Game Daily in April 2017 - discussion thread

**todd** · 03-27-2017, 04:52 PM

Welcome to the "Daily in" April 2017 Challenge (aka DIC) here at Pentax Forums!

Aim of the Game: Shoot daily with any camera/lens you want and post one picture each day of the month to this group challenge. Our desire when starting this challenge was to be similar in culture to the popular "Single In" Challenge (aka SI or SIC) here at Pentax Forums, while instead being able to use any lens/gear we want each day of the month. There is no limitation to what camera gear you use for this challenge.

Additionally for film shooters, you can post your film shot for the day according to the day you scan your image, if you want. We just ask that you also note the approximate date when the image was exposed, if possible. And of course any gear, film type and exposure setting details you might be able to provide are always appreciated.

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 as well. Please don’t be shy if you don’t have much photographic experience or are a Forum newbie. Your personal reactions to photographs are just as valid as any. 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 and a real challenge! As with the Single In Challenge, you’ll see what other members achieve with their selected gear that will sometimes be the same gear you’ve chosen for that day. In the comment banter you’re likely to pick up some photographic tips and ideas. 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 and GAS? - sorry, this game won’t help you!

Note: This 'Daily Challenge' started in January 2016 when a few regular members of the 'Single In Challenge' wanted to have a similar daily shooting/posting challenge format and interactive culture with the key difference of being able to switch the gear up during the month whenever desired. That said, if you're here considering whether or not to join the Daily Challenge for a month and haven't yet tried a month of the Single In Challenge, we enthusiastically encourage you to try one... Simply put, spending a whole month shooting daily and sharing with the same lens is a great way to get to know your gear.

How to participate:

1. 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 the group.

2. Store your pictures in an on-line album somewhere. This could be the Pentax Forum, or others such as Flickr, etc. Flickr is the most commonly used host, and makes it easiest for others to comment on your pictures.

3. Post your daily image into the daily picture thread in the Daily Challenge (By Month) group page. That image should link to where your image is hosted. That's it!

** Some of us may be participating in both the Daily Challenge and the Single In challenges for the month. When this is the case, it should be a different image posted to each challenge for the same day.

** If you are going to be linking to your images in a Pentax Forum album, just ask for advice below if needed.

** If you are posting a link to Flickr, just click on the sharing icon below your selected picture at flickr.com and a window will open displaying the BB code. Select the 1024px size, then copy and paste the BB code into the Daily Challenge (By Month) group page in the Pentax Forum.

** If you're a Flickr member, then here is the Flickr group to join: Daily Challenges (Pentax Forums)
Please remember to add your posted images to this Flickr group.

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/interact with 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 gear you’re using. This is especially helpful for this Daily Challenge where our chosen lenses and/or cameras for each day may be changing frequently.

The thread you’re reading now is the 'Discussion Thread' for Game > Daily In April 2017 Challenge. It's 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 as well to keep up with activities and develop a rapport with other Challenge members. It’s the place to ask questions, offer advice, share concerns, suggest improvements, and often just participate in general banter related to this month’s challenge.

** If you've been shooting daily pictures during the challenge month but have been away from the internet or have been too busy to post and want to back post your images to the daily threads for the month, please go for it. It is recommended in this case to also come back to the monthly thread here and post a comment to let the group know and provide some details to inspire us to visit your images.

This FAQ (made by Zorglub) may be helpful to understand the challenge process. It was created for the Single In Challenge so everything there also applies to this Daily Challenge except for the key and major difference that this challenge is not bound to the use of one Single lens for the month.

There is no limitation to what camera gear you use for this challenge. Anything goes!

Here we go! It is easier than it might seem at first. If you miss any days, don’t worry about it. If you have any problems, please ask. Come and try!

So who's joining me for April?

**robgski** · 03-27-2017, 04:56 PM - **1 Like**

Spring is coming, lots of opportunities to use a variety of lense, and longer daylight hours mean more time to shoot.

**babywriter** · 03-27-2017, 07:30 PM - **2 Likes**

Hi everyone! I've been doing the "Single In" challenge for several months, and I thought I'd join up here as well. I usually carry more than one camera/lens combination, and I'm hopeful this will give me an outlet to post those photos as well.

**UncleVanya** · 03-27-2017, 09:14 PM - **1 Like**

Sorry @todd busy busy day. Thank you for taking care of this. My participation has been terrible lately.

Sandy Hancock · 03-27-2017, 09:36 PM - **4 Likes**

I'm very tempted to join for April. With a new hoard of second-hand 645 booty, including a body and five lenses, "Single In" just isn't going to cut it. The K-mount lenses are also itching for a run on the KP.

