Welcome to Project 52-8 for the year 2016. Until the end of Project 52-8 we are onto "Subjects" which allows for a wide variety of opportunities for photographers. This week its is Forest. This is also a regular feature of past Project 52 challenges. And while ithere is cold weather and in some places snow in the northern hemisphere, this should not prevent us from capturing a forest, even a snow clad one.

Images for Project 52-8-41 are to be taken between Monday 5th December 2016 through to Sunday 11 December 2016. Closing times is midnight in your time Zone

Rules
1. Anyone and everyone interested in the challenge is eligible. The goal continues to be to 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. The theme/sub-concepts are chosen by the facilitator every week. You are only
required to submit a photo taken during the week of the challenge, and in keeping with the theme/sub-concept and be willing to be the judge if you win.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-8 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. And we will include images taken with phones as well.
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. It is up to the discretion of the current week's
Judge to accept or decline early/late entries i.e. a day earlier or a day late. Usually there is some flexibility here to allow as many entrants as possible. BUT
PLEASE DO NOT POST IMAGES TAKEN DAYS OR WEEKS OUTSIDE THE PERIOD OF THE CHALLENGE. TRY TO KEEP IT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE
TO THE TIME FRAME.
8. Additional images are welcome, but please keep them to a minimum. If more than one image is posted, make sure you identify your entry for the challenge.
Additional images should also please comply with rule 1 and rule 7.
9. Any picture taken from thread start date to listed closing date is acceptable.
10. The WINNER of each weekly challenge is the JUDGE of the next weeks Project 52-8 and may not participate in the challenge.
11. The host/facilitator (in this case noelcmn) may participate in the challenge, provided he/she is not the judge.

We are on the last stretch of Project 52, and will not complete a 52 weeks cycle, having skipped a few weeks. Lets hope we can get the last 4 weeks completed. I have received an offer from a Forumite to facilitate Project 52 for next year, and will confirm it with them and announce it next week.

The weekly dose of inspiration.and examples of snow clad forests






All three the above images were winners in previous Project 52.


Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/334302-projec...#ixzz4RzZ4CssL

[ChristianRock]

This is what the leaves around here look like now... the leaves that are still on, are mostly dry. Except for the pine trees, which I don't like much And the japanese maples, some of those still have leaves on, but those are in gardens and not forests

[tessfully]

Beech Tree Forest

[noelcmn]

[normhead]

Tess says nobody entered so I have to enter, just so whoever wins will feel like they had competition.

[ramseybuckeye]