Some of my 'photo a day' set:
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IA, that is fabulous, really excellent. Yurs, and the stuff by the chap in brighten from earlier in the thread are really spectacular. lot's of great photos, but for some reason the time laps videos just really work for me.
If you want ot show a photo, you'd print it the appropriate size and hAng it on the wall, wonder what the best 'display' medium would be for the time lapse stuff? Big dark room with a projector and excellent sound system for each video?
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Taken early this morning..
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To my eye, looks like the HDR edits, but isn't!
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Oops, not checked this in a while.
big_scot_nanny, thanks for the kind words 🙂
jemima, the images are compiled into quicktime reference movies with quicktime 7 (quick how-to on my blog here: http://doitdifferent.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/lapsed/ ) and then edited together with iMovie. iMovie's not great for it, as you're limited to 24/30 fps output. 60 or 50fps would be nice for some effects - some of the clips in that video have frames cut from them for that reason, which is a bit of a shame, smoother motion would be nice.
In windows, I think Virtualdub will compile image sequences into movies for you. An issue is timelapse doesn't compress well in most video formats, as there's a comparatively large difference between each frame. So save with ideally something with no/little compression (MJPEG could be a good choice, or quicktime reference files as I do).
Oh, and music can really make or break time lapses IMO. A good source of permissively licensed work is www.musopen.org, http://soundcloud.com/creativecommons (to search for CC licensed work) and www.mobygratis.com.
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last summer but I love it 🙂
A few here from last Jan as I slowly work my way though my harddisk...
I'm particularly liking Rocketdog's rider shot and purplebag by ginjaninja. Ewan's are brilliant too!
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5392951910/ ]On the way to Scout Road Chippy?[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5392351975/ ]Pony at sunset[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5392347895/ ]Lone moss[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5392942406/ ]Pony in the field[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5392933710/ ]Moss and a droplet[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5392331627/ ]Stonewalled[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/18244158@N00/5395638316/ ]_MG_1564_5_6[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/18244158@N00/5395040093/ ]IMG_1438[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
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Is that in the Lancaster Brewery, Grumm?
Finally got my Astrotrac working tonight and for a first photo of the Orion Nebular Im pretty happy with this... (brand new to astrophotography, something a little different!)
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Now that [i]IS[/i] cool...
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taken on my phone camera earlier today and thought it looked quite nice. reminds me of summer sun, but bloody hell it was cold 😆
zokes - yup. Was originally Yates and Jackson brewery, then Mitchell's - stopped brewing in 1999.
charlierevell - that is very cool - roughly how much are we talking to get a setup that can do stuff like that?
wish i could take pictures like some of them
I got my son a little point and snap camera for his birthday and he took this shot at Loch Lubnaig just before new years eve.
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Grumm- Thought it would be something a little different!
If it stays clear Im going to head up to the hills and try some darker shots of a few more subjects!
As long as you have an SLR then it'll cost you about £8-900
You'll need an Astrotrac (search google for it) They do a holiday kit based on a manfrotto tripod, geared head and ball head.
Works very well, and that was my first ever attempt at doing it.
You can get them off a normal tripod, but you'll only get 2-3second shots before they blur. You can take loads of them and put them together in deep sky stacker. You'd lack some details from what I've found tho.
Have a look at the astrotrac website for what can be done... they're much better than mine!
Charlie,
I'm wanting to try some astrophotography this year but I'm pretty clueless. So far I've managed this not-very-impressive effort:
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Recently acquired a 130mm reflector telescope and already have an SLR so I think I just need a t-mount to put both of them together. The telescope has built in tracking motors but it's an alt/azi mount rather than equitorial so I'm not sure if it'll work for proper long exposures (field rotation or something?).
I reckon the stack of short exposures and clever software route is the way to go to minimise noise - my SLR isn't too clever with exposures longer than 30 seconds (lots of hot-pixels on the sensor it seems).
What are you using as a "lens"?
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_andy/5404663776/ ]Pretty in pink[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/ginja_andy/ ]andymatthewsphotography.com[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_andy/5398868727/ ]Stair[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/ginja_andy/ ]andymatthewsphotography.com[/url], on Flickr
Took this'un at Woburn today, looked better in black & white due to using my compact which doesn't bring out colours very nicely.
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I remember standing in a queue in the photography shop waiting for pics that were getting developed and the guy in front of me opened up the envelope with his pics as he waited for the payment to go through and i couldnt help but notice his amazing pics of the moon (i recon he was showing them off as much as i was being a nosey bazza) I asked him what he was using and he said he wangled his old slr onto a telescope.He did say that there was a bit of butchery and said to not use my best kit if i was planning on trying it but the pics were amazing.tons of detail.
