Assignment #24: Crowd Control

[Nikolai]

OK, gang, shooting leaves (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=52634) was easy. They're plentiful, quiet and don't require model release.

This time we're going to have a rather advanced one, which I called Crowd Control. :D

The point of this assignment is to shoot a crowded scene with such a long shutter speed that the crowd totally (or almost totally) disappears from the shot. Crowd does not have to consist of people (although it's preferable). It can be a road or highway swarming with cars, like this picture of a busy Hwy 101:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/126422882-M.jpg


or a pond with the ducks, or a marina with boats, or even fish tank full of fish. Basically, anything filled with objects that tend to change their position and hence disappear from the long exposures.

Subjects should be plentiful, just one pedestrian disappeared from the otherwise empty street wouldn't cut the cake. To establish this, please also provide a regular, short exposure frame of the same scene along with your main entry.

And, in case you're wandering, it should be a day shot. I mean, if you totally can't do it during the day, fine, but give it an honest try!

To get this you would need:

off-hands camera location (e.g. sturdy tripod)
nice dark ND filter
most likely a remote trigger with a bulb mode
possibly a dedicated light meter, since most of the cameras internal ones stop at 30 sec exposures, and you may need a longer one. If you don't have one - go below 30 or use trial-and-error method.Due to the technical difficulty this assignment is for TWO weeks, not one.
[EDIT: THREE weeks, actually, to make a good use of a three-day weekend :-) :deal]

Other than that usual rules (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=41800) apply: no excessive post-processing (definitely not motion blurring:-), fresh pictures only, etc.

Let's get us some crowd to control! :ivar

[Photog]

Alrighty then. This has zero artistic merit--I was just trying to get a handle on the technique. D100, ISO 200, ND8, 28-80 3.5

This is a shot of a busy highway near my house.

http://www.motophoto.smugmug.com/photos/128756942-M.jpg

Here's the "crowd control" shot. About 4" at f/27 on a craptastic 28-80 quantaray. (yeah, I know...). I shot one w/o the headlight trail but sorta liked it in this pic because it's a bit ghostly instead of looking completely empty.

http://www.motophoto.smugmug.com/photos/128756939-M.jpg

I was shooting through a chain link fence so I cropped a bit...didn't bother to match 'em up exactly.

another view, normal exposure:
http://www.motophoto.smugmug.com/photos/128756952-M.jpg

and crowd control mode--shazam, no cars--roughly same exposure as before:
http://www.motophoto.smugmug.com/photos/128756948-M.jpg

Anyway--I know the composition sucks and if I had been on my game I woulda worked on the sky, but I was having a hard time getting the camera slowed down enough that I was feeling good about just getting the cars to go away. I'll reshoot a better subject later on, with a longer exposure.

This one was fun! Had to think a bit.

PS - used self timer...didn't use my remote release since I was well under the 30" limit on my camera.

[Nikolai]

Alrighty then. This has zero artistic merit--I was just trying to get a handle on the technique. D100, ISO 200, ND8, 28-80 3.5

This is a shot of a busy highway near my house.
Anyway--I know the composition sucks and if I had been on my game I woulda worked on the sky, but I was having a hard time getting the camera slowed down enough that I was feeling good about just getting the cars to go away. I'll reshoot a better subject later on, with a longer exposure.

This one was fun! Had to think a bit.

PS - used self timer...didn't use my remote release since I was well under the 30" limit on my camera.

Thank you very much for the entry. :thumb
I was starting to think that this one is way over everyone's head.. :scratch

[Antonio Correia]

...I was starting to think that this one is way over everyone's head.. :scratch
I saw today the glass assignment !
I was in Dominican Republic then.
I hope I'll be able to post one later this week.:D

About this very assignment I want to tell you that I would like to participate and I will, but unfortunaly only at the end of the week.
I do have an ideia already !
It is not way over my head ... :D

This assignment takes a little more time than the others ...
:thumb

[evoryware]

haven't had the time to set up this one but have plenty of places I can set it up at. Hopefully by the weekend...

[anwmn1]

Don't give up on us Nik!

