We'll hit week 100 of our photo challenge right at the end of the year, assuming we pull challenge cards for each week. There's a bunch of stuff going on between now and the end of the year for all of us, so no telling if we'll hit that milestone in 2023 or not.
At any rate it's time to look the photos we came up with for last week's photo card.
We all had very different interpretations of the challenge this week.
I literally went simple.
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| Kate: Simply Colors |
Most of my photo is background. The idea was to let the colors carry the image, not so much the subject matter.
My Guy relied on photographic principles for his photo.
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| My Guy: Maple |
He chose a larger aperture to focus on the maple leaf and render the background out of focus so what you get is just color with little detail. That does simplify the background for many shots. He pretty much nailed that concept with this photo.
I wasn't sure Grad Girl would manage to get an image this week. Her NSF grant proposal was due Friday and she's been really busy getting that all pulled together. She did come up with a photo, but went a completely different direction, falling back on chemical concepts.
Grad Girl: Solvent Background
This is the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) image of the solvent she's been using in her reactions. It's important to know what signals come from the solvent, so you can identify them as the background and ignore them when you are looking at spectra of the chemical substances involved in the reaction.
It's always fun to see our different interpretations of the challenge. This week's challenge should be interesting.
Does this mean one of our old photos, or an old historical photo from the public domain? I guess that's up to us. Should be interesting to see what we come up with for this week.
That's a pretty blue in your background photo, Kate! Of course I'm drawn to it as a quilter. Love your guy's maple leaf photo, too. He highlights the beauty of the leaf that way. Grad Girl's photos are always interesting, even when I don't know what's going on, lol! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Little Penquin on this weeks photo--love them all--but that fall leaf is neat one!!!
ReplyDeleteI think for the old photo it means--taking a photo you have already done and doing it again--like a photo of the 3 of you doing something or going someplace--or just one of you--walking in a store or sitting for ice cream from an old photo--a re-do--but then this is your challenge ---soooo--I will be waiting to see what you come up with next week--have fun--
hugs, di
Looking forward to the next interpretation. I SO enjoy watching youall embrace the challenge!
ReplyDeleteLove this week's photos!
ReplyDeleteI also think it means re-take a picture you took before. It sure would be fun to see a historical photo recreated, although that would take more effort (costumes?). :)
Seeing how you all interpret the same prompt so differently is at least as much fun as the photos. I’ll have to take your word for it on Grad Girl’s photo. I was a terrible student of chemistry. Love the maple leaves, and that blue is so pretty in your photo.
ReplyDeleteFun and interesting as always to see your individual interpretations of the prompt. I like them all but I really love yours - that blue is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteIt is always so much fun to see how y'all interpret the theme. All of the photos are fabulous. Have you or your family taken a photography class? Looking forward to seeing next week's photos.
ReplyDeleteSo fun to watch these photo challenges. Hopefully, you'll be posting both the inspiration photos along with the challenge photo?
ReplyDeleteThree great photos and thanks for explaining grad girl’s to a non-scientist - love that fabric in yours.
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