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 03/16/2009 12:52:41 AM · #26
Either way sounds good to me! just another (Freestudy) but with RULES to follow this one being (stoping life for only 1sec)
i feel it will be a good challenge with a wide range of photos, the only challenge is to challenge yourself, (to be creative)
good luck everyone just remember to check your timing!

Message edited by author 2009-03-16 00:53:03.
 03/16/2009 12:55:56 AM · #27
Originally posted by Judi:
Originally posted by limerick:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Judi:
Originally posted by Balko:
Is this 1.00 sec or can it go to 1.1 or 1.2 sec - ??


It says 1 second...so I would say it means one second only...not 1.2 or 1.whatever..lol!


Yah... But you know, I have *set* a shutter speed of 1 second and had the EXIF show .997 seconds, or something like that. Threw me for a loop when I saw that... I wonder if there's gonna be a % deviation allowed? Like, anything between 1.025 and .975 is considered "1 second"? I'm not real worried about it, just curious...

R.


Im worried about it! hahah. Mine did the same thing. Maybe they will round it off?


Well considering you can't (as far as I am aware) set your camera for .997 seconds...I think you should be okay.


Well you could attempt to shoot at .997 if you're good with the shutter button in Bulb Mode...
 03/16/2009 12:56:52 AM · #28
Originally posted by yanko:


Well you could attempt to shoot at .997 if you're good with the shutter button in Bulb Mode...


Well we don't all have hot little fingers like you Mr Richard!!!!
 03/16/2009 01:34:02 AM · #29
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Maybe sometime we should have a challenge with specified aperture limits, at either the wide or closed end of one's camera's capabilities.


F/8...and be there. Lovely name for a challenge too...

Anyways...

HDR would be tough to do effectively for this challenge since you don't want to change your DOF by changing the aperture. Nobody said you couldn't take three shots using three different ND filters however...

:)

Message edited by author 2009-03-16 04:55:01.
 03/16/2009 08:23:06 AM · #30
What to shoot if not waterfalls? Looks like I'm going for a small trip up in the mountains this week then... Can't be DQ'ed if you set the camera to one sec and it closes the shutter slightly before or after, that's not fair!
 03/16/2009 09:00:17 AM · #31
Originally posted by BJamy:
Can't be DQ'ed if you set the camera to one sec and it closes the shutter slightly before or after, that's not fair!

Better test the camera before you go and make sure the 1 second setting gives you an exact 1 second exposure. Although I would think Nikon would have figured out how to do this accurately by now.
 03/16/2009 09:18:58 AM · #32
I expect many voters will want to see evidence of the one-second, that is, see some movement. A still life exposed for 1.00 second may not impress them.
 03/16/2009 09:28:46 AM · #33
Originally posted by citymars:
I expect many voters will want to see evidence of the one-second, that is, see some movement. A still life exposed for 1.00 second may not impress them.


Yep... I got slammed on the long exposure because even though it was a long exposure (like 30 seconds), I didn't use it for full effect.

Lesson learned. :)
 03/16/2009 09:29:54 AM · #34
Originally posted by limerick:


Im worried about it! hahah. Mine did the same thing. Maybe they will round it off?


No one will ever know that it wasn't set at 1 second. Like it was mentioned before a DNMC is not grounds for a DQ so you will be just fine.
 03/16/2009 09:31:57 AM · #35
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
Originally posted by limerick:


Im worried about it! hahah. Mine did the same thing. Maybe they will round it off?


No one will ever know that it wasn't set at 1 second. Like it was mentioned before a DNMC is not grounds for a DQ so you will be just fine.


Read the challenge notes... They WILL be checking and it is ground for DQ. :)
 03/16/2009 09:33:23 AM · #36
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
No one will ever know that it wasn't set at 1 second. Like it was mentioned before a DNMC is not grounds for a DQ so you will be just fine.

Wrong. "This time, your entry will be disqualified if you do not use shutter speed of 1 second."

Set your shutter speed to 1 second and don't worry about it.
 03/16/2009 09:36:03 AM · #37
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
No one will ever know that it wasn't set at 1 second. Like it was mentioned before a DNMC is not grounds for a DQ so you will be just fine.

Wrong. "This time, your entry will be disqualified if you do not use shutter speed of 1 second."

Set your shutter speed to 1 second and don't worry about it.


Okay so how will it look if you DQ her entry because it's not 1 second and she has her camera set to 1 second? She said that her camera was set to 1 second and it was actually .77?
 03/16/2009 09:36:53 AM · #38
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
Okay so how will it look if you DQ her entry because it's not 1 second and she has her camera set to 1 second? She said that her camera was set to 1 second and it was actually .77?

Set your shutter speed to 1 second and don't worry about it.
 03/16/2009 09:46:04 AM · #39
Great challenge!

This will no doubt be a free study from the voter's perspective. Very few shots should qualify for DNMC votes unless they are action shots frozen in time. You could of course doubt a shot outside in bright daylight that is not overexposed but the photographer could have stacked up with ND filters @ ISO 50 - who knows.