Haven't had anytime to shoot in the last two weeks. Three day weekend means lots of shooting!

[Nikolai]

Don't give up on us Nik!

Haven't had anytime to shoot in the last two weeks. Three day weekend means lots of shooting!

I guess we should extend it for the next week, too, n'est ce pas? :wink

[pyroPrints.com]

I guess we should extend it for the next week, too, n'est ce pas? :wink

I'd like to join in, when's the deadline?

[Nikolai]

I'd like to join in, when's the deadline?

I mean, each assignment normally lasts a week in a sense that in a week there will be another one, and so on (there are exceptions, as this one)
However you can always submit to any older one as long as the picture is actually fresh. I usually ask to start witht he most recent subject and play the catchup game later, but in the end it's up to you.

Hope to see your entries soon! :thumb

[Antonio Correia]

Nikolai,
Are these any good ?
I don't like them very much ! It's the best I could do today.:dunno
I felt that NDF + CPF together don't give that quality that we are used to have without filter or with one filter at the time.
May be I am wronge. :dunno
I am not providing a "short exposure frame of the same scene along with" my "main entry" because I just forgot to shoot it. Sorry.
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/130246533-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/130246234-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/130245945-M.jpg
May be this last one is the best !
All with tripod. (of course)
All fresh and crispy photos from saturday's morning (the young man) and from this afternoon, in Lisbon. :D
:thumb

[Nikolai]

Nikolai,
Are these any good ?
I don't like them very much ! It's the best I could do today.:dunno
I felt that NDF + CPF together don't give that quality that we are used to have without filter or with one filter at the time.
May be I am wronge. :dunno
I am not providing a "short exposure frame of the same scene along with" my "main entry" because I just forgot to shoot it. Sorry.
All with tripod. (of course)
:thumb

I'm sorry, my friend, but these can only count as attempts :dunno

1) the "short exposures" are integral (and mandatory) part of the assignment. :deal
For instance, there is nothing to compare image #1 with :-(

2) your long exposures are not long enough :-( :cry
I meant minutes, not seconds :deal Hence the need for a very strong ND and f/22 or smaller apertures.
The idea is to make all your subjects totally (or almost totally) invisible. Both young man and the pigeons in #3 are "there", just blurred. So are the cars on #2 :dunno

Care to reshoot:-)? :wink

[pyroPrints.com]

I know this isn't quite what you're looking for, but I wanted to post something.

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/20/146006/P2206222_1_resize.JPG


http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/20/146007/P2206228_1_resize.JPG

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/20/146008/P2206229_1_resize.JPG

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/20/146009/P2206251_1_resize.JPG

[Nikolai]

I know this isn't quite what you're looking for, but I wanted to post something.


Since it's a Class, I must give the feedback. :dunno

Submitted: 4 :thumb
Accepted: 0 :cry
That fish tank has a potential, you just need two exposures: one short, and one loooooooong. :thumb

Highway at night.... yawn... yeah, wlel, if you can provide a short exposure comp with the cars standing still and clearly visible :wink :deal

Let's try again, shall we? :wink

[pyroPrints.com]

Since it's a Class, I must give the feedback. :dunno
Submitted: 4 :thumb
Accepted: 0 :cryThat fish tank has a potential, you just need two exposures: one short, and one loooooooong. :thumb

Highway at night.... yawn... yeah, wlel, if you can provide a short exposure comp with the cars standing still and clearly visible :wink :deal

Let's try again, shall we? :wink

Will do, when I have some extra time during the day. Now I don't have an ND filter. I was gonna use an IR filter but I'm pretty sure that's not what you have in mind.

So any tips besides shooting in Aperture priority, at lowest iso.

[anwmn1]

Sorry Master, but I have failed you. :rofl

Don't have the proper gear to pull this one off. Opted for the color gradient filter since I was heading to the Grand Canyon.

The ND filter will have to wait a week or two when I head to Southern Utah.
On my own- can't afford the class in May :eek1

[Nikolai]

Sorry Master, but I have failed you. :rofl

Don't have the proper gear to pull this one off. Opted for the color gradient filter since I was heading to the Grand Canyon.

