This month's Photo Assignment displays the work of 13 participants from The Digital Story community. The following shots are their interpretations of the theme, "vertical." This assignment was a tall order, but our crew was up to the task.
"The Road to Nowhere." You can learn more about this shot, and the others that he took for the vertical assignment by visiting his website. |
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Went looking for "Vertical" on my vacation in Florida. Found this man on the beach flying his kite. Took the picture with a Canon 20D and a Canon 70-200mm lens. I set the aperture to f/10 to keep the man sharp and the speed to 1/320sec since I was hand holding. ISO 100, bright sun. I thought keeping the kite slightly out of focus might convey some distance. I took several pictures with the kite going straight up (more "Vertical") but didn't feel they were quite as interesting. |
The wall of a wine bar located in a transfer area at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam -- f8, Canon 350D, ISO 200, existing light |
This shot of the London Eye was taken on a recent family trip whilst stood in line waiting to get on. Captured with the S80 set at 1/500 f7.1 and over exposed by 2/3 of a stop. |
I like it because there is a definite sense of height due to the wide angle (24mm) lens, especially if you allow your mind to see it that way. Camera: Canon EOS 10D, Canon 24mm f/2.8, ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/60. |
"Telegraph Pole." This image was shot in County Donegal. The telegraph pole caught my attention as the tallest vertical element in a small rural village on the coast. Shot on Nikon D70, F3.5, 1/5000, ISO 400. You can see more at his website. |
I can not think of vertical without thinking of the World Trade Center. I took many pictures in of the Twin Towers in 1994. I really had a hard time making the selection, but this picture for me is vertical, I bent nearly over backwards to get the shot, or was lying on my back (not an uncommon thing me be when shooting up). The film is Kodachrome, Nikon N90s, 15mm, scanned it in with a Nikon Super Cool Scan 4000. |
Here is a more traditional vertical shot which I took in the botanical gardens on a Spring trip to Rio de Janeiro in 2003. Used the curves adjustment in Photoshop to lighten up the palm bark while trying to keep the sky blue. The original histogram spanned the whole range, so levels adjustment did not help. |
I was intrigued with the placement of these palms on the corner of the building, so I got an early morning shot. When I got this into iPhoto 6, I just started playing with the extremes of the exposure, and the time and place of the picture seemed to completely change...more like evening in a tropical latin country...rather than San Diego, (a mere few steps away from the local Starbucks at a local mall) -- 1/200sec, 35mm, f/7.1, ISO125, Nikon D200 with 18-200mm VR lens. You can see more of her work at her new website (which is still in progress but has lots of great shots). |
This is of one of the four minaret towers surrounding the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The interesting thing about these minarets is that they’re not actually completely vertical. They are built to lean slightly away from the Taj Mahal so that they’ll fall away from it in case of an earthquake. The photo was taken with a Digital Rebel XT with a shutter speed of 1/160th of a second and an aperture of f/9. |
Kacey, our soft-coated wheaten terrier, loves to play catch. We take her to a tennis court when it's not in use. I grabbed this shot with my Olympus E-330 in RAW format (3136x2352). I was just testing it out as I had just purchased the camera -- 14-54mm F2.8-3.5 zoom, Program mode, 54.0mm focal length, 1/400 sec, F6.3. |
Testing a new canon lens EFS 17-85mm under existing light conditions during a w/end trip to Madrid, Spain. Basically the vertical mirroring of the escalators, stair, and the tiles triggered the idea to capture this picture. Canon 350D, 1/160, F4.5, ISO 1600. |
The image of the'Spire' in Dublin (Ireland). The Spire is stainless steel structure which is 120meters tall, 3 meters in diameter at the base tapering to 15cm at the top. It's a great day, no clouds, and I am standing at the base looking up. You can see it actually bending in wind. It has this enormous presence, especially when you stand at the base as I was. Vertical! The camera is a FujiPix S7000, in a program mode (ISO200). |
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