POTN G-series Speed Challenge #201 - Time Exposure With Special Effects

[BobsYourUncle]

Challenge #201 - Time Exposure With Special Effects

What I'm looking for here is not just a basic 3 second exposure of city lights or something but rather an interesting effect created by taking a time exposure. This can be done during the day or night.

Lets get creative here and see if anyone can create ghosts, flying cars or whatever your imagination can dream up. Let's have a minimum 2 second exposure and see what effect you can come up with.

I will judge based on the most interesting results more than the beauty of a shot.

Have fun!


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RESULTS:

Comments:
Michael Wells - The Wizard. Michael, as usual you have yet another amazing photo. The way the subdued light is on the face and the shadows are cast truly keeps with your chosen title. The facial expression is perfect. Nicely done! Be sure to share with us how you achieved the "light beam"

Kevan_G9 - Moon's Child. Another great shot from you too. The blue hue gives your picture a wonderful cool glow. The moon shining from the top looks like it is staring down on it's "child". Well done.

Maureen Souza - Christmas Tree Lights. A very intriguing picture, like so many of your others are. You have done a splendid job of getting the exposure just right to see the interesting pattern the lights created. The zig zag at the top broken up by the vertical patterns really adds to the effect. Great shot!

tomy - Passing in the Night. Wow! That's awesome! Perfect exposure for the night sky and the buildings. The car lights do a fantastic job of adding mystique to this well composed shot. Beautiful effects!

PicBug - Christmas Spirit. Now that's a great picture! An excellent representation of your title. I like the way you can see right through her and see the items in the background. The blurring of her image, and the blank expression really accentuates the "spirit" of the photo while keeping the tree in focus. Nice!

marie - the second coming. Nice work, marie! This image takes me to a train station scene from an ancient movie from many years ago. The light shining from the tracks makes me wonder what is coming towards me. The OOF people add to the emphasis of the picture while enticing the focal point towards the light on the tracks. The blurring of the tin roof encourage thoughts of another dimension in time. Great!

Gloubiboulga - The way out ( just what I deserve… :-D ). Fascinating image! Well shot and exposed just right for a great effect. Seeing the tracks in the snow through his back is especially interesting. I like the way the light shines on the snow, both on the ground and the trellis. Your curious title is well chosen for the image. Good work! Creating a "ghost" with a single exposure is harder with digital than the old 35mm SLR's

NJdez - i80. What a wild looking effect created by driving down the road. This shot brought a smile to my face, reminding me of 25 years ago when I used to do this a lot with my old Minolta 35mm SLR. Fascinating lighting on an excellent picture!

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This was a lot harder to judge than I thought it would be. All of you have done an awesome job of your take on my topic. Each photo is different in it's own way and does a great representation of what I was looking for. I can only pick one, so:

First Place: Michael Wells - The Wizard.
Second Place - PicBug - Christmas Spirit.
Third Place - tomy - Passing in the Night.

Everyone feel free to share how you achieved each of your results if you want. Congrats, and nice work to all!

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[Michael Wells]

G9
326029

[Kevan_G9]

15sec, G9:

[Maureen Souza]

Pro 1

[tomy]

G9, f/5 at 15 seconds

[PicBug]

G9

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hFFU9IxiEtI/SUW9NUmU7UI/AAAAAAAAIRQ/XM1UdjedTnM/s800/IMG_0007.JPG

[marie]

Pro 1
f/8 2.50 second

http://www.pbase.com/image/107090301/original.jpg

[Gloubiboulga]

G9.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3109727553_4c1056799f_o.jpg

[NJdez]

Canon G10 - 13 second exposure
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j308/ndhernan/02%20KL0%20G20%20Sport/WestBound80.jpg

[BobsYourUncle]

POTN G-series Speed Challenge #201 - Time Exposure With Special Effects is now closed.
I will post results later.

Thanks everyone!

[BobsYourUncle]

Results are now posted at the top.

Great work, everyone!

