120. Parallel Lines - September 27-October 3, 2015
Byron-
The parallel lines that I decided to shoot were railroad tracks. I practiced on a track close to home. I tried wide angle, telephoto, high, low. They were okay but not very interesting. The idea of a train bridge occurred to me. Erl came along on the drive as my navigator. We went to the St. Croix river at Stillwater. We didn't see much in that area so Erl looked up bridges and found one in Prescott, Wi. We went there and found this lift bridge that raises its middle section to allow tall water borne vessels to pass. The tracks had a nice curve just beyond the bridge which allowed me to stand there and photograph the train coming directly at me.
I ended up with far more parallel lines than I had hoped for. There are the tracks, the bridge has vertical, horizontal and 45 degree angle parallel lines.
ISO 200, 200mm, f5.6, 1/320 sec. It's shot in harsh mid-day Sun but I don't think that detracted from this photo.
The parallel lines that I decided to shoot were railroad tracks. I practiced on a track close to home. I tried wide angle, telephoto, high, low. They were okay but not very interesting. The idea of a train bridge occurred to me. Erl came along on the drive as my navigator. We went to the St. Croix river at Stillwater. We didn't see much in that area so Erl looked up bridges and found one in Prescott, Wi. We went there and found this lift bridge that raises its middle section to allow tall water borne vessels to pass. The tracks had a nice curve just beyond the bridge which allowed me to stand there and photograph the train coming directly at me.
I ended up with far more parallel lines than I had hoped for. There are the tracks, the bridge has vertical, horizontal and 45 degree angle parallel lines.
ISO 200, 200mm, f5.6, 1/320 sec. It's shot in harsh mid-day Sun but I don't think that detracted from this photo.
Deron-
If the lines on a legal pad or notebook aren't parallel, imagine what our letters would look like!
If the lines on a legal pad or notebook aren't parallel, imagine what our letters would look like!
Kevin-
This image took some work. First because I didn’t really have any good ideas for grid-like parallel lines, but had plenty of ideas for parallel lines that receded, converged or whatever term you prefer. I scouted around area parks for a road lined with parallel trees, but didn’t find what I was looking for. I scouted out a couple of railroad track locations, but wasn’t satisfied with anything I got. And I played around with fishing docks at area parks, ultimately settling on this one. The first time I shot it it was only as a perspective and position test, as the sun angle was terrible. I returned again at a much better time. But ultimately wanted to try again before sunrise. So at 5:45 AM this morning the alarm went off and I drove 40 minutes to the park and lake, again.
Paul knows this general area, near Delano Minnesota, as he was photographed with a giant chicken statue at a gas station about three miles away from the site of this image.
Pre-sunrise. Nikon D4s, 14-24mm Nikkor lens set to 14mm. No tripod, the camera and lens were simply placed at dock level. ISO 100, f/16 @ 13 seconds. I like the receding/converging parallel lines of the dock as well as the vertical parallel vertical dock boards. And I was hoping that fog would be visible over the water and it was.
This image took some work. First because I didn’t really have any good ideas for grid-like parallel lines, but had plenty of ideas for parallel lines that receded, converged or whatever term you prefer. I scouted around area parks for a road lined with parallel trees, but didn’t find what I was looking for. I scouted out a couple of railroad track locations, but wasn’t satisfied with anything I got. And I played around with fishing docks at area parks, ultimately settling on this one. The first time I shot it it was only as a perspective and position test, as the sun angle was terrible. I returned again at a much better time. But ultimately wanted to try again before sunrise. So at 5:45 AM this morning the alarm went off and I drove 40 minutes to the park and lake, again.
Paul knows this general area, near Delano Minnesota, as he was photographed with a giant chicken statue at a gas station about three miles away from the site of this image.
Pre-sunrise. Nikon D4s, 14-24mm Nikkor lens set to 14mm. No tripod, the camera and lens were simply placed at dock level. ISO 100, f/16 @ 13 seconds. I like the receding/converging parallel lines of the dock as well as the vertical parallel vertical dock boards. And I was hoping that fog would be visible over the water and it was.
