Photography

Mz Pip

(27,445 posts) Mon Apr 28, 2014, 11:16 AM Apr 2014

Ideas for May challenge

I want us to start thinking about May. I have 2 ideas and will take more from the group and put them together in a poll in a couple of days.

Here are mine:

Looking Up. Either nature or architectural photos.

In the Abstract. Something real that looks abstract, in nature or architecture.

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Ideas for May challenge (Original Post) Mz Pip Apr 2014 OP

Things are looking up! Scuba Apr 2014 #1

Where is that fisheye when I need it? alfredo Apr 2014 #2

"In the abstract" would be a great exercise in composition. alfredo Apr 2014 #3

Gaia,… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #4

I like both of those NV Whino Apr 2014 #5

Either would yield some interesting photos. Solly Mack Apr 2014 #6

I'd probably have an easier time with looking up Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #7

How about Americana? n/t ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #8

We did Americana last summer Mz Pip Apr 2014 #11

Okay - I wasn't around for that one. n/t ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #12

how about long exposures rdking647 Apr 2014 #9

Great ideas abound. I especially like the "abstract" one. Mira Apr 2014 #10

How about just picking a color. ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #13

We've done green Mira Apr 2014 #15

These are the Colors weve done Mz Pip Apr 2014 #16

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.... ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #17

I have a great idea to respond to your nature photo in green and white. Xipe Totec Apr 2014 #14

I know! I know! Solly Mack Apr 2014 #18

Or cats.... Mz Pip Apr 2014 #19

Or cats and birds! Solly Mack Apr 2014 #20

That wouldn't end well... Mz Pip Apr 2014 #21

There's always a catch. Solly Mack Apr 2014 #22

Add more if you'd like Mz Pip Apr 2014 #23

But that photo is adorable! Solly Mack Apr 2014 #24

Why not? Might fill up the entries REALLY fast! mnhtnbb Apr 2014 #27

How cliché or Say what? Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #25

How about the theme of ohheckyeah Apr 2014 #26

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Things are looking up!

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 11:27 AM

Apr 2014

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

2. Where is that fisheye when I need it?

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:15 PM

Apr 2014

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

3. "In the abstract" would be a great exercise in composition.

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:15 PM

Apr 2014

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)

4. Gaia,…

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:20 PM

Apr 2014

…the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, in honor of Mother's Day.

An extrapolation on the concept of Gaia might be literal or spiritual and could run the gamut from goddess to the environment; from implied mother/child symbolism to balance as expressed through cohesive organic/nonorganic interrelationships.

Gaia in photography would be wide open to interpretation.

TYY

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

5. I like both of those

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:35 PM

Apr 2014

Do a two option poll.

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

6. Either would yield some interesting photos.

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:41 PM

Apr 2014

I like'em both.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

7. I'd probably have an easier time with looking up

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:52 PM

Apr 2014

because I'm not really very good at thinking in the abstract, but I'll go with the consensus.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

8. How about Americana? n/t

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 02:43 PM

Apr 2014

Mz Pip

(27,445 posts)

11. We did Americana last summer

Reply to ohheckyeah (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 04:57 PM

Apr 2014

Probably too soon to revisit that theme.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

12. Okay - I wasn't around for that one. n/t

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:07 PM

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rdking647

(5,113 posts)

9. how about long exposures

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 03:48 PM

Apr 2014

or dreamlike

Mira

(22,380 posts)

10. Great ideas abound. I especially like the "abstract" one.

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 04:02 PM

Apr 2014

Just for consideration: I'm in favor of easy to grasp concepts until we have gotten our mojo back and no longer have to struggle to fill the 30 entries again. I want to attract new participants if possible.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

13. How about just picking a color.

Reply to Mira (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:09 PM

Apr 2014

That's an easy concept I could get behind.

Mira

(22,380 posts)

15. We've done green

Reply to ohheckyeah (Reply #13)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:32 PM

Apr 2014

red and white.
that's accd to my memory.
Green was -in my memory- one of our most jaw dropping contests.

Mz Pip

(27,445 posts)

16. These are the Colors weve done

Reply to ohheckyeah (Reply #13)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:49 PM

Apr 2014

Red
Green
Black
White
Orange
Purple

We certainly can add to it!

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

17. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #16)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:55 PM

Apr 2014

I don't know. I don't know what other colors to do.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

14. I have a great idea to respond to your nature photo in green and white.

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:30 PM

Apr 2014

A composition of flowers (white) and leaves (green).

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

18. I know! I know!

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:14 PM

Apr 2014

Birds.

Mz Pip

(27,445 posts)

19. Or cats....

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #18)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:34 PM

Apr 2014

😺😸😻😽😼🙀

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

20. Or cats and birds!

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #19)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:34 PM

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Mz Pip

(27,445 posts)

21. That wouldn't end well...

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #20)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:39 PM

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Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

22. There's always a catch.

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #21)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:41 PM

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Mz Pip

(27,445 posts)

23. Add more if you'd like

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 08:14 PM

Apr 2014

I'll post a poll tomorrow (and I won't include "CATS.&quot

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

24. But that photo is adorable!

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #23)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 01:15 AM

Apr 2014

The kitty looks miffed. lol

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)

27. Why not? Might fill up the entries REALLY fast!

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #23)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 06:17 AM

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Behind the Aegis

(53,957 posts)

25. How cliché or Say what?

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 01:41 AM

Apr 2014

Using various clichés or expressions as the inspiration. It leaves it open for creativity. I saw a pic the other day of a "needle in a haystack" and I thought, "that's really neat!"

Or, in a similar suggestion to the above about Gaia (I have a fondness for Greek myths), what about "Mother May I?", pictures of mothers or motherhood.

And I will add, as I always do when asked about these contests...mythology.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

26. How about the theme of

Reply to Mz Pip (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 03:12 AM

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home.

Or metal.

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