Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 16

    So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022 - 16 weeks and still rocking!

Week 16 (16 April - 22 April) Tell a story This week your challenge is to capture a compelling image that tells a story

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 15

   So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022 - 15 weeks and still rocking!

Week 15 (9 April - 15 April) Orange: I’s an uninspiring colour. Prove me wrong.

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 14

    So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022 - 14 weeks and still hanging in there!!

Week 14 (2 April - 8 April) Close up/macro You don’t need a macro lens to get up close. Free choice of subject.  Photo was taken 8 April (in the time window), but just now posting...

Close up of an old penknofe that belonged to my Grandfather...

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 13

      So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Week 13 (26 Mar – 1 April) Something you made We all make things whether it be a cup of coffee, a meal or an elaborate art/craftwork. Show us what you made. No photo’s of your kids. Yes you made them, but think of something else.

Boy, I struggled with this. I'm just not all kind of creative (outside photography), After much consternation, I came up with this. I had the opportunity in my job (a few years ago) to write technical papers for industry conferences, and I have a notebook of most of them. This one is from 2004 and titled "Harmonic Sharing for Effective Detection of Transformer Inrush Condition in Differential Protection Schemes"...

It's been over 10 years since I've had the opportunity to write / present a paper, life has led me in ther directions.

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 12

     So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Week 12 (19 Mar - 25 Mar) Tools We all have them, we all use them. Photograph them!

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 11

     So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

I think I'm finally caught up...  for now, at least

Week 11 (12 Mar - 18 Mar) Chocolate We all love chocolate, resist the temptation to eat it and create a chocolate themed image this week

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 10

    So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to catch up from being behind:

Week 10 (5 Mar - 11 Mar) Ordinary - This week we challenge you to tell the extraordinary story of something ordinary.

An odd little photo, but it captured my fancy.

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 9

   So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to catch up from being behind:

Week 9 (26 Feb - 4 Mar) Animal Photography Pets, local wildlife, or bugs in your garden, tell the story of a living animal with animal photography.

House Finch at the backyard feeder. Snagging take out breakfast.

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 8

  So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to catch up from being behind:

Week 8 (19 Feb - 25 Feb) Leading Lines - Capture an image with strong leading lines, however you can’t use train tracks, roads or paths. Be creative and think outside the box.

My first bass, bought in 1978. It’s pretty much unplayable these days, but has some mojo for sure.

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 7

 So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to catch up from being behind:

Week 7 (12 Feb - 18 Feb) Coffee Use coffee in your photo this week.

Tough given that I don't drink coffee, I struggled a bit.  And it put me in a dark mood….

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 6

 It had been my intention to do weekly posts of my entries into Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.  Well, I posted my week 1 and 2 entries together, posted week 3, and then did weeks 4 and 5 together.  Then nothing through today (which ended week 10).

So I'm going to catch up.  I figured to do a post every other day or so until I catch up.  thansk for putting up with me!

So, anyway:  Here'go:

The theme for Week 6 (5 Feb - 11 Feb) was Red:  "Red is the colour of drama and intrigue. Find something red to photograph this week."

 

As I noted at the time: A bit of a challenge, between work and other photo challenges,  but I don't hate this one... 

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Weeks 4 and 5

 So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Week 4 - Learn something new.  

First time I've used a Neutral Density Filter.  Goal was to get blurred water and lots of depth-of-field on a sunny day.

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Week 5 - Sepia

Using the internal Sepia filter in my Fujifilm X-T3 camera.

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition - Week 3

So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  You can see how my year progresses by clicking on my tag:  52weekchallenge2022

Week 3 (15 Jan - 21 Jan) Landscape

First Snow of 2022, at least in St. Louis area... Watershed Nature Center, Edwardsville, IL

Capture52 - 52 Week Challenge - 2022 edition

So, there's a photography thing, Capture52, where they provide a weekly topic and you're challenged to take a photo based on it.    I discovered it on 365project a couple of years ago, and have dabbled with it a couple of times.  But I've never made it far into the year, never close to all 52 weeks.  But I'm giving it another shot in 2022.  It'll be interesting to see.  Besides their Facebook group (which has almost 2,400 members), and 365project, there's an Instagram hashtag, I'm trying to post to all three.  The first 2 weeks were especially hard for me, maybe getting through those will create some momentum!

Week 1 (1 Jan - 7 Jan) - Self-portrait

Introduce yourself. Who are you? What drives you? Extra challenge: Tell your story without including yourself in the image. No cheap selfies or snapchat filters!! Really put some thought into it.  I decided to include myself, as did a lot of folks.  But no "cheap selfie", this was my Fujifilm on a Tripod out in the field!

So, how do I make a self portrait that says something about me? Obviously I need a camera. And it needs to be a black and white shot. And something nature. I opted for Watershed Nature Center, one of my regular haunts for a couple of decades. Too bad I had to bundle up, and still could barely feel my fingers!

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Week 2 (8 Jan - 14 Jan) Street Photography  

Here’s an opportunity to get out and about and try some street photography. Capture an intriguing candid moment on the street of your local neighbourhood.

Just a little "slice of Life" from the Wal Mart parking lot on a Friday evening...

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Two weeks in, 50 to go!  At least week 3 is "Landscape".  More in my wheelhouse, at least.  Now if the days would just get a little linger so there's light after work.