The 52 Project 2017 --- Now Cookin' on Gas!

[ChrisLumix]

1 hour ago, Korky said:

Re the monthly themes...... Do you want them set now and fixed? Or do we take it a month at a time?

 

I do prefer surprises so my vote is to 'wait and see' rather than have an off-putting list to deal with.

[Jon]

Having been AWOL for a good long while I think I'd better give this a go

[Clicker]

I was going to say  do a wait and see too  but on reflection a certain amount of planning  ahead may be helpful. Maybe if you  just listed them three at a time  Almost like a seasonal list  so we knew what the theme  for Feb March and April  would be and you just tell us which week it will be . I would find it helpful  if each title had the dates that are applicable too ... it just helps me with  finding  my images that are date filed ..ie  Project 52  Week 20.(13-19 June)

Some suggestions for themes  erm ...

Unusual  viewpoint

Glass

Water

My local countryside

 

 

 

[Ryewolf]

I must have missed that bit about the themes, but think it's a good idea. I'm in anyway, I'm doing the One A Day Challenge - again I must be mad, so never really any shortage of images, I used to keep back a selection of images every week that I could choose from for the 52 Project.

[ChrisLumix]

Perhaps advance themes could be delivered by PM to those who want them?

[Korky]

I'll see if I can set up a little PM group and we'll do it that way. I'll speak to the boss tomozz.

Korky

[Clicker]

Dont worry Korks ... it's not imperative ....It was just a thought ... I dont want it to become  a  bind sending pms every few weeks ..As you saidearlier  ...as long as ithe themes aren't so specificic  that I  need to plan an excursion to,  say,  the Safari Park  for big cats   etc(  I'm sure  I'll manage ..

So is there a theme for the first  week?

[ChrisLumix]

The alternative is to have a separate topic for '52 Project - advance themes' which the likes of me could avoid reading?

[sjr]

if I have this correct we are having a specific theme just once per month? the other weeks we shoot whatever we wish?

so have the announced theme at the start of a month then the first three weeks we shoot our picks yet have 3 weeks to think about the set theme in week 4.

[Clicker]

Sounds a feasible alternative.....

[Korky]

We kick off tomorrow - I promise I'll give you LOTS of warning as to what the first theme (week 4) will be. And then I'll pass the baton for choosing the next theme (week 8) etc.

Korky

[Clicker]

Well ...all primed and ready  to go ... I have a few ideas as well  for giving myself my own theme  to follow   just to make  sure I have a focus especially for this project  .. It may not work  ... but I'll  have a go...Ready steady ....click . The  break  was good  ...and I actually quite missed the  pressure to get a worthwhile image  for the challenge ... Gawd knows why I am  doing the daily one again too, because that can be taxing  and  I try really hard  not just to snap just anything   but there are days  when it seems that might be  an only alternative ....Still  it's a discipline that has more pros  than cons for me . ...

Thanks for  doing this again Korks ....

[kcbrecks]

I was thinking about taking up this challenge, so went out yesterday to see what I could get at a regular spot. Got one I was happy with, then got stuck on the M1 for nearly 2 hours traveling less than 2miles due to an accident. Silly me, I thought is was a sort of ongoing thing where members got on the conveyor as and when they decided to start. Never mind, I will keep the image I was about to reduce and post for something else and hope to get something to post for the beginning next week. And there is another thing I am going to have to edit the little utility I wrote for reducing images to post on a now close forum as it either drops them to about 60k so they pixelate when expanded or produces an image at 1500 pixels on the long edge. That should keep me busy for a little while.

[Korky]

40 minutes ago, kcbrecks said:

I was thinking about taking up this challenge........

Yes, please join us, you'll be most welcome.

My idea was for everyone to begin and end together and I hope that makes sense to you too. Last time, we had a few people who dropped in at various times but none of them stuck with it - I suspect this was because they didn't feel committed to the project as they weren't in at the kick-off.

I hope that this time, the folk who are in at the start will still be in at the end.

Korky

[ChrisLumix]

Bl00dy rain due all week. How typical.. >:(  

[David995031]

I'm in the wait and see camp. Looking forward to it - as Chris says, weather forecast is dire so my first attempt might be indoors.

[Ryewolf]

On 30/01/2017 at 18:58, ChrisLumix said:

Bl00dy rain due all week. How typical.. >:(  

Yes, the forecast is the same here too...

[ChrisLumix]

Well, if we can't rise to a challenge in Week 1, it's not much kop are it? 

[Ryewolf]

Still 5 days to go, I'm sure we can come up with something by then. I'm confident despite the weather or maybe inspite of the weather....

[David995031]

I've been messing around with some indoor shots but nothing I'm really happy with. Still, if all else fails I may use one.