January was a slow month. mtux and I are the only people who have posted photos so far, and I know my total photo count was very low. I found "wide open" surprisingly hard, combined with less daylight, and a busy month. It was all a significant drag on my process.

So my questions is---is this a temporary hiccup, or are people's enthusiasm diminished? We could take a break for a month if that would help. Or, if it was January's theme causing hardship, we could try something a little more wide open. Heck, I'd be happy to just let everyone post whatever then want for February, as long as it was shot in February. I can post another theme discussion in the mini-themes forum, but I wanted to get a sense that February was going to happen before doing that.

I'm leaving in two days for a week vacation in Florida and I'll be bringing a camera, but it would be nice to know what we're going to do so I can make sure what I bring will work for it.

For me at least, I just don't enjoy this time of year. So I don't do as much photography during the winter.

Sorry guys. I’ve been shooting, but since it’s chrome film I need to finish two rolls before I develop.

Otherwise, work has been almost overwhelming this month due to my recent promotion. Hopefully I’ll have some images to post later this week. I will agree though, shooting wide open has been a challenge.

As far as February, we can take a vote here if everyone wants a month off?

I have had kinda the same experience finding wide open quite tough. My first week was fast because I had a roll almost done from my trip to Lisbon, which I just finished in one or two days. since then I've loaded two cameras but have shot about 15 I guess, and not many wide opens. (will post them next week)

And I was going to sit out in Feb, considering my performance in Jan. I'm going on a long weekend trip to Tallinn this weekend though, and expect my Feb to be mostly scanning and posting photos from that trip.
So, I don't mind a month off.

No problem. I just didn't want to be the only person posting in February. I'm fine either way. So if you'd all prefer to to take February off, that fine for me.

I'm going to drop off film for processing tomorrow ... so for me January will be a retrospective, but I am planning to post something once I scan them I just shot one roll and a half the whole month because on a couple of trips I needed my digital lenses...

From now on I'll probably shoot b/w instead of color for the monthly challenge, so I can process one roll at a time at home.

Yeah, timing can be a challenge if you’re not home developing. It seems like the consensus is to take a break on February. I’d suggest that if anyone wants to, post film photos you take in February, but there is no specific rules or theme. (Just to keep this place from going quiet.)