The ND filter will have to wait a week or two when I head to Southern Utah.
On my own- can't afford the class in May :eek1

Don't feel bad, please! It was a tough one, requires some specialized gear (very dark ND filter, etc) and a place and time to use it.

I do wish you a great success in your GC trip, I'm sure you'll bring back some awe-inspiring results :thumb

[Mr. 2H2O]

Alrighty then. This has zero artistic merit--I was just trying to get a handle on the technique. D100, ISO 200, ND8, 28-80 3.5

This is a shot of a busy highway near my house. Here's the "crowd control" shot. About 4" at f/27 on a craptastic 28-80 quantaray. (yeah, I know...). I shot one w/o the headlight trail but sorta liked it in this pic because it's a bit ghostly instead of looking completely empty.


Anyway--I know the composition sucks and if I had been on my game I woulda worked on the sky, but I was having a hard time getting the camera slowed down enough that I was feeling good about just getting the cars to go away. I'll reshoot a better subject later on, with a longer exposure.

This one was fun! Had to think a bit.

PS - used self timer...didn't use my remote release since I was well under the 30" limit on my camera.
I was looking through and said, "gee, I know that road!" - I live in Cary...

- Mike

[Photog]

I was looking through and said, "gee, I know that road!" - I live in Cary...

- Mike

I shot it from the Avent Ferry Rd overpass (there at Lake Johnson) around 5pm or so. :thumb There is a chain link fence there (small links that I couldn't completely zoom past) so my original shots have ugly chain link framing. :rofl

[Nikolai]

Will do, when I have some extra time during the day. Now I don't have an ND filter. I was gonna use an IR filter but I'm pretty sure that's not what you have in mind.

So any tips besides shooting in Aperture priority, at lowest iso.

IR will be too dark in visible spectrum, and in IR - well, it will be almost transparent...:dunno

If you don't have ND filters, why don't you try multiple exposures and stacking. CS3 is particularly good at aligning almost identical shots, and since the fish is usually brighter than the water in the tank, you may have some luck with Darker mode..

[Antonio Correia]

IR will be too dark in visible spectrum, and in IR - well, it will be almost transparent...:dunno

If you don't have ND filters, why don't you try multiple exposures and stacking. CS3 is particularly good at aligning almost identical shots, and since the fish is usually brighter than the water in the tank, you may have some luck with Darker mode..

Why not 3 breaked stacked photos ? :dunno
I suppose this can be an option...

The problem is the lack of time to mount the "cinema": tripod; crowded time = + or - working time; camera settings ...

:thumb

[pyroPrints.com]

If you don't have ND filters, why don't you try multiple exposures and stacking. CS3 is particularly good at aligning almost identical shots, and since the fish is usually brighter than the water in the tank, you may have some luck with Darker mode..
I gotta tell ya, that was over my head

stacking?
CS3?
Darker mode?

Either I'm not understanding the terminology here, or I'm a total noob

[Nikolai]

I gotta tell ya, that was over my head

stacking?
CS3?
Darker mode?

Either I'm not understanding the terminology here, or I'm a total noob

CS3: new (beta) version of Adobe Photoshop, to be released some time in Spring 2007.
Darker Mode: one of the two new blending modes in CS3, not available in previous versions
Stacking: a procedure of loading several images into different layers with the purpose of blending/merging them later.

HTH

[pyroPrints.com]

CS3: new (beta) version of Adobe Photoshop, to be released some time in Spring 2007.
Darker Mode: one of the two new blending modes in CS3, not available in previous versions
Stacking: a procedure of loading several images into different layers with the purpose of blending/merging them later.

HTH

Oh ok, so I wasn't completely clueless. I'm aware of all the concepts here, but now I'm having trouble figuring out how this would apply to this assignment.

I tried taking some crowd control pictures inside a restaurant today, and that didn't work out well. I either couldn't see anything, or most of the person was gone but the torso or the legs would be left.

