Ahoj this is Zdenka! Another Cceative Camera Challenge is here. New task will be announced
later on in today's video, but now, let’s go through all the photo submissions from the
last round. Levitation was the task. Those who haven’t seen the tutorial but are interested
in seeing it, don't worry, I'm gonna link it below the video in video description. Many
submitted several photos so I chose the ones which seemed to be very different and very
interesting in some way. Let's look at the first photo which is from Irfan. He basically took
2 separate photos and stitched them together in Snapseed app. He took the photo of the moon
with Canon 55-250mm lens and the photo of hand he took with OnePlus smartphone. I really
like the photo. What gave away little bit that the photos were stitched together is the
fact that the upper layer of the moon, you can see that the background is little bit lighter
so what I did for you, I went ahead and removed the background around the Moon and this would
be the final outcome. You did awesome job. I love the idea, well done. Second photo he
took also with a smartphone and the outcome is great. Very simple, just 3 items,
it's very bold… this is levitation. Submission number 2. Take a look at this photo. Warren did
fantastic job here. I especially love the choice of the object, the colors of the can
and dish are complimentary, it is all nicely put together. He took it with Sony A7III, his
settings were ISO100, Aperture F/1.8 and shutter speed was 1/250th. Well done. This is what you
get when you shoot with very good lens with low aperture. It's a breeze to work in low
light and that will give you that nice sharp look. Submission number 3. Rajkumar
has been regular when it comes to creative camera challenges and he has been submitting on regular
basis. He submitted several photos but I chose these 2 because they are quite different from
the rest if the submissions. First one is pepper. This is nicely done. It must have
taken some time to do this. Second one he calls the black magic. Taken with Canon M50,
F/5.6 aperture, shutter speed is 1/30th and ISO was set to auto which is 6400. It is challenging
to take photos in low light with Canon M50 because as we know it is not the best camera
for low light especially if you are using high aperture, you cannot bring it down to let's say
F/1.8 when you also bring down the ISO. But given the circumstances, you did the best you could,
idea counts here and you did just that. well. Well done. Submission number 4. Action
shot was sent by Instagram user @tenspeed_photo. I like this a lot, it's a great action shot
and I hope the landing was good which I am pretty sure… it looks like lots of fun.
Submission number 5 is from another Instagram user @unorthodox_eyes. It is visually very
interesting photo and the caption is also quite interesting. Levitating Human Hair Ball shot
with Nikon Z50, Focal length 50mm, Aperture F/1.8 and shutter speed is 1/1600th. Submission number
6. Fun photo has been submitted by Markovitch photography and the captions are. Ups,
I almost lost last sip of coffee. Waiting for the Christmas cookies. I don’t know about you
but I drink my coffee for agest. It is always sitting on the table for a long time. By the
way I really like the choice of black and white. Submission number 7. David sent in
these 2 photos. The first one is called Sweet Holiday Magic. I really like the colors here. So
happy, fun, seasonal. What he comments on this photo is this. I was shooting Christmas so I
thought I’d use the Holiday theme. Some things I’d change would be to pull the Kiss tags
out more so they would be more prominent and different background to give it more depth. I
actually like the background. What I would maybe do is to raise for of those chocolates which
are sitting nicely flat on something much higher so that would give the depth. Second photo has
caption. Be careful. It’s never nice to drop your Stocking Stuffers. I like it. Thank
you very much for submissing the photos. Submission number 8 is from I believe Hashem?