Note to self: stop buying stuff.

**UncleVanya** · 03-27-2017, 11:45 PM

Originally posted by Sandy Hancock

I'm very tempted to join for April. With a new hoard of second-hand 645 booty, including a body and five lenses, "Single In" just isn't going to cut it. The K-mount lenses are also itching for a run on the KP.

Note to self: stop buying stuff.

Lol. That command does not compute...

graeme83 · 03-30-2017, 04:08 PM - **4 Likes**

Think I'll give this a go for April, now spring has started to show I feel a bit more inspired. Will also be playing with off camera flash when the situation permits.

hypernotactive · 03-31-2017, 09:02 AM - **2 Likes**

Giving it ago again.

Sent fra min LG-H850 via Tapatalk

**cg57** · 03-31-2017, 07:28 PM - **1 Like**

I'm in. More rain tomorrow but there is always a shot out there just waiting ..........

**cg57** · 04-01-2017, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by Sandy Hancock

I'm very tempted to join for April. With a new hoard of second-hand 645 booty, including a body and five lenses, "Single In" just isn't going to cut it. The K-mount lenses are also itching for a run on the KP.

Note to self: stop buying stuff.

645 body .... nice! I've thought about that but ..... looking forward seeing the work you produce with it.

**robgski** · 04-01-2017, 08:49 AM

Since the Rokinon 8mm is truly a fisheye on the K-5, that is what I'll use for SIC this month, but I'll probably use the Takumar 17mm as well, and post those pictures here.

**UncleVanya** · 04-01-2017, 10:53 AM

I'm torn. I really feel like the DFA 100 WR is my calling but I love the fisheye. What to do? At the moment I have the DFA with me and I have a botanical garden about 17 mins from my present position. We shall see if a fisheye shot later occurs.

**robgski** · 04-01-2017, 12:04 PM

Originally posted by UncleVanya

We shall see if a fisheye shot later occurs.

Flowers and fisheye, great combo, IMO. hopefully, before this month is out I'll have many flowers of my own to prove it.

**UncleVanya** · 04-01-2017, 12:19 PM

Not the best selection today.

wstruth · 04-01-2017, 05:25 PM

Jumping here too! Going with the fisheye foe Single in so I need some sanity for here.

03-27-2017, 04:52 PM	#1
todd Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Arizona Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,794	Daily in April 2017 - discussion thread Welcome to the "Daily in" April 2017 Challenge (aka DIC) here at Pentax Forums! Aim of the Game: Shoot daily with any camera/lens you want and post one picture each day of the month to this group challenge. Our desire when starting this challenge was to be similar in culture to the popular "Single In" Challenge (aka SI or SIC) here at Pentax Forums, while instead being able to use any lens/gear we want each day of the month. There is no limitation to what camera gear you use for this challenge. Additionally *for film shooters,* you can post your film shot for the day according to the day you scan your image, if you want. We just ask that you also note the approximate date when the image was exposed, if possible. And of course any gear, film type and exposure setting details you might be able to provide are always appreciated. 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 as well. Please don’t be shy if you don’t have much photographic experience or are a Forum newbie. Your personal reactions to photographs are just as valid as any. 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 and a real challenge! As with the Single In Challenge, you’ll see what other members achieve with their selected gear that will sometimes be the same gear you’ve chosen for that day. In the comment banter you’re likely to pick up some photographic tips and ideas. 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 and GAS? - sorry, this game won’t help you! Note: This 'Daily Challenge' started in January 2016 when a few regular members of the 'Single In Challenge' wanted to have a similar daily shooting/posting challenge format and interactive culture with the key difference of being able to switch the gear up during the month whenever desired. That said, if you're here considering whether or not to join the Daily Challenge for a month and haven't yet tried a month of the Single In Challenge, we enthusiastically encourage you to try one... Simply put, spending a whole month shooting daily and sharing with the same lens is a great way to get to know your gear. How to participate: 1. 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 the group. 2. Store your pictures in an on-line album somewhere. This could be the Pentax Forum, or others such as Flickr, etc. Flickr is the most commonly used host, and makes it easiest for others to comment on your pictures. 3. Post your daily image into the daily picture thread in the Daily Challenge (By Month) group page. That image should link to where your image is hosted. That's it! ** Some of us may be participating in both the Daily Challenge and the Single In challenges for the month. When this is the case, it should be a different image posted to each challenge for the same day. If you are going to be linking to your images in a Pentax Forum album, just ask for advice below if needed. If you are posting a link to Flickr, just click on the sharing icon below your selected picture at flickr.com and a window will open displaying the BB code. Select the 1024px size, then copy and paste the BB code into the Daily Challenge (By Month) group page in the Pentax Forum. If you're a Flickr member, then here is the Flickr group to join: Daily Challenges (Pentax Forums) Please remember to add your posted images to this Flickr group. 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/interact with 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 gear you’re using. This is especially helpful for this Daily Challenge where our chosen lenses and/or cameras for each day may be changing frequently. The thread you’re reading now is the 'Discussion Thread' for Game > Daily In April 2017 Challenge. It's 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 as well to keep up with activities and develop a rapport with other Challenge members. It’s the place to ask questions, offer advice, share concerns, suggest improvements, and often just participate in general banter related to this month’s challenge. If you've been shooting daily pictures during the challenge month but have been away from the internet or have been too busy to post and want to back post your images to the daily threads for the month, please go for it. It is recommended in this case to also come back to the monthly thread here and post a comment to let the group know and provide some details to inspire us to visit your images. This FAQ (made by Zorglub) may be helpful to understand the challenge process. It was created for the Single In Challenge so everything there also applies to this Daily Challenge except for the key and major difference that this challenge is not bound to the use of one Single lens for the month. There is no limitation to what camera gear you use for this challenge. Anything goes! Here we go! It is easier than it might seem at first. If you miss any days, don’t worry about it. If you have any problems, please ask. Come and try! So who's joining me for April?