But to score well I presume it would be wise to show off how to best take advantage of a slooow shutter speed. You better wiggle that big toe of yours Judi!
 03/16/2009 10:09:58 AM · #40
I dont think I will enter this one and pass. I was going to do a still life but now after reading I dont think that will go over to good. I dont have water falls or a cityscape without driving an hour and I already used up my gas allowance for this week. Unless I get some kind of brilliant idea between now and the deadline I think I will just wait for the opens.
 03/16/2009 10:24:46 AM · #41
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
Okay so how will it look if you DQ her entry because it's not 1 second and she has her camera set to 1 second? She said that her camera was set to 1 second and it was actually .77?

Set your shutter speed to 1 second and don't worry about it.


That was kind of my thought. Don't worry too much if you do this.
 03/16/2009 10:36:29 AM · #42
I find myself wondering, since 1 second exposure is mandated, how SC would respond if forced to rule on a true HDR image where 1 second exposures were used on all the images in the composite but the aperture was changed to vary the exposure? Any SC care to weigh in on this, just for the record?

R.
 03/16/2009 10:44:07 AM · #43
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I find myself wondering, since 1 second exposure is mandated, how SC would respond if forced to rule on a true HDR image where 1 second exposures were used on all the images in the composite but the aperture was changed to vary the exposure? Any SC care to weigh in on this, just for the record?

R.

Seems legit to me.
 03/16/2009 10:45:47 AM · #44
Originally posted by limerick:
I dont think I will enter this one and pass. I was going to do a still life but now after reading I dont think that will go over to good. I dont have water falls or a cityscape without driving an hour and I already used up my gas allowance for this week. Unless I get some kind of brilliant idea between now and the deadline I think I will just wait for the opens.


Now that's not being very creative. I'm sure you can come up with something different from what everyone else is going to do????

03/16/2009 10:50:27 AM · #45
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I find myself wondering, since 1 second exposure is mandated, how SC would respond if forced to rule on a true HDR image where 1 second exposures were used on all the images in the composite but the aperture was changed to vary the exposure? Any SC care to weigh in on this, just for the record?

R.

I know you were looking for the SC to respond also but I felt the urge to respond because I sat here thinking about the exact same thing myself.

Just thinking out loud...: As long as you only have 1-sec exposure each on all images; it shouldn't matter if the aperture changes. BUT... when using more than one image, the image must remain static meaning you would not be able to show any motion unless the same motion repeated it self identically and the same amount of times as amount of exposures. This (without motion) would in my opinion potentially be a boring image within this particular challenge so I decided that it wasn't an issue for me.

But what would happen if a swan flew into the 5th frame?? :P

Message edited by author 2009-03-16 10:54:54.
 03/16/2009 10:51:45 AM · #46
Originally posted by limerick:
I dont think I will enter this one and pass. I was going to do a still life but now after reading I dont think that will go over to good. I dont have water falls or a cityscape without driving an hour and I already used up my gas allowance for this week. Unless I get some kind of brilliant idea between now and the deadline I think I will just wait for the opens.

Use that SL idea and roll or bounce something through the scene. Use a second curtain sync with a fill flash to make it interesting. Still life with "life".
 03/16/2009 11:00:08 AM · #47
Originally posted by TrollMan:
... This (without motion) would in my opinion potentially be a boring image within this particular challenge ...

I can think of many scenarios where an image without motion will work for this challenge, and NOT be boring.
 03/16/2009 11:05:18 AM · #48
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I find myself wondering, since 1 second exposure is mandated, how SC would respond if forced to rule on a true HDR image where 1 second exposures were used on all the images in the composite but the aperture was changed to vary the exposure?

Similar to what Trollman said, as long as it's just for noise, "reasonable" exposure or DOF, it shouldn't be a problem IMO. If you used multiple exposures for something like star trails to stretch 1 second into longer apparent movement, it would be DQ'd as a time lapse per the regular Advanced Editing rules. If you used a stack of ten 1 second exposures to capture something that would "normally" require a 10 second exposure, you're probably treading on thin ice.

Message edited by author 2009-03-16 11:06:32.
 03/16/2009 11:14:26 AM · #49
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I find myself wondering, since 1 second exposure is mandated, how SC would respond if forced to rule on a true HDR image where 1 second exposures were used on all the images in the composite but the aperture was changed to vary the exposure?

Similar to what Trollman said, as long as it's just for noise, "reasonable" exposure or DOF, it shouldn't be a problem IMO. If you used multiple exposures for something like star trails to stretch 1 second into longer apparent movement, it would be DQ'd as a time lapse per the regular Advanced Editing rules. If you used a stack of ten 1 second exposures to capture something that would "normally" require a 10 second exposure, you're probably treading on thin ice.


I wonder what percentage of members here are lawyers. :)

Message edited by author 2009-03-16 11:14:47.
 03/16/2009 11:58:42 AM · #50
Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:


I wonder what percentage of members here are lawyers. :)


You mean actually passed the Bar exam or just sit at the Bar while they drink? ;)
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