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Took this today, first nice looking day we've had for a while!
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Couple from the honey moon I uploaded yesterday...
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This one makes me laugh - Hearst Castle - A truley classy place...
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first attempt at car light trails.. not as successful as i'd hoped but I did get this one with some nice 14 point light bursts
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_andy/5405600505/ ]Alien ceiling - Fraher Architects[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/ginja_andy/ ]andymatthewsphotography.com[/url], on Flickr
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Stuartie-C...
Go to Firstlightoptics and they'll sort your Tmounts out, have been getting some made themselves. Your Alt Az should be ok, but not brilliant. I started mine fixed at about 2 seconds, then got the astrotrac and jumped to 2 mins!
Im just using a nikon 180mm F2.8
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/5414557310/ ]February 3rd - 1st Night Ride Of The Year[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/25655510@N02/ ]Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr
Andy, Tom, love the stair and mono tree shots.
Here's three I took in London yesterday I'm quite pleased with, and one of them has a touch of plagiarism about it:
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All taken with the iPhone, I had a bag full of books I was getting signed, I didn't want to carry any extra weight around all day.
I recognise one of those 🙂
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefarrago/5400963662/ ]Sunset[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/thefarrago/ ]the.farrago[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefarrago/5400364431/ ]Sunset[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/thefarrago/ ]the.farrago[/url], on Flickr
Ok so the sunset did all the hard work for me 😉 Not easy shooting from a train - trees kept getting in the way!
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Sam Hare playing at Alley Cat Bar in W1
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/5425065635/ ]February 5th - Leaving London (in the wrong direction)[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/25655510@N02/ ]Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/5425066093/ ]February 6th - Hotel Window View[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/25655510@N02/ ]Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/18244158@N00/5428201588/ ]Wired In @ The Dukes, Lancaster[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/18244158@N00/5428202628/ ]Wired In @ The Dukes, Lancaster[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
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Not in the last month but only just found in a box.
I know its not technically very good but the composition pleased me. Polaris Challenge Gallaway forest park, early 90s on a disposable.
arrgghhh
why you not work
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/33995581@N05/5422837495/ ]Polaris0009[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/33995581@N05/ ]heronheads[/url], on Flickr[/img]
Thats better
Two nice shots from redthunder, and I like the fiddle player, lovely light in that one.
<edit> Oh, and Andy, I thought you'd recognise that one, it's a deliberate tribute, I just couldn't manage the coloured bag. As it happens, I was surprised when I suddenly saw the wall over the other side of the road, and though, oh wow, that looks familiar! I'd forgotten your pic when I went to London and I decided to go to Tate Modern, and had to take a diversion because of work on the Tube line. Pure chance. </edit>
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A few of my best from my 'one a day' set..
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Obviously, LittleP features quite heavily!
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Been playing about with some presets in Lightroom, and not really made my mind up...
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5430802148/ ]The full force of the ocean[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5430191567/ ]The waves crashed[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
And some more conventional ones...
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5430189827/ ]Paradise![/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5430793526/ ]The south coast[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5430193735/ ]Deep Creek Cove[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5430198331/ ]Morgan Bay[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
It's been a bit hot down here lately!
Red Thunder - That lost and found one is brilliant!
Few recent ones:
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Trying out my new GF2.
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From seqioa national park:
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This was pretty cold...
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_andy/5430742897/ ]Centrepoint reflections[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/ginja_andy/ ]andymatthewsphotography.com[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_andy/5431832481/ ]Centrepoint[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/ginja_andy/ ]andymatthewsphotography.com[/url], on Flickr
Just decided to have a play around lighting with a wind-up torch. Turned out alright, but I think I may try again with something behind the guitar to light up the grille cloth/speakers as it just looks like I've cut the guitar out and placed over a black background!
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A couple from Hit the North 2.5 yesterday. Atmosphere after the finish was particularly good.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/5442371904/ ]February 13th - F??[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/25655510@N02/ ]Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr
Was up at the SUS student champs at the weekend at Blairadam, quite a few I'm proud of, but I think this is the best:
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All with a Panasonic G1, 14-45. The one up there ^ is @14mm, f5.6 ish, flash on low power about 6 foot up camera right, flash on 1/2 power about 10 foot away camera left. Low winter sunshine camera left 🙂
IA - I think the good people of STW need to experience your photo of Chris (in the orange jersey) getting crossed up out of the bombhole. That's one of my favourites.
