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07/12/2012 04:17:32 PM · #1 |
Speed challenge - basic editing
In a 24-hr period; take just one shot of whatever you like and submit it. For proof (if required) you will have to submit 3 raw files; your One Shot and the shot before and after. (The exif's will prove you only took one shot in 24 hr's; won't they? - I'm not 100% certain that this will work)
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One of the huge advantages with Digital Photography is that you can snap as many pictures as you like and then pick the best of a bunch. But what if you only had one single shot? You would have to be selective and you would have to think about all aspects of a great photograph. Train your eye to see a great picture before you shoot and make the best of it! |
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07/12/2012 04:20:14 PM · #2 |
so basically you can't use your camera except once in 24 hours. i don't knowwwwwww.
i like the idea though.
Message edited by author 2012-07-12 16:20:39. |
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07/12/2012 04:20:44 PM · #3 |
| ha. I thought that was what you meant. What about (most) people with more than one camera? I do like the idea, however, and it would make my day so much simpler. |
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07/12/2012 04:22:08 PM · #4 |
| also, what about people who are using their cameras before they log onto the dpc to see the new challenge announcement. they're basically already excluded from entering. |
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07/12/2012 04:26:04 PM · #5 |
Bad suggestion.
I walk around every day doing street photography. At least with the other challenges, minus the current cell phone one, they're not prohibitive. By doing this challenge one would be inhibited from shooting anything else for the next 24 hours. Makes no sense if you ask me. |
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07/12/2012 04:35:35 PM · #6 |
| Unless of course you have more than one camera (which I think many of us do). You could obviously shoot as much as you like with other cameras. But you will still only be able to use the one shot from the camera you submit from. And you wouldn't have to wait 24 hours to shoot again - only until after midnight. |
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07/12/2012 06:59:52 PM · #7 |
| how about we just give entrants the benefit of the doubt for this one. there have been a lot of challenges like this; one had entrants walk 30 steps to their left, 3 steps to the right, or something, and then stop, pick up their camera, and shoot whatever they were facing without moving. no way to enforce that, but it was fun and the entries were interesting. maybe this challenge should be the same kind of deal, enforcing seems impractical. |
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07/12/2012 08:14:10 PM · #8 |
You could have a pre-challenge registration of intent to enter with a nominated camera.
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07/12/2012 09:27:50 PM · #9 |
| I'm confused at the point of a challenge like this. |
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07/12/2012 09:37:10 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by JamesDowning:
I'm confused at the point of a challenge like this. |
it's fun. |
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07/12/2012 09:37:54 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by jomari:
You could have a pre-challenge registration of intent to enter with a nominated camera. |
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
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07/12/2012 09:51:04 PM · #12 |
| Now that I read the second half of the first post, the point is much clearer. |
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07/12/2012 11:05:52 PM · #13 |
Seems to me it could be too easily manipulated by adjusting the camera's clock. Set the time back, take a picture. Set to the correct time, take a picture. Then set to 24 hours later, take a picture.
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07/12/2012 11:15:08 PM · #14 |
| oh heck, let's just have a cheat-as-much-as-you-can challenge. |
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07/13/2012 08:39:45 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by tnun:
oh heck, let's just have a cheat-as-much-as-you-can challenge. |
+1
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07/13/2012 09:02:57 AM · #16 |
Jim Brandendburg, "Chased by the Light".
"In autumn I set out to make one photograph—one single exposure—each day for 90 days. I hoped with patience and endurance to renew my vision of the natural world."
- Jim Brandenburg
In the past week, I've stood alongside some fellow photographers with those brand new generation cameras. I was stunned to observe and hear the indiscriminate machine gun-like bursts of image captures. Not a lot of thought going into the exposures. Just shoot until the substantial buffer is exhausted.... hoping to capture a moment. What happened to patience, precision and planning? Sure, I'd love to shoot 10 fps, so maybe it's just jealousy on my part. But, I'd really rather time an image exposure to the best moment, rather than rat-a-tat-tat through the event hoping to "get lucky".
So, I'd really like to see this challenge elected.
As far as validation is concerned, I highly recommend the honor system. We can trust each other. The benefits of such a challenge accrue to those who use the discipline to dedicate themselves to faithfully complete the task. Sometimes, winning a challenge is not as important as the character development involved in choosing to be honorable. |
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07/13/2012 09:12:05 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
I was stunned to observe and hear the indiscriminate machine gun-like bursts of image captures. Not a lot of thought going into the exposures. Just shoot until the substantial buffer is exhausted.... hoping to capture a moment. What happened to patience, precision and planning? |
I'm usually a one shot at a time type, but I do tend to work the subject with a few shots from different angles. Unless I'm shooting action (like my cycling pics) then I do the machine gun bursts in the effort to get the subject where I want them as they whip past me.
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07/13/2012 10:20:56 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by hahn23:
I was stunned to observe and hear the indiscriminate machine gun-like bursts of image captures. Not a lot of thought going into the exposures. Just shoot until the substantial buffer is exhausted.... hoping to capture a moment. What happened to patience, precision and planning? |
I'm usually a one shot at a time type, but I do tend to work the subject with a few shots from different angles. Unless I'm shooting action (like my cycling pics) then I do the machine gun bursts in the effort to get the subject where I want them as they whip past me. |
Sounds like effective techniques to me. It would really be a challenge to take one shot at the bikers who zoom past.
The situation I was referring to is in Rocky Mountain National Park. This time of year, I see it quite often. Tourist/photographers with long lenses in low light capturing handheld images of bull elk posteriors, as the elk herd flees the madding crowd. I think the machine gun bursts probably captured the event. But, not sure any interesting photos will result.
Don't get me wrong. There are absolutely times when a burst of exposures is productive. Especially true when the subject is rare and the moment transient. Also true that some situations would benefit from careful planning, thinking and execution of one good shot. |
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07/13/2012 11:02:23 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
In the past week, I've stood alongside some fellow photographers with those brand new generation cameras. I was stunned to observe and hear the indiscriminate machine gun-like bursts of image captures. Not a lot of thought going into the exposures. Just shoot until the substantial buffer is exhausted.... hoping to capture a moment. What happened to patience, precision and planning? |
That's referred to as the "spray and pray" approach.
Originally posted by Army Manual for Machine Gun Training:
c. Speed. Speed is also essential to good marksmanship; it is attained by practice in both dry-fire and live-fire exercises. It is an acquired skill gained through extensive training that combines other skills when delivering fire. Speed should not be stressed to the detriment of accuracy. |
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07/13/2012 11:08:27 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
Originally posted by Army Manual for Machine Gun Training:
c. Speed. Speed is also essential to good marksmanship; it is attained by practice in both dry-fire and live-fire exercises. It is an acquired skill gained through extensive training that combines other skills when delivering fire. Speed should not be stressed to the detriment of accuracy. |
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How apropos.
I think back to sports photography, specifically track and field, the reason I even bought a camera. I roughly know where the action is going to occur (accuracy), but then fire away (speed) because the action is either brief, violent, or both.
I know this isn't what Richard was referring to, but just wanted to emphasize his point about planning before firing away.. |
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07/13/2012 01:10:38 PM · #21 |
| Richard gets to the heart of the matter: there are times when one wants to slow down and be a master. |
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