OCTOBER Photo Project: "The Night"

[almo]

So, how do we do it. If we post to that gallery, do we also post the image here?
Tim

ps. That is a cool zoomer shot almo.

Thanks Tim!

You can post to both, or just one. It's up to you. We would appreciate it if you did both, but it's your call.

[JamesV]

hello everyone, this is my first picture, so any comments are welcomed. I shot it with the Canon S1 IS, ISO 100. I croped it with zoombrowser, I know that I need to practice with it more but here it is.

[almo]

Ok, I guess it's high time I contributed to this. just to show my distaste for posting limits i am adding 2 images. And I have plans for at least one more. So there!


This is a zoom effect of the Heart bridge spanning the St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonvile Florida...


This is a long exposure of the pier at Jacksonville Florida...

[Chunk]

Trust Almo to have even his shots of bridges be butterflies. Nice shot.

[almo]

Trust Almo to have even his shots of bridges be butterflies. Nice shot.

Wow Chunk, What an awesome compliment. Thank you!

[Seb]

Hello all,

Here is the first one of an experimental series I shot this week end. These are hand held with deliberate camera movements in order to achieve a dreamy/spooky mood I was seeking for.

comments are welcome!!

Seb

[OldSchool]

Hi Seb,

That is indeed interesting. I like the green color in the back, and I think the overall idea is just novel.

But, this image just reminds me too much of folks who take snapshots at night not realizing that it will not turn out. I have two suggestions....

1. For this image, correct the white balance such that the tungsten light appears white. This may give it more punch and separate it from those failed snapshots.

2. Go for longer shutter speeds and work more of the camera path into the composition. I think this would also help differentiate it.

Did you know that you can set the flash to on the D70 to rear curtain? You can move the camera about and then just hold while you wait for the flash. The following shot is playing with this:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...33130870ZbNyQg

Cheers,
Tim

[Seb]

Hi Seb,

That is indeed interesting. I like the green color in the back, and I think the overall idea is just novel.

But, this image just reminds me too much of folks who take snapshots at night not realizing that it will not turn out. I have two suggestions....

1. For this image, correct the white balance such that the tungsten light appears white. This may give it more punch and separate it from those failed snapshots.

2. Go for longer shutter speeds and work more of the camera path into the composition. I think this would also help differentiate it.

Did you know that you can set the flash to on the D70 to rear curtain? You can move the camera about and then just hold while you wait for the flash. The following shot is playing with this:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...33130870ZbNyQg

Cheers,
Tim

Hello Tim,

Thanks for the constructive critisism. I appreciate it. There is one thing I am not sure I understand though, what do you mean by:

work more of the camera path into the composition

Do you mean that I should give more movement to the camera to achieve a more dramatic effect?

You know what, I kind of agree that this could almost looks like a newbie mistake although I didn't composed shots like this as a newbie. lol My concept need some more work. Thank you for the information on rear curtain sync. That is a function I never worked with. Actually, I hardly ever use flash.

Then again thank you for your support.

Seb

[Seb]

Here is an alternate take of the first picture I have posted (Tim, you might prefer that one).
I overlooked that one at first because I was more or less satistied with the tilt and the tighter crop.

This one was color corrected with WB for set for tungsten.

Seb

[almo]

Here is an alternate take of the first picture I have posted (Tim, you might prefer that one).
I overlooked that one at first because I was more or less satistied with the tilt and the tighter crop.

This one was color corrected with WB for set for tungsten.

Seb

I like the angle on this one better Seb. It seems to me more like movement than just blur.

Nice job...

[almo]

Here is a night shot with a sports flavor...

[OldSchool]

Hi Seb,

First off, I typed that last post while I was in a hurry to get away from work. So, I apologize if it came off cold or harsh. Not my intent. I certainly didn't mean to insinuate that your shot was "newbie". I've just seen a lot of unintended blurry night photos (some of them made by me!). So, please forgive me. I do get a lot out of the back and forth from these critiques.

I think your 2nd shot is much stronger with the two phantom images -- kind of reminds me quantum mechanics (geez, does that pigeon-hole me?). Correcting for tungsten also helps out.

Cheers,
Tim

[Seb]

Hi Seb,

First off, I typed that last post while I was in a hurry to get away from work. So, I apologize if it came off cold or harsh. Not my intent. I certainly didn't mean to insinuate that your shot was "newbie". I've just seen a lot of unintended blurry night photos (some of them made by me!). So, please forgive me. I do get a lot out of the back and forth from these critiques.

I think your 2nd shot is much stronger with the two phantom images -- kind of reminds me quantum mechanics (geez, does that pigeon-hole me?). Correcting for tungsten also helps out.

Cheers,
Tim

Howdy Tim, there is no need to apologize. You made valids point which I believe will help me to give a direction to this kind of photographs in the future.

regards

Seb

[Seb]

From the same session...

[almo]

Here is one more for the end of the month. Took this a couple of nights ago, just as the sun sunk over the horizon. It was just a nice snapshot, but I like it.

[Axle]

Here's a couple from last night. Both taken using my Konica Minolta Z2, both at f/2.8 and four second shutter speed. Handheld. The first one at ISO 100 second at ISO 200

[mjs1973]

Some shadows in my back yard.

[tink]

This was taken at sunset on the beach. My daughter looking out to the bay as a ship sailed on through

[Seb]

This was taken at sunset on the beach. My daughter looking out to the bay as a ship sailed on through

That is well seen, I like that!

Seb

[tink]

This was another taken from same location same evening but with the ship on the horizon and from the jetty instead. I took quite a few that evening, it was too awesome to not snap it!

[OldSchool]

Late entry folks...
Tim

[OldSchool]

Just one more....

[CLKunst]

Here is a picture of the D.C. skyline at night. The swirl is from a set of car lights that went by while I was making the exposure. I then applied the Swirl filter in PSE to try and balance the image.

[Seb]

I shot few more pictures to complete that series.

Seb

[Seb]

Here are two more shots to expand the series.

Seb