Take my picture, I'm smiling!
by rugman1969

Comment:
Almost got a 6 on this....

Message edited by author 2008-07-08 21:25:42.

Last Run of The Day
by basssman7

Comment:
Sweet !

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment:
I hate to keep hijacking this beautiful photo but I think the photographer may benefit...

Check this explaination: Fooling the D70

Like the man says...you can do it but it is up to you to set it up correctly.

Here is another example

KS

Originally posted by fmalan: Hmmmm. Covering up contacts sounds a bit dubious to me. The manufacturers surely don't handicap their own units for marketing reasons. A good description of using high speed sync can be found at //www.rpphoto.com/howto/view.asp?articleID=1026 To quote: A standard hotshoe flash gives out a very short pulse of light. The flash duration can vary from around 1/1,000 second to 1/50,000 sec or shorter. The less light that's needed, the shorter the duration Depending on whether there is significant ambient light you'd see little difference between a flash shot at 1/30 and 1/500.

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 11:00:09.

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment:
After seeing many of IreneM's splash pics on dp shot at 1/500 I emailed her. I explained that if she wanted to use higher shutter speeds with her flash, it was possible.

Simply cover the two "flash" contacts on the top of the camera. I cover the two that are closest to the "eyehole". Use scotch tape.

Then put the flash on the camera. You can then shoot up to any speed...I've done' up to 1/6000 with my flash.

The only downfall is that covering the contacts makes the whole thing "manual". You have to adjust your flash manually according to the settings on your camera. Very easy to do.

The shot below was done with my flash at 1/2000.

Originally posted by fmalan: Firstly - great shot! I have a technical question: How did you light your subject? Flash? I'm asking because 1/1000 is faster than the D200's x-sync speed (unless using High-Speed Sync), but at ISO 125 at F7.1 you surely had too little light without flash. However, not using High-speed sync at a slower shutter speed (like 1/200) would also have frozen the splash, since the actual duration of the flash's light pulse is very quick. Regards F

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 08:54:59.

Starry, Starry Night...Paint Your Palette Blue and Grey
by hotpasta

Comment:
Hey...your comments say you captured this photo "at the end of Autumn". Well then I think this photo should be DQ'd because it currently is the "end of spring" and that proves you did not take the photo in the time frame of the Night Sky challenge.

What do you have to say for yourself?

Kenskid
New Orleans, Louisiana

;-)

A heavens city of 300000 stars
by Pascal

Comment:
I may be wrong but I think that if you're talking "universe" and not just our "clumped galaxy" I think that a random line is more likely to never "hit" a star.

Although there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on the Earth, there is MUCH more empty space !

If you remember the scientist that said different please let me know. I'd like to read what he has to say.

Originally posted by Zoomdak: Truly amazing how many stars are in the sky. There is a statement by some astronomer at some time that if you point any direction to the night sky, if you follow a direct line from that you will eventually reach a star (even in we can't see it from earth). For the universe is so expansive, that there is an infinite possibility of that line hitting a star. I like this, especially that you've captured this cluster so well, but I'd rather have the focal point off center.

Message edited by author 2008-06-11 21:30:25.

Hi!
by rugman1969

Comment:
Nice


Message edited by author 2008-06-11 16:43:38.

A Day in the Life of a Lighthouse
by KarenNfld

Comment:
You are very lucky to live near these types of scenes!
Good Job.

Snow Tired
by hahn23

Comment:
May 13th ? What is Al Gore talking about?

Protest
by alonzo4b

Comment:
I wonder if TODAY the US pulled all troops out of Iraq, S. Korea, Japan, Germany, Afgan, and said...."that's it, we will not go to war anymore"...

....I wonder what would happen? Would N. Korea, Hamas, Iran, Taliban and the rest of the peaceful nations "call it even" and live peacefully?

If we "woke up" and declared "no more war for America"....what would happen?

I wonder....