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Photo of the day: December 2013
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A nine minute exposure. Testing out how my new 10 stopper and the variable ND filters played together when stacked. There's a little magenta cast noticeable in the lower water, but otherwise it's good. There is some black speckling in the lower left corner in the water, that was a group of waders and what's left of them from the nine minute exposure!
16 stop ND filter stack test by playswithlight, on Flickr
16 stop ND filter stack test by playswithlight, on Flickr
I like it. Other than the obvious, I haven't really played with long exposures. Something for me to have a play with sometime soon.
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You know at your age you should know better than to play ball games in doors.
A nine minute exposure. Testing out how my new 10 stopper and the variable ND filters played together when stacked. There's a little magenta cast noticeable in the lower water, but otherwise it's good. There is some black speckling in the lower left corner in the water, that was a group of waders and what's left of them from the nine minute exposure!
16 stop ND filter stack test by playswithlight, on Flickr
16 stops and 9 minutes...WOW that's crazy and well done Alex with a very cool blur to the sky! How many shots to get the exposure right?
~ Peter
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Red-tailed Hawk (last one for the season...I promise).
Wow! Shot with a 185? How much of a crop is this?
Every chance I've had to get something like this, I've been wiping my nose or something trivial like that and couldn't get my gear together before it was gone.
Dale
It's actually a very tight crop Dale. I wasn't wiping my nose but was not ready either - hence the 185 from my 400 mm.
I got tired of waiting for him to leave a relatively close perch (close enough for 185), turned and left for the car when he flew by. So in some ways...a missed shot.
~ Peter
That's pretty damn good for a missed shot! Better than my "not-missed" shots of birds last week, LOL.
Thanks, Peter. I used an app on my phone, which gave me a suggestion of about four minutes. According to some videos I have watched about this, you then can double that once you get over 8 stops and end up somewhere near the mark!
I did a 40 second, then 2, 4, 5 and the 9 minute exposures, then had the twins want to go home, they were bored with the playground next door by that time. I was still under by about a stop and a half with the nine minute exposure, so reckon I could have gone to 12 minutes easily.
I'm really looking forward to playing (by myself) with this along the coast and in the city!
Hi guys and girls,
Here's a fire dancer snapped on koh phanang, Thailand. The low light required a long shutter speed, giving the added benefit of crazy fire trails. C&C is very welcome please.
Alex
Here's a fire dancer snapped on koh phanang, Thailand. The low light required a long shutter speed, giving the added benefit of crazy fire trails. C&C is very welcome please.
Alex
Nice well thought out composition. I like the opposing arcs of the beach/dune grass and the tree in the background that the fisheye lens creates. It's usually an overemphasized effect, but nice and subtle here.
Dale
Bath time
I took this quickly through the kitchen window, so not as sharp as it should be.
Panasonic Lumix TZ5 which is still my favourite compact to date, on auto everything because no time to set up before the birds were frightened off.
As taken, no processing ...
Cheers
Hugh
I took this quickly through the kitchen window, so not as sharp as it should be.
Panasonic Lumix TZ5 which is still my favourite compact to date, on auto everything because no time to set up before the birds were frightened off.
As taken, no processing ...
Cheers
Hugh
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I'm not a big fan of fish-eye lenses, but this shot really works. It would make a lovely print to hang on the wall...
I checked on Moondancer again this morning...
I'm not a big fan of fish-eye lenses, but this shot really works. It would make a lovely print to hang on the wall...
I checked on Moondancer again this morning...
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The first in a series, I'm calling "Closer to God." Just me looking at places of worship with various clouds whizzing on by!
This is, I believe, the first mosque in Adelaide. It's in the city and I used to live a block away from it back in the late 80's. It is an old house that has been converted and expanded upon, with the neighbouring two houses now becoming part of it as new extension wings.
I sat here for over half an hour taking 40 second to 80 second exposures and this was the best cloud movement I got out of the pictures I took yesterday afternoon.
The worshippers, coming and going were a little bemused by this homeless looking dude sitting on the pavement across the road, with a big camera and lens aimed at their building of worship. I was all ready to explain how a long exposure hides people and it was their building I wanted to capture. No one was phased, I got many nods and waves and even a few "guddays!"
I couldn't get the symmetry I wanted, there is a bloody street-light and tree in the way. Might have to go back with an angle grinder, the tree I can live with! ;-)
Closer to God 001 by playswithlight, on Flickr
This is, I believe, the first mosque in Adelaide. It's in the city and I used to live a block away from it back in the late 80's. It is an old house that has been converted and expanded upon, with the neighbouring two houses now becoming part of it as new extension wings.
I sat here for over half an hour taking 40 second to 80 second exposures and this was the best cloud movement I got out of the pictures I took yesterday afternoon.
The worshippers, coming and going were a little bemused by this homeless looking dude sitting on the pavement across the road, with a big camera and lens aimed at their building of worship. I was all ready to explain how a long exposure hides people and it was their building I wanted to capture. No one was phased, I got many nods and waves and even a few "guddays!"
I couldn't get the symmetry I wanted, there is a bloody street-light and tree in the way. Might have to go back with an angle grinder, the tree I can live with! ;-)
Closer to God 001 by playswithlight, on Flickr
Here's a picture of a macaque monkey taken on my recent trip to Borneo. We were on a wildlife river cruise and he was just chilling on the branch of a tree over-hanging the river. We got in real close, then our guide told us not to smile as showing your teeth to these guys is a sign of challenge and aggression! We all got a bit tight-lipped at that point They're amazing creatures. Amazing, dangerous creatures.
Alex
They're amazing creatures. Amazing, dangerous creatures. Alex
