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** Welcome to Photography Forum Challenge for December 2013**

Night photography, light painting, moving water, 
cloud movement, panning, wind blowing trees...

**  ...½** a second or longer.

Take your time..!

Please remember:

Two images per member per week.

Image size: No larger than:
800pixels X 600pixels
and 200KB

I'll jump in with a self-shot of myself (not visible because I kept moving) painting my daughter's initials with a flashlight aimed towards the camera. Thanks for looking!

Wayne

I'll jump in with another self-shot of myself (not visible because I kept moving) painting my son's initials with a flashlight aimed towards the camera. Thanks for looking!

Wayne

These are great Wayne.

Thanks Wayne, great 'hand writing'!

 

Well done Wayne and a good idea :)  

Took this on our way home from Family visit yesterday :)

8 second exposure

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Oooohh!  That's a true challenge for me.  I think I've done this ... oh ... maybe twice in my life.  I've made a note to remind myself to try it.  Excellent challenge, Clive!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Hi Photo people!
First I would like to express my compliments to Clive.
Your introduction of this theme is designed so incredibly creative.
Applause.

I'm going to figure out how to do this.
And I really admire the entries of Wayne, 3DGuy and Helle.
Bravo!
p.s. @ Helle, I first thought yours was a collage. :)

Thank you, Mies!

Hopefully this will be a good one with all of the festive lights at this time of the year!

Well done, Helle!

Great idea to include the exposure time, 3DGuy!

 

 

Great job Wayne, Helle and 3DGuy.  An interesting challenge.  Aloha...Errol

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Thank you, Mies!

You're welcome Clive.

Hopefully this will be a good one with all of the festive lights at this time of the year!

Oh yeah, all the party lights, indeed that's very applicable.
Now I will be forced to start reading the instructions of my camera ;-)

Tooks this one from my house last night at 8:21 pm with a 25 sec exposure.  I've a lot to learn shooting the stars.

 

 

 

 

 

Tennessee Valley Fair,              Ferris wheel    1/2  second

2 second exposure,           Smokey Mountains  in Tennessee

Both photo's are beautiful tennesseecowgirl...   Aloha

Cool shots cowgirl :)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

 

NEW YEARS EVE.

Wow!   Very nice Garageland...   Aloha

I dont have enough time so close to Christmas, but oh my how I love this New years eve. So beautifully done. !! I had atleast to say that, GARAGELAND.

Keep up the good work friends.

Painting my trees at night with a red light  Aloha

Another night shot with the moon in back of me...  Aloha

Ooh, that's vivid with the red and blue contrasting eachother.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Cool stuff, everybody!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

I have not bee here in a while and just saw this wonderful challenge. 

Here are my two for the week. 

Skyline San Francisco 30 sec exposure 

 In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect

my second: Bay Bridge Light project. 

 In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect

Very nice work Costa...   

Nice idea Clive.  I will have to sse if I can get out and shoot something.  And thanks for using one of my shots in the example banner :)

I'm sure enjoying all these photographs!  Very inspiring.

 

I tried some slow shutter water shots today, but haven't looked at 'em yet.  If you don't see anything from me, it's because they're crap!  LOL!  I'm hoping at least one of them turned out ... I've not done that sort of thing before.  We also have a date with Lucinda (myrrhluz) for a Friday night tripod shoot at San Antonio's river walk.  I have hopes of getting something there, as well.  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

I think this is one I will enjoy Tara.  I love night shooting,  And honey is going to try tonight for some Christmas light shots.  I will have to pray it stops raining for her.

 

I am sure you have some good water shots sweetie :)   And I hope the shoot goes well for you.  IF you want some tips about shutter speeds etc, you know where I am

I'd love some tips on night shooting, Ronnie!  That would be outstanding.  Thanks!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Well the first thing I would suggest is the lowest ISO you have.  Secondly a cable release is an absolute must,  if using a low iso, because shutter speeds will be slow.  I know the more modern cameras have high usable iso's but the low iso/shutter speeds will give a more ethereal water and atmosphere too.  If you'd like star lights on the point sources of light, ie street lamps etc.  Choose a smallish aperture. 

I like to shoot ISO 50 f/22.  gives a long shutter time on the "Bulb" setting of the camera.  And also helps to create better star-bursts on lights.   I usually start at 15 seconds, and if it looks too dark, start going a bit longer.   If you can't get down to 50 then iso 100 and obviously double the shutter time.  I have had on occasions a whole minute :)  Also shooting in RAW helps, so you can rescue and blown highlights in raw post.  It's all suck it and see really sweetie.  The rule book will tell you f/11 and it's corresponding shutter speed via aperture priority.  But I do prefer the bulb setting method.  Up to you really.

I should have said half the shutter time for 100 ISO.  It's late and I had a senior moment :)

Thank you, hon!  I'll print this out and take it with me.  :)  I read your note to Bill, and he's excited to try the bulb setting as well.  His mom used to use it for fireworks (pre-digital of course) and he really liked the results she got.  (Must have been pretty impressive, because that would have been in the early 1950s, and it's stuck with him all this time!  LOL!)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Good that it has stuck.  Knowledge gleaned is knowledge saved as my old Nan used to say.

