Julie Barrett is a freelance writer and photographer based in Plano, TX.

Round Robin Photo Challenge

Fresh when it gets here from Julie Barrett
Tuesday, January 23, 2007


This week's Round Robin challenge is "Macro," and was suggested by John Darrow from from from Personal Effects..

I have to admit that this one had me a bit flummoxed. The challenge is to create a composite image of four 200 x 200 pixel images. The four quadrants below are supposed to represent Texture, Color, Reflection and Newness. I'm quite familiar with the first three, but "Newness" had me thrown for a loop. I've decided that it will represent something new I've discovered in macro photography.

Round Robin Macro Challenge

So, let's take a look at each of these a little more closely, if you'll pardon the pun.

Representing Texture in the upper left-hand corner is a bit of catnip. Yes, we grow our own. This stuff has survived the two ice storms from last week.

Checking in for Color in the upper right is a distinct lack of color. I shot this old watch face and gears and black and white and applied a bit of a duotone to them to enhance the look of age. I'm not sure it worked very well. The watch face is nice and distressed, but the gears are a little too shiny and nice. Oh, well. this is why we experiment.

From the great state of Reflection in the lower-left is a closeup of a section of the frosted glass surface of a piece of patio furniture. Not only is it reflecting the light, but if you look closely you can see a bit of the camera lens.

Finally, Newness drops in for a visit. This is some moss growing on a tree in my back yard. The texture and colors were entirely unexpected which is why I placed it in this category.

All of the pictures except the watch face were shot outdoors with a 10X macro filter at ISO 400. The watch face was shot using a 4X macro filter indoors on a copy stand at ISO 200.

So there ya go - up close and personal!

Linking list:

John
Personal Effects
http://personaleffects.blogspot.com

Carly
Ellipsis... Suddenly Carly
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

Janet
Fond Of Photography
http://fondofphotography.blogspot.com

Karen
Outpost Mavarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com

Dorn
Through The Eyes of the Beholder
http://journals.aol.com/dorn brau/ThroughtheEyesoftheBeholder

Nancy
Nancy Luvs Pix
http://journals.aol.com/nhd106/Nancyluvspix

Kerrin
Macrocapture
http://macrocapture.blogspot.com

Steven
(sometimes) photoblog
http://sepintx.blogspot.com

Linda
Blah Blah Blog
http://blahblahblog.wordpress.com


Gattina
Keyhole Pictures
http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com

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Carly said:
Hi Julie What a good idea using a watch face. :) Nice group you chose. Very cool! Always, Carly
Date: 1/24/2007 7:17:13 AM Date: 1/24/2007 7:17:13 AM

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Janet said:
Love the watch face picture, so intricate :-)
Date: 1/24/2007 11:30:39 AM Date: 1/24/2007 11:30:39 AM

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Linda (Lou) said:
I love the somewhat muted and understated colors in each of the picturs. All in the grid are such a complement to the others! That moss picture? Is that the natural colors? Wow. Never seen anything like that. A great entry!
Date: 1/24/2007 4:56:36 PM Date: 1/24/2007 4:56:36 PM

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John said:
Nice interpretations and explanations for each theme. Each photo draws my interest. Nicely done.
Date: 1/24/2007 7:24:33 PM Date: 1/24/2007 7:24:33 PM

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Steven said:
I've a much greater appreciation for moss now! Neat colors going on there. Nice work.
Date: 1/24/2007 11:13:19 PM Date: 1/24/2007 11:13:19 PM

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Karen Funk Blocher said:
There's something about the colors here that really make these images go together well. I usually don't click through on photos because of dialup and time issues, but I did for this. Good stuff!
Date: 1/25/2007 12:09:02 AM Date: 1/25/2007 12:09:02 AM

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Nancy said:
How wonderful! Glad I found you thru the RRs....
Date: 1/25/2007 11:08:51 AM Date: 1/25/2007 11:08:51 AM

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Dorn said:
Lovely. I really like your second one.
Date: 1/25/2007 2:57:33 PM Date: 1/25/2007 2:57:33 PM

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kerrin said:
Fantastic photos. The catnip is my favourite and your did the 4 photos in a square which was not a feat I could achieve. ps Love the black cat too.
Date: 1/29/2007 7:04:38 AM Date: 1/29/2007 7:04:38 AM

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Carly said:
Hi Julie What a good idea using a watch face. :) Nice group you chose. Very cool! Always, Carly
Date: 1/24/2007 7:17:13 AM Date: 1/24/2007 7:17:13 AM

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Janet said:
Love the watch face picture, so intricate :-)
Date: 1/24/2007 11:30:39 AM Date: 1/24/2007 11:30:39 AM

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Linda (Lou) said:
I love the somewhat muted and understated colors in each of the picturs. All in the grid are such a complement to the others! That moss picture? Is that the natural colors? Wow. Never seen anything like that. A great entry!
Date: 1/24/2007 4:56:36 PM Date: 1/24/2007 4:56:36 PM

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John said:
Nice interpretations and explanations for each theme. Each photo draws my interest. Nicely done.
Date: 1/24/2007 7:24:33 PM Date: 1/24/2007 7:24:33 PM

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Steven said:
I've a much greater appreciation for moss now! Neat colors going on there. Nice work.
Date: 1/24/2007 11:13:19 PM Date: 1/24/2007 11:13:19 PM

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Karen Funk Blocher said:
There's something about the colors here that really make these images go together well. I usually don't click through on photos because of dialup and time issues, but I did for this. Good stuff!
Date: 1/25/2007 12:09:02 AM Date: 1/25/2007 12:09:02 AM

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Nancy said:
How wonderful! Glad I found you thru the RRs....
Date: 1/25/2007 11:08:51 AM Date: 1/25/2007 11:08:51 AM

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Dorn said:
Lovely. I really like your second one.
Date: 1/25/2007 2:57:33 PM Date: 1/25/2007 2:57:33 PM

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kerrin said:
Fantastic photos. The catnip is my favourite and your did the 4 photos in a square which was not a feat I could achieve. ps Love the black cat too.
Date: 1/29/2007 7:04:38 AM Date: 1/29/2007 7:04:38 AM





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