KY State Fair @ Night w/ new Pro1

[Deckyon]

I have had people wanting to see some examples of the Pro 1 I just got. Well, last night, I put it through the works by taking some night-tim photos on the midway of the Kentucky State Fair. I am very happy with the camera and it's capabilities. It is similar enough to my G3 that I could easily and quickly change settings. Only differences in function are the buttons being in different places. That will take some getting used to as will the zooming ring on the lens.

Below are 5 of the photos I took last night. These are thumbnails. Clicking on the names will open the full-sized image. I hope this helps speed the browsing a bit. The thumbnails do not do these photos justice, nor the 640x480 versions, but the files are just too big to upload the full versions...

http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/thumbnails/34/Fair_01.jpg
Perspective on Ole Glory (http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/media/34/Fair_01.jpg)
I shot this flag from the base of the pole. It probably went 100 feet up and the flag was HUGE. This was shot with the following settings:
ISO - 400
Aperture - f/3.5
Shutter - 1/20 sec

http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/thumbnails/34/Fair_02.jpg
Ferris Wheel (http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/media/34/Fair_02.jpg)
This was a simple shot of a ferris wheel in motion. The lights were chasing from the central hub out to the edge, giving a nice effect. This was shot with the following settings:
ISO - 50
Aperture - f/5
Shutter - 2 sec
-2 Exp Compensation
ND Filter

http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/thumbnails/34/Fair_03.jpg
Ferris Wheel Composite (http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/media/34/Fair_03.jpg)
This is 2 images. In the first, the ferris wheel was moving and I captured it for 2 seconds. In the second, it was not moving and I captured it for 5 seconds. I put them together as a "double exposed" image in Photoshop.

http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/thumbnails/34/Fair_04.jpg
Symetry in Chaos (http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/media/34/Fair_04.jpg)
This ride was wicked, for a carnival ride. It spun impossibly fast while swinging back and forth a huge distance. This was shot with the following settings:
ISO - 50
Aperture - f/4.5
Shutter - 2.5 sec
-2 Exp Compensation
ND Filter

http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/thumbnails/34/Fair_05.jpg
Flower of Light (http://www.sturmphoto.com/data/media/34/Fair_05.jpg)
The man running this ride helped out by cutting his spot lights and spinning this at max speed. This was shot with the following settings:
ISO - 50
Aperture - f/8
Shutter - 10 sec
-2 Exp Compensation
ND Filter

Let me know what you think.

[tealblue]

Thanks for the post.Those are some great night pix 8) No wonder people like the pro1.

[Andy_T]

Great pictures!

They would be fit for, say, the *colour* photo contest :wink:

Best regards,
Andy

[sdommin]

Great job, Brad. I love night-time "motion" shots like that.

(I also like your thumbnail presentation with explanations. We should all try that.)

[nitewulf]

fantastic shots, how i did you create the thumbnails? just resized them?

[Deckyon]

My gallery site creates them when I upload the images. I just linked them instead of the full-sized images, but pointed them to the full-sized images. Helps the modem users...