Chris's isn't as good as Alex's though - but I'll let the public be the judge:
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Tho Chris has good jump-face bonus points, Alex wins for getting it fully crossed IMO.
EDIT: as I know this thread attracts the photo geeks, these are again at 14mm on a G1, flash on about 1/3 power on a 6ft stand camera left to fill in the faces against backlight, and another flash camera right on 1/2 power to rimlight the riders a bit.
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My daughter Amelie taking some comfort in her night light
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The best bike I've owned!
Alex wins for getting it fully crossed IMO.
I think that's as far as Chris' forks go before hitting the frame. 🙂
Cool pics though.
I love this thread. I promise to contribute one day...
This as were the first to be in here since it was sealed off in late 1945 (after a bit digging) 😮
Its not an Air raid shelter as originaly thought but an Aux Army Operations base (OB) we have now learned from an old boy in the nearby Town who served here...
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First attempt at a street shot:
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Second, an umbrella hat seller in a bar on Tenerife:
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comments on flickr would be very welcome!
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I've barely got the camera out recently in anger. 🙁
So just a these that i sort of like.
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I'm absolutely rubbish at post-processing, but ho hum:
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Last three days:
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Was up at the SUS student champs at the weekend at Blairadam, quite a few I'm proud of, but I think this is the best:
But we all know you can't shoot action shots with a M4/3 camera. 🙂
Nice - what are you using for your wireless flashes/triggers? Sorry if I've asked you this before.
Got woken up early this morning so I thought I might as well get out and try and catch the sunrise. It wasn't that exciting but I got some ok shots.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/18244158@N00/5453270832/ ]Littledale Sunrise[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
But we all know you can't shoot action shots with a M4/3 camera.Nice - what are you using for your wireless flashes/triggers? Sorry if I've asked you this before.
Yup, action shots are impossible for sure 😉
u4/3 actually makes flash work easier in some ways, as you can colour balance the flashes to the light more easily by previewing WB changes live on screen. Though there are issues with the various auto-wb modes - think I gave you a link to my findings on that before? http://www.mu-43.com/f43/g1-white-balance-oddities-annoyances-8312/
Trigger wise, I'm using CTR-301p triggers (cheap off ebay/dealextreme). I've also got some PT-04 type ones (the taller thin ones). The 301ps are better, and easier to mount to a light stand. I'd recommend them.
Flashes, I have a YN-460, but it's failed in some way internally and it stuck on full power (even through the power level LEDs change on the back). I cracked it open and manual brought the power down a bit, but it's basically 1/2 power ish only.
I've also got a (much better) nissin Di466. It's a lot nicer made than the YN, more compact, recycles a lot faster, gets more shots, will TTL on camera (but no high speed sync mode), has a better optical slave (by far) and isn't that much more expensive. For cheap flashes I'd recommend the nissin over the YN, even although it's £80 rather than £30. Its one downside, is on M mode (i.e. on a RF trigger) it goes into sleep mode after 5 mins. Can be annoying in some situations, but not that bad once you're used to it. No manual zoom either (though it will auto-zoom on camera), but TBH I don't find this a limitation.
Stand wise, in the above set the YN was on a little tripod to light the whole scene, and I had the Nissin on a Calumet Ultra Compact Stand:
http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/MF6027/
With this swivel head:
http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/MF6830/
Which screws into the bottom of the 301p to mount the flash (top tip, add a crush washer so you can get it tight and stays in place better).
Both stand and swivel choice were the results of a lot of research, best option IMO if you want something portable - the stand collapses a lot, and isn't too heavy. You still get a good 6 foot extension out of it too. I carry a short bungee with it too, so i can hook it to something if on unstable ground, or bungee a bag to it for ballast.
Whilst I'm at it, I also have this umbrella:
http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/AU3036/
Which is decent for portraits etc - didn't use it in the above though, was on bare flashes.
Oops, going a bit OT, to balance that out, here's a pic I'm proud of, and relevant to flash info:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_accidental/5327183339/ ]Dark Island Rose[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/the_accidental/ ]the accidental martini[/url], on Flickr
(not shot on my G1 though)
Thanks for the detailed geeky answer 😉
And cheers yup I saw the thing about the gels etc - will have to have a play with that - I've got a little book of gel samples for stage lights somewhere that might do the trick.
I have pretty much the same setup now with a couple of flashes and stand/swivel bracket. Haven't had the chance to try it properly with action shots yet. I've been testing it with my 5D but I must say I didn't realise the cheapy chinese triggers worked with the G1 for some reason.
One more nerd question... On the action shots, AF or prefocussing?