The Photo Challenge - Direction

[Morbid]

The Photo Challenge - Direction

Definition:
1. the act or an instance of directing.
2. the line along which anything lies, faces, moves, etc., with reference to the point or region toward which it is directed: The storm moved in a northerly direction.
3. the point or region itself: The direction is north.
4. a position on a line extending from a specific point toward a point of the compass or toward the nadir or the zenith.
5. a line of thought or action or a tendency or inclination: the direction of contemporary thought.
6. Usually, directions. instruction or guidance for making, using, etc.: directions for baking a cake.
7. order; command.
8. management; control; guidance; supervision: a company under good direction.
9. a directorate.
10. the name and address of the intended recipient as written on a letter, package, etc.
11. decisions in a stage or film production as to stage business, speaking of lines, lighting, and general presentation.
12. the technique, act, or business of making such decisions, managing and training a cast of actors, etc.
13. the technique, act, or business of directing an orchestra, concert, or other musical presentation or group.
14. Music. a symbol or phrase that indicates in a score the proper tempo, style of performance, mood, etc.
15. a purpose or orientation toward a goal that serves to guide or motivate; focus: He doesn't seem to have any direction in life.



READ THE RULES!

1. Only one picture per contestant.

2. No previously used material. All photos must be fresh and never displayed on any gallery / thread.

3. The winner of the last poll will set the next topic; if the same person stands as the winner two times in a row, he or she must choose another user to present the next topic

4. Enhancements of the picture (hue/saturation and levels) are allowed, but a minimum of Brushing etc.(Photomanipulation is subjective to conceptart.org member votes, your photo will be dismissed if too manipulated).

5. No voting for your own picture.

6. The challenge starts thursday, poll opens tuesday and closes thursday. the winner starts a new post on the photo forum that is named "The Photo challenge - the chosen topic".

7. The poll shall be opened tuesday evening.

8. In the event of a tie in the polls, the person who created the challenge casts the tie breaking vote.

9. The winner has until 18:00/6:00 pm (GMT +2) thursday, after he or she has won to present the next topic, if the winner fails to do so. the topic will be presented by the 2nd place person on the poll

10. Please add a title to your picture!

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[Danzap]

great theme...

lots of angles to work in..

[Atlantis_Drift]

i sense lots of variations of the theme!

i'll start off...


"Order of Glory"
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/Cazmir/Direction.jpg

[Fingers]

"Up"

http://www.digital-eel.com/ikphotos/misc/up.jpg

[samsite999]

fingers, i like the picture but i realy couldnt help but notice the barrel destorshan, what camera are you using?

[Norwin]

cool topic!

[vinc]

My Input:


King of the Road

http://home.wtnet.de/~apohndorff/Paavo/photo/stau_02.jpg


done while driving on Germany's Autobahn 1

[Fingers]

It's a panorama from three frames with cylindrical projection, with my cheesy pocket camera (The view is from my office window.. I don't take my real camera to work). I think the FOV is somewhere near 150 degrees.

Insane: That *might* be a bit over the legal limit :)

[samsite999]

i like the original, it adds more to the message, it looks like the construction is still going on, so its still going up.....keep it in is my vote......

[Fingers]

It's an interesting way of building.. They've got all these businesses already open below, yet they don't even have the framework done for the top (Even the concrete core is still going up, it's at 27 stories now and I've heard there's going to be 40). You can see all the stages of construction in one picture.

[claudeEGYPT]

"Lead The Way"



http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6180/img44201conceptbn4.jpg



Extreme white balance
Border+Logo
Contrast +10%

P.S: Great topic morbid, best topic in weeks!

[andres_pad]

wow, the other entries look great :)

i know i keep changing my mind about which photo i use, but heres my final choice (i think :P)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/andres_pad/tree-walk.jpg

[born_stubborn]

i got one :)
Race You Up

[alucard]

wow...born stubborn...that's a realy nice photo.

only that it has to many elemennt's and i don't know at what i should look first.

but a realy original concept i think. good job and kip it up.

claude : that's a good photo, but it toked me some time to realize that that's a compas ( i think that's the word ). try a diferent angle imo.


cheers everyone.

