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
By default, attached photos will be shown below your message
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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.

We continue with Compositional Techniques, this week it is the very popular Patterns and Repetition, found all around us, some from nature, some man made, some colorful, others almost monochrome. Offerings from the Macro world, to landscape photography, Architecture and t he ever-present-always-available world of fabrics, all present opportunities. The only impediment is your own creativity, and an open eye.

I like the examples here: Repetition and Patterns in Photography

And here is good advice Using Repetition and Patterns in Photography

The examples here left me drooling: https://gurushots.com/article/36-beautiful-examples-of-repetition-patterns-in-photography

Submissions must be taken during the period 09 January 2023-15 January 2023 and will close at MIDNIGHT IN YOUR TIME ZONE.

An example from yesterday


Read more at: PROJECT 52-11-17- COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES - Negative space - Page 2 - PentaxForums.com

[Yaki]

Meesa lika a dis

[noelcmn]

I presume that is Russian

[Yaki]

Nope
a quote from Jar Jar Binks' boss
means - I like this

[djb47]

Exhaust fans at a local furniture manufacturing plant.

[Vaskebjorn]

I did not have anything worthwhile so I went out to get something fitting this challenge. Now I have 5 photos that would fit it. The one I choose is the closest to the challenge itself as it has both patterns and repetition.

[Architecture]

[jheu02]

Was trying to think of what to shoot for patterns...deck boards?... when I looked across the room and saw one of our CD racks...

[jcdoss]

We've already got some good entries for this week, so let me bring down the curve. Here's one I shot yesterday showing a manmade repetitious pattern overlaid by an organic one.


Pentax K-1 mII and M40f2.8 at f5.6, 1/45s, and ISO 1600

[Chris_K]

Some more repetitions:

[Yaki]

While searching for patterns and repetitions I got the Jacks


and two more out of competition to describe the quest
Orange

Nemesis

[turbo_bird]

Here's a coarse brush I spent some time photographing today.
K1, Sigma 105 f2.8 macro at closest focus and wide open, brush was lit from above and behind with a flashlight.
Kristian

[KFMike]

Hello Everyone. These submissions are fantastic; I didn't even take any photos worth submitting this week.

[noelcmn]

Thank you everyone for your submissions, and I agree with KFMike, the submissions are fantastic. Not an easy judging exercise, this week's winner is turbo_bird, for an excellent use of light and a nice tight crop. Then there is the element of verticals, and some fading bokeh and not forgetting the appeal of anything yellow! Congrats! A close 2nd to Chris_K, I like the angular composition to this, and the 2-tone elements is so good!

The next challenge is up and running - I am looking forward to this one.
PROJECT 52-11-19-COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES-Using Geometric shapes - PentaxForums.com

[jcdoss]

Congrats winners @turbo_bird and @Chris_K and to all participants! See you all next week!