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52 Photo Challenge: Week 33-Fill the Frame

“You can frame a moment. But you can’t frame life.”—Armin Houman

This week my assignment for the 52 photo challenge was to fill the frame with the subject. As I tend to take a lot of macro shots, I wanted to challenge myself to find something different to fill the frame.

As I started out this morning it began to rain, a wonderful surprise, so I decided to take a drive. The tree above and the first seven photos are all from around the Lincoln area and taken from my car. The rest of the photos are from my yard. Let me know which one you think best fits the challenge and if you have a favorite. Hope your week is wonderful!

Also, you may remember last year I was writing a short story a week. It just occurred to me it might be fun to see what story I was writing this exact time last year and include a link with these Monday photos. So, here you go:

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#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

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#10

  • Photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW
  • If you want to join the 52 Photo Challenge, you can find all the information at nicolesy.com

52 Photo Challenge
Week 1: Bokeh
Week 2: Silhouette
Week 3: Black and White
Week 4: Motion Blur
Week 5: Texture
Week 6: Framing
Week 7: Leading Lines
Week 8: Negative Space
Week 9: Patterns
Week 10: Symmetry
Week 11: Green
Week 12: Sidelight
Week 13: Sense of Scale
Week 14: One Lens
Week 15: Series
Week 16: Flat Lay
Week 17: Behind the Scenes
Week 18: Water
Week 19: Blurry Foreground
Week 20: Unique Perspective
Week 21: Shadow
Week 22: Food
Week 23: Abstract
Week 24: Reflection
Week 25: Contrast Color
Week 26: Think in Threes
Week 27: Starburst
Week 28: Low Perspective
Week 29: Macro
Week 30: Backlight
Week 31: Big Sky
Week 32: Dominant Color

64 thoughts on “52 Photo Challenge: Week 33-Fill the Frame”

  5. Number 7 reminds me of the movie The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. The cat is beautiful! The Cat Tails are pretty, and they make a good torch too. Nice work, Bridgette! 😊

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    • That’s a classic movie, for sure. Thank you so much, John. It’s getting a bit harder to find new locations to shoot and to make my photos different than the week before. I suppose more than halfway through this challenge that’s bound to happen.

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      • Yes, it happens which is a bummer. My site has over 5000 posts so it’s getting a bit tough to come up with fresh titles and photography. I admit that there is redundancy on my site. Keep going, Bridgette! 😊👍🏻

    • He’s such a good kitty! He came running when he saw the camera, but he wouldn’t let me take a decent picture until he got all his pets in. Had to wait until he became a purry puddle at me feet.

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  11. Photographer and image kind of join hands for my “winner”, your top-image of that tree. Why? I’ll tell you why. Assignment, fill the frame, and here we easily recognize even the tips of the tree that we don’t see, side, side and top. But the human part is that you have the tree “touching” each limit of the sky. It is both full – and – encompassing, like arms reaching around. A quiet sort of mastery.

    Nbr 5. Think I’ve almost been there. Rocks, grass, what’s not to like.
    Nbr 7. Yep birds are birds, better posed on a tree. Maybe I don’t like the flying bird, the only thing here soft focus, seems out of place. Fussy me.
    Nbr 10, Who doesn’t love a cat? Well, some. But I’m not one of them. Kitty feels safe and likes you a lot by that expression I see.

    Last, I am a bother. Did you push the color on these? Yes or no, the color was some uncomfortably too intense, but an easy change. Really, was that real. Maybe my eyes are crossed. And I’m still a fuss.

    Nice job Bridgette. I like your photography. It usually feels very “involved” with the image. Admirable.

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    • I can always count on very thoughtful comments from you. It’s why I like you so much. Yes, that tree photo was actually the very first one I took. I thought, that should fill the frame quite nicely. I tried a couple different crops, but decided it was best to not have any sky above the tree. Glad you think it worked.

      Yes, #5 was another spot where I thought…that rocky hill just might do it. I almost didn’t share #7 because of that blurry bird, but I convinced myself it was actually better with it there because it shows more of what it was like. The birds were yelling and flying all over that tree. Always in motion. I decided, yeah, he could stay.

      I took these photos using the “art” mode of the camera. It saturates the colors and that’s why they seem a bit more intense than they really are. For this shoot, I liked it. It sort of fit the rusty buildings, the dry grass, the grey sky. I hope it wasn’t too distracting.

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  16. The header picture, the magnificent, magical tree. Or #5, the rock formation softened by the wild grasses. And the short story reminds me of your writing talent and how well you channel your ideas.

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  17. Oh man, you make it IMPOSSIBLE to choose a favorite! I love the crispness of the colors in the cattails, the symmetry of the pipes behind the fence, the smooth pumpkin hiding in the leaves, the seeds that beg you to blow and make a wish, and who can resist a contented kitty? 💞

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  21. Apologies, Bridgette: I have just realized I comment periodically but don’t hit the Like button for the post! So sorry! Please realize my comments mean I also liked the photography…

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    • No need to apologize! I appreciate comments far more than likes and you always leave me such good ones. Thank you for taking the time to always be so thoughtful.

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