I'll try to see if any of those shots are salvageble when I get home tonight

[anwmn1]

Don't feel bad, please! It was a tough one, requires some specialized gear (very dark ND filter, etc) and a place and time to use it.

I do wish you a great success in your GC trip, I'm sure you'll bring back some awe-inspiring results :thumb

Thanks Nik- I will work on getting the filter and completing the assignment in the near future.

As far as awe inspiring- let me know what you think

I have a post in Field and Street (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=54584) and a Journey (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=54632) followed by direct links.

[pyroPrints.com]

So, I was gonna re-shoot the fishtank, but apparently PetSmart has a no -photography policy. Instead, I headed over the local mall. I think this is more on topic, then my previous shots.

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/21/148846/P2216317_1_resize.JPG

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/21/148848/P2216333_1_resize.JPG

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/21/148852/P2216343_1_resize.JPG

Same vantage points:

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/21/148849/P2216340_1_resize.JPG

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/02/21/148850/P2216341_1_resize.JPG

[Nikolai]

So, I was gonna re-shoot the fishtank, but apparently PetSmart has a no -photography policy. Instead, I headed over the local mall. I think this is more on topic, then my previous shots.




These are, indeed, much better! :thumb

[Antonio Correia]

Are these any good ?
The scene with Exposure Time 1.3s Aperture f/4.0 ISO100 Focal Length16mm
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131432564-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131431952-M.jpg
and 3 (three) photos stacked with a shallow bracketing on the right
Date Modified 2007-02-22 21:44:35 Date Taken2007-02-23 19:04:07 CameraCanon EOS 20D Exposure Time 30s Aperturef/5.6 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm
It means that the picture represents 90 seconds exposures ...
More to come ... :thumb
No photos stacked.
1. Date Modified 2007-02-22 21:56:23 Date Taken2007-02-23 18:42:21 CameraCanon EOS 20D Exposure Time 0.2s Aperture f/2.8 ISO100 Focal Length 35mm
2. Date Modified 2007-02-22 22:05:37 Date Taken2007-02-23 18:42:46 CameraCanon EOS 20DExposure Time 30s Aperturef/10.0 ISO 100Focal Length 35mm
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131438212-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131438538-M.jpg

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131430433-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131430733-M.jpg
These two are stacked again. Representing 90 seconds exposure.
:clapAt the present time the stacked photos can be seen in my home page. Later they will be moved to this gallery. :clap (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/2433427) Thank you.

[Antonio Correia]

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131452426-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131451995-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

You don't have to commit a suicide! :wink
The last pair made it! :deal :thumb :lust
Thank you very much for your efforts!!!

However, I MUST say, I was expecting a great series of sunlit crowded Portugese cobblestoned squares with the people washed away by your long exposures.
I came up with this assignement 90% because of you, my friend! :lust
Is it too late to request more? :wink

[Antonio Correia]

You don't have to commit a suicide! :wink
The last pair made it! :deal :thumb :lust
Thank you very much for your efforts!!!

However, I MUST say, I was expecting a great series of sunlit crowded Portugese cobblestoned squares with the people washed away by your long exposures.
I came up with this assignement 90% because of you, my friend! :lust
Is it too late to request more? :wink
Nikolai,

I was not able to make a serie of sunlighted crowed square because at that time of the day I am working.

Moreover, at sunlight the ND+CPF together are not enought to a long exposure.

Unless... I shoot in the late afternoon. I'll try today if I can. :D

Nikolai, you only liked the last pair of shots ?! :huh
What about the others ? :dunno
Aren't they as good ?

My sleeping pils for the suicide are in my pocket ! :rofl
On the right pocket of the coat ! :rofl
Thank you for the 90 % my friend :lust

[Antonio Correia]

Yesterday when I was shooting the pictures above I went to the car to get the flash.

I wanted to fill in the daulfin with some light.:D

I was using the flash ahead (with ETTL II active) and slow sync.
The camera was on P and I could not do it of course.

I have to go and read how to do it.

