Weekly Theme Show#1 December 7-13, 2022

"Anything goes in this thread (as long as DPReview's general standards are not violated): any camera; any subject; any post-processing; etc. Recent images you have created in the past week or two are much preferred but not required. A little background on where, how and why you made the image(s) you posted would add interest. By posting here, you are inviting constructive criticism and general discussion of your images. Please share your expertise by providing constructive criticism on photos others have posted."

A person may enter the Theme Week as many times as they want, but limit the photographs to no more than 4 (four) photos at a time.

This week's Theme is:

Photographs Taken From an Unusual Position

This could be sitting, crouching, laying down, hanging from the rafters by your heels upside down, standing on one leg, etc.

Here's my entry:

I took this photo wirelessly with a tripod mounted about one foot off the ground and using a Samsung Android tablet. The camera was a Canon T8i with a 55-250mm lens. The settings were f/16, ss at 1/100, ISO 5000.

It was about 90 degrees outside, and while the camera was out in the sun, I sat down in a camp chair in the shade about 20' away.

I called it, "Chicken's on the menu tonight".

Steve Thomas

P.S. please feel to offer a suggestion for next week. I'll pick someone at random.

I'm happy to play along...

Hardly that unusual of a position but I was laying on the floor shooting up for this photo of (the now gone) Charmin back in 2007. This was the first image I posted online... In retrospect, at least the bokeh was nice and smooth.

Len,

Sorry about Charmin. She looked like a cutie.

If you're going to have a first, I'm glad it was her.

Steve Thomas

stevet1 wrote:

Len,

Sorry about Charmin. She looked like a cutie.

If you're going to have a first, I'm glad it was her.

Steve Thomas

Thanks. We adopted her as a rescue and the previous owner had already named her. She was indeed soft and squeezable. 

Mike,

You did a good job with your focus stacking.

Your post made me smile. In your original post, you said that the shoulder of the bird was oof.

I thought, "That's an interesting way to describe something."

It was only after I went back and re-read your post a couple of times that I realized you meant, out of focus.

Steve Thomas

Iron Mike wrote:

I put my camera in to it's auto-timer mode and placed it into the dirt pointing straight up. It took a while to get the framing right, not being able to compose through the viewfinder. I had to gently push a couple of the flowers inwards to cover some big gaps. This was taken with my old Rebel XS (1000D) and kit 18-55 lens about 5 years ago, well after I had retired the camera, but it still works over a decade later.

Nice. 

stevet1 wrote:

Here's my entry:

I took this photo wirelessly with a tripod mounted about one foot off the ground and using a Samsung Android tablet. The camera was a Canon T8i with a 55-250mm lens. The settings were f/16, ss at 1/100, ISO 5000.

It was about 90 degrees outside, and while the camera was out in the sun, I sat down in a camp chair in the shade about 20' away.

I called it, "Chicken's on the menu tonight".

Steve Thomas

P.S. please feel to offer a suggestion for next week. I'll pick someone at random.

Gotcha ! I thought that they are living, until my wife pointed me out, they are false.

She presented good eye more times to me, pity she doesn’t photograph.