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by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by drew_makeanimpact: Was wondering what the bulb effect did compared to using a shutter speed of 1/4000 for example?

I am not sure about that, but I suppose it could work. My problem here was not the shutter speed, but the synchronization of the pencil's impact with the exposure: for this shot, the flash was triggered 9ms after the sound (the microphone being really close), so there is no way I would have done it by triggering the camera itself (takes about 100-150ms on the 5D).

Let it rain
by gyaban

Comment by vlado:
Simply outstanding image. Congratulations of the blue... totally deserved.

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Comment by gyaban:
Oh wow, I'm so thrilled with this result :-) Thank you all!

I really didn't think it would make so good, in fact I was really pessimistic when doing it. I had no good results after 130 tries, my fingers were hurting, and I was sleepy... decided to shoot some more just before going to bed, and this one appeared on the LCD screen!

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Comment by andrewt:
BRILLIANT !!!!! Congrats on the Blue!

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Comment by jomari:
Congratulations on your ribbon. Great shot and original idea.

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Comment by drew_makeanimpact:
Awesome picture!

Was wondering what the bulb effect did compared to using a shutter speed of 1/4000 for example?

Thanks!

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Comment by manavg:
love this. i was going to try something like this after i saw this in the popular photo magazine but it was too late for the challenge.

well done.

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Comment by phlover:
Congratulations on your well deserved winning. Excellent shot.

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Comment by redpanda:
Simple but effective.

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Comment by jeger:
This is my pick for blue. Good luck!