[Gloubiboulga]

Thanks BobsYourUncle for hosting, commenting and judging this challenge ;)
Congrats to the winners !
I've been quite impressed by the sharpness, and overall quality of tomy's photo and the really creative idea of Kevan_G9's one :)

[NJdez]

fun challenge this week. thanks for hosting
i thought Maureen Souza's shot was the best "special effect" out of the
entries. at first glance it looked like an overhead shot of a city. very cool

oh, and congrats to the winners!

[Maureen Souza]

This was such a fun challenge! I tried all kinds of things I had never done before :)

Sadly, some of my "oops" in the past look just like many of these 'special effects":lol::lol:

Congrats to Michael, Pic bug and tomy for the winning places. I enjoyed all the entries this week.

[Car]

Congratulations to Michael, Pic Bug and Tomy on their placings - all were great entries this week (as usual). Good job BobsyourUncle on a very unusual challenge.
I was unable to participte this week due to one thing and another but hope to be back in the fold again for the next one.
Seasons Greetings!
Carolyn x

[Kevan_G9]

I'm stopping with the light swinging gig; you don't know what I've been through with that photo. There was this lady, walking her dogs, who I'm certain thought I was some sort of light-swingin', weirdo, serial, mugger/killer/rapist. Hey...I'm not ready to take on that title unless I'm placing here. Nope, from now on I'm playing it safe. It's pictures of trees, ponds, sunsets and...and...and maybe bugs, coming from me.

Congrats to the winners.

[NJdez]

I'm stopping with the light swinging gig; you don't know what I've been through with that photo. There was this lady, walking her dogs, who I'm certain thought I was some sort of light-swingin', weirdo, serial, mugger/killer/rapist. Hey...I'm not ready to take on that title unless I'm placing here. Nope, from now on I'm playing it safe. It's pictures of trees, ponds, sunsets and...and...and maybe bugs, coming from me.

Congrats to the winners.
lol iv been there man. great photo though...very well composed.
was the moon captured like that in the original picture, or was it edited separately?

[Kevan_G9]

That's the one part of the photo I had the most trouble with, that damn moon. First off, not too far above the bridge itself are several power/cable/phone lines, so I didn't have much uncluttered sky to play with and I wasn't keen on doing all that editing. Then I dipped into a very shallow well, looking for a stock photo of the moon and dang if my choices weren't poor. I just thought with all the talk about the moon it would be nice to include it and when I did manage to get it in place, the title just became evident. I'm not pleased with having squashed it on the border, but the moon does appear to be keeping an eye on its youngin'.

My wife was the real champ. i dragged her to this location, just before sunset and she sat in the car, up on the roadway, in the dark, for the better part of an hour, whilst I ran around in the shadows, under the bridge scaring the hell out of ladies trying to walk their dogs. I'm lucky I wasn't bitten, but for the fact the dogs were scared of me too.

[Michael Wells]

Thanks, BobsYourUncle, for an interesting challenge, and for placing my entry in the winners circle. Congrats to PicBug, and Tomy, and to all who submitted photos this week. All very different, and all very, very good! The "light beam" was done by taking the lens and reflector off of a mini-mag light, so that only the LED remained. After the shutter clicked, I traced a line to my hand, and cupped both hands around the light until the shutter closed again. I think exposure time was around 12 seconds. My reactions from the home front were my wife's nearly uncontrolled laughter, and my son texting me from college to tell me he thought it was "kinda creepy"! Gotta love your family!:D Marie, I looked at your photo for awhile trying to grasp what you were after, but hadn't looked at the title yet. When I put the two together, it seriously sent a chill up my spine...I guess that would make it a seriously good photo!

Mike

[PicBug]

Thanks for another funfilled learning challenge Bob! I too, did things I'd never done before. Sorry my model (cough cough) wasn't smiling. OOops....deep in concentration. I had a lot of fun playing with the holiday lights and the tree on this challenge. I love the effects everyone came up with, very beautiful, and I found Kevan's hauntingly beautiful, beween the background and the lights. Very cool everyone!

[BobsYourUncle]

Sorry my model (cough cough) wasn't smiling. OOops....deep in concentration.
Actually, I found the blank expression added to the effectiveness of the shot. I think a smiling face would not have portrayed the desired effect as well. I like it the way it is.

