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Photo 365: Day 261 – TDS: Something Soft

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph of something that is soft, or at least looks that way. Convince the viewer of the softness.

Something that’s soft…my original thought when I saw this assignment this AM was to use my soft focus filter to achieve the soft effect. But having used that couple of times before in this 365 project decided to go something with soft texture.

Soft texture…how about soft Tofu? Unfortunately we didn’t buy Tofu during our weekly shopping for this week. Then I thought about soft/creamy garlic/herb cheese that we bought couple of days ago…

So had these plated along with some crackers for this shot. Used 50mm prime @f/1.4 to get a creamy DOF.

Photo 365: Day 205 – TDS: Negative space

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Make a photo that uses negative space to good effect. Give your subject room to breathe, and balance it within the frame.

Moonbeam flower is the subject for TDS assignment. Had to use neutral density filter as it was still bright when I had this shot.

Photo 365: Day 195 – Daily Shoot Assignment – Low point of view

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Make a photo from a low point of view. Go for a dramatic effect by changing the appearance of the size of your subject.

Decided to shoot ‘little people’ again for today’s photo post with low point of view. If you remember, I had shot this for day-132. Back then I had shot this from eye-level using 50mm prime lens.

For this post, got this shot from Noah’s eye level and used Sigma 17-70mm at it’s lower end. To make this composition interesting, placed the boat with animals in the background – it just looks ‘huge’ with low point of view 😉

Photo 365: Day 189 – Daily shoot Assignment: 4

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Today’s Daily Shoot Assignment: Make a photo with the number 4 in it one way or another. Maybe 4 items. Maybe a written number. Maybe more abstract.

When I saw this assignment this AM, I pretty much decided to shoot my radio alarm clock with display @4:00. But as I was thinking about this assignment this evening I want to try something with shallow depth of field – as I got inspired by viewing “17 Beautiful Images with Shallow Depth of Field” @Digital Photography School blog this morning.

So did some prep work by setting the radio clock to 4:44 and stacking up books (total of 4nos – 3 stacked and one in my hands). It was a mere coincidence that the book with the title A 4 step guide to getting unstuck ended up on the top and look closely – my left arm makes a 4 sign 😉

So, mission accomplished – got the daily shoot assignment done and so does my challenge to do a shot with shallow depth of field.

I promise – no more self-portrait for a while 🙂

Photo 365: Day 184 – Daily Shoot Assignment: Sign

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Today’s daily shoot assignment: Find a sign in front of a vista that tells a story.  Make a photograph and post it.

I went on a sign hunting this afternoon for today’s assignment – sort of 😉

I stopped by the library and saw lots of signs around the library – from no parking to no skate boarding. What caught my eyes was the “Walking path only” sign with an inviting wooden structure behind it.

As it was quite a sunny day, I took my polarizer filter and neutral density filters with me for my assignment shoot. I want the sky to look blue and cut down the light – so had the polarizer filter on my 50mm lens and adjusted until I got the desired results. I like the way it turned out for this assignment shoot.

Photo 365: Day 182 – Daily Shoot: Construction

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Today’ daily shoot challenge: Construction seems to be perpetual: streets, sidewalks, buildings. Make a photo of something under construction today.

Construction – that sounds easy, right? That’s what I thought so too.

Took my P&S camera during my afternoon walk at work and took couple of shots of building constructions – I wasn’t quite pleased at the outcome. So on my way from work took a detour and visited this tiny two way road close to home which has been closed for re-pavement. It was quite sunny and had revisit later this evening to shoot for today’s challenge.

I should have taken my polarizing filter – the sky looked flat. So had to use couple of PS actions to bring out the subject.

I am starting to like this Daily Shoot challenge – keeps me stay focused.

Photo 365: Day 181 – Something Circular

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Decided to join DailyShoot challenge – today’s challenge: Make a photograph of something circular and crop it within a square frame.

When I saw this challenge this AM, many composition/ideas came to my mind. Got back from work and when I saw the kiwi fruit, I thought I found my subject. So I want bring out the details in kiwi fruit – had this sit on a green plate and shot this using Sigma 150mm macro lens with natural window lighting. Used couple of homemade light reflectors to lit the shadows.

The End 😉