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Mentoring and Learning => Weekly Photography Assignments => Topic started by: keithsnell on April 04, 2011, 07:09:35 PM

Title: Voting for the "Bokeh Revisited" Weekly Photography Assignment
Post by: keithsnell on April 04, 2011, 07:09:35 PM

Please vote for up to three of your favorite images from the "Bokeh Revisited" assignment for the "People's Choice" award.  You can select one, two, or three separate images to vote on.  To vote for your favorite images, please select the check boxes associated with those images in the poll attached at the top of this thread, and click "submit vote."  If you change your mind after your initial vote, you can select the "remove vote" option and resubmit your vote.  NOTE:  You need to be logged in to see the voting options.  Voting will end at midnight, Mountain Time (GMT-07:00) on Sunday, 10 April 2011.

The guidelines for this assignment  (http://community.spiritofphotography.com/index.php?topic=768.0) were to produce aesthetically pleasing out-of-focus areas in your images by controlling your depth of field and the relative separation between your primary subject and any foreground or background elements.

(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10245/_DSC4221_2011_03_27_155518.JPG)
Horses Fed


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10245/_DSC4196_2011_03_27_155255.JPG)
Jim Hoy


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10147/IMG_8078.jpg)
Splashes of Color


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20110331_115904.jpg)
Pansies


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10079/Lacrosse_Game_DSC0873.jpg)
The other team scored again!


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10214/AD2I3273small.jpg)
Après la pluie, le beau temps


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10214/AD2I3272small.jpg)
After the rain.


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10214/little_bird_small.jpg)
Little bird


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10058/IMG_0029.jpg)
Cat Bokeh


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10058/IMG_0006.jpg)
Cup Bokeh. :)


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10245/_DSC4581_2011_04_02_000457.JPG)
The Floor is Lava


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20110402_112247_1.jpg)
Tulips


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10187/glass_tree_2115sp.jpg)
Glass Trees


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10187/Quince_2188sp.jpg)
Quince Bokeh 1


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20110402_113830_1.jpg)
Pure Bokeh


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10318/Morning_Bud_-_Bokeh.jpg)
Morning Bud - Bokeh


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10019/IMG_7531_cholla_cactus_fruit_crop.JPG)
Cholla fruit


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10019/IMG_7508_lady_bug_lavender_crop2.JPG)
Lady bug & lavender


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10019/IMG_7556_red_fairy_duster_crop1.JPG)
Red fairy duster


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10003/20110403_141143_web.jpg)
Double Tulip


(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10240/IMG_1586psos.jpg)
Statue Bokeh

Title: Re: Voting for the "Bokeh Revisited" Weekly Photography Assignment
Post by: RebeccaSnell on April 04, 2011, 09:17:24 PM

I have not had time to comment on all the shots this week, but wow, we have some beautiful shots and such a wonderful variety.   Chris I love your portrait of Jim Hoy -- my favorite portraits I've ever taken are taken with a long lens.  I just love the way it makes the person snap from the background -- great job, Chris. My favorite of yours is the one with only Jim and the hay meadow in the background.   Rick, same goes for your shot of the lacrosse players -- great 'action portrait' with good bokeh in the background to give us context without too much detail. 

Marilyn, your flowers are stunning.  My favorite is the lady bug and lavender.  Awesome job positioning it to where the background mimicked the foreground and beautiful bokeh!!  

I also loved what Keith did with the tulips -- so neat to have some from our yard look as good as the ones at Botanica--oh the magic of photography :-)   My favorite of his was 'pure bokeh'--at first I did not like the sharp leaf in that one, but it grew on me and now it just makes the picture along with those gorgeous soft tulips.    

Dave, all your pictures were so creative and beautifully executed.  My favorite of yours was the glass trees -- again the echo of the foreground and background makes that picture for me--the shot was perfectly framed.  

Michele, your 'after the rain' shot is stunning -- work of art and creatively different--good eye finding that shot.  

Finally, Chris, I really like your 'the floor is lava' shot--excellent focus point and good bokeh to allow us to know the scene, but not be overwhelmed by it.

Thanks again to everyone -- love the variety in this assignment.  Have fun shooting macros this week!

Rebecca