February Photo Challenge

[DesignerDigitals]

This month’s challenge is to capture something at an aperture of f/8. Why an aperture of f/8.0? F/8 is considered a story telling aperture. You are able to get much of your subject in focus, giving the viewer more to see. Many of us are addicted to shooting with “wide-open” apertures like f/1.4, blurring our background with only a small portion of our subject in focus. The f/8.0 challenge moves you out of that comfortable spot! Think creatively, interpret anyway you’d like, just use f/8! Since f/8.0 doesn’t let as much light in as wider apertures, watch your shutter speed, and you may need to bump your ISO up some!

Enter one photo with the tag, DesignerDigitals_February, in our DesignerDigitals POTD group at flickr. Your photo needs to be taken in the month of February and posted by midnight EST February 28, 2010.

The winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to B&H Photography and be featured on the DesignerDigitals blog.

Happy Shooting! Looking forward to seeing your story.

[DesignerDigitals]

Originally Posted by Pssequimages

Hi Randy,
Fun to be in the group at Flickr where I am pssequimages as well as here at DD. I don't see how (in the Welcome) area to "reply" with my screenname on the DD Flickr site--do you go to New Topic to do that?

Hi,

I'll pass this along to Katrina for her to answer.

Randy

[Pssequimages]

I found the answer, but couldn't have you prune the thread because you do not accept private messages. The post reply button on flickr is exactly where it is on V-Bulletin forums--depending on your "view" it's after the last post on the last page of the list.

[kristenm]

Hi Randy! I'm new to DD and to POTD on flickr and I just tried to enter the February Photo Challenge. Because I'm new to flickr it said that it will take a few days for my tag (DesignerDigitals_February) to show up on the site. nooooo!!!! I also added my photo to the POTD group hoping it might show in the search. My photo doesn't show up in a general tag search but does appear when you search DesignerDigitals_February within the POTD group. I hope this is ok! Here is the direct link to my photo Dreams Come True - Simply with a Balloon on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I put a lot of thought into my f/8 storytelling - so I hope you can still accept my photo! Thanks