[Morbid]

Great entries!
Claude, the colors of your pic give me a feeling of military covert operations or something, really cool.

[samsite999]

not sure about this one,
what do you think some feedback would be nice

http://i.pbase.com/g5/61/645761/2/68130762.4J1IN2Ks.jpg

[Bill Beaton]

Samsite, i like it. There's some nice light and shadows, all over the scene. There's some interesting geometric tonal contrasts in there (eg the bus's design, and the lettering on the ground) - excellent choice, to go black and white. There is a sense of direction to it, and I like the cropping.

Actually, now i'm thinking a more traditional crop would sit more comfortably with the eye:
http://jonathan.beaton.name/bam/tradcrop.jpg

[Atlantis_Drift]

seems to me as if that shadow covering the 'O' in out is interfering with the bus aiming to go 'out', because it seems to point in the opposite direction, as if it is re-directing the busses (which it previously did to the bus that is 1/2 out of the picture.

[alucard]

one or the other

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d180/chiril/onewayortheother0.png

[samsite999]

bill thanks for the re crop, you make some very good points, I'm not 100 sure what i was trying to get when i took the photo, it was for the chalange, i think i was trying to make it almost awkward to look at, make the angle chanlanging and difficult.

[stine]

wow, great topic, morbid. and great entries so far. here's my little contribution called "lodestar" - clear cold autumn night and my tripod arrived today.:) some of the crispness got lost in the compression process, but i hope you like it anyway...


http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/stine17/sternenhimmel.jpg

[lifereborn]

here is my entry hope you like it
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/lifereborn/Direction.jpg

[claudeEGYPT]

I like 2 photos on here so far, sadly both dont really have a lot to do with Direction.

Guys, be creative.. yes! But you have to make it more obvious, the viewer has to say to himself.. "aaaah! Direction!"

[Norwin]

I second that.
Until now only Claude's and Bill's photos make me really think of direction.

[samsite999]

did no one get the out sign in mine? giving the bus directions out of the station?....i must need to try harder

[Norwin]

Ahh sorry Sam... I meant yours.
Just because Bill reposted it I thought it was his.

[klips]

Here be my entry, I think it's called 'lift' but this may change...

REMOVED: look below for the actual entry

My favourite photo of todays session wouldn't qualify because I was the only person who could make the jump. Ah well, such is. Crits are appreciated as always, and I'll post it in my thread as well.

[lifereborn]

mine is about the horses running forward in a directions, sorry i should try to make it more obvious, well there is always next week

[born_stubborn]

i like yours klips but you can crop the part with the sun....i don`t know it`s a big part of the picture that "burned" ... my opinion...

[Mr. Mu]

lifereborn - it's amazing how the water streaks look like dust blown up by the hooves of the horses. I totally love this shot!

[Norwin]

When I was thinking about direction "gravitation" came in my mind. First I wanted to shoot an apple (or something else) when it falls to the ground but then I decided to use simple water.

This photo came out when I crashed the glass on the table... (I wanted to have a coooool water effect... well at the end I had an broken wineglass...) I still have to admit this my parents :yawn:

Any way :) hope' you like it.

Exposuretime: 1/1500
ISO-Speed: 400
Focal Length: 88mm (fortunately I have zoom-lenses :D)
F_Number: F/8

http://www.insanex.de/ca3/ca1/09.jpg

(colors are obviously edited ;P)

[klips]

Thanks stub (yes, that's what I am going to call you :D) I agree. Here is the new one.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g80/alphatoros/eamonfly2.jpg

Edit: Insane, I hate you because that is so ridiculously awesome my vote is pretty much guaranteed to go towards it. If someone beats you, I'll be amazed. Well done!

