2020 Photo Challenge # 50

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December’s theme / technique: Shape and Form

This week's assignment -  find an object that seems interesting 
because of the way the light strikes it, or because of its volume, 
your photograph should focus more on your subject's form

Weaver’s nest in the making
Grasshopper on a lattice chair
Railings on the balcony

2020 Photo Challenge # 47

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November’s theme / technique: Black and White Photography

This week's assignment - Photograph nature in black and white. This 
can be more challenging as we often associate the natural world with 
colour, so look for contrasts, shapes, patterns, tones. 
Experiment with high-key and low-key effects.


All these photos are from my archives.

Paternoster, WEstern Coast, South Africa
Artischoke
Rock formations at Kagga Kamma
Cloudy Sky
Cyclamen

2020 Photo Challenge # 44

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November’s theme / technique: Black and White Photography

This week's assignment - Look for patterns. Patterns can be very
attractive in black and white as there is no colour to detract 
the viewer. There are great patterns in nature and architecture.

All these photos are from my archives.
Stairs
Echeveria

2020 Photo Challenge # 43

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October’s theme / technique: Seascapes

This month's final assignment - try capturing the waves: 
either crashing dramatically against the rocks or a pier, 
surfers riding the waves, or gentle waves lapping on the seashore. 
Look out for someone or something that might add interest.

All these photos are from my archives.
Kitesurfers
gentle waves lapping on a slipway

2020 Photo Challenge # 42

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October’s theme / technique: Seascapes

This week's assignment - look for patterns and / or textures 
along the seashore, this might be in the rocks or shells or seaweed. 
Try using different depths of field with the same subject then 
compare them to see which you prefer.

All these photos are from my archives.

2020 Photo Challenge # 40

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October’s theme / technique: Seascapes

This week's assignment - Stry and capture something unique 
or something ordinary but in an unique way

All these photos are from my archives.

Koeberg nuclear power station is a nuclear power station in South Africa. It is currently the only one on the entire African continent. It is located 30 km north of Cape Town, near Melkbosstrand on the west coast of South Africa.

Misty day in Jacobsbaai

Where the two oceans meet!

2020 Photo Challenge #39

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This week's assignment - Shoot your subject from above. 
Now the subject seems small and the viewer in charge.

All these photos are from my archives.
View from a highrise building
View from the parking lot to the beach at Glentana
Looking down to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens from the new boardwalk

2020 Photo Challenge #38

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This week's assignment - Shoot your subject from below. 
Looking up will give the illusion of smallness (the viewer). 
An upwards angle will make the subject seem much more important.

All these photos are from my archives.
Grey Heron