It was really hard to pick the winners. I feel I left out some of your hard work. Every picture had it's own unique slant on the subject. Each one was interesting in a different way.

[tomy]

Thanks, BobsYourUncle, for the place, the comments, and for such an interesting and challenging topic for SC #201. These 8 submissions show how capable these little "G" series cameras really are, and, more importantly, they show how talented the contributors to this forum really are! Great shots all, and a salute to Michael Wells and PicBug for their well-deserved 1st and 2nd placings.

For my photo, I planted the G9 on a tripod to see how cars would look whizzing by in the dark, and luckily, was also able to record a passing bus. I used Photoshop to straighten the verticals.

[PicBug]

Tomy, your shot I thought, was absolutely beautiful, with the lights from the cars and the buildings lit up in the night light. I have always admired shots like these, but always wonder where one "goes" to get a shot like this without being in the midst of traffic? Where were you?

[tomy]

Thanks, PicBug for the comments . . :D.

Well, I was almost in the midst of traffic, on a narrow sidewalk on a downtown L.A. freeway overpass. It was a bit unnerving at first with the cars and trucks racing by only a couple of feet away. An occasional horn blast would alert me if I and my tripod would edge too close to the traffic. I like to use the self timer with TV mode, and fire away, timing the shutter release to include trucks and busses. It just takes a little practice, and after 10 or so shots, one will likely be a keeper. :cool:

[Michael Wells]

I'd say that one was a definite keeper! Very nice shot!

Mike

[Kevan_G9]

Tomy,

Two questions: Is this photo a composite of multiple shots or just one? And, is that the Bonaventure hotel I see to the right?

Upon further consideration...I think I'd rather take my chances with that lady and her dogs than wrestle with LA traffic. Be safe.

Kevan

[PicBug]

Tomy, well done, thanks for the description of the scenario in which you shot, adds much more appreciation to shots like those, where one risks life and limb for our weekly challenges! LOL! Great job.

[marie]

:)


Congratulations to the winner Michael
and to placings # 2 PicBug and # 3 Tomy


Thank you for hosting and judging Bobs and thank you for all the nice words. it was very difficult choosing with all the great entries
:cool:

lol
mine had to be shot at the last minute (at the railway station ,freezing cold weather and early in the morning, darkness was just lifting..
(very romantic though ) lol


we had a break- in on Friday evening. around 6pm. pitch dark though.
house was already was in a bit of mess with people coming to stay early next week. (getting it ready for everyone)

now it was a disaster
lol ( and now I had a good excuse..why the mess )bw!

ha ha ha ha ha < > hysterical laughter

looking for cash . every drawer unended
etc etc
but none to be got
lol

lets just say they were in and out of my drawers in a flash:lol: but long enough to do damage


we arrived home in time to 'catch' them in the act , almost, but 'they got away' as they had put the safety lock on inside on our hall door and we could not get in :shock:
just saw the curtain blowing through a tiny opening when the key was turned in the lock. I had left a light on in the room but still..... thats the one they decided to get in by/ also the back door was unlocked (by them, for a quick get -a- way)
but a locked side gate prevented us from being able to get around to that
:rolleyes:

they belted out and over an eight foot wall in the back garden and onwards ..........
we were in the front porch . it all happened in a flash
later on crime squad could not get finger prints as the 'robbers' were wearing gloves
back window is still broke awaiting a full recovery lol
they had prised open the aluminium window frame
.. the window people have seen what has to be done with everything
will come soon
I have the ironing board and a ladder up against the window
the hysterical laughter is still present at the thought of that preventing anything lol :p
but at least if sleeping they will be heard coming
lol
....the third coming

(it all could so well have been much worse
very thankful it was not)


thanks Michael . I got shivers myself when I saw what you mention too
very nice that you put them together (title and photo) as thats exactly what I had meant when I posted it. along with the 'seconds' timing of the photo . was not too sure the link would be understood. I had another shot which I nearly posted but decided ..being the season that is in it .... 'way to go' ........ regardless if it was a winner or not. its the taking part
lol

Best Congratulations everyone
great shots by all

take care and have a great holiday season

:D

[Michael Wells]

Marie...I'm so sorry to hear of your break-in. I know you can feel that your space has been violated, but hopefully nothing was gained by the bums, and you can restore order soon. All the best!

