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PROJECT 52-11-11- NATURE- Birds
Posted By: noelcmn, 11-21-2022, 05:44 AM

Welcome to the 11th Edition of Project 52, which I will be hosting for the year. Thanks to djb47 for hosting Project 52-10.
Let's get some Motivation
I have participated in a few Project 52 kind of thing and there are plenty out there. One of the many aspects that have come to the fore is the value of participating, one of them being how much you learn-about technique, out of the box thinking, getting to know your camera's potential and a host of other values. WHY NOT JOIN THE PROJECT! Besides some discipline, there is not much else required except if you are chosen the winner, in which case you judge the next weeks challenge.

Themes covered will include but not limited to:
Colour
Architecture
DOF
Focus
Exposure
Landscape
Lighting
Perspective
Shutter
Subject- Multi-subject challenge
People
Ideas
Shapes
Home
Animals
Seasonal
Leisure


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.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-11 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. SOME FLEXIBILITY IS ALLOWED (after all life comes before photography) FOR OUT OF DATE/LATE SUBMISSIONS.
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 52-11 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.

Our theme is still NATURE, and this week it is yet another popular subject with photographers the world over- BIRDS. Aviaries, Zoos Animal Parks, Game and Nature Reserves, and of course your Garden all present opportunities. Maybe you even have a pet bird- wide open to interpretation. You may even opt for a Macro shot of feathers or a Portrait shot. THE CHALLENGE WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2022 AT MIDNIGHT IN YOUR TIME ZONE.

Help here:Bird Photography: 10 Tips for Beautiful Images

And here: https://photographylife.com/how-to-photograph-birds

Once again using an image from my collection, a Red Billed Hornbill, that came to sit on the open window of my car in Kruger Park. I was therefore able to get a close shot (just barely got it with the 18-55mm Kit lens) before it decided there was nothing for it in my car and flew off. That was 2010- with the K200D.




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11-23-2022, 11:50 AM - 1 Like   #2
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Haven't seem many birds this week around the neighborhood so far but there are some geese at the park.

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Challenge closed, now we await jcdoss to do the judging exercise.
The New challenge is up: PROJECT 52-11-12- NATURE- Animals-Pets - PentaxForums.com

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Noel's image wins this week because the subject filled more of the frame, and the tufts of grass provided some foreground interest as well as background bokeh. Both images are good, though only two entries must mean no one else saw any birds?
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QuoteOriginally posted by jcdoss Quote
Noel's image wins this week because the subject filled more of the frame, and the tufts of grass provided some foreground interest as well as background bokeh. Both images are good, though only two entries must mean no one else saw any birds?
Nope, missed it because I was traveling and didn't see it until now. So just for fun...
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Excellent choice. Congratulations Noel.


Nice variety of birds Tom. Nice capture.

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