Paul-
None but himself can be his parallel – Virgil (70-19 BCE)
My first though for this theme was to create a Chinese meal of some kind, place it in a white, unadorned bowl, and lay chop sticks (parallel to each other and off-center) across to top of the bowl. It would have been photographed from directly above. Despite the possibility it might have been a great submission. I didn’t have the motivation this week to stage it. Perhaps some other time.
My submission, Parallel Lines 01, was taken on a bridge while I was out doing some portrait photography for a relative. Parallel Lines 02 (not shown) is just something I thought might be an interesting interpretation of the theme. However, there were mathematical and topological problems with this picture: I found several sites on the Web which stated only straight lines in two-dimensional Euclidian space are deemed parallel. However I also found sites (e.g. Wikipedia) that illustrated examples of curved lines in two-dimensional Euclidian space and they were considered parallel. I’m playing it straight (no pun intended) and staying with Parallel Line 01 as my submission.
Our story so far: 1/400 sec.; f/10; aperture priority; ISO 250; 55-200mm with lens set at 82mm; -1/3 EV bracketing; near-cloudless sky at 10:37am; the camera was hand-held.
None but himself can be his parallel – Virgil (70-19 BCE)
My first though for this theme was to create a Chinese meal of some kind, place it in a white, unadorned bowl, and lay chop sticks (parallel to each other and off-center) across to top of the bowl. It would have been photographed from directly above. Despite the possibility it might have been a great submission. I didn’t have the motivation this week to stage it. Perhaps some other time.
My submission, Parallel Lines 01, was taken on a bridge while I was out doing some portrait photography for a relative. Parallel Lines 02 (not shown) is just something I thought might be an interesting interpretation of the theme. However, there were mathematical and topological problems with this picture: I found several sites on the Web which stated only straight lines in two-dimensional Euclidian space are deemed parallel. However I also found sites (e.g. Wikipedia) that illustrated examples of curved lines in two-dimensional Euclidian space and they were considered parallel. I’m playing it straight (no pun intended) and staying with Parallel Line 01 as my submission.
Our story so far: 1/400 sec.; f/10; aperture priority; ISO 250; 55-200mm with lens set at 82mm; -1/3 EV bracketing; near-cloudless sky at 10:37am; the camera was hand-held.
Jerry-
I had to put the "skull" to use with parallel lines somehow - maybe it will appear in most of October's submissions! It's been hidden away in a either a small backpack or plastic bag that I've carried with on this assignment. My idea was to pose it in a bookshelf somewhere. The different medical departments at the U have their own libraries and this one was in the Transplant Surgery division. I put the skull in its place and left the books as they were. This was taken with the D750 and the 24-85 lens set to about 50mm. 1/250 @ f8, ISO 12,800. Lighting from some small windows off to the side. While the D750 is pretty happy with the high ISO settings, it seems like that makes the images more contrasty and harsh. But its fun to not need a tripod.
I had to put the "skull" to use with parallel lines somehow - maybe it will appear in most of October's submissions! It's been hidden away in a either a small backpack or plastic bag that I've carried with on this assignment. My idea was to pose it in a bookshelf somewhere. The different medical departments at the U have their own libraries and this one was in the Transplant Surgery division. I put the skull in its place and left the books as they were. This was taken with the D750 and the 24-85 lens set to about 50mm. 1/250 @ f8, ISO 12,800. Lighting from some small windows off to the side. While the D750 is pretty happy with the high ISO settings, it seems like that makes the images more contrasty and harsh. But its fun to not need a tripod.
Don-
I searched high a low for a picture I wanted. I looked at bricks and columns that both satisfied the criteria. They just didn't work for me. 15 miles NW of town is a ridge that rises above power distribution lines but I just would not get my camera near them. I fear EMP that close. Then I looked at my ceiling, done deal.
Taken with the D810, F2.8, 1/4 second shutter, ISO 100, aperture priority, lens set at 31 mm and changed to B&W.
I searched high a low for a picture I wanted. I looked at bricks and columns that both satisfied the criteria. They just didn't work for me. 15 miles NW of town is a ridge that rises above power distribution lines but I just would not get my camera near them. I fear EMP that close. Then I looked at my ceiling, done deal.
Taken with the D810, F2.8, 1/4 second shutter, ISO 100, aperture priority, lens set at 31 mm and changed to B&W.