# SDMB Photo Assignment 3: Photos Due March 1! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850 "2006-02-03T16:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/21 "2006-02-05T04:12:25Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Can the photos be digitally manipulated, or must they have original elements only? Yeah, I’m thinking we should probably have some rules for these. Being a ‘photo assignment’ I know I should get off my ass and actually take some photos for it, but man, that takes effort, and I’ve got a very demanding 3-year-old asking me why she keeps asking me ‘why?’. It’s hard to make the effort, unless those are the actual rules. Perhaps we can have a going over of the rules. I propose… 1: Photos must be taken expressly for the assignment. 2: Don’t feel obliged to submit for all categories 3: Try to comment on other people’s photos. That what we’re here for, to an extent, right? 4: No digital manipulation beyond colour-cast removal, levels, etc. 5: …? Now, If every one is going out to take photos expressly for this, we risk it plummeting from view. You think we can ask the mods for some leeway in bumping them to keep it alive? ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/22 "2006-02-05T04:28:44Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Can the photos be digitally manipulated, or must they have original elements only? My feeling is that photos can be digitally manipulated as long as they maintain the integrity of the original… I give it the same thought I do to filters and such. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/23 "2006-02-05T04:33:32Z")
> [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > Yeah, I’m thinking we should probably have some rules for these. Being a ‘photo assignment’ I know I should get off my ass and actually take some photos for it, but man, that takes effort, and I’ve got a very demanding 3-year-old asking me why she keeps asking me ‘why?’. It’s hard to make the effort, unless those are the actual rules. > > Perhaps we can have a going over of the rules. I propose… > 1: Photos must be taken expressly for the assignment. > 2: Don’t feel obliged to submit for all categories > 3: Try to comment on other people’s photos. That what we’re here for, to an extent, right? > 4: No digital manipulation beyond colour-cast removal, levels, etc. > 5: …? > > Now, If every one is going out to take photos expressly for this, we risk it plummeting from view. You think we can ask the mods for some leeway in bumping them to keep it alive? I disagree with number 1. If I have a picture I have taken that I think fits the bill I want to use it. Why does it matter that it was taken last summer by me then yesterday by me. It was still taken by me and even contests with prizes dont have a rule like that. #4 I have already commented on… I dont have a problem with digital manipulation as long ast the integrity of the photo remains the same. WHAMmo ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/24 "2006-02-05T04:49:52Z")
> [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > Yeah, I’m thinking we should probably have some rules for these. Being a ‘photo assignment’ I know I should get off my ass and actually take some photos for it, but man, that takes effort, and I’ve got a very demanding 3-year-old asking me why she keeps asking me ‘why?’. It’s hard to make the effort, unless those are the actual rules. > > Perhaps we can have a going over of the rules. I propose… > 1: Photos must be taken expressly for the assignment. Well now, that’s not very sporting of you considering it is obvious most of the pictures in these two threads were not taken for the thread. Why this rule, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/25 "2006-02-05T06:15:00Z")
[Purple](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=On%20The%20Road&dispsize=800&pic=On_The_Road_017.JPG&picindex=16) [Wake Up!](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Pets&dispsize=800&pic=pets01.JPG&picindex=0) [Choice](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=On%20The%20Road&dispsize=800&pic=On_The_Road_023.JPG&picindex=22) ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/26 "2006-02-05T06:54:16Z")
Same subjects, different shots. [Feathers, Feline and Cheerios](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Glamourcat2.jpg) [FF&C Part Deux](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Glamourcat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/27 "2006-02-05T11:27:07Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Well now, that’s not very sporting of you considering it is obvious most of the pictures in these two threads were not taken for the thread. Why this rule, I wonder? ok, let me try and explain the reason for my rule #1. I have a lot of photos. I’ve been shooting since I was 12, but the last few years have been spent largely doing technical photography, not much artistry. I fell I have lost it, to a certain extent. I can probably pull something from my collection for most categories, but that does nothing to advance me as a photographer. The value of the challenge is to be given an assignment, and to use it as a catalyst to see something old in a new way. Without this, it’s just an opportunity to show off. It’s a whole different ball game then. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/28 "2006-02-05T11:38:33Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > [Purple](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=On%20The%20Road&dispsize=800&pic=On_The_Road_017.JPG&picindex=16) I see you live next door to the grapist!. > [@Hal Briston](#): > > [Choice](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=On%20The%20Road&dispsize=800&pic=On_The_Road_023.JPG&picindex=22) I love the perspective on this one. The integrity of the focal point is almost hypnotic. Seems like a good candidate for going black and white. **AFG** , I assume you’re trying to hit all the categories in one shot? Good job. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/29 "2006-02-05T13:27:43Z")