Is this how you pronounce it? I am gonna show this photo because it took lot of effort. All
those Lego pieces are small to begin with and ... yeah you don't want to step on those
in the middle of the night.. and I see that you actually raised a few here and there. How long
did it actually take you to do all this? Thank you very much for sharing your behind
the scene photo of the set up. I would suggest cropping the image little bit so you don’t see
the bottom line here, otherwise, great stuff. Submission Number 9. Chris made me laugh…
this is awesome.. He is a star, but let me first read the captions before I am gonna show the
photos. The title of the photo is The Anti-Gravity Spray. Okay, I cheated a bit and bought some
anti-gravity spray which I applied to the area I would be levitating over. It worked
well and I had a lot of fun doing this. The problem is,
the levitation effect doesn’t last long and if you don’t get down carefully,
you can hurt yourself. Don't try this at home. I’d post a link to where you can buy the spray,
but, well, group rules probably won’t permit it. Here is the series of photos.
Last submission number 10 is from Jayne. Awesome composition, choice of background,
colors, choice of all these items. It looks fantastic put together.
She also sent in behind the scene photo where she says. Look at the book
holding the plate. It's Van Gogh judging me lot. Thank you very much for submitting all the photos.
All the credits can be found below the video in video description. OK, so what are
we gonna do in this round? It's early 2021 and the situation all over the world is pretty much
quite similar everywhere. Most of the countries are in Lockdown, are his included. Travel
is out of question and we are tied up to our houses or appartments and sometimes our passion
for photography and video is kind of going down. The moments when you are creative are
happening less often. We often find ourselves sometimes without any motivation to do anything.
It feels like it's never gonna end and I get it. I am going through the same thing. I am
exactly on the same boat. No exception here. But going back when things were normal, the old
normal. I remember reading online quite a few comments, quite a few posts where people were
saying. Yeah but my photos never gonna look good because I don't live in a such location.
I don't live in a city like yours, I don't live in a location like yours, I am from a village
and so on, nobody is gonna be interested. Lots of people don’t realize that what they see over,
over again, million times, the same street, the same town, the same village, the same
woods, the same river, the same sea, and it feels very faded to them, not interesting anymore.
When taken photo of that location at the right time with the right light and somebody
sees it on the other side of the world, to them it can be exceptionally beautiful. It can be
extremely exotic. They just might be completely blown away. Let me show you my place. My
backyard. I'm gonna call it the backyard. The area where I live. I live in Canada, east of Toronto,
about 40 min… smaller city Oshawa. Very industrial, we have General Motors factory
here, downtown has its own police station because it is quite wild there. South Oshawa is quite
bad in terms of drugs, crime and all that, north is much better. When you are looking
around during the day, it's just the same city, giving me that dull, not so exciting feeling.
Oshawa beach looks OK during the day but you can still see the industrial feel to it,
for sure not really a vacation hot spot. Visit this spot though during sunrise though,
you will be amazed. It is all about the right time of the day, the right angle, the story
behind it. Here are some photos and clips I took around this city. We have pretty cold winters
here with snow, ice and all that. Someone who is from Australia or Africa will never
understand how I can live here. I read it in the comments sometimes. Here are some photos I
took 2 days ago when we went for a walk. That tree, the frozen lake, the ice, the perfect
light… it just looks really nice. And I thought to myself, wow, this is pretty cool backyard
we have here. Let’s travel around the world throughout your photos and videos. You have
until February 28th, 2021 to submit to current camera challenge called the backyard,
your best photos and videos you possibly have of your backyard, current area. The village, the
city, the fields. Anything I was mentioning before. Don't be afraid comment to it if
you want to. Of course depending on your current situation, on your current lockdown, don't break
the laws, stay within the rules. And if you cannot leave the house or apartment, don't
worry. Go through your old hard drives, go through your phone and see if you took any photos and
videos in the past showing off your backyard. Where you live. Take us to your location,
take us around the globe. Anything goes with any camera. Street photography, stories, location
photography, landscapes, anything goes. The most interesting photos and videos will be featured
in the video here on this channel in March 2021. Where you can submit your photos and
videos? Either you can post them to ZD Camera Challenge Facebook group, the link is
in the video description or you can post them on your Instagram account and use #zdbackyard21.
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section. And I’ll see you my friends in the next video. Cau… Ahoj…