May be in the aperture priority I'll be able to use the second curtain and make a shot of 30" with ETTL II active (flash ahead, to the front)

Any tips please ?! :dunno

Thank you.:thumb

[Nikolai]

The assignment said very clearly: each entry MUST include a pair of shots (one short exposure, one long exposure) to be a valid one. No pair - no entry. :dunno
I understand the technical difficulty of this assignment. It does indeed require a -very - strong ND filter.
However, if none can be obtained, thinking out of the box may help. Smoked glass (the one that is used to observe the sun eclipse), or any other barely transparent media. Yes it can bring some weird color effects, but it could make the whole thing even more interesting...:wink :deal
I'm gonna leave it open through the weekend. Maybe you (and everybody else) will get a few more chances to play with it when off work:-)

HTH

[Antonio Correia]

Nikolai,
May be you over did your demands this time. :dunno
Too many people out.
Too little people in.:huh

The assignment has many big limitations: the equipment, the filters, the tripod, the time to do it, etc..

Too restricted.

But I have more from today :D:D:D:D


On the other hand, you made me think and work ! :rofl

I will post in a few minutes.
:thumb

[Antonio Correia]

I would like to add that the pictures on the left in the fountain, with or without the daulfin, were shot without the filters.

They represent what you asked.
The left one of the 1.st pair could not be shot faster !

Meanwhile, I think many people - myself included and I am the one to blame - don't read all the lines of the assignment.

BUT, I promisse to get better and read those words as I should have been doing all the time ...

:thumb


PS - I have corrected the date in the camera. It was one day ahead !
I was thinking about the future :D

[Antonio Correia]

Left Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:44:56 Date Taken 2007-02-23 18:03:13 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 0.25s Aperture f/2.8 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm

Right Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:57:18 Date Taken2007-02-23 18:04:07 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 20s Aperture f/22.0 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131635644-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/131636585-M.jpg

I must correct one thing I said before:

I said that I could not shoot faster. Not true. I could have done so, changing the film speed and I have not done so.

I hope these are OK. :thumb

[Nikolai]

Left Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:44:56 Date Taken 2007-02-23 18:03:13 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 0.25s Aperture f/2.8 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm

Right Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:57:18 Date Taken2007-02-23 18:04:07 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 20s Aperture f/22.0 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm


I must correct one thing I said before:

I said that I could not shoot faster. Not true. I could have done so, changing the film speed and I have not done so.

I hope these are OK. :thumb

These are great. Longer exposure would be better, but it's OK as is. :thumb

[Nikolai]

Nikolai,
May be you over did your demands this time. :dunno
Too many people out.
Too little people in.:huh


Apparently. Learning is a two way process. This was too technical. I was hoping it was not, but it was.. :dunno


The assignment has many big limitations: the equipment, the filters, the tripod, the time to do it, etc..

Yes, it was not the regular "take the camera, point it to the nearest plant and press the shutter". It required some thinking and some actions. Tripod and 10x ND filter would make it easier, but a camera laying on a cafe table and a piece of smoked glass could do the trick, too. :deal

As the old saying goes: "he who wants looks for a way; he who doesn't looks for an excuse" :-) :wink



But I have more from today :D:D:D:D
On the other hand, you made me think and work ! :rofl
:thumb

NOW you're talking! That's the attitude! :thumb :clap

[douglas]

I agree this assignment is a little demanding and requires special equipment that alot of us might not have, but in turn could turn out some very interesting photos and a great learning experiance. Just a note it doesnt have to be expensive, I picked up a tiffen 58mm nd9 which is a 8x ND filter that can be bought for $20.00 shipped from amazon or adorama. Im asuming that 8x will be enough. I actually got it for this assignment, I apologize for no photos to go with this post. I like the mall shots that have been posted here, unfortunately I dont have a mall near me to try it at. I havent come up with any ideas yet though other than traffic, if all else fails Ill try to do that this weekend.

[Nikolai]

I agree this assignment is a little demanding and requires special equipment that alot of us might not have, but in turn could turn out some very interesting photos and a great learning experiance. Just a note it doesnt have to be expensive, I picked up a tiffen 58mm nd9 which is a 8x ND filter that can be bought for $20.00 shipped from amazon or adorama. Im asuming that 8x will be enough. I actually got it for this assignment, I apologize for no photos to go with this post. I like the mall shots that have been posted here, unfortunately I dont have a mall near me to try it at. I havent come up with any ideas yet though other than traffic, if all else fails Ill try to do that this weekend.