> [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > ok, let me try and explain the reason for my rule #1. I have a lot of photos. I’ve been shooting since I was 12, but the last few years have been spent largely doing technical photography, not much artistry. I fell I have lost it, to a certain extent. > > I can probably pull something from my collection for most categories, but that does nothing to advance me as a photographer. The value of the challenge is to be given an assignment, and to use it as a catalyst to see something old in a new way. Without this, it’s just an opportunity to show off. > > It’s a whole different ball game then. Then go for it, I say! Me, I’ve had my camera for less than a year so I don’t have that many pictures. And what’s wrong with showing off? ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/30 "2006-02-05T14:58:12Z")
I’ll play this time. [Purple](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/55128400.jpg) [Words](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/54759833.jpg) [Within five minutes of waking](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/48205318.jpg) (doesn’t exactly look like that in the winter, though) [My choice](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/44026702.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/31 "2006-02-05T15:03:02Z")
Oh, I love rubber duck races! Great pics; I’m going to take mine over the next week, I think. Will give me something to do. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/32 "2006-02-05T15:39:38Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > [My choice](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/44026702.jpg) Cool! Why were the duckies in the water? It must have been rubber duckie mating season. ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/33 "2006-02-05T15:53:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Cool! Why were the duckies in the water? It must have been rubber duckie mating season. It was one of those “rubber duck regatta” things. But maybe a few baby rubber duckies were conceived in the process. ---
**Author:** ![Moe\_Szyslak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Moe\_Szyslak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe_Szyslak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/34 "2006-02-05T20:40:14Z")
the colour purple - [wine](http://Kadavys.smugmug.com/photos/55122667-L.jpg) is a shade of purple, isn’t it? words - Sunday morning [words](http://Kadavys.smugmug.com/photos/55243425-L.jpg) something you see within five minutes of waking up - I’m watching my [weight](http://Kadavys.smugmug.com/photos/55129333-L-1.jpg) photographer’s choice - No. 41 is my [nephew](http://Kadavys.smugmug.com/photos/54908713-L-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/35 "2006-02-06T04:11:01Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [These words prove that you can find _anything_ in Brooklyn.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/Biggirl/Spring/superherosupply.jpg) Very cool! I especially like how the colours at the top, of the red building and the blue fire escape, remind me of Spider-Man. Do you have a close-up shot of the smaller vertical store sign? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/36 "2006-02-06T12:04:58Z")
> [@Treviathan](#): > > Very cool! I especially like how the colours at the top, of the red building and the blue fire escape, remind me of Spider-Man. > > Do you have a close-up shot of the smaller vertical store sign? Nope. But I can go get one. ---
**Author:** ![metonymic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/37 "2006-02-07T19:59:00Z")
**Moe Szyslak** , I like your ‘words’ picture – nice! Here are mine, although I didn’t take them specifically for this assignment… but I have been waiting for the perfect moment (like this!) to use them – does that still count as showing off? 😉 [purple](http://www.flickr.com/photos/metonymic/96847508/in/set-72057594060856526/) [words](http://www.flickr.com/photos/metonymic/96847793/in/set-72057594060856526/) [waking](http://www.flickr.com/photos/metonymic/96846772/in/set-72057594060856526/) [choice](http://www.flickr.com/photos/metonymic/96848042/in/set-72057594060856526/) ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/38 "2006-02-07T22:13:51Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > It was one of those “rubber duck regatta” things. But maybe a few baby rubber duckies were conceived in the process. Was that the Ducktona 500 in scenic Ripon, WI? Cool pic! ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/39 "2006-02-08T01:00:47Z")
> [@Survey1215](#): > > Was that the Ducktona 500 in scenic Ripon, WI? Cool pic! No, it was something on Memorial Day weekend in Dayton, Ohio. I don’t know that it’s even a regular event. **metonymic** , what place is that in your choice picture? I always like aerial views and am curious about it. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850/40 "2006-02-08T01:07:43Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > It was one of those “rubber duck regatta” things. Looking at that picture closely, I’m becoming convinced that the strings of duckies are trying to spell out a message… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-assignment-3-photos-due-march-1/342850.md?page=3)