[claudeEGYPT]

Insane, you just ruined all my chances of winning.. >:| >:|

[samsite999]

i would like to say that im not bitter, i am though, so there, good photo, good consept, nice colours, if i get time im going to have another crack at mine tonight

[Morbid]

Insane, thats very nice. Hats off.
Stine and Lifereborn, I love your shots too. This might turn out to be the best challenge yet, if I may say so myself. ;)

My pic was taken this morning in my garden. I call it "Towards the light". I was a little more generous on the editing than usual, but I hope its acceptable.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/morbid30/IMG_2676.jpg

[Atlantis_Drift]

can nobody see the 'direction' in my photo? :(

[Morbid]

Yes, your pic has a good message. However I think the overexposure in the sky and the composition kills it a bit. I think this motive would be better shot square on, the way the statue was supposed to be watched, since now it is distorted. If you have a chence to reshoot this one it could be great, in my opinion its the one that most closely resembles "direction".

[stine]

whoa, insane! that picture is...well, insane. in the best way possible. :) bet, you made quite a mess on the floor, but this shot was definetely worth it! this is going to be a tough challenge - my favourites so far are sam (because the "direction" topic is the most visible there), morbid (lovely shot and a very nice concept for this topic!) and insane. but over all very, very cool photos from everybody. oh, atlantis: i think the topic is visible in your photo, no problem getting that. cheers,
stine

[Apfe]

I know it's not the best, but I wanted to give it a try:


Wrong Direction
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9269/roadba1.jpg

[Atlantis_Drift]

Apfe! HAHAHAHA omg your picture mad me laugh! oh i love it! amazing! i think i have a new topic favorite! what can i say, it's just down-right silly!

thx for the comment stine!

Morbid: below is the original shot, as you can see (other than the graffiti) it has very very dull colors. i increased the contrast to make the colors stand out and give it a rusty green bronze look. the problem with shooting it square on is that there was nowhere to stand to get a level shot, since it is so high up. also there is no chance of re-shooting any time soon, since i took the photo in Romania when i was on vacation, and now i am at home in Canada. soo, i must make do with what i have.

Here is the original, but note that i am NOT submitting this one over my previous post! (or should i? maybe i'll win! heheh)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/Cazmir/original.jpg

[Apfe]

Thank you a lot, Atlantis_Drift :D

Morbid, can I ask which camera that was taken with? and which lens?

I am having problems getting my photos to look that sharp and over all professional looking, even though I have just got the canon 350d.. maybe I just need some more practice, or a new lens.

[Morbid]

Apfe, I used the eos 350d with the Canon 50mm/1.8 lens and some kenko extension tubes (for maginification).
I like your pic btw.

[Chillipepper]

Some nice posts Guys

Heres My entry for this week

Its called as ......Straight as an Arrow

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i30/willholdsworth/direction.jpg

[andres_pad]

pooooooooooll tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime :P

[Le Gab]

Poll begins at 18.00 gmt :)

[andres_pad]

haha whoops! ive never actually looked it up. it just usually seems to start earlier than now :P my bad!

[Chillipepper]

haha whoops! ive never actually looked it up. it just usually seems to start earlier than now :P my bad!

Nice hair cut btw Andres lol

[drgutman]

umm ... let's try with this one

.direction

[stine]

ugh, guys, would you please stop posting awesome pictures?! that just makes the decision THAT much harder! :) seriously, that's a great challenge this week. apfe, you photo is really beautiful. very simple and subtile, but such a nice shot. and i love the color scheme of the "exit" photo, dr. gutman. damn, that'll be so tough tonight...

[Apfe]

#Morbid

How funny - I have been thinking about buying that lens in particular already. It seems as though it's a must-have, since everybody is talking about it! What are your experiences with it, and can you recommend it to me, as a "first lens"?

[Morbid]

Yes, its great. Very sharp. But its a prime 50mm, so its a bit limited. Though I can recommend it, especially for that price.

[Apfe]

sounds nice, I think that's going to be it then. What is especially appealing is of course the low price