Back tomorrow, I hear the faint cry of a memory foam mattress saying "Come to me, come to me"

That's absolutely gorgeous :)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Very nice..these are fun and gently pleasing, like the still of the night or fun as the festive moments.  My Christmas lights photos are too shot of an exposure.

 

Good jobs, folks...Thomas

Beautiful work Garageland...  Aloha

Nice one Garageland.  I think this could be a popular challenge.   I still need to get out and shoot something, but the weather is against me at the moment in the UK.

stunning pictures this month - very interesting to see and read about exposure, high or low ISO / speed- how ever great results friends! this one : 1/4 sec. f. 3.5 ISO 6400!

Very nice Priska...its a different game shooting at nights.   Aloha

Agree with Errol.  Nightime is a whole new ballgame.  Nice one Priska

WOW entries

going for startrails I shot   Venus

39 se F11 ISO 100

minder is meer

I wish I knew the stars and planets more, something I'm learning now...Thanks

One of my watches. 8 second exposure @ F16 @ ISO200 :)

The triangles on the left is the second hand ticking.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Interesting idea 3DGuy.   Good to see everyones settings.   Aloha

wowwow Venus! first i think you made a joke prutzworks! thats a looooong exposure!

Quote - wowwow Venus! first i think you made a joke prutzworks! thats a looooong exposure!

.. and cool watch at nigth 3Dguy

4 seconds @ f/4

The moment a match ignites

great Idea, perfect done!

Nice one Ronnie.  I doubt if I could duplicate yours without blurs or burning my hands.   Incredible job.   Aloha

I'm thoroughly impressed with everyone's work on this challenge!  I'm finding it ... well ... challenging!!  The water shots from Balmorhea were okay, but the better images didn't fall within the scope of the challenge.  The only one I did that was half a second was SO bright it wasn't useable. 

So.  Here's a picture I took on San Antonio's famous River Walk a couple nights ago.  We were there with Lucinda, all of us trying our hand at different techniques.  This is a two second shot at f11 and ISO-100. 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

These were more fun ... "spin and jiggle" on some holiday lights.

2.5 second exposure, f11, ISO-100.

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Wow Tara....Spot On!    Aloha

Hhehehe!!! I love that spin and jiggle thing.  And the other shot came out pretty good :)

I did burn my finger when doing that Errol.  But no badly I add.    I do not usually use matches.  I favour a lighter.

Nice one 3D :)

Firedancer set against the winter solstice sunset at Ocean Beach 8 Secod exposure

 In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect

NIce one Costa.

An evening on Market st. 5 second exposure/bulb mode

 In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect

Another keeper.  I like the bulb mode a lot.

Thank you Adobe. All my night/long exposure shots are done in bulb mode. I feel that I have more control of my image. I usually just adjust my aperture for either more lighting or less. 

 In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect

I understand where you are going with that.  I do the same, and sometimes use ND's as well

@costa: firedancer

Very cool. A bit closer would be better I think, but may not have been possible.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Nice one Costa....

Merry Christmas to All...    Aloha

And a very merry Christmas to you and yours Errol !  Aloha

5 seconds  F14

minder is meer

Nice work Prutz

Beautiful work Prutz... Aloha

0.4 sec, f 4.8, ISO 640 outside dark inside: bottle lights ;) with movement

Love the different colors Priska...   Aloha

Well done Priska

I just upload this shot in my Rd gallery, and, I remember the subject of the challenge of this month, thus, here it is...

The technique uses a zoom-in during a long pose (5")

Myel.

Excellent work Myel

Nice job Myel....

Beautiful!!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Small trinket tray with some small items in.   Painted with light I used a small incandescent maglight for this.  WB was set to 4000 or so Kelvin

 

30.0 sec;   f/22;   ISO 200

 

Thanks,

Ronnie

Great result, Ronnie!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

 

By comparison, here are my meagre efforts at the last ‘minute’.

Here is a hand held zoom out at 2 seconds...

 

 

... and another 1/13 sec hand held shot at a traffic light.

I will only be getting to the new challenge in the New Year... tomorrow!

This year has flown by - I wish you all plenty of happy photography hours in 2014!

Clive

 

Cfulton, you got pretty steady hands ....     Ronnie, i like your settings, from that I learned something new.  Happy New Year to All

Great challenge, Clive!  I learned a bunch of new things this month.  Only two pictures here to show for it, but still ... it was a challenge! 

Looking forward to January's topic.  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Good ones Clive.  Been a great challenge this.  I am only too sorry I got here late.

Errol  Thank you my friend, it is always a pleasure for me to know my knowledge is being shared.

Tara, thank you so much, and when you need settings?...  I will always be there for you :)

 

Happy new year to you all, and let'ts hope the world will be a little more peaceful than it is at the moment.