Welcome to PROJECT 52-6 for the year 2014.

PROJECT 52-6-32- FOCUS- Selective focus

Images for Project 52-6-32 are to be taken between the 22nd September 2014 and 28th September 2014.


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 52-6 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 o the judge of the week. Please try and keep to within a day or two (either way 92% 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 52-6.
10. The Facilitator (in this case noelcmn) may participate in the challenge, provided he/she is not the judge.
11. Closing date for the challenge is Sunday at midnight in your time zone. Late entries are accepted but subject to the acceptance by the current weeks
Judge.

We move onto more Camera related challenges, and first up is selective focus, which has been a regular feature of Project 52 since its inception. Described by a previous host as "photos where only the subject (or part of the subject) you want to emphasize is in focus".

Here are some previous winners for inspiration. I have always found selective focusing difficult.






Happy clicking!



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[mtux]

Cool!

[scomatic]

Bokeh time for my Pentax-M SMC 50mm.... haha

[Bill2849]

I guess I'll start things out this week.
Taken with my Pentax K-x and Pentax K 55mm f1.8 lens, handheld, ISO 400, 1/640 sec.

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Last edited by Bill2849; 09-25-2014 at 10:01 AM.

[Murfy]

Pentax K-3 with kit lens - 115mm f/5.6 1/400 sec ISO 125. Tiny, tiny little cemetery in the middle of a tree farm. Took the photo through the black gates

[patrick9]

I went a bit more traditional for this one. Taken this morning with my istDL and Tamron 90macro Iso 200 f4 1/500

[Joris]

Hi! I'm new to this forum, and haven't introduced myself yet, sorry. I might get around to that some time ;-)

I just got my first non-kit lens (the pentax-m 50mm f1.7) this week, and took a gazillion pictures trying to get my son's eyes in focus. It was a really hard job manually, as he doesn't sit still at all, but I managed! Seeing this weekly challenge completely fits my struggles, I decided to submit it.

This was shot at 1.7 if I remember correctly. A bit of overall contrast was added, slightly lightened/sharpened the eyes, and slightly smoothened the skin.

Oh and if it's unclear, the out-of-focus blurb in the foreground is a Lego toy he is focusing on (hey that fits the theme too, I just realised ;-)

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[mtux]

This was shot at 1.7 if I remember correctly.

Hey, that's a great focus, I never managed to focus my A50/1.7 so good wide open.
And welcome to forum and Project 52 challenge. hope to see more from you here.

My entry?
Here it is:
I shot this yesterday as my daily shot for Single in challenge, A gentle breeze forced me to shoot in TAv mode to set a fast 1/90 sec shutter speed.
It's SOOC, shot with K-30 and DA21

[patrick9]

Hello Joris and welcome to the Project 52 challenge and the Forums in general

[noelcmn]

Welcome to Pentax Forums, Joris, and in particular to the Project 52 Challenges. Hope to see you more often around here. And what a fine entry-beautifully done!

[Homo_erectus]

Here's a shot of a bee!

I keep meaning to participate in these weekly challenges and then I get busy and forget.

[noelcmn]

Wow, some super duper stuff around here!

[patrick9]

Wow, some super duper stuff around here!

Yeah.. agreed

[RollsUp]

A little under 6.5 hours until the end of this challenge according to the clock in my time zone.

[lukulele]

Wooly worm time in the NC Mountains