Perspective, 57-Night Scenes, 58-Zen-like...Water and Stone 59-Modern architecture, 60-Sunrises, 61-Red, 62-Action on water, 63-Bodies in Motion, 64-Ruins, 65-Blue and green, 66-Iridescence, 67-Anthropomorpha, 68–Sound, 69-Backlight, 70-Group Shot, 71-Railway Scenes, 72-Technology, 73-Color on Color, 74-History, 75-Autumn/Harvest 76-working men and women, 77-Silhouettes, 78 Stranger Portrait, 79-Transportation, 80 - Lonely, 81 - Holidays, 82 - Toys 'n Games, 83 - Machines, 84 - Ice, 85 - Cats, 86 - Stories, 87 - Cultures, 88 - Absence, 89 - Weather, 90 - Old roads, 91 - The River, 92 - The Seventies, 93 - Beautiful Bokeh 94 - Balance
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[gawan]

I find this theme very inspiring, now I have to find good subjects to compose!

[Damn Brit]

On the contrary Séamuis, very inspiring and also challenging in it's simplicity.

I'll start the ball rolling and I tried to take it one step further and balance light and dark also.

[daacon]

Well now an interesting theme - here is one I took last night. I think it qualifies for the subject matter as I find balance all over the frame.

Click on the image to view it in a larger size

[cindy s]

Wow! Nice images Gary and Dave. I will have to look and see if I have anything that fits the theme.

[séamuis]

Originally Posted by cindy s

Wow! Nice images Gary and Dave. I will have to look and see if I have anything that fits the theme.

or you could go out and take a photo that fits the theme!

[Bramela]

I came up with this one. I think the reflection and structure being a cross creates a real sense of balance. Now... would others agree Hmmmmmm?

[planedriver]

this is what I did today...(have we (Bramela and me) missed the reflection contest?)




Flickr: sopiandri's Photostream

[RickL]

Nice pics everyone! Looking good so far. I have an idea that I think will fit this category just right.... now to find the right light and some willing subjects...

[PinarelloOnly]

[Skyntara]

Captain Cook, Hyde Park, Sydney

Taken with my K200D and a Ricoh 135mm 2.8 Manual Prime that belonged to my father.

[Damn Brit]

Originally Posted by séamuis

or you could go out and take a photo that fits the theme!

Like I did.

Well, last week anyway and I did take it with a view to posting it here. It was just fortuitous that it met the criteria of this comp.

[mikeSF]

Ooh, Ooh, Here's my entry:



These five birds were just so beautifully spaced on a wire, facing the last rays of the setting sun. I suppose you could also say they are "balancing" upon the wire.

*ist DL with Quantaray 100-300mm, at 300mm.

[garth1948]

Saw this in our local mall. Pretty good balancing act.

[AdrianM]

I'll give it a go. My son playing his electric guitar. K20D with Sigma 70-200 f2.8