Here we are, the last weekend of summer, I’m guessing the last weekend of winter down under. I’m one to miss the passage of summer. I like it warm and dry just like an aircraft graveyard. As the end of summer approaches, I find myself looking back and realizing that summer just went by too fast. I also look forward to the beauty of autumn colors. Wouldn’t it be nice if it lasted a little longer without the threat of rain and winds to bring it all to an abrupt end?
Some northern destination like Northern Quebec are already showing signs of the onset of fall colors as fatigued vegetation responds to the arrival of autumn.
A little more South, and the vegetation is fighting the shorter days and the greyer skies to suck up the last warm rays of summer sunshine. This I’ll miss as the lush green vegetation changes color to eventually become brown and snow-covered.
It’s also our last chance to capture infrared light as it bounces off the lush green leaves. Although I do shoot IR all year round, nothing beats the whitish glow of infrared lit vegetation.
It’s not just the vegetation, as autumn slowly rolls in, the competition for food to fatten up for winter has slowly begun. Small mammals are collecting autumn nuts while predators are on the lookout for a distracted squirrel.
This transition s also a time of year when migrating birds are regrouping for their voyage south. Warblers have already started their exodus as they follow their favorite source of food, insects. Larger birds such as snow geese have slowly started to gather as they will slowly start their southern migration from reservoir to reservoir.
YOUR CHALLENGE
What I’m looking for you is to photograph and document what you like the most of this passing season and / or the current transition. It doesn’t have to be nature but it should incorporate an element of the outdoors. This challenge is very open to individuality and interpretation. Our community members are located all over the world. Some live in different hemispheres and different altitudes like the Swiss Alps or the coast of Argentina.
Naturally for me my focus is nature and wildlife but I expect it to be different for everyone.
You will have to take a brand new image for this challenge but you can accompany it with an archived image to enhance the change you are documenting.
WHAT I EXPECT FROM YOU
This challenge being very open to interpretation I can’t set specific techniques. However I can insist on seeing the basics of photography applied to the best of your abilities. Remember we are photographing. This means that we are going to think about our image and take the necessary time to properly compose and capture our image. You may even have to go back to a given site to make sure you get the best light possible. Please submit a properly balanced image with proper composition, exposure and depth of field for your given subject and technique.
The rules are pretty simple:
- Post one original photograph (Your Image) shot each week per theme posted on this blog to Google+, Facebook, or Flickr (or all three). Tag the photo #photochallenge and #photochallenge2017
- The shot should be a new shot you took for the current weekly theme, not something from your back catalog or someone else’s image.
- Don’t leave home without your camera. Participating in the 2017 PhotoChallenge is fun and easy.
Now retrieving an image set.
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Now retrieving an image set.
