Game Single in September 2016

repaap · 08-26-2016, 03:33 AM

About themes, I like blur idea, movement...ect. I also have enjoyed B&W and all of those, but forgotten them. How about challenge on PoV? Something what you would never do?

Tsuken · 08-26-2016, 03:36 AM

Originally posted by robgski

I like themes, I don't find them limiting, I enjoy the additional challenge. I think they add to the utility of SIC, which is getting to really know a lens and camera combo by using it every day for one month.

The themes add a prompt, or some impetus, to being creative, to providing inspiration when one has no idea what to shoot. If one looks at the themes in the way that a pro photographer might "The assignment is create a B&W picture, and you don't get paid if you don't! ", one might be more open to trying something outside the normal comfort zone or genre.

Now that I think of it, I nominate motion blur or long shutter speeds (more than 1 second), and Multiple exposure (I love the K-5's built in function, but one could do it in PP) as themes.

Ooh, those are interesting ideas. As I'm going to be using a zoom (the 16-45) I was going to use some zoom-burst sort of things anyway, and I think that could be mixed in with a motion blur theme perhaps; a "blur" theme?

repaap · 08-26-2016, 03:37 AM

I also like that multiexposure theme!

Tsuken · 08-26-2016, 03:37 AM

Originally posted by repaap

PoV? Something what you would never do?

Another cool idea; the challenging of oneself being the thing.

repaap · 08-26-2016, 03:38 AM

Originally posted by Tsuken

Ooh, those are interesting ideas. As I'm going to be using a zoom (the 16-45) I was going to use some zoom-burst sort of things anyway, and I think that could be mixed in with a motion blur theme perhaps; a "blur" theme?

Yes, motionblur, blur by zoom/lens movement.

pathdoc · 08-26-2016, 03:42 AM

Originally posted by photolady95

So, and I hope the weather cools off some, I'm thinking one of my 50's with a deglassed 2x TC.

Have I started some sort of trend here?

jabbershort · 08-26-2016, 05:04 AM

I'm tentatively in for this month, depending on how much work I get done at the end of August. Either the M28/2.8 that I started but never finished, Tamron 70-200 or maybe a repeat of a previous attempt. Possibly even the wide end of my Sigma 17-50 to keep to the trend. These new themes sound really fun, I'd be up for trying any of them mentioned so far!

photolady95 · 08-26-2016, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by pathdoc

Have I started some sort of trend here?

May be.......

**robgski** · 08-26-2016, 02:33 PM - **2 Likes**

I know a few folks mentioned dropping to the teens, so I guess I'll be using my beloved takumar 17mm fish-eye/UWA. I love this lens, and the built in orange filter wil be even better if autumn colors show up in September.

BTW, I bought an FA 77mm from a PF member, its arrival should coincide with the rental period of the K-1!

Sandy Hancock · 08-26-2016, 03:44 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by robgski

BTW, I bought an FA 77mm from a PF member, its arrival should coincide with the rental period of the K-1!

Ooooh, good times

dakight · 08-26-2016, 08:05 PM

I'll be using revisiting the D FA 28-105mm I used it in June but I feel like there's more I can do with it. It's not quite as wide as the 24-70 but as a little more reach. I may occasionally add a 1.4x converter for a little added reach when I want it. I want to do more with landscape and that focal range almost forces the issue. It should also be quite useable for astro and the occasional portrait of the great grandchildren.

**robgski** · 08-27-2016, 03:29 AM

Originally posted by dakight

I want to do more with landscape and that focal range almost forces the issue

I know what you mean, most of my favorite lenses are below 28mm, I like to take it all in. In that last two years I noticed that I often cop the wide open spaces of a scene shot with a 17mm or 21mm quite a bit to call attention to whatever it was that really makes the shot. It's still a landscape, but one with a point of interest, which suggests that I could have used a lens like a 28mm, (or even my beloved 40mm XS) and gotten what I really wanted out to the shot with less cropping. It's made me consider composition more, and broadened my definition of "landscape" photos

I have an old SMC-A 28-135mm that weighs a lot, but takes great shots and is often my "walk-around" lens when I'll be in a variety of locations. It opens to 2.8, and is nice and sharp, so I'll lug it around for the payoff in clarity and bokeh.

**NaClH2O** · 08-27-2016, 05:29 AM

I'm in. I do have some teen lenses but all of them have been featured in one Single In ___ or another. Besides I've decided to use my DA 12-24 for October so I can't go there either. Since the FA 31 ltd was dual featured (along with the Sigma 30) in June, and the FA 43 ltd was used this month, I think I'll complete the trio with the FA 77 ltd for September.

edit: As far as themes are concerned, I'll submit "backlit but not silhouette". All too often when someone suggest backlit as a theme, many of the shots posted are silhouettes. I find true backlit shots are more challenging than silhouettes to get the exposure correct.

NaCl(all three of the amigos done!)H2O

jabbershort · 08-27-2016, 07:09 AM - **1 Like**

Ok, I've caught a minor case of lba and ordered a 15mm limited, which should arrive by the first, so that'll be septembers lens.

**pepperberry farm** · 08-27-2016, 08:21 AM

Originally posted by jabbershort

Ok, I've caught a minor case of lba and ordered a 15mm limited, which should arrive by the first, so that'll be septembers lens.

I bought my Tamron 151B in the hope that it staves off my thoughts toward the 15Ltd.....

so far, so good......

