Photo Competition - March *Discussion ONLY*

[Mr Olympia]

Warning

PLEASE KEEP THE PHOTO THREADS for PHOTOS ONLY.

This month's "Photos ONLY" thread including the Rules can be found here

Any comments relevant to photos should be posted in this thread. Thanks!

[willp2003]

should get some nice shots. time to get the ND filters out

[russbeer]

so this is just for the ones with expensive cameras then

[Little John]

no, you can do long exposure on most cameras, my old one does 30 seconds.

[russbeer]

mine does about 8 seconds i think. But i don't know how to use it! I've only ever managed to get one decent LE shot out of it.

[tigger3]

Yeah I was a bit disappointed after last months great theme that we've gone a bit more technical but maybe that's fair enough as long as we have a more fun theme next month too, for us less technical types?

Also I suppose if we use our imaginations there's more than 1 intepretation of it? & it's good to make us stretch ouselves a bit technically, I don't mind asking for tips off those our are more experienced, so c'mon guys lets get snapping (slooooowly).

Tig3

[BertRoot]

Long exposure is up for interpretation guys. A long exposure is really anything that you consider long.

[tigger3]

Long exposure is up for interpretation guys. A long exposure is really anything that you consider long.

Aint that what I said (except I spelt it wrong)?

Tig3

[BertRoot]

Oh OK I won't bother posting anything then if you have eh?

[Mr Olympia]

Ok I've changed the theme to now read, "Night Time/Long Exposure".

Hopefully that'll attract a few more people

[BertRoot]

I fucking hate long exposures.

[CzarJunkie]

I've never done a long exposure, so I'm looking forward to seeing what I can come up with. Should be an interesting month.....

[chesser]

what you mean Czar is you've never exposed yourself long enough

or is there an interesting story to come...I do hope so..

[super mike]

A long exposure is really anything that you consider long.

Hmmm, that could make things a bit more interesting/smutty.

[cybollox]

never done one myself that's why i come up with the idea, a good excuse to get out and try something new.
A night shot, i suppose can be done with any camera but long exposures may be restricted, sorry.

[peterc4]

so this is just for the ones with expensive cameras then

seconded..

[snorty1uk]

Am i right in reading this as:
it can be a night time shot
or
a long exposure shot
or
a bit of both?

As I can see a lot of scope for everyone if this is the case!

[Mr Olympia]

Am i right in reading this as:
it can be a night time shot
or
a long exposure shot
or
a bit of both?

As I can see a lot of scope for everyone if this is the case!

Spot on.

[cybollox]

Example: The IXUS v3’s long shutter speeds enable you to manually select a shutter speed of between 1 and 15 seconds.
ample enough for a long exposure shot. I'm sure most decent compacts have a manual setting for adjusting shutter speeds..

[Bilbo_baggin]

There are many compacts that have long exposure possibilities - even if it is limited to say 3 seconds (Fuji Z35 for instance) - the Canon Ixus 95 has 15 seconds, the Lumix LS85 has 8 seconds, the budget Olympus FE-5020 does 4 seconds.

Just quick examples, and means that even compacts are capable of long exposure times.


Remember, it doesn't mean 30 seconds, or a minute, or 5 minutes for star trails. An exposure of 1/5 of a second is enough to blur the legs of people walking in the street.


Bilbo.