Mike

[Kevan_G9]

Marie,

Please, I hope you take this in the light it is intended, but I hope your camera was stolen. LOL


Such high spirits, you are indeed remarkable.

Happy Holidays in return.

Kevan

[BobsYourUncle]

Wow Marie, quite the excitement just before Christmas. Sorry to hear of the misfortune. Hope they can catch up with the thieves.

As long as they didn't get your camera, it's all good!:lol:

I'm kidding of course. Everything in the house matters.

Have a good Christmas.

[marie]

Marie...I'm so sorry to hear of your break-in. I know you can feel that your space has been violated, but hopefully nothing was gained by the bums, and you can restore order soon. All the best!

Mike

Thanks Michael

I imagine their bums will be sore from the drops they had :-| both over that high wall and going away with nothing
not even a canon cam
lol

(great clever shot you done... congratulations
that ghost is you I presume?

( I'd say your wife was safer in the car)

:eek:j/k


lol


Regards for all your family over Christmas


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[marie]

Wow Marie, quite the excitement just before Christmas. Sorry to hear of the misfortune. Hope they can catch up with the thieves.

As long as they didn't get your camera, it's all good!:lol:

I'm kidding of course. Everything in the house matters.

lol

Kid away Bobs

( but nothing else mattered ) :mrgreen:

Many thanks
hope you all have a lovely Christmas



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[marie]

Marie,

Please, I hope you take this in the light it is intended, but I hope your camera was stolen. lol


ha ha ha ha

it was my first (and last.. thought)

there is a God! I said (to myself ) :razz:.......when I got in eventually ...rushing first to see was the camera gear safe and sound

such relief

lol

Thank you for the good wishes

:evil:(regardless):p


I'm stopping with the light swinging gig; you don't know what I've been through with that photo. There was this lady, walking her dogs, who I'm certain thought I was some sort of light-swingin', weirdo, serial, mugger/killer/rapist. Hey...I'm not ready to take on that title unless I'm placing here. Nope, from now on I'm playing it safe. It's pictures of trees, ponds, sunsets and...and...and maybe bugs, coming from me.

:lol:


another very good clever shot among them all

yours was too good maybe ?

(:lol:)

:cool:

all the entries were terrific

Happy Christmas :D St. Kevan and all your gang

lol


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[PicBug]

Marie, so sorry to hear about the break in! Even though thankfully nothing got away, that doesn't negate the feelings of having strangers going through your things in your home. Desperate times these are. I always carry my camera with me in my purse, it's the only thing I care about should I get mugged!

[tomy]

Tomy,

Two questions: Is this photo a composite of multiple shots or just one? And, is that the Bonaventure hotel I see to the right?

Upon further consideration...I think I'd rather take my chances with that lady and her dogs than wrestle with LA traffic. Be safe.

Kevan

It is indeed the Bonaventure on the right, Kevan . . . I'll bet you've been up there, safe from all dogs. And the photo is just a single exposure, with nothing added or cloned in.

I would say that the lower left of the image does look a bit confusing, as the photo was taken on a spot where 3 overpasses cross the 110 freeway. I was positioned on the overpass that leads to Figueroa St. . . the railing here is somewhat obscured by the passing taillights. Perched a few feet higher, we can see another overpass, one that leads into the civic center. During the 15 second exposure, many vehicles passed by . . . cars, a truck, and a bus.

Below is a multiple (double) exposure I took of L.A. many years ago:

http://tomy10.smugmug.com/gallery/6859195_DfsJX#438700396_9MYnQ

My Gosh! I just took a peek at SC #202's early entries (Angels) . . wow! I'm glad I don't have to do the judging.

[tomy]

Marie, we are so sorry that this happened to you :cry:!

Let's hope they capture those crumbs, lock them up, and throw away the keys :mad:!

[BobsYourUncle]

Marie, we are so sorry that this happened to you :cry:!

Let's hope they capture those crumbs, lock them up, and throw away the keys :mad:!