08-27-2016, 05:29 AM	#28
NaClH2O Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bronx NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,631	I'm in. I do have some teen lenses but all of them have been featured in one Single In ___ or another. Besides I've decided to use my DA 12-24 for October so I can't go there either. Since the FA 31 ltd was dual featured (along with the Sigma 30) in June, and the FA 43 ltd was used this month, I think I'll complete the trio with the FA 77 ltd for September. edit: As far as themes are concerned, I'll submit "backlit but not silhouette". All too often when someone suggest backlit as a theme, many of the shots posted are silhouettes. I find true backlit shots are more challenging than silhouettes to get the exposure correct. NaCl(all three of the amigos done!)H2O Last edited by NaClH2O; 08-27-2016 at 05:43 AM.

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08-26-2016, 03:33 AM	#16
repaap Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,242	About themes, I like blur idea, movement...ect. I also have enjoyed B&W and all of those, but forgotten them. How about challenge on PoV? Something what you would never do?

08-26-2016, 03:36 AM	#17
Tsuken Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,420 Original Poster	Originally posted by robgski I like themes, I don't find them limiting, I enjoy the additional challenge. I think they add to the utility of SIC, which is getting to really know a lens and camera combo by using it every day for one month. The themes add a prompt, or some impetus, to being creative, to providing inspiration when one has no idea what to shoot. If one looks at the themes in the way that a pro photographer might "The assignment is create a B&W picture, and you don't get paid if you don't! ", one might be more open to trying something outside the normal comfort zone or genre. Now that I think of it, I nominate motion blur or long shutter speeds (more than 1 second), and Multiple exposure (I love the K-5's built in function, but one could do it in PP) as themes. Ooh, those are interesting ideas. As I'm going to be using a zoom (the 16-45) I was going to use some zoom-burst sort of things anyway, and I think that could be mixed in with a motion blur theme perhaps; a "blur" theme?

08-26-2016, 03:37 AM	#18
repaap Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,242	I also like that multiexposure theme!

08-26-2016, 03:37 AM	#19
Tsuken Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,420 Original Poster	Originally posted by repaap PoV? Something what you would never do? Another cool idea; the challenging of oneself being the thing.

08-26-2016, 03:38 AM	#20
repaap Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,242	Originally posted by Tsuken Ooh, those are interesting ideas. As I'm going to be using a zoom (the 16-45) I was going to use some zoom-burst sort of things anyway, and I think that could be mixed in with a motion blur theme perhaps; a "blur" theme? Yes, motionblur, blur by zoom/lens movement.

08-26-2016, 03:42 AM	#21
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381	Originally posted by photolady95 So, and I hope the weather cools off some, I'm thinking one of my 50's with a deglassed 2x TC. Have I started some sort of trend here?

08-26-2016, 05:04 AM	#22
jabbershort Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: UK Posts: 51	I'm tentatively in for this month, depending on how much work I get done at the end of August. Either the M28/2.8 that I started but never finished, Tamron 70-200 or maybe a repeat of a previous attempt. Possibly even the wide end of my Sigma 17-50 to keep to the trend. These new themes sound really fun, I'd be up for trying any of them mentioned so far!

08-26-2016, 07:39 AM	#23
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Originally posted by pathdoc Have I started some sort of trend here? May be.......

08-26-2016, 02:33 PM - 2 Likes	#24
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,799	I know a few folks mentioned dropping to the teens, so I guess I'll be using my beloved takumar 17mm fish-eye/UWA. I love this lens, and the built in orange filter wil be even better if autumn colors show up in September. BTW, I bought an FA 77mm from a PF member, its arrival should coincide with the rental period of the K-1!

08-26-2016, 03:44 PM - 1 Like	#25
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,272	Originally posted by robgski BTW, I bought an FA 77mm from a PF member, its arrival should coincide with the rental period of the K-1! Ooooh, good times

08-26-2016, 08:05 PM	#26
dakight Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Phoenix, AZ Photos: Albums Posts: 1,216	I'll be using revisiting the D FA 28-105mm I used it in June but I feel like there's more I can do with it. It's not quite as wide as the 24-70 but as a little more reach. I may occasionally add a 1.4x converter for a little added reach when I want it. I want to do more with landscape and that focal range almost forces the issue. It should also be quite useable for astro and the occasional portrait of the great grandchildren.

08-27-2016, 03:29 AM	#27
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,799	Originally posted by dakight I want to do more with landscape and that focal range almost forces the issue I know what you mean, most of my favorite lenses are below 28mm, I like to take it all in. In that last two years I noticed that I often cop the wide open spaces of a scene shot with a 17mm or 21mm quite a bit to call attention to whatever it was that really makes the shot. It's still a landscape, but one with a point of interest, which suggests that I could have used a lens like a 28mm, (or even my beloved 40mm XS) and gotten what I really wanted out to the shot with less cropping. It's made me consider composition more, and broadened my definition of "landscape" photos I have an old SMC-A 28-135mm that weighs a lot, but takes great shots and is often my "walk-around" lens when I'll be in a variety of locations. It opens to 2.8, and is nice and sharp, so I'll lug it around for the payoff in clarity and bokeh.

08-27-2016, 07:09 AM - 1 Like	#29
jabbershort Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: UK Posts: 51	Ok, I've caught a minor case of lba and ordered a 15mm limited, which should arrive by the first, so that'll be septembers lens.

08-27-2016, 08:21 AM	#30
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,679	Originally posted by jabbershort Ok, I've caught a minor case of lba and ordered a 15mm limited, which should arrive by the first, so that'll be septembers lens. I bought my Tamron 151B in the hope that it staves off my thoughts toward the 15Ltd..... so far, so good......