03-27-2017, 09:36 PM - 4 Likes	#5
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,272	I'm very tempted to join for April. With a new hoard of second-hand 645 booty, including a body and five lenses, "Single In" just isn't going to cut it. The K-mount lenses are also itching for a run on the KP. Note to self: stop buying stuff. Last edited by Sandy Hancock; 03-27-2017 at 10:38 PM.

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03-27-2017, 04:56 PM - 1 Like	#2
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,799	Spring is coming, lots of opportunities to use a variety of lense, and longer daylight hours mean more time to shoot.

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babywriter Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: central Iowa Photos: Gallery Posts: 969	Hi everyone! I've been doing the "Single In" challenge for several months, and I thought I'd join up here as well. I usually carry more than one camera/lens combination, and I'm hopeful this will give me an outlet to post those photos as well.

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UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,407	Sorry @todd busy busy day. Thank you for taking care of this. My participation has been terrible lately.

03-27-2017, 11:45 PM	#6
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,407	Originally posted by Sandy Hancock I'm very tempted to join for April. With a new hoard of second-hand 645 booty, including a body and five lenses, "Single In" just isn't going to cut it. The K-mount lenses are also itching for a run on the KP. Note to self: stop buying stuff. Lol. That command does not compute...

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graeme83 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 737	Think I'll give this a go for April, now spring has started to show I feel a bit more inspired. Will also be playing with off camera flash when the situation permits.

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hypernotactive Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Moss Norway Photos: Gallery Posts: 180	Giving it ago again. Sent fra min LG-H850 via Tapatalk

03-31-2017, 07:28 PM - 1 Like	#9
cg57 Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,133	I'm in. More rain tomorrow but there is always a shot out there just waiting ..........

04-01-2017, 05:49 AM	#10
cg57 Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,133	Originally posted by Sandy Hancock I'm very tempted to join for April. With a new hoard of second-hand 645 booty, including a body and five lenses, "Single In" just isn't going to cut it. The K-mount lenses are also itching for a run on the KP. Note to self: stop buying stuff. 645 body .... nice! I've thought about that but ..... looking forward seeing the work you produce with it.

04-01-2017, 08:49 AM	#11
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,799	Since the Rokinon 8mm is truly a fisheye on the K-5, that is what I'll use for SIC this month, but I'll probably use the Takumar 17mm as well, and post those pictures here.

04-01-2017, 10:53 AM	#12
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,407	I'm torn. I really feel like the DFA 100 WR is my calling but I love the fisheye. What to do? At the moment I have the DFA with me and I have a botanical garden about 17 mins from my present position. We shall see if a fisheye shot later occurs.

04-01-2017, 12:04 PM	#13
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,799	Originally posted by UncleVanya We shall see if a fisheye shot later occurs. Flowers and fisheye, great combo, IMO. hopefully, before this month is out I'll have many flowers of my own to prove it.

04-01-2017, 12:19 PM	#14
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,407	Not the best selection today.

04-01-2017, 05:25 PM	#15
wstruth Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: at my kitchen table Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,294	Jumping here too! Going with the fisheye foe Single in so I need some sanity for here.