I'm glad it got you thinking. :thumb
You're right - it seems much more technical, but one can definitely go around with seling his vital organs:-)

Besides, I promised that we'll go with this through the weekend, too.
And even after we start a new subject, it's always possible to catch up :-):wink

[Angelo]

yes, it's that time again in Hollywood...

[Nikolai]

yes, it's that time again in Hollywood...
Sorry, my friend, no hit.:dunno
You gotta read the assignment description, not just the title.:deal
Can you reshoot? :scratch

[Angelo]

Sorry, my friend, no hit.:dunno
You gotta read the assignment description, not just the title.:deal
Can you reshoot? :scratch

Yep. my bad. Sorry Nikko.

I'll try to get a reshoot before tomorrow afternoon, if I can anywhere near the Kodak. All the streets are blocked off.

[Cindy]

When I first saw this assignment all I could think about was trying this with our Pomeranian puppies. Talk about trying to control a crowd :) Not sure if these qualify as I took them in our living room. It's way to cold outdoors for spoiled rotten baby puppies :D Used a polerizing filter. I don't have any ND's yet. This is my first time posting to the assignments. Even if they don't qualify I still had lots of fun trying to meet it. Thanks so much.

First image reveals momma nursing all 7.

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/132293143-M.jpg

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132293143

Second and third images show them allmost gone...
with #2 being just a blur and #3 showing they'd stayed still for a little bit.

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/132294201-M.jpg
http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132294201

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/132295756-M.jpg
http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132295756

Decided to add my daughters Cat blanket for a background :lol so there'd be something besides a blur. This time round with just the pups... momma thought she'd had enough and absolutly would not come back in front of my lens. She did stay close by watching my every moment. Honestly she seemed to be laughing at both me and her pups.

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/132303963-M.jpg

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132303963

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/132299383-M.jpg
http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132299383

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/132316347-M.jpg

http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132316347

I'm not sure I'm entering the EXIF correctly. In the preview it shows a long link... but normally I see the text EXIF under photos and it's the link. If I should be doing this differently let me know.

[Nikolai]

Interesting approach! Welcome to the Class! First entrance - and on such a technically challenging assignment! Nice work! :thumb

[Cindy]

Interesting approach! Welcome to the Class! First entrance - and on such a technically challenging assignment! Nice work! :thumb

Thanks Nik. I forgot to mention that I included the last photo simply for fun to show that while setting up and trying to figure just the right exposure time, my setup took a tumble. BTW: gaffers tape doesn't hold fuzzy blankets to the wall unless you use a good bit of it :)

Have a great day!

[Antonio Correia]

Date Modified 2007-02-28 15:39:58 Date Taken2007-02-28 15:11:51CameraCanon EOS 20D Exposure Time 1/100 Aperture f/5.0 ISO 800 Focal Length 31mm


http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/132734849-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/132735167-M.jpg
Date Modified 2007-02-28 15:41:13 Date Taken 2007-02-28 15:15:58 CameraCanon EOS 20D Exposure Time15s Aperture f/22.0 ISO100 Focal Length31mm

[Antonio Correia]

with my favourit knife.
The links for the photos in the gallery are: left (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/1/132740263/Large), right (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/1/132739850/Large).

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/132740263-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/132739850-M.jpg

[pyroPrints.com]

with my favourit knife.
The links for the photos in the gallery are: left (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/1/132740263/Large), right (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/1/132739850/Large).


I like this one lots. Very cool.

[Nikolai]

Great ones! :clap
That's what thinking out of the box is all about! :thumb

[Antonio Correia]

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/133397965-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/133398123-M.jpg
1.st picture: Date Modified 2007-03-04 00:19:29 Date Taken 2007-03-03 23:07:07 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 1s Aperture f/4.0 ISO 3200 Focal Length 200*1,6*1,4 = 448 mm
2.ed picture: Date Modified 2007-03-04 00:15:27 Date Taken 2007-03-03 23:09:49 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 90s Aperture f/29.0 ISO 3200Focal Length 200*1,6*1,4 = 448 mm

As I don't have the equipment to make large expositions I melted 3 bracketed photos with a total of 90 seconds.

