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 are still with Camera and Lens control, and we are onto Macro this week. A firm favorite with many photographers, despite that more often than not, DOF suffers. For this challenge we are looking for an image shot with a dedicated Macro lens, but if you do not have a macro lens, other options are available to use, such as the legendary Raynox, a X2 Teleconverter also works, extenson rings,, Magnifying add on glass, Bellows and of course reverse lens macro setup. Please avoid merely cropping an image.

You can get help here: https://photographylife.com/macro-photography-tutorial

Nice stuff here:https://www.adobe.com/africa/creativecloud/photography/discover/macro-photography.html

And here too: https://amateurphotographer.com/technique/macro_photography/top-12-macro-photography-tips/


THE CHALLENGE WILL CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT ON THE 19TH MARCH IN YOUR TIME ZONE

A random one from my collection. If I remember correctly this would be the Sigma 28-80mm Aspherical Macro lens, coupled with a X2 Teleconverter.


Read more at: PROJECT 52-11-26-CAMERA AND LENS CONTROL- Zoom zoom - PentaxForums.com

[jheu02]

I shot this today for Zoom Zoom (forgot the closing date as we were busy looking at places for our daughter's wedding later this year, this weekend). Anywho, lo and behold, it's MACRO week! What a coincidence. So, here's an initial selection courtesy of my Soligor 85-300 CD f/5. Shot at f/16 and somewhere between 1:4 and 1:5 magnification. I do have a Vivitar Series 1 that I may throw on the camera, so this may change, but here it is for now.

[Vaskebjorn]

Fairly recently I was able to obtain the “legendary” SMC Pentax A* 200mm f4 macro and I have been taken it for my daily outings since then. Therefore, and because I love this lens already I will post a photo taken with that lens.
That said, i only use macro lenses now. My other ones are the Irix 150mm f2.8 macro and the Laowa 100mm f2.8 ultramacro. The last one is boxed up as I am switching to long macro lenses due to “logistical reasons” and the Pentax and the Irix are the longest that I would consider. If someone Pentax ever decides to rework the DA* 300mm f4 into a macro version, they would already have 1 customer. I am not holding my breath though .

[jcdoss]

Vaskebjorn, that lens is stellar. I've got one too and I love it!
That said, I didn't use that lens for this shot, taken today out my back door.



Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and M50f4.0 Macro and 1.4x-S Converter-A with Godox TT350 flash at f8.0, 1/125s, and ISO 200

[djb47]

Took out the K30 with the Industar 61 L/D for this exercise and shot some Fruit Loop cereal.

[noelcmn]

Awesome submissions here this week, makes me glad to be hosting the project. A delight to the eyes!

[jheu02]

shot some Trix cereal.

Looks more like Fruit Loops. I always knew Trix to be colored spheres. It's been a LOOONG time since I've bought, let alone eaten, any, so I could be mistaken. What a silly rabbit.

[djb47]

Looks more like Fruit Loops. I always knew Trix to be colored spheres. It's been a LOOONG time since I've bought, let alone eaten, any, so I could be mistaken. What a silly rabbit.

You are right of course. My mistake, I'm a silly rabbit.

[jcdoss]

Trix are for kids anyway. 🐰

[noelcmn]

[noelcmn]

Challenge closed, now it is over to Ramseybuckeye (Tom) to do the judging exercise for us. Thanks all for your submissions.

Next challenge is up and running Project 52-11-28- Camera and Lens control- Fast Shutter Speed - PentaxForums.com