DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Is it time to mow?
Is it time to mow?
MrAnalogy


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Decisions (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Custom Made Pinhole
Location: My front yard
Date: May 31, 2005
Aperture: f147
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2 sec.
Galleries: Humorous, Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2005

 This may go down in the annals as one of the bigger mistakes I've made but hey - why not?

I fully expect to get a measure of hammering for the soft focus and that's alright -- it IS a pinhole photo afterall and they tend to be like that.

But it was a worthwhile test and proof of concept ... taken handheld with a 300 micron pinhole attached to a digital SLR. Perhaps one of my favorite things about using the pinhole is that the DOF is uniform from the nearest blade of grass (less than an inch away) to the trees, church and houses several hundred feet away and all the way to the clouds that may be miles out.

And ... as a worst case scenario, it stands a reasonable chance regardless of rating to be listed among the highest rated shots for Other Pinhole in the lens listings. I can live with that .. ;o)

Statistics
Place: 271 out of 275
Avg (all users): 3.0930
Avg (commenters): 2.2308
Avg (participants): 3.0495
Avg (non-participants): 3.1150
Views since voting: 1702
Views during voting: 419
Votes: 301
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 06/24/2005 09:11:43 AM
Pinhole? Did you make it yourself? That's really cool, I guess no-glass can't really compete with L-glass hehe

I'd like to try this :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2005 06:26:16 PM
It's time to focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/06/2005 12:47:46 PM
would have been better if clearer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2005 09:05:27 AM
Woah. I think you need to have something in focus in this image, either the grass or the mower or both. This photo is so blurred i feel drunk looking at it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2005 07:00:07 AM
out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2005 04:13:46 PM
Interesting idea and perspective, but the photos is very hard to look at since nothing is in sharp focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2005 07:05:19 PM
This could be improved by the grass being in focus and taking up more of the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2005 07:40:32 AM
Focus is to soft.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 08:29:31 PM
I don't feel that the image conveys instantly recognizable decision. I also don't like that the entire image is blurred. Nice attempt.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 02:05:56 PM
The concept of a decision leads me hoping for some sense of anticipation in the image. Without the title, this image appears as a very out of focus, ground-based shot of a blue sky with some powerlines. The building in the background is well-placed int he composition, but the mower is almost totally lost in the way that it blends with the building's leading lines. Although the decision on when to mow meets the challenge, the technical points behind this image leave me rating it a one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 01:45:49 PM
Way too out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 12:21:06 PM
appears blurred.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 12:16:36 PM
image very soft
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 11:31:09 AM
i think it would be much better if the grass was in sharp focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 09:54:44 AM
Nothing in focus. Without the title, might not fit the challenge. Might have been better with a small object hidden in the grass...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 05:26:04 AM
Too hazy to my liking.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 12:23:06 AM
Good colour saturation, but focussing could do with some work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2005 11:49:48 PM
seems really blurry to me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2005 10:28:57 PM
nothing in this picture is in focus...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/07/2025 01:14:56 PM EDT.