Fireworks of Autumn
by maz001

Comment:
This would have probably placed much higher if you had been able to include the whole tree.
Another problem is that this is posted much smaller than the 800 pixel longest side, size that is allowed in the challenges, making it appear much smaller than the other photos in the challenge.
It's a beautiful tree though, and the blue sky is a big plus. A lower angle would have shown more of that awesome fall sky to give the tree more punch in the image.
Keep shootin'.

cling wrapped milea
by bspurgeon

Comment:
This is a timeless beauty of a shot. What an engaging image.

0139-000
by bvy

Comment:
To me, it looks a lot more interesting than a technically classy stitched pan. The way the images slosh into each other is great, creating their own world of fantasy to stir the imagination. Definitely good stuff.
My thoughts are that if you wish to work out a way to have the advance calibrated a little better, you may try spooling a roll of 35mm film exposed with a regular camera into this camera, so you can see how far you have to turn the film advance to move ahead one frame. Check near each end of the roll, and if it's a lot different at the long end and short end, adjust as you go and maybe it will work out.
Another way would be to put a little springy item inside the camera that would line up with the sprocket holes and click as the holes move along. You could then listen or feel, to count the "clicks" in order to know when the film is advanced far enough for the next frame.

Message edited by author 2012-10-22 00:53:49.

Northbound
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Congrats on a great night photo. I see that you even captured a meteor trial right next to the North Star. The reflection is excellent too.

boat
by jmritz

Comment:
Cool! Another spooky one, and this one even has a little UFO in the corner. It gets the imagination going.
Having looked at the rig in the other photo, I can see how the cuts would create the "spotlight" effect on the power pole. That is an interesting technique.

Message edited by author 2012-10-13 00:26:17.

After the Flicks
by jomari

Comment:
It must have been rainy out. The photos look very festive, like there is a good party going on. Good colors and shapes in both of these as well.

02456
by pixelpig

Comment:
Good trick! It looks like a wet overlay of some kind. Even the little bubbles suggest ice or moving water.

grid
by jmritz

Comment:
This one nailed the great 50's "B" science fiction movie look. I'm expecting to hear the Theremin music any second now.

Tupperhome
by jagar

Comment:
Great effect. It looks like a very early daguerreotype print, or glass plate neg print with an early camera and lens. The subject makes it work well. Not too much detail, but enough to allow imagination to fill in the details. It interacts.

Morning Glory
by GeneralE

Comment:
Whoa, Flashback to the "glory" days. That "crazy glass" has possibilities if you can find just the right subject.