And have all of us POTN members take our hottest flashes and zap them in the eyes until they can never see again!!

[Gloubiboulga]

Marie, so sorry to hear about the break in! Even though thankfully nothing got away, that doesn't negate the feelings of having strangers going through your things in your home. Desperate times these are…
I think the same… when my parents had a break-in last year, they needed quite a while to really "feel at home" again in their own house :confused:
This kind of bad experience made me think of what is REALLY important in my house… and before anything, I think these are all the photos of my children and familly that I took during the past years, so, I always carry my laptop and my 2 external hard drives with me… just "in case"…

[Michael Wells]

(great clever shot you done... congratulations
that ghost is you I presume?



Ah, yes...the wizard thing...I'm going to be awhile living that one down on the home front! " Mr. Wizard...could you zap me some coffee?...etc...etc." I couldn't find anyone else willing to subject themselves to that kind of humiliation, so yes, I'm afraid that would be me. :lol:

Mike

[BobsYourUncle]

Ah, yes...the wizard thing...I'm going to be awhile living that one down on the home front! " Mr. Wizard...could you zap me some coffee?...etc...etc." I couldn't find anyone else willing to subject themselves to that kind of humiliation, so yes, I'm afraid that would be me. :lol:

Mike

You make an awesome wizard!!:lol:

Maybe you could get a part time job to make extra money . . . . .

Everyone can use a wizard around the house. LOL

[rpolitsr]

Belated congratulations to the winners, BobsYourUncle and all the participants. It was an appealing theme with interesting participations.
Several coincidences kept me away from the forum this week, and I was unable to take a photography with enough quality for the challenge.

marie I’m sorry to hear about the break in, but at the same time I’m happy that there were not serious consequences. I’m also glad seeing that your attitude will help you to forget this bad experience soon.

[marie]

http://www.pbase.com/update_image/71419846.jpgMarie, so sorry to hear about the break in! Even though thankfully nothing got away, that doesn't negate the feelings of having strangers going through your things in your home. Desperate times these are. I always carry my camera with me in my purse, it's the only thing I care about should I get mugged!

Thanks PicBug

I know with all which can happen this was nothing compared to some

Marie, we are so sorry that this happened to you :cry:!

Thanks Tomy

Let's hope they capture those crumbs, lock them up, and throw away the keys !:(



And have all of us POTN members

take our hottest flashes and zap them in the eyes until they can never see again!!

:shock:


I think the same… when my parents had a break-in last year, they needed quite a while to really "feel at home" again in their own house

am very sorry to hear that they had a break- in

):

This kind of bad experience made me think of what is REALLY important in my house… and before anything, I think these are all the photos of my children and familly that I took during the past years, so, I always carry my laptop and my 2 external hard drives with me… just "in case"… thats a lot to carry about
& still could get lost, or anything
(?)


Ah, yes...the wizard thing...I'm going to be awhile living that one down on the home front! " Mr. Wizard...could you zap me some coffee?...etc...etc." I couldn't find anyone else willing to subject themselves to that kind of humiliation, so yes, I'm afraid that would be me. :lol:

Mike

thanks Mike . you look great in it
very Roman
( a head roaming around on its own is always arresting)

lol




marie I’m sorry to hear about the break in, but at the same time I’m happy that there were not serious consequences. I’m also glad seeing that your attitude will help you to forget this bad experience soon.

its really nothing when you see so much happening everywhere as I know you all know and thanks Rafael
but no harm to be on extra alert about some things, especially at this time of year

Wishing many Christmas blessings to all

most especially to those who feel a need to invade anothers person or property .......whatever
may they enjoy peace and love and experience real joy in their lives at some stage

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[Car]

Just catching up on a bit of reading, so sorry to hear about your break in Marie and thankful that a) they didin't get what they were looking for and b) you didn't manage to get in while they were in the house - desperate people do desperate things, much safer to let them take their chances with an 8 foot wall than take it out on you.
Good job you can laugh (albeit hysterically) at these things, otherwise you'd go daft. Hope you and yours still manage to put it behind you and have a good Christmas and New Year. x