NAXJA Photo Assignment.

I am in the process of buying a new camera and have been spending a little time on some photo websites who do a photo assignment. How it works is they come up with a word and then you have to go take a picture of something that represents that word.

Since we have the adventure forum, I thought it would be fun to do this here. Since we are a Jeep club there should be some rules.

1st, The picture must be taken after the assignment is given. This means you can not go back through your photo library and pick a photo that matches...you must go out and find something.

2nd, You must in some way use your jeep to take the photo. It doesn't matter if the photo is of your jeep or if you use your jeep to get to the place where the photo is. In some way your jeep must be included.

3rd, Make it an adventure...after all thats what this forum is about.

4th, No nasty comments on anyones photos. This should be a constructive idea.

So...lets try this out. Since the month is half over, we can use it as a good test bed. If the big dogs on the BOD think this is a good idea maybe we can make it an official thing with monthly voting and such. For now lets just have fun.

This month (May) the word will be...

AROUND

So go find something that represents the word "around" in your mind and post your pic up here.

This sounds like fun.... I hope this flys with everybody... This will be great for the family to do...

thank you for the ideal

Like "A Round Tire"?



Daryl

Does this count
It's A round.



What if my jeep is what brought me to work and I took the picture at work? Kinda bending the rules, huh?

So If I understand correctly;

We should shoot the photo keeping in mind it will be critized in a constructive and friendly manner by our peers on how well it meets the above criteria.
Also from what I read in to it, on merits of photographic qualities as well like exposure, composition, sharpness, .

Do you want any limits on number of submissions, min or max submission size (800 pixel max on longest side for example), any post processing/framing restrictions, hosting, or anything else along those lines?

xjblue said:

Do you want any limits on number of submissions, min or max submission size (800 pixel max on longest side for example), any post processing/framing restrictions, hosting, or anything else along those lines?

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I think that would depend on how well it works out.

If every naxja member decided to try this out then yeah, one or two submissions would be all you would want. However if only one or two people post a photo then it really wouldn't matter.

As far as size. I post everything in 1024X768. I think you get far more detail in a larger shot..or at least the ability to judge sharpness and contrast.

Sounds good!

dphillips said:

Does this count
It's A round.

What if my jeep is what brought me to work and I took the picture at work? Kinda bending the rules, huh?

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I like it, but your background is cluttered, and you didn't follow the rule of thirds....

:doh:

JEONLYEP said:

I like it, but your background is cluttered, and you didn't follow the rule of thirds....

:doh:

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That and it's a limp-wristed caliber.

Nothing but FAIL, I'm afraid. :dunce:

Also trying to figure out where his Jeep and adventure come into play. Looks to me like it was taken in front of his computer.

I found this last night while digging "AROUND" in the back of a friend's XJ. Does this count? It's been there since day 1 of the jeep's life too!

In order to make work on the Neon easier and just get around in general I had to pull the Egg out of the driveway and park it on the street.

This also necessitated putting the red Jeep on the street as well (both to get it out of the way and to hook it up to the trailer, you can't park unhooked up trailers on the city street).

This was an adventure because the Jeep has no down pipe, Open Header baby!

The slightly (okay, very) silly photo...

GSequoia said:

In order to make work on the Neon easier and just get around in general I had to pull the Egg out of the driveway and park it on the street.

This also necessitated putting the red Jeep on the street as well (both to get it out of the way and to hook it up to the trailer, you can't park unhooked up trailers on the city street).

This was an adventure because the Jeep has no down pipe, Open Header baby!

The slightly (okay, very) silly photo...

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Meets requirements. the Egg is definitely A roundish item, However for composition sake i would have pulled the jeep forward slightly so the tree trunk could be centered in the frame. I understand that would make the driveway inaccessible but if you left the jeep idling while snapping the pic you could add to the adventure and keep that neighbor with the subwoofer in his place.

ymmv

while driving "AROUND" today i found this.

and this

do these count?

From a wheeling trip. This guy certainly got turned around.

vetteboy said:

From a wheeling trip. This guy certainly got turned around.

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Now see, this is more what Im thinking off. Its unusual, artistic...decent composition and it fits the theme.

Come on guys...put a little effort into it.

DrMoab said:

Come on guys...put a little effort into it.

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Uh, what's the prize? That's a lot of effort for a photo contest. I've only got one Jeep and it's going to be hard to roll it over in the driveway.

vetteboy said:

From a wheeling trip. This guy certainly got turned around.

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i love how demartini isn't even on this site, yet his truck is all over it. ahah figures he flopped that piece yet again

SCW said:

Uh, what's the prize? That's a lot of effort for a photo contest. I've only got one Jeep and it's going to be hard to roll it over in the driveway.

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There is no prize...and you need to read the first post.

DrMoab said:

Now see, this is more what Im thinking off. Its unusual, artistic...decent composition and it fits the theme.

Come on guys...put a little effort into it.

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fine i'll go put my jeep on it's side tomorrow and take a pic will that make you happy.