February 2015 Photo Competition - Light Trails
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February 2015 Photo Competition
The topic for this month is:
Light Trails
My favourite 'thing' to photograph. Should be easy enough with these long wintry nights. Get your tripods oot!
This thread is for entries AND discussion
Good Luck!
Cheers, Ryan.
Rules:
The photos taken must be your own work
The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month.
The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for following month and judges it at the end of the month
All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
Photos entered should be no bigger than 750 pixels wide for a landscape photo and 600 pixels high for a portrait photo due to the PH squash factor. Links to larger versions are permissible.
The topic for this month is:
Light Trails
My favourite 'thing' to photograph. Should be easy enough with these long wintry nights. Get your tripods oot!
This thread is for entries AND discussion
Good Luck!
Cheers, Ryan.
Rules:
The photos taken must be your own work
The competition will run from the first to the last day of the month.
The winner from the previous month decides on the topic for following month and judges it at the end of the month
All entrants acknowledge that they may indeed win and that their adherence to convention ensures everyone else's continued fun.
Photos entered should be no bigger than 750 pixels wide for a landscape photo and 600 pixels high for a portrait photo due to the PH squash factor. Links to larger versions are permissible.
Highland Rush Hour by mark_mullen, on Flickr
4 minutes 16 halfway up a mountain in Glen Coe in sub zero temperatures and gale force wind. The last of 10 frames, the previous 9 spoilt by snow blowing onto the lens during the exposure.
Willy Nilly said:
Can you give me some clue how to set my RX100 up to do this? Thanks.
Main thing you need is a 'slow' shutter - ie the shutter is open for a few seconds or more. You could probably get this on Aperture mode (ie 'A' on the dial' with f16ish or go full manual ('M') and tell it x seconds + f16 or whatever. You'll need a bit of experimentation to get it right. Oh and a tripod or somewhere to rest where it can be completely still while the shutter is open (bit tricky to do this hand held!). Traffic trails are a nice easy one to try - ie find a road with cars etc passing and shoot at night.Good luck
pidsy said:
BAZ - is that a pixelstick?
No, it started life as an LEDlenser garden light, which I realised after buying it for the garden was great for long exposure fun...they really caught on with quite a few people after I had my initial play with it (Andwhynot I recall acquired at least 1 if not more for some fun of his own).This was sent to me through that medium of mediocrity that is Facebook. However, I think this link is worth a squint.
I'm hoping to come back with my own light trail shot to bring the tone down but this'll do for now.
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/365-ph...
I'm hoping to come back with my own light trail shot to bring the tone down but this'll do for now.
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/365-ph...
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