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03/24/2003 09:58:42 PM · #1 |
I am fairly new to dpc. Has this subject already been explored on this site? If not, I think it might be interesting to break the habit of stagnant composition that many of us get into and remember that our medium can be quite dynamic. Using the camera this way can really be exciting and surprising. Many people took advantage of this technique in the Time Challenge, and I thought it was a good interpretation.
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03/24/2003 10:18:33 PM · #2 |
| That's a more difficult challenge for those of us with lower end cameras. Otherwise not a bad idea. It's been partially covered in challenges like "motion".. |
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03/24/2003 10:56:05 PM · #3 |
I noticed you have a Nikon Coolpix 2500. Your camera is more advanced than my Nikon Coolpix 950. I know your camera is capable of taking long exposures, you might have to experiment with metering and camera movement.
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03/24/2003 11:47:20 PM · #4 |
I wouldn't say my camera is more advanced. Yes, my camera is able to take long exposures, and I've done so ( //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=9393 ). However, I have no manual control over exposure time (it changes automatically according to light levels) and it doesn't go longer than 2 seconds. From a quick glance at dpreview.com it looks like you've got manual control over most of your settings (including shutter priority).
I don't mean this to be a competition over who is most inhibited by their camera. The fact remains that someone with a better camera has an advantage in every challenge contest. That's life and I have no complaints about it.
My point is that this challenge may very well divide people into those who have manual control over shutter speeds and those who don't. There are certainly people out there with less advanced cameras than mine, and I can see a long exposure challenge being frustrating for some participants. It'd be like a shallow depth of field challenge. It's possible, but a lot harder without manual aperature control.
Anyway.. that said, I think it would produce a lot of excelent entries.
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03/25/2003 12:08:19 AM · #5 |
I see what your saying, but the point of a challenge shouldn't always be to win. Sometimes your challenge is getting more out of your equipment than you thought you could, or learning a way to make it seem that your camera has abilities that it might not. All I'm saying is that it can be fun to take pictures that are outside the box of total control, in order to create accidental effects on purpose.
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