This is the week for topic is Candid photography. You are allowed to show people or animals just being themselves.
I had a marvelous response from all of you on last week’s Twisted or Squiggly challenge. I want to say thank you to each of you for joining along in my challenge. Here are the featured bloggers for this week. Their posts really grabbed my attention. They are all worthy of a second or third look.
Current Challenge Series – Fun Topics
- Candid
- Sand or Dirt
- Future Nostalgic (topic by Sue at Words Visual)
- Books or Paper
- Reflections or Shadows
Next Challenge Series – Fun with Colors
- All One Color
- Basically Two Colors
- Holiday Colors
- Colors of Your Flag
- Four Colors or More
Please check out my Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge to check out more of what this challenge is about.
Tips from Cee
I have recently started a Tips from Cee’s page, you many want to check it out every once in awhile. You may pick up an idea or two for your own photography.
My entry for this week
I’ve put together a list of challenges and their hosts. So if you know a challenge host, please direct them to my blog. Feel free to contact me anytime. I hope everyone will be able to use my lists.
Qi (energy) hugs
Cee
Cee's Photo Challenges 
I know I say this every time, but this week it felt especially great to come up with this post for you, Cee. You make me dig into my archives and come up with the crop. Thanks for that. I like your first photo of the photographer the most.
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Here is mine for the week
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Hello again Cee, here’s another candid creature: https://tranature.com/2021/10/27/wordless-wednesday-night-visit/
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Thank you for another fun challenge Cee, I’d never heard of ‘chimping’ either! I especially love your bird images and our contribution for this week is here: https://whippetwisdom.com/2021/10/27/wordless-wednesday-mild-autumn-days/
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I love candid captures Cee! Here are mine
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It is not quite in focus but I liked it a lot. And chimping… my google brings out sth funny, at least it is a funny word…
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It is a funny word 😀 😀
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Love the handsome guy looking for a spot!
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Thanks 😀
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You are welcome
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ha! the goose is a funny one!
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They can actually get quite scary. They are so used to being fed. 😀
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Awesome challenge!
Here’s my candid shot: https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/cees-fun-foto-challenge-cffc-candid-photography/
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Loved the birds and the windstorm, although I did wonder how you protected you camera from all that dust? Thanks for the pingback – it’s always such an honour to be featured!
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It was easy. I was sitting in my car protected from the dust 😀 😀
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Ah ha – for some reason I’m always on foot when a dust storm blows through…
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I got lucky that time 😀
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I love the mix of photos, Cee – great to have animals as well as humans.
I’m featuring a street performer I enjoyed in Berlin – and surprise, surprise, he isn’t even vaguely German: https://travelwithintent.com/2021/10/26/meet-justin/
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I thought the mix of nationalities was kind of cool 😀
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I rather like the seagull photo.
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And it’s up!
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🙂 A new word for me as well – chimping. Lovely selection!
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Thanks Maria. So you have joined the world of chimping 😀
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I get good distance correction, but not great closeup. The problem with the camera is you need closeup when you are looking at the screen, but you need distance to look at the scene. I can’t get both in one pair of glasses. It’s frustrating because when I could focus, I got what I wanted and not what autofocus decided was right. But, to be fair, my eyes have done pretty well considering all the years I have depended on them. Now, it’s just that I can only see really small things with NO glasses on and I see much better — even without glasses (which like you, I’ve worn since childhood) and rarely need distance vision unless I’m driving.
Generally, autofocus goes with the largest, brightest item in your window, but as often as not, I want the focus in the front and the background soft. So, I slide my glasses up and down my nose for correction. Down is for reading, up is for seeing 😀
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Sounds familiar 🙂
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I don’t have the long/short distance thing. I do have bifocals but very minimal. I’m lucky in that sense. I always have to wear my glasses if I want to see clearly.
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Thank you so much for the shout out 😀 I am delighted a little surprised because I hadn’t found as much material as I know I have, but I couldn’t convince the library to find stuff.
I’m in love with the spider web in the first picture on the bottom. I am always trying to get them to come out — as is Garry — but they don’t, probably because our eyesight being what it is, we can’t focus well in short distances. One day I’m going to have to go into the issue of eyesight and various focusing differences and how hard it is to see in the camera and still be able to look up and see what you are shooting. So when I see something as beautifully done as that, I want to do the same thing too 😀 It is beautiful and rather perfect.
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Thanks Marilyn. I have had glasses since I was six years old. I’m just glad I can get good correction yet. 😀 😀
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That is one serious looking goose
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I almost called it eye to eye combat 😀 😀
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Chimping was a new word for me, too–and it’s something I do way too often! Love the goose, Cee. A wonderful portrait.
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I don’t think you can chimp too much. THanks Lois for commenting 😀
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That sand storm photo is quite evocative, Cee. And I’m always partial to goose 😉
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That wind was something. Thanks Ekle 😀
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I never heard that word before, but the photo made it clear what it was. I certainly do it, mostly to make sure that the photo came out the way I wanted in case I need to take more.
I love that first photo of the photographer in the blue anorak. That is some serious equipment he has too.
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Oh yeah, he has some a serious lens. If I remember right he said is was 100-500mm 😀 😀
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oh that goose! And chimping is a brand new word for me, guessed what it meant but I did have to check.
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Glad I could teach you another American word. LOL Thanks Becky 😀 😀
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Well well, I have never heard of that term and we don’t have a matching word (as far as I know).
All I can think is that in the US you check things more than we do 🙂 We’re too stingy with our batteries to check every photo 😉
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It’s fun to look at them sometimes. 😀 😀
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it’s a brilliant word – although it’s origins are all a bit odd. Not sure I have ever gone ooh, ooh, ooh when looking at what I have taken!
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I was going ask what it meant but now I feel inadequate and will have to look it up!! 🙂
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hee hee, it’s such a great word but I wouldn’t have known for definite without looking it up!!
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I saw a class on TV from a National Geographic Photographer and that’s where I learned the term. 😀 😀
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