MSA March/April, 2021-“Changing Season”

[russljames]

Greetings!

As the theme for our March/April 2021 MSA, I’ve chosen:

“Changing Season”

• The obvious images are those soon to be found outdoors, as vernal and autumnal equinoxes approach and pass. My hope is that they will be readily available, and easy to capture for everyone. But there are also changing seasons to life in general that we preserve through photographs. And maybe, just perhaps, by the end of April, with vaccines becoming more and more available, we might be able to capture images of the season of pandemic, finally coming to an end.

I hope this can be a theme that inspires you want to contribute. As we discuss ways to reinvigorate the MSA, contributing submissions to this assignment early might just be the best way to change the recent season of decline in MSA participation.

I’m looking forward to seeing what comes to mind for you!

A reminder about the current MSA rules and guidelines

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...vised-2015-07-further-revised-2019-07.126124/

Russ

 

[MattKing]

Thanks Russ,
Great idea for a theme, particularly at this time of ever increasing change.
A reminder that images must be analogue capture, and taken no earlier than March 1, 2021.
I'll do my mini-moderator bit with Sticky Threads and the list of Theme topics.

 

[peter k.]

Ok it is a Changing Season, in more ways then one. de ole days there was allot more conversation and exchange on MSA, not just entries, that created more posts and activity by TheToadMen, barbara ann, Lag and others who have been missing in action for quiet some time. So in remembrance of those departed, were going to try to kick start a conversation for this theme.

Ah yes one type of changing season is when:
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress. Charles Dickens

Ah a challenge to capture the supple, .. continuance of the gracefully and flexible changes of winter to spring or summer to autumn. can it be done in B&W?

 

[ajmiller]

Looking forward to getting back into the MSA. A great theme too with plenty of scope for interpretation. I started looking around for quotes on the theme of seasons and Goodreads had 419! Too much choice!

 

[macfred]

Ok it is a Changing Season, in more ways then one. de ole days there was allot more conversation and exchange on MSA, not just entries, that created more posts and activity by TheToadMen, barbara ann, Lag and others who have been missing in action for quiet some time ...

Well said, Peter! They are sadly missed. We had so much fun with Bert (TheToadMen) and Barb and many others.

 

[russljames]

Ah a challenge to capture the supple, .. continuance of the gracefully and flexible changes of winter to spring or summer to autumn. can it be done in B&W?

A wonderful idea for us to chat away!
And I say, yes, I think spring and autumn can be expressed in B+W. Here are two from my archives as examples. New flowers in spring and fall leaves about to drop.

 

[russljames]

Looking forward to getting back into the MSA.

Looking forward to seeing what you submit!
Russ

 

[macfred]

A wonderful idea for us to chat away!
And I say, yes, I think spring and autumn can be expressed in B+W ...

From the archives - cherry blossom in springtime

 

[macfred]

and falling leaves in autumn ...

 

[peter k.]

Lovely, lovely shots, Capturing the essence of spring, and the beckoning of the water in the background, ... for a canoe to be launched so as to discover more the highlights of change.

Ah yes, this is the season that is coming upon us, right now, here in the southwest !!!
Our temps yesterday reached 70+ and today its suppose to be in the low 70's again. Wife has a honey due list for the season of the garden for me to do, which is beginning to be seen more alive, as she is transplanting her young sprouted green children right now, to see and feel the sun directly, ... for there growth, so as to bloom in this season of their life with all of us.

 

[russljames]

@macfred- I love this fall scene. Of the two seasons, spring and fall, I think spring may be the easier of the two for capturing the graceful and subtle elements of change, that are mentioned in Peter’s question. This image really shows that for fall.

@ peter k.- …..and I would like a fishing pole to get that bass likely lurking under those tree branches on the left.

 

[macfred]

@macfred- I love this fall scene ...

Thanks, Russ - here's another one from the same spot 3 years later (with Rollei 3.5F / Planar - the photograph above was with Bronica ETRSi / Zenzanon 75mm).

Here's one example for spring (I guess I prefer color film for this time of the year) - FUJI GA645Wi / EBC Fujinon 45mm f/4 / Portra 400) Bare trees but thornapple in full blossom.

A wonderful idea for us to chat away!...

I hope I didn't overdo it ...

 

[peter k.]

Macred ~ The picture of the hill town or city, is that in the vicinity of where you live?

 

[macfred]

Macred ~ The picture of the hill town or city, is that in the vicinity of where you live?

No, Peter - this is the city of Monschau close to the Belgian border. I live about 150 kilometres away.

 

[peter k.]

Yes indeed Changing Seasons, we have been having a early spring, temps a week ago in the 70's, and then last three days wet snow.
So here is an Instax Wide shot of a Madrone in bloom with snow. Camera: Quarter plate (3x4) 1946 Anniversary Speed. f32@150

 

[MattKing]

Thanks Peter - that fits the theme perfectly!

 

[russljames]

So here is an Instax Wide shot of a Madrone in bloom with snow

Excellent capture of the transition! Thanks for getting us started.
Russ

 

[russljames]

Greetings!

We’ve a little less than a month to go with this theme. Travel-based websites indicate that right about now, seasonal change should be starting to move into "prime time" for picture-taking. There should be Tulpen aus Amsterdam, cherry blossoms galore in Kyoto, Japan, and fall colors happening in Canberra, Australia.

Seasonal change this month is marked with events, from the Festival of Color in Wanaka, New Zealand, to the Spring Festival in Nuremberg. Birds are returning from winter migration and building nests right now in Canada. And there might still even be a few Sea Turtles hatching on the Great Barrier Reef.

Someone this week will be getting their first tattoo, restoring an old car, patching a broken fence, painting a house, moving-in to a new home, planting a garden, raking leaves, taking off snow tires, or putting-in storm windows. Someone this month will be getting engaged or married, celebrating a milestone birthday, retiring, or beginning parenthood.

How about it? Load some film. Look for some images that reveal a changing season; whether in nature, or for people.

“The only constant in life is change”-Heraclitus

 

[Horatio]

Azalea blossoms from this morning. Nikon F4, Finesse 400.

 

[russljames]

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Azalea blossoms from this morning. Nikon F4, Finesse 400.

Thank you for the submission! I love the water droplets on the petals and use of depth of field.
Russ

 

[ProfessorC1983]

First day of spring in Maryland. Kiev 60, Arsat 80/2.8, FP4+ in Pyrocat-HD. Unmodified neg scan.

 

[markjwyatt]

A subtle us of IR film (Rollei IR400). I was getting ready to cut that tree down, but watched it for a while, and leaves started appearing. It is much denser now.


spring by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

Kind of picks up on changes...


We Just Cannot Wait by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[russljames]

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First day of spring in Maryland. Kiev 60, Arsat 80/2.8, FP4+ in Pyrocat-HD. Unmodified neg scan.

A wonderful capture! Thanks for the submission.

 

[russljames]

A subtle us of IR film (Rollei IR400). I was getting ready to cut that tree down, but watched it for a while, and leaves started appearing. It is much denser now.

I'm planning to load this same film today into my Leica IIIb for pics of new, green leaves, that are now abundant in our local park. What filter do you like to use with this film?


spring by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr