Weekly Challenge May 26 - June 1: Anything Goes

Marilynne

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"Anything Goes (Almost)
Shoot a favorite topic or use a favorite method. Please keep it SFW. Let's see how creative you can be! Color, B&W, HDR...anything goes!

DO NOT SHOOT OR POST IMAGES UNTIL WEDNESDAY May 26
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 23:59 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.
 

Marilynne

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This one is live!

Please remember rule #1
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.
 

TwistedThrottle

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hark

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Time is up. Please like the images of your choice over the next 24 hours. Thanks!
 

TwistedThrottle

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It's the remanence of Expo '74 called the Pavilion. It's recently received a new face lift after serving its purpose as an outdoor ice skating rink for the last 5 decades. The new function is an amphitheater type thing with funky stairs and bridges over grass and concrete along side the river in downtown Spokane. At night, its got LED blades that "move" throughout the web and can be choreographed to music or any pattern of any color lights. It almost didn't get to stay, the Imax attached to it didn't make the cut. I can't find a pic of it lit up but the second bridge pic in the monthly challenge is what the exterior looks like.
 

hark

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It's the remanence of Expo '74 called the Pavilion. It's recently received a new face lift after serving its purpose as an outdoor ice skating rink for the last 5 decades. The new function is an amphitheater type thing with funky stairs and bridges over grass and concrete along side the river in downtown Spokane. At night, its got LED blades that "move" throughout the web and can be choreographed to music or any pattern of any color lights. It almost didn't get to stay, the Imax attached to it didn't make the cut. I can't find a pic of it lit up but the second bridge pic in the monthly challenge is what the exterior looks like.

I vaguely remember hearing about Expo '74 back in the day. It was touted as an iconic World's Fair that made the news every once in a while. No doubt the LED lights are amazing to see and photograph. Several years ago, a fair that came to the area each year upgraded its Ferris Wheel lights to be programmable.

Have you taken any long exposures of the programmable lights? At night while photographing these lights, there wasn't any way to predict the patterns or colors that would be captured. Here are a few:

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TwistedThrottle

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It's on my list of "to do's" but no, I havent done anything fun like slow shutter speeds capturing the blur of the motion. Last year was kind of a bust with Rona running rampant. This year, fully vaccinated, I feel more comfortable getting out into the wild, (not my back yard) to stand in front of more interesting things.
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