TerraNik Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Love the blue in the background, Clover!! Very nice!! tlc - I had never been either! It was much smaller than Taronga (our local zoo) but it's open plain, so it was different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clicking Mad Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 and because I've been taking them: frozen frozen frozen and something "frozen" other than dogs - although I swear there is a shar pei in there!! panning a bird? - only 'cause you can see the tree's all blurry - ha! the bird is too ... I told you my bird shots suck and lastly, I went for a slow exposure of the trees moving in the wind - 2.5secs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) Wow, Clover, that is an awesome blue. Nice photos, CM. I can see the dog in the water too. Edited June 25, 2009 by Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kja Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 That last one is really surreal - nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Frozen motion... 3 1/2 week old finnish lapphund puppy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thanks everyone :D, i had 10 willing canine subjects on our walk on Monday. CM great shots, i can see the dog in the water as well . Aww the Lappie bub is adorable. It is nearly the end of another month, the year is flying by . And i still have to have another go at panning and slow exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDog Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Love the shar pei pic CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becandcharch Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Well I didnt post as many photos as I would have liked this challenge so im about to make up for it!! Sorry for so many pics but I just had so much fun taking these today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becandcharch Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 heading back home past St Kilda Beach there was a beautiful sunset, just wish I had a longer lense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 More boring dog photos!! I'm really not making a very good effort this month, but I was on holidays, so it made it a little difficult being away from home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serjuma Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Hi I am new to all of this and just seen your Challenge for this month which is over, I love taking photo's although not very good and will still try your challenge for myself. HOpefully, I will be able to submit some of my results once I work out how all this works. Regards Serjuma I'm just getting the thread ready so I can put the information in here I will try and put the challenge in here later tonight but I'm off to a friend's house today and not sure how long I'm going to be there for so it might be tomorrow morning.so just letting you know, June is going ahead and it should be fun! Let's try and encourage some newbies to join in the challenge this month. and yes... it is based on movement MOVEMENT Okay, I'll keep this month as simple as possible and it's a challenge to master "panning" and "frozen motion" This is actually an exercise that you would be doing in the first semester of a diploma of photography (except you would be shooting on black and white film and would have to process the images and repeat the exercise over and over until you have it perfect. ) To be fair... the examples are the actual shots I photographed when I was at tafe 5 years ago. They aren't perfect and they are scanned from film so the quality is lacking, but I figure that they might encourage people because many of you are already shooting better than this. PANNING showing movement Most people already know what panning is but I'll go over it again. Panning is when the photographer is grounded in one position and there is a moving subject in front of them. The photographer will track the movement of the subject with the camera, press the shutter button but they will keep moving with the subject whilst doing so. A correct panning with movement image will show movement as a blur but there MUST be an area of sharpness of the subject (obviously the area you have focussed on and tracked). HOW to set up your camera For those using an SLR, flick it onto Tv mode. This is shutter speed priority which means that you tell the camera what speed you want to shoot at and it will automatically meter for you. To achieve the motion effect, you want the speed to be lower than 125th/sec. Obviously the slower the shutter speed is, the more pronounced the effect. If you shoot a few images and they are over-exposed, try decreasing your ISO. if using a point and shoot, set your camera to landscape mode. This isn't going to give you awesome results but it should get you close-ish. The best subjects to practice panning techniques on are cars or bikes because they move at a constant rate from side to side without much up or down motion. FROZEN MOTION This is for those times when you want everything to be super sharp and crisp. Birds in flight can look incredible mid motion. Dog's running or catching a frisbee are something else you might want to 'freeze'. Essentially you want to do the opposite to 'panning'. You want to force your camera to shoot the image as fast as possible so the movement within the image is limited. There are already a couple of other threads around on DOL explaining a few techniques for frozen motion that you can use if you want, but for those who don't want to go looking, here is the easy version to get you started. Again in Tv mode, set the camera to the shutter speed you want. More than 500th/sec should be getting to the point of frozen motion (I have photographed waves breaking over rocks at 8000th of a second so you can essentially go as high as you want/need to go). Depending on your subject you may need to 'pan' with them slightly to keep them within focus. Shoot when ready! If your image is under exposed, increase your ISO. If it's overexposed, decrease your ISO. Obviously this will depend on your lighting situation. if using a point and shoot - set your camera to portrait or sport mode. Now this is one of my images from about 9 years ago (pre tafe ), it looks a bit soft because it's a scan from slide film but you get the idea. The splash of water at her feet is frozen, her hair is frozen you can see detail in their clothes. PLAYING WITH MOVEMENT and LONG EXPOSURE Once you figure out how to change your settings to get the desired effect you can start playing around with movment. The classic 'car lights' down the street is a long exposure with the camera set on a tripod (or something firm so it doesn't move). Usually you will put the camera on a tripod, switch to manual focus and focus your camera, use as low an ISO as possible (depending on your camera that will be 50, 100 or 200 ) then set your shutter speed to 5 or more seconds. Use the timer or a remote tigger to set off your camera as if you touch the camera you can end up with a blurred image from camera shake. If 5 seconds isn't enough to get the image you want, increase it to 10 seconds. There is no right or wrong, it's all experimentation. (and here's an image from when I first started experimenting. I was leaning on the side of the car to get this... not as stable as a tripod. ) You can also do some daytime images using similar techniques (hehe... you guys are getting to see my really early wedding work now. It's bad ) THE CHALLENGE Step one: To capture 5 'panning' images of different subjects and 5 'frozen motion' images of different subjects. Step two: To capture 2 'long expoures' of different subjects where the shutter speed is 2 seconds or longer. These challenges are integral to understanding next month's challenge which will be quite technical but lots of fun and the satisfaction you will feel when you get a great image will be worth it. HAPPY SHOOTING EVERYONE!!! Can't wait to see your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolz Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 my last one for the month.. i love it cos it freezes the surf rolling in and the surfer walking up the beach.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Hi everyone. Unfortunately I haven't been able to follow this thread for the last 12 days or so as we are currently on dial-up speed and will be for a few more days. I'm just letting you know that the July challenge will be launched tonight. For the challenge you will need a torch or a video light or even a lamp that you can easily move around... you also need will hopefully have worked out how to do a long exposure. For those who aren't up with all that OR who have cameras that can't do what they need them to do, you will still be able to take part in the challenge but I'll keep it simple for you. More on this tonight when July is launched... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Looking forward to it, Ash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 It's very VERY windy here today. My last one of movement 1.3 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniek Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 It's very VERY windy here today. My last one of movement 1.3 seconds. Oh I like that - it's as sharp as a tac without my glasses :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 July challenge has been launched :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Love the photos everyone, and am a bit sad this month is over. I love action photography . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 My last two photos of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 TerraNik, love them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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