Time Stamp Closed : TS139 2pm Saturday July-7

Time Stamp - Phase 3

New Changes to Time Stamp: We have decided to dispense with the Wrap-up and the Grand Wrapper-Upper and see how that goes. No more favourite photo picked each week. In addition to posting our 2pm photos and the usual exchanges about photos and stories the focus will change enjoying Time Stamp as a happening in itself and, since there will be no wrap-up, perhaps we will make more detailed comments about photos.

If you have any ideas to make Time Stamp more fun please share them with us.
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Join the elite Time Stamp team for Saturday, 2pm, adventures!

Overview: Time Stamp is about developing your ability to come up with good photos on the spot, or on demand, even when it seems there is nothing around to work with, and even if you don’t feel the least bit inspired. To discover the extraordinary among the ordinary. This is the skill of a photojournalist. Too often people only make photos when they feel inspired or when the weather is nice. It is about learning and personal growth. Sharpening your powers of observation and then igniting creativity to create something out of nothing. It is also the ability to make a good photo that can stand on it’s own without relying on a bunch of editing to prop it up. Time Stamp is also about sharing how you feel about the situations/subjects you discover.

Here at MobiTog we have participants all over the world, in many different time zones. What if everyone made a picture at 2pm on Saturday, of whatever is going on, wherever they happen to be, and share that picture on Time Stamp. We should end up with a global snapshot of what is going on everywhere at 2 pm. This could be ordinary, humorous, puzzling, but it is bound to be interesting. The Time Stamp title comes from the metadata that is added to every new photo at the time it is shot, the creation date and time.

Normally there is no theme, but it could happen sometime so watch out. Set your phone alarm or alert to go off at 2pm. Wherever you happen to be at that time make some photos that tell us something about your location, what you are doing, what you see, whatever is happening, or make something happen. An important detail is that your picture(s) must be made between 2:00pm to 2:20pm, your local time, on Saturday afternoon. Post your pictures (up to 3) on this thread. See what others are doing in many places around the world.

Rules: Please see the Rules and Guidelines for MobiChallenges posted HERE
• Standard Mobitog image rules apply. Images must be captured/created & edited entirely on a mobile device such as a mobile phone or tablet.
• All images must be photographed and edited between 2:00pm to 2:20pm, local time. Any editing must be done within that time frame. In other words, don't rely on extensive image manipulation or compositing. These things are allowed, but must be accomplished within the 20 minute window of opportunity. Better to concentrate on capturing a unique moment at 2pm.
• In addition to the regular (up to) 3 images, you are now allowed to post one additional image, if you want to, to help "set the scene". This image should be described as "to set the scene" or "setting the scene", or "the location" or something similar.
• You are free to photograph something actually happening, or nothing happening, or make something happen, or to create your own image from scratch, as long as it and any added parts or layers are photographed within the 2:00 to 2:20pm window of opportunity.

NEW! Time Shift Exemption: This applies to special events happening outside the usual Time Stamp window. If you think the event is significant enough and that others would like to see it you can claim the Time Shift Exemption and move your 2pm to fit the event. Try not to overuse this loophole.

• Post your images to this thread.

• Closing date: entries must be posted no later than 2pm the following day (Sunday). You can post your images right away after making them but if you happen to be in a situation where this is not possible, you have 24 hours.

• Have some creative fun!

Time Stamp is hereby declared an acronym-free zone.

Tips on setting alarms: you can use the Calendar app to set 2 alerts. I like to set the first alert 1 hour ahead in case I have completely forgotten (where's my phone!)(my battery is dead). The second alert I set 15 minutes ahead so I can get ready. You can create a second event at the same time for more alerts! Maybe set your alarm clock to go off right at 2pm to make you jump. Set another alarm to let you know when your time is up.

If you would like to join in the fun, just post a message below saying "I'm in!"

 

I'm in! Time Stamp Phase 3 here we come. No more time-consuming wrap-up! Whew!

 

It’s been a fast week. Friday already!

Multi-purpose frog acts as iPhone stand. GroovyGouvy

 

I’m in!

 

Someone needs to invent a Time Stamp satellite wifi system to provide coverage no matter where we find ourselves.

 

I’ve just come back from kayaking on Sawmill Creek.
Here’s a photo from just before 2 pm when I was still untying the kayak from the roof of my car.

This is Sawmill Creek covered bridge. Some years ago there was a struggle to protect it from demolition when they wanted to put in a new cement and steel bridge. The highway was moved to the left from this photo for the new bridge and the old one remains as a historic icon. No cars allowed, but pedestrians and horses use it. The horses come from nearby Broadleaf Farm where they offer horseback riding and the covered bridge is used as part of their route to the riding trail.
My path to the creek is immediately before the bridge on the right, quite steep as it turns out.

At 2:01 I was on the Creek in my kayak and turned back for a picture of the bridge.

Back on my way, here’s a view along the creek to the first turn with two trees sharing a cloudy halo.

I saw a few cows at one point but they were too far back from the creek so I could no longer see them when I got closer.
Here’s a disappearing fence meant to prevent cows from swimming to freedom.

And here’s an extra picture of what I think must have been an old train bridge from 75 years ago.

All Apple camera with minimal tweaks in the Photos app. No cropping.

 

Well, that really is roughing it.

 

Well, here is where I was at 2:00pm... My iPhone was on the dash working as a GPS so it was pretty easy/safe to grab this shot. Now I’m home unpacking from my short Upstate New York getaway....

Snapseed

 

What a lovely place to kayak! And to go on a horseback ride. Looks like you spent a wonderful day out.

 

Haha! Yes indeed.

 

Looks like a cool, funky space! And “80% of the writing paper in the US” is a pretty impressive statistic.

 

It was a bit of a struggle getting it back up the bank. Close to 20 feet vertical distance. I think the old mill was a ways upstream. This is a fairly short straight section. After the corner it twists all around. For some reason, the area where the bridge is located is too thin to show up on the map so it is just above where the creek on the map ends. Actually, it continues past the road above and another couple of km.


I found a better map. On this one I circled the covered bridge in red. A lot of those waterways that look the same as the main creek are just little drainage ditches. Another interesting thing. From the creek you can’t see over the banks so your world is only the creek and banks and sky. From that dirt road shown on the map you can never see the creek. It just looks like a vast expanse of grassland.

 

That looks like a lot of lanes!

 

What a fascinating place. Obviously a much larger scale than the little saw mill on the creek I paddled on. It would have been made of wood and probably employed maybe 6 people. As far as I know, no trace of it remains.
I loved the look of the brick building repurposed as studios, with the ivy covering part of the wall. Rich colours.
Then sky and clouds painted on the ceiling - a nice touch. I liked to photo with sails overhead, I presume as shade. Lots of angles. A nice composition

 

Yes... typical for around here. Also, the lanes to the left of that short divider are “express”, while the lanes to the right are “local” - there are more exit points on the local side.