Photo Assignment 7 | Photography Lounge | Page 1

slim drum Sep 11, 2022, 8:18 PM

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Good news everyone it is time for another Photo Assignment. Before we go into the rules let’s take a second to talk about the idea. The Assignments are about shooting a specific theme with a given set of restrictions. It’s not competitive but rather meant as an exercise to push yourself out of your comfort zone.

The assignment will run for three weeks to give everyone ample chance to participate, the restrictions included are “as close as possible”, if you can’t meet all of them it doesn’t mean you are excluded from the assignment, just try to get as close as you can.

At the end of the assignment, you are asked to share 5 shots you took as part of it. To maximize the learning effect, it is highly recommended that you attempt to go out with purpose and shoot all photos for the assignment in a single go, not just snap a shot every now and then.
As to the guidelines, and limitations posted they’re split into a few categories:

• Theme (the theme of the assignment)
• Focal length (this is given a type of length not a mm number and given in FFeq)
• Film type (color or monochrome if you shoot digital well convert it)
• Orientation of the frame (if you shoot film this and 6x6 this becomes irrelevant 😉)
• Use a single roll of film, or 36 images
• shoot you phots in a single session
• Limit yourself to a single ISO

Your assignment, should you accept it is:

Theme: Architecture
Focal Length: standard (35mm-75mm; FF eq)
Film: monochrome
Orientation: landscape

Note on the assignment: It is not about the perfect technical match but about the spirit of it. If you don't have a lens that exactly matches the category, use the closest you got. If you don’t have color film or can’t get it developed in time, use monochrome. And so on. It's about challenging yourself not about competing with others. You are not expected to buy gear to partake in the challenge, use what you must to follow the spirit of the assignment.

Note: The Assignment will be compiled in a final collage, by submitting your images you agree to this unless you ask to be left out.

rare fiber Sep 11, 2022, 8:42 PM

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24-50
Monochrome architecture, this'll be fun

slim drum Sep 11, 2022, 8:43 PM

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very I'm extremely looking forward to this

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got to get my beloved 50mm f/2

odd seal Sep 11, 2022, 10:30 PM

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I’m looking forward to this as well, with my 35mm f/2

slim drum Sep 11, 2022, 10:30 PM

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lovely!

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I wish I had the 35mm f/2 it is suposed to be a great lense but that comes with $$$$ price tag 😂

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I might go for th 35mm f/2.8 idk yet

odd seal Sep 11, 2022, 11:24 PM

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I think we’re talking about different systems 😅. The Fuji 35mm f/2 is $300 or $400 new depending on if you get XC or XF

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But it is a great lens

slim drum Sep 11, 2022, 11:26 PM

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Oh yes that’s fairly affordable

rustic compass Sep 16, 2022, 4:02 PM

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Coming back from the shooting.

rustic compass Sep 16, 2022, 4:35 PM

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sensor dust 😦 there'll be a little bit of editing for this one

slim drum Sep 16, 2022, 4:36 PM

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enbrace the dust!

split mulch Sep 16, 2022, 5:30 PM

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perfect, going to a different city in the weekend and ill have 5 or so hours to kill on sunday

slim drum Sep 16, 2022, 5:41 PM

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that is perfect 😄

rustic compass Sep 17, 2022, 7:45 PM

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Here we go, Canon EOS R with dusty sensor, RF 35mm, ISO 400. BW conversion by pressing "Black and white" on Affinity Photo, no clue if it does something different than just desaturation when you don't move any sliders.

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I have mixed feelings about this one, I'm not really satisfied with the assignment delivered but I think that the shots have potential after edition. It was fun shooting this so I may experiment a bit more in the subject 🙂 I'm starting to convert to the B&W Cult PepePhoto

split mulch Sep 17, 2022, 7:51 PM

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j o i n u s

slim drum Sep 17, 2022, 9:15 PM

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those are nice

slim drum Sep 17, 2022, 9:16 PM

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rustic compass Here we go, Canon EOS R with dusty sensor, RF 35mm, ISO 400. BW conversion by pr...

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B&W Cult is the best cult

trail pine Sep 19, 2022, 2:40 PM

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This assignment was paaaaaaain

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A, this is not something I'm particularly good at

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B, trying to shoot buildings with a 58mm lens was interesting.

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C, I don't know why I thought doing this with a Helios was a good idea.

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I think the 3rd shot is actually the most successful, since it's a photo of blacked out windows, but reflecting the building from across the street.

rustic compass Sep 19, 2022, 3:48 PM

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trail pine A, this is not something I'm particularly good at

that's all the fun part of these assignments 🙂

trail pine Sep 19, 2022, 3:48 PM

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Yeah, I kept wishing I had brought my 35 instead though

rustic compass Sep 19, 2022, 3:59 PM

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I only have a 35mm on my latest camera so the choice is easier

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#🎭・people message
Is this from the same shooting session ? I like the mood and the composition here.

trail pine Sep 19, 2022, 4:05 PM

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rustic compass https://discord.com/channels/728905379274162177/940588069617283122/1021425120079...

Same day, a little later after the sun started setting and with different settings. Same lens though.

slim drum Sep 19, 2022, 6:44 PM

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trail pine This assignment was paaaaaaain

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I really like the 3rd too

trail pine Sep 19, 2022, 10:17 PM

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I will admit to that being a bit of a happy accident. I really wanted to capture the shape created by the middle part, I wasn't trying to get the reflection.

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This was all shot using Fuji's Acros +R film simulation.

