Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

cwgrizz

Senior Member
Challenge Team
"Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W" - Paul04 & Marcel's Choices

Because we had two winners last week and two topics chosen, this week will be a little different. (Read Carefully) This is a REAL GENUINE challenge. Take a photo Looking up above your head that contains flowers and is Black and White. If you find this challenge too difficult, then you may use one of the two parts to the challenge: "Look Up (Above your head)" or "Flowers in Black and White," but....... The photos that include both challenge topics will have a .2% advantage over the single topic entries when it gets to the voting/poll stage. For example, a photo which includes both topics and receives 5 votes in the poll will get a .2% advantage which will equal 6 votes total. Let's see how creative you can be! Color (only if you use the Look Up topic alone), B&W, HDR...anything goes!

DO NOT SHOOT OR POST IMAGES UNTIL WEDNESDAY June 8
This early announcement of the topic is to give a little think time, before the challenge begins. Photos must be taken and submitted between 00:00 UTC of the start date and 00:00 UTC of the end date.



The Rules

1. Photos must be captured with a Nikon and appear in the thread with EXIF info in order to be considered for the challenge. If the forum EXIF viewer does not show for any reason, listing the camera and capture date/time below the photo is acceptable. Listing exposure info, lens & focal length is encouraged so others can learn.

2. Any photo submitted for a weekly challenge must be taken during the dates specified in the challenge thread.

3. Only one photo entry per member for each week, unless otherwise noted.

4. All regularly active members of Nikonites are allowed to participate, including moderators and administrators.

Voting

During the submission & like periods, please click the Thanks/Like button to vote for your favorite images. You can vote for as many as you want! At the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to vote again for the top 3 photos for this challenge!

There will be no cash or prizes awarded for the Weekly Photo Challenges, unless specifically noted by the site administrator.

Any photo will be accepted for the challenge. Edited or straight out of the camera, it does not matter. You are left with complete freedom to do whatever genre of photography you wish to do, and your own interpretation of the challenge subject.





 

Blacktop

Senior Member
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

Well, I have flowers and I have Silver FX Pro from Nik Tools. I just have to get real low on the ground and shoot up. Piece of cake!
 

paul04

Senior Member
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

The flip out screen on the D5100 will come in handy for this one.
 

cwgrizz

Senior Member
Challenge Team
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

This one is now LIVE! Shoot and submit you B&W above your head, flowers.
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

Not really a good time of year for flowers, where I am. Most of the plants nearby that ever have flowers are either past that point for the year, or just barely approaching it.

I did find some flowers, and even some that were above my head, but the best picture I got, I think, is of this Eucalyptus, which has just the barest beginnings of buds. I would say that in some weeks from now, these would be recognizable as flowers, but eucalyptus flowers are very odd, that one wouldn't recognize them as flowers even in their mature form, unless one knew that that was what they are.

And yes, this was several feet above the level of my head, and I was shooting upward.

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Ironwood

Senior Member
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

Looking up with the sun directly behind the flower centre. ( and some treatment with NIK tools )

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Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

Since I took the good pics before the contest opened and it's just raining since, here's my entry.

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Marilynne

Administrator
Staff member
Super Mod
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

Bird of Paradise above my head and in B/W
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nikonpup

Senior Member
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

imo we should get 2 entries for this challenge and extra points for anyone over 70 getting down to the ground and up (without calling 911)DSCN0559.jpg to shoot this challenge.
 

cwgrizz

Senior Member
Challenge Team
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

Looking up at Yucca Blooms under a stormy sky (in Black & White)

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Blacktop

Senior Member
Re: Weekly Challenge June 8 - June 15: Look Up (Above your head) for Flowers in B & W

A single magnolia flower above my head with a beautiful blue sky and sunrays done in B&W.:encouragement:

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