Challenge: Winter storm with gusting winds, 11˚ temperatures and blizzard like conditions on a day when vanishing point is the theme.
Solution: A warm fire, some camera maintenance, and choosing a shot from the archives.
Grated Metal Park Bench
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 55mm • F/10 • 1/50s • ISO 400
I've passed underneath this bridge hundreds of times on the drive to my parent's house but I have never actually walked across it. Still haven't. I attempted to cross to the other side because I really was very curious about the perspective looking to the West. But alas, the fear of heights won out yesterday. Sigh....
Bridge Over Highway 287, Lafayette, CO
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 55mm • F/22 • 1/200s • ISO 400
There are always at least three events going on simultaneously at any given stadium gathering. There is the competition or performance taking place in the arena that generally involves hundreds of people who have orchestrated their amazing talents to put before the public audience some form of entertainment. There is also the cohesive buzz of the audience in the stands who are connecting through their mutual interest in what is being staged. And then there are the happenings under the bleachers...the happenstance meetings, the kids playing and peaking through the cracks (cracks of the bleachers that is), and the folks who are avoiding a panic attack from the overwhelming energy of the crowd or the height of their seats. Been there. Done that. Met some fellow acrophobics.
Underneath the Bleachers
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 28mm • F/25 • 1/125s • ISO 800
This is kind of the classic vanishing point photograph, long train tracks disappearing on the horizon line. I considered "jazzing" it up a bit in photoshop but thought better of it and decided that classic shots are a nice addition to the portfolio.
Rail Road Tracks Looking West
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 48mm • F/25 • 1/25s • ISO 400