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 1:18 PM

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time to scan my film 😄

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 2:45 PM

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Here we go, shot on delta 100 with a 50mm f/2.0

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 2:46 PM

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slim drum Here we go, shot on delta 100 with a 50mm f/2.0

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 2:47 PM

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Zeiss?

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I see you also used a red filter

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 2:48 PM

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Orange filter and Leica not Zeiss Sumicron-R 50 ❤️ live the R mount

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 2:58 PM

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I'm calling that "close"

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UwUFox

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 2:58 PM

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they're quite different to be honest, Zeiss usually is very "technically correct" while Leica stives more for "characteristic"

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that said for those kind of shots I kind of doubt there is a real noticable difference

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 2:59 PM

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They're both German and orange is close to red. 🤣

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 2:59 PM

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zeiss uses blue!

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 3:00 PM

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Although my only experience with Zeiss is my partially broken Jena Tessar, so I'd never call it "technically correct."

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 3:00 PM

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but yea they're both german which makes it so much more fascinating that they choose to go into extremely opposite directions of lens design and still produce very famous lenses in their own right

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Jena is the east german Zeiss 😂 they only count half

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 3:02 PM

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I like your reflected clouds photo a lot. The building seems crooked for some reason but the effect is amazing.

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Your star-girder thing (2nd from the left) is also a cool use of negative space that I wouldn't have considered, but probably because it seems like such an unlikely shape to come across.

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The smoke stacks are also really nice, but what happened on the right of the frame?

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 3:04 PM

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Exposed film 😂

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Was the last shot on the roll so it overlapped a bit with the part that got exposed during loading

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 3:05 PM

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That's a shame

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 3:05 PM

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I found it not super noticeable as the clouds were quite bright there so I’m surprised you picked up on it 😅

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 3:06 PM

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My eyes went straight to it unfortunately.

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It throws the balance of the photo off. Like if it were just clouds it would still bug me.

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 3:08 PM

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on the bright side, you didn't notice the humongous film scatch I retushed out 😂

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I think I can just burn that side a bit to get it to the same gray value as the left side and it'll be fine

trail pine Sep 20, 2022, 3:11 PM

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Possibly

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I would have liked more contrast on #5 in the clouds too

slim drum Sep 20, 2022, 3:19 PM

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ja there are too many coulds in #5

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can darken it a bit but it doesn't make that huge of a difference, I love the shapes in it however

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I really like the shapes in that shot soi

fading sigil Sep 22, 2022, 8:07 PM

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Didn't have time to take more pictures so this was what i got(also shot it on my phone cuz i didn't have my camera on me)

slim drum Sep 22, 2022, 10:54 PM

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You still got a week of time, no reason to half arse it 😄

fading sigil Sep 23, 2022, 7:47 AM

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this isn't even in the same town i live in so i do not have time unfortunately

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the tallest building is only 2 stories

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and it's completely sorrounded by fields

split mulch Sep 23, 2022, 8:29 AM

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doesn't have to be tall buildings or anything, you can also do detail photos

slim drum Sep 23, 2022, 12:25 PM

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This isn’t the competition where it matters that you submit something, the goal here is to spend some time, go out and shoot with a specific constraint to learn and grow

loud rivet Sep 25, 2022, 4:28 AM

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ill have some more soon

slim drum Sep 25, 2022, 4:28 AM

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I do really like that, looking forward to the rest

split mulch Sep 25, 2022, 5:35 AM

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how does your jpeg look like that?

loud rivet Sep 25, 2022, 4:36 PM

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split mulch how does your jpeg look like that?

I just converted it to B&W by turning the saturation down and messed with the contrast

split mulch Sep 25, 2022, 4:37 PM

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alright makes sense, i assumed it was sooc

loud rivet Sep 25, 2022, 4:38 PM

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split mulch alright makes sense, i assumed it was sooc

oh were we supposed to?

trail pine Sep 25, 2022, 10:25 PM

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loud rivet oh were we supposed to?

No, there aren't any hard rules. It's about self-improvement. So the more you can do in-camera, instead of in post, the better.

split mulch Sep 26, 2022, 2:24 PM

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a7r3 + 50mm gm, bnw converted in C1 with +10 contrast

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was a lot of fun to try but i cant say im happy with any of the shots. i saw a bunch of composition for longer focal lengths and vertical and im really not experienced with architecture

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i think with some editing a couple shots that just dont work as unedited bnw could be alright

slim drum Sep 27, 2022, 10:20 AM

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split mulch a7r3 + 50mm gm, bnw converted in C1 with +10 contrast

slim drum Sep 27, 2022, 10:21 AM

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split mulch was a lot of fun to try but i cant say im happy with any of the shots. i saw a b...

I struggled with that too

trail pine Sep 27, 2022, 10:24 AM

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split mulch a7r3 + 50mm gm, bnw converted in C1 with +10 contrast

I really like your third composition. It feels very comforting.

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Like three fat aunts making sure you're eating enough at a family gathering.

split mulch Sep 27, 2022, 10:40 AM

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trail pine I really like your third composition. It feels very comforting.

it was the only one where it came natural to shoot horizontal lol

latent rose Sep 30, 2022, 10:43 AM

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got my first one

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need 4 more

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@slim drum how long until it ends

slim drum Sep 30, 2022, 11:01 AM

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Until Sunday

latent rose Sep 30, 2022, 11:53 AM

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oof

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gotta start taking more piccies

slim drum Sep 30, 2022, 11:59 AM

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Or start the assignment earlier 😂 it's going for 3 weeks

#Photo Assignment 7