The TP52 - 2026 Darkslinger's 52 for 26

[SimonH]

Some great shots there Bill!

 

[Nostromo]

Geometry
A great set of images there.

Hobbies
Another good set of images.
I thought about using gardening as my hobby subject, but thought, It's also my job so I'll have to use one of my other hobbies.

 

[Kell]

The geometry set is exceptional. I do like buildings, and B&W, and heavy contrasts so they tick all the boxes for me. I'd have had a hard time deciding.

Same is true of the hobby set. Some really great images there. I think I'm with Dave in that I like the Columbine - partly because it looks so alien.

 

[nog]

Good. set Bill and agree with your choice with the rain drops

 

[Darkslinger]

A good set of images I particularly like the rain shot.

Thanks Allan.

Nice set Bill. Something Alien about that Columbine

Yeah, I see it

I could have gone for any of those. Your chosen shot seems like an outlier among them, but it works nicely.

Thanks Nick

Some great shots there Bill!

Thank you Simon

Geometry
A great set of images there.

Hobbies
Another good set of images.
I thought about using gardening as my hobby subject, but thought, It's also my job so I'll have to use one of my other hobbies.

Thanks Dominic, I wish that gardening had been my job.

The geometry set is exceptional. I do like buildings, and B&W, and heavy contrasts so they tick all the boxes for me. I'd have had a hard time deciding.

Same is true of the hobby set. Some really great images there. I think I'm with Dave in that I like the Columbine - partly because it looks so alien.

LOL, thanks Kell

Good. set Bill and agree with your choice with the rain drops

Thank you Keith

 

[Darkslinger]

Week 22 Weathered Surfaces

A few shots from the local town of Cloverdale



And a couple from White Rock

 

[AlanDorset]

There’s some good images there, I particularly like the green barrel

 

[-Oy-]

Nice set - can’t pick a fave

 

[Boots]

A great set!

 

[Norkie]

Great set

 

[SimonH]

Another excellent set Bill.

 

[Kell]

Good set. But I think the right one made it to the main thread.

I do like the SRGN HEY sign - what does it mean?

 

[wornish]

Very nice set. I am stuck for choice.

 

[nog]

Good set, the focus on the white area looks good against the red and numbers

 

[NickD]

Any of those work, but your chosen shot is really strong.

 

[Allan.H]

I do like the fire hydrant, nice processing too

 

[Darkslinger]

There’s some good images there, I particularly like the green barrel

Thanks Alan, I saw that at a second hand store while at a farmer's market

Nice set - can’t pick a fave

Thanks Dave

A great set!

Thank you Paul.

Great set

Thanks Jak

Another excellent set Bill.

Thank you Simon

Good set. But I think the right one made it to the main thread.

I do like the SRGN HEY sign - what does it mean?

I am told that it's an example of a street art/graffiti tag. The SRGN would be an acronym for a group or artist and HEY is like "Hey how's it going". Of course that could all just be BS....

Very nice set. I am stuck for choice.

Thanks David

Good set, the focus on the white area looks good against the red and numbers

Thanks Keith, I'm with you on that

Any of those work, but your chosen shot is really strong.

Thank you Nick

I do like the fire hydrant, nice processing too

Thanks Allan, I used a combination of LR and Nik Analog Efex

 

[Darkslinger]

Week 23 - Faded Glory

I decided to do two things for this theme, take shots of wild flowers with flowers that were past their prime and to steal Kell's title...

With that said here are some of the shotes that I took while walking my dog in Tynehead Park

 

[wornish]

Lovely shots. Hard to pick one.

 

[Norkie]

Great set

 

[Boots]

A great idea for the theme, and they work well

 

[-Oy-]

Lovely set of the faded blooms

 

[Darkslinger]

Lovely shots. Hard to pick one.

Great set

A great idea for the theme, and they work well

Lovely set of the faded blooms

Thank you all, not my best images but I wasn't that inspired. I found that this theme was too close to the last theme...just me...

 

[-Oy-]

Thank you all, not my best images but I wasn't that inspired. I found that this theme was too close to the last theme...just me...

Not just you.

 

[nog]

Good set Bill, great colours on that first shot and yes, not just you

 

[Darkslinger]

Good set Bill, great colours on that first shot and yes, not just you

Thanks Keith, good to hear that I'm not alone

 

[Allan.H]

Good set and I agree some of the themes this year and last year to be honest have been poor

 

[Darkslinger]

Good set and I agree some of the themes this year and last year to be honest have been poor

Thanks Allan

 

[Kell]

Nice set of images.

I think I prefer umber two (the yellow).

 

[Darkslinger]

Nice set of images.

I think I prefer umber two (the yellow).

Thanks Kell, might be the best shot I've taken of a buttercup...

 

[Darkslinger]

Week 24 Silence

So it took a little while for me to decide what to shoot but then I started to think of institutions dedicated to silence in one form or another, things like cemeteries, churches, shrines, etc.

That led me to think of the one thing I was intimately familiar with as a kid in school and the one refrain that I would often hear whispered to me, "Sshhhhhh, this is a library!"

So it was off to the main Vancouver Library where I spent a few hours wandering eight of the nine floors. I couldn't decide on just my usual six shots...

 

[Barney]

Smashed it Bill

 

[Allan.H]

Excellent shot you put in the the other side but all together a very good set.

 

[NickD]

I like that a lot. It really suggests silent, without being so obvious.

 

[Boots]

Great set! I think you chose the best shot, but the other B&W, and the sunlit chair would also be worthy entries. Great work!

 

[Kell]

I think you said in my themread that your shot wasn’t as good as mine.

I beg to differ.

There’s a lovely play of light on the guy in white.

The only thing I’d say is that I might have cropped a fair bit of right hand side off to bring him further into frame.

Nothing else to add, it’s a great shot.

 

[nog]

Good set again Bill, think the B&W really suits the theme.

 

[Darkslinger]

Smashed it Bill

Thanks Wayne!

Excellent shot you put in the the other side but all together a very good set.

Appreciate the kind words Allan!

I like that a lot. It really suggests silent, without being so obvious.

Thanks Nick

Great set! I think you chose the best shot, but the other B&W, and the sunlit chair would also be worthy entries. Great work!

Thanks Paul, I actually had another shot of a chair that was similar, there were so many potentially good shots...

I think you said in my themread that your shot wasn’t as good as mine.

I beg to differ.

There’s a lovely play of light on the guy in white.

The only thing I’d say is that I might have cropped a fair bit of right hand side off to bring him further into frame.

Nothing else to add, it’s a great shot.

Thanks Kell, I appreciate the input. I did play with different crops but ended up liking the odd numbers of windows on the right along with the odd number of black square insets.

Good set again Bill, think the B&W really suits the theme.

Thanks you Keith

 

[Darkslinger]

Week 25 Repetition in Nature

So I started out with the obvious interpretation of "pieces of nature that repeat" and got these whilst walking the dog:



But then I started to notice the "hand of man" repeating in nature.
These floats stranded on the side of the river:


The repeating curls of the plastic covering of discarded wire


And the amoeba shaped pieces of this plastic garbage lying in the grass

 

[Boots]

A very interesting set, and an unusual take on the theme.