Winchester 2 Hour Challenge
Muddy Boots
Originally uploaded by Liam O’Neill.
Last Saturday some members of my photography club met in Winchester at about 2pm. We had until 4pm to take any pictures we wanted in Winchester. Later, once we have all processed our pictures from the day, we can have a little competition to pick the best ones The real benefit from an exercise like this though is to see what other photographers saw, what pictures they took, given the same limited circumstances that you had to work with. It’s always easy to imagine you would have taken such and such a shot had you been there too. This challenge puts you there too, and lets you see what you missed, what other perspectives you maybe didn’t see, and what unique things you saw. I can’t wait to see what the others come up with.
On the day we split up into little groups. I spent the day with Anton. We set off for the Records Office on Sussex Street and went from there. It was further along Sussex Street that I spotted these boots outside a house. I had to wait for the visitor at the door to go in before nipping back to take the picture.
Tank Lights
Originally uploaded by Liam O’Neill.
After running into Alexis for the first time in the Great Hall (the first of many times we came across him in the 2 hours), we ended up in Peninsular Square, which I’d never actually been to before. This tank (SPG, whatever) caught my eye. Wonderfull as the square is, it’s lack of symmetry lets it down in my book.
It was one of those typical overcast days, though thankfully dry. The sun did make a little appearance just before 4pm. Finding pictures was quite a challenge. Most of us decided not to rely on the Cathedral, mostly because it was just too obvious, but also because anything inside the Cathedral would leave you no real time to get anywhere else. It was that need to stay moving just to get to places that might yield pictures that was a major part of the challenge in terms of actually taking your own pictures. So far I’ve managed to whittle down my pictures to eleven, though which three I go with for the competition I haven’t yet decided.