cdson Posted March 29, 2011 Doesn't seem like the exposure is that long but a great shot nonetheless! Quote Link to comment
elsefailed Posted March 30, 2011 This is an interesting contest that I feel a lot are getting wrong Long exposure docent have to mean a 30 min exposure or movement for that matter A long exposure to me is anything beyond hand held shutter speeds whether it be 2 seconds or two minutes What I'm taking from this months subject is that there's more to taking reef photography than bright colors, expensive corals, or rAre fish. A lot seem to be struggling with their submissions because they seem to caught in a mindset of what the photo should look like. Why not try some nd filters with a small aperture on a fully lite reef or maybe using long exposures, timed flow, and timed lighting to create motion and sharpness in one photo. Just a thought though For this shot I did a 2 sec exposure with timed flow to create areas of movement and areas of in focus polyps. Canon 7d on tripod with 180 macro and shutter release Quote Link to comment
cdson Posted March 30, 2011 Hey Elsefailed sorry I didn't mean to be negative in anyway. It is a interesting different shot. Nicely done. Quote Link to comment
elsefailed Posted March 30, 2011 Haha i wasn't offended at all just stating my oppinion on the subject trying to get some out of the box mentality flowing Quote Link to comment
lawnmowerblenny Posted March 31, 2011 ehhh.... I don't think you know what your talking about...A lot of these people have the right idea...I've seen a lot of nice shots, I'm sure that most everyone knows that anything above standard shutter speeds is considered slow shutter speed... IMO .25-.5 second can even be called "long exposure" I prefer something a little longer in the 2-5second range because I'm take these kinds of photos under actinic T5s and they can be bright and over expose the shot and that just washes it out with blue my shot for this contest was 2seconds...If I were taking a photo of a dark city scape i'd be trying to shoot in the 1-5 minute range... I'd be amazed to see someones 30min tank shot! I have only seen a few photos with 30min exposure and they are usually dark with streaming cars/headlights lights or stars... Quote Link to comment
elsefailed Posted March 31, 2011 Lol maybe you should read a little more and you might learn something THe reason you longer shutter speeds are washing out is lack of skill/knowledge If you used nd filters you could shoot for 10 mins If you wanted to with as many lights as you want As for the night cityscape one again lack of skill Why shoot for longer than you have to unless your trying to achieve an effect by an excessively long shutter speed? Of course you already know diffraction occurs somewhere above f18... Or maybe I just don't know what I'm talking about Quote Link to comment
lawnmowerblenny Posted April 1, 2011 well see who wins i guess... lol good day, I said good day! Quote Link to comment
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