2009 In photos

[Digby]

3 pages (sorry, 4 pages).Some cracking shots here.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/2009_in_p...

Edited by Digby on Tuesday 22 December 21:11

[GetCarter]

astonishing.

[Chicken Pox]

weird choice but some crackers in there too, thanks for the link

[Kiltie]

Some absolutely brilliant shots.

Cheers,

Eric

[rhubarb]

Fantastic shots, and loads that stand out for all the wrong reasons. Hats off to all the photographers that bring us these shots

[dibbly_dobbler]

Wow - some fantastic images in there. Thanks

Blib !!

[Oily Nails]

I fear the fella in red has had something inserted in him .....

[Kiltie]

I think this is my favourite.



Cheers,

Eric

[Gold]

Dedication.

page said:

AP photographer Emilio Morenatti takes pictures as he is carried on a stretcher out of the University of Maryland Medical Center's R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center to be transferred to the Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital in Baltimore, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2009. Morenatti, whose left foot was amputated after a bomb blast in Afghanistan, was transferred Tuesday to a rehabilitation hospital in Baltimore, where he will be fitted for a prosthesis. (AP Photo/Enric Marti) #

[gingerpaul]

Great link. Thanks for sharing.

I have a question though. How would one go about taking a photo like this one? The shuttle was only between the camera and the sun for 0.8 seconds. Do you just have to use a very small aperture and a very fast shutter speed?

It's from the 3rd page.

[havoc]

Some awesome, some odd, and some poignant photos there. Good link.

gingerpaul said:

I have a question though. How would one go about taking a photo like this one? The shuttle was only between the camera and the sun for 0.8 seconds. Do you just have to use a very small aperture and a very fast shutter speed?

It's from the 3rd page.

I suspect a telescope and an ULTRA fast 'shutter-speed' (or more likely the digital equivalent of)...if you think that those objects are substantially <1% of the overall image-width, and to keep them (roughly) in-focus you'd need a shutter-speed ~100x quicker than that, you're looking at a maximum time of 0.8s x 0.01 x 0.01 = 0.00008, or 1/12,500. I'd guess that was actually set to 1/100,000.


PS - anyone think to check the EXIF?!?

[muppetdave]

Only looked at the first set so far, but some of them are absolutely brilliant. I'm still very early doors in learning photography, but I think that sometimes the biggest trick is not necessarily the technique, but spotting the actual photo that's going to stand out (the picture of the Chinese Navy marching illustrates my point).

[Fordo]

gingerpaul said:

Great link. Thanks for sharing.

I have a question though. How would one go about taking a photo like this one? The shuttle was only between the camera and the sun for 0.8 seconds. Do you just have to use a very small aperture and a very fast shutter speed?

It's from the 3rd page.

and a very strong ND filter id expect too