Welcome everyone to the first "Daily in" January 2016 Challenge!
Aim of the Game: The idea here is to shoot daily and post one picture each day for the month to this group challenge, using any lens you want each day. We want this challenge to be similar to the popular
"Single In" Challenge but to be able to use any lens we want each day of the month. You may choose to stick with the same lens the whole month, or go week by week, or change the chosen lens every day, etc. There is no limitation to what camera gear you use for this challenge.
Commenting: Posting our pictures to the daily threads for the month allows other participants to comment on them. Conversely, it’s hoped that you will comment on the pictures posted by the other members. Please don’t be shy if you don’t have much photographic experience or if you are a Forum newbie. Your personal reactions to photographs are as valid as anyone else’s. We aim to be a friendly group and with regular commenting, we’ll soon be enjoying the camaraderie.
The rewards: Daily shooting and sharing is great fun. As with the Single In Challenge, you’ll see what other members achieve with their selected lenses - sometimes the same lens you’ve chosen for that day. In the comment banter you’ll pick up many tips on photographic technique generally, including post processing. As the month progresses it can become quite demanding to keep shooting and posting every day (it’s a challenge, remember) but you’ll always be encouraged by other participants. Worried about LBA? - this game won’t help you fight it!
Important Note: This 'Daily Challenge' was started by a few regular members of the 'Single In Challenge' who after participating in many Single In Challenges themselves desired to have the same essential challenge format and culture while being able to switch lenses during the month when desired. That said, if anybody is considering joining the Daily Challenge for a month who hasn't yet tried a month of the Single In Challenge, we encourage you to try at least one Single In Challenge before trying this one... Simply put, spending a whole month with the same lens is a great way to get to know your gear.
Some of us may be participating in both the Daily Challenge and the Single In challenges for the month. When that is the case, it should be a
different image posted to each challenge for the day.
How to participate:
1. First you need to join the Group to be able to post pictures; you only have to do this once. The group’s name is “
Daily Challenge (By Month)”. You’ll find a clickable link on that forum page to join.
2. You’ll need to have your pictures stored in an on-line album. This could be the Pentax Forum, or others such as Flickr, etc. (Flickr is the most commonly used host.) You actually post a link to your picture into the daily picture thread in the
Daily Challenge (By Month) group page.
** If you are going to be linking to a Pentax Forum album, for now you can ask us for advice below, if needed.
** If you are posting a link to Flickr, just click on the sharing icon below your selected picture and a window will open displaying the BB code. Copy it and paste into the Daily Challenge (By Month) Challenge thread in the Pentax Forum.
**If you're a Flickr member, here is the new Flickr group to join and add your posted images to it:
Daily Challenges (Pentax Forums)
Each day, you’ll see a new thread of pictures grow in the 'Daily Challenge (By Month)' group page. By clicking on each picture in the daily thread you should be redirected to the photographer’s image page wherever it's hosted and there you will be able to add a comment and read those of others. When you post your picture each day to the daily thread, please specify the camera/lens combination with your picture eg 'K5 & DA15 Ltd'. This makes it easy for others to note what combo you’re using. This is especially important for this Daily Challenge where our chosen lenses for each day may be changing frequently.
The thread you’re painstakingly reading now is the Discussion Thread for Game > Daily In (By Month) Challenge.
This is a separate discussion thread from the picture posting thread referred to above, so you’ll probably want to subscribe to this discussion thread here to keep up with activities and develop a rapport with other Challenge members. It’s the place where you can ask questions, offer advice, share concerns, suggest improvements, and often just participate in general banter related to this month’s challenge.
This FAQ (made by Zorglub) may be helpful, which was created for and applies to the Single In Challenge. Everything there also applies to this Daily Challenge with the only difference being that we are
not binding this challenge to the use of one lens for the whole month.
Here we go! It is easier than it might seem at first. If you miss any days, don’t worry. If you have any problems, please ask. Come and try!
Who's in?
(Since this is a new group, let me know if you think we should move the discussion thread to the group section. I'm fine with it either way..)
Last edited by todd; 12-28-2015 at 03:37 PM.