I do know this is just an attempt to photograph the moon, but this is the best I could do ...

[Nikolai]

I do know this is just an attempt to photograph the moon, but this is the best I could do ...

You lucky dog you!!! We didn't have it here in SoCal - too cloudy on the horizon and too late, it was essentially done when it showed up above the horizon...:cry
Nice moon shot!

[Antonio Correia]

You lucky dog you!!! We didn't have it here in SoCal - too cloudy on the horizon and too late, it was essentially done when it showed up above the horizon...:cry
Nice moon shot!

The moon shot is not as good as one of yours I've somewhere ... :D

My son called me because I did not know the eclipse was going on.

I shot a little bit too late ...:dunno

I would like to be prepared to and I was not ...:cry

[Nikolai]

The moon shot is not as good as one of yours I've somewhere ... :D

It was not me per se... I was sheer focal length (400mm + TC1.4x = 560mm). I bet you'd have done the same or better if you had it at your disposal:-)

Cheers! :1drink

[mwalters]

Unfortunately I messed up with the comparison shot (major focus error that I didn't spot on the LCD).

Anyhow, this is the 'long exposure' version. I used ND4, ND8, and circular polariser - still the pesky kids get in the way.

I hope it meets half the assignment.

http://airglowimaging.smugmug.com/photos/134761752-M.jpg

Matthew

[Nikolai]

Unfortunately I messed up with the comparison shot (major focus error that I didn't spot on the LCD).

Anyhow, this is the 'long exposure' version. I used ND4, ND8, and circular polariser - still the pesky kids get in the way.

I hope it meets half the assignment.

Matthew

Great attempt! :thumb How long the final exposure was?:scratch

[mwalters]

Hi Nikolai

8 seconds, F36 ISO200

(I forgot to mention there was also some lightly smoked glass in the way!)

Matthew

[wolfejm]

I'd like to toss one in. This is my first attempt at this. I wouldn't have even know this was possible if not for this thread. How cool!

My apologies, this was at the end of a day and my companions were ready to go, so I forgot the comparison shot for reference in my hurry.

(Smugmug Link (http://jeffwolfe.smugmug.com/gallery/2603874/1/137340206))
http://jeffwolfe.smugmug.com/photos/137340206-L.jpg

EXIF: (No filters were used)
Date Modified 2007-03-17 19:01:38
Date Taken 2007-03-17 19:01:38
Camera Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Exposure Time 25s (25/1)
Aperture f/14.0
ISO100
Focal Length 35mm (guess: 38mm in 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 3888 x 2592
File Name IMG_1327_DXO.jpg
File Size 3.02 MB

[Nikolai]

I'd like to toss one in. This is my first attempt at this. I wouldn't have even know this was possible if not for this thread. How cool!

My apologies, this was at the end of a day and my companions were ready to go, so I forgot the comparison shot for reference in my hurry.


Thank you for playing! :thumb
However, while it's a nice attempt, it breaks two major rules for this particular subject
1) it's not done during the day (we all have seen too many night highway shots :wink )
2) no comparison shot :dunno

I say, let's try again, shall we? :lust

[pyroPrints.com]

1) it's not done during the day (we all have seen too many night highway shots :wink )

Why are you looking it at me? I never posted night shot of a highway on my first assignment, that was my evil triplet Vasya. Either him or Inimaphaontep, I can never tell them apart.

[wolfejm]

Doh! I didn't remember the daytime part of the assignment! Clearly that makes a difference. I was so excited about my first disappearing shot that I missed a few things...

Cheers!

[Nikolai]

Why are you looking it at me? I never posted night shot of a highway on my first assignment, that was my evil triplet Vasya. Either him or Inimaphaontep, I can never tell them apart.

It was Vasya, of course :rofl