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Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge #85
Welcome to Round #85 of the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges. This challenge is open to any Dgrin member.
It will run from Monday, September 5th, 9:00pm PST time (GMT -7) on through Monday, September 19th, 9:00pm PST time (GMT -7).
The topic ready for your interpretation: Orton Inspiration
Watch Michael's video series (link below) to understand the challenge subject and be inspired by him.
http://www.michaelortonphotography.com/slideshows.html
Maximum two images or exposures should be used in creating your entry in this round. For motion images you should be creating the effect in camera with one exposure.
Your Judge:
1 round 72 Hour Public Vote.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your entry is to be submitted directly into a SmugMug gallery. It's pretty simple, just go to the gallery link below, and follow the upload instructions at the top of the page: Remember, the basics stay the same: 1 entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during this contest period. Do not use a minimal save method (such as "save for web"), and your EXIF will be embedded in your image, no worries!
To avoid disqualification, read, in full, the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge Rules.
Welcome to Round #85 of the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges. This challenge is open to any Dgrin member.
It will run from Monday, September 5th, 9:00pm PST time (GMT -7) on through Monday, September 19th, 9:00pm PST time (GMT -7).
The topic ready for your interpretation: Orton Inspiration
Watch Michael's video series (link below) to understand the challenge subject and be inspired by him.
http://www.michaelortonphotography.com/slideshows.html
- Also available for research is an interview with Michael available here
- A tutorial that ghinson found here
Maximum two images or exposures should be used in creating your entry in this round. For motion images you should be creating the effect in camera with one exposure.
Your Judge:
1 round 72 Hour Public Vote.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your entry is to be submitted directly into a SmugMug gallery. It's pretty simple, just go to the gallery link below, and follow the upload instructions at the top of the page: Remember, the basics stay the same: 1 entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during this contest period. Do not use a minimal save method (such as "save for web"), and your EXIF will be embedded in your image, no worries!
To avoid disqualification, read, in full, the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge Rules.
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Full size version of the video here
The individual images are here
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Sean, this is one of your best ideas to date (in my humble opinion)
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Olympus E-M5, 12-50mm, 45mm f/1.8
Some legacy OM lenses and an OM-10
Beautiful Sean!
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Here are a couple of my very first tries at this from a few months ago:
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3
When you come to a door... walk through it.
If it's locked... find an open window.
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Nelson Lehner
Dreamin' of a resolution!:D
Just so everyone knows 1/8 to 1/10 of a second are perfect starting points for shutter speed. Depending on the light conditions you can adjust the shutter speed to be even slower but for most situations 1/8 is perfect. The camera can be moved a small amount for gentle effects but in the case of most of the ones I have posted they were done by swinging my arm up and down in a smooth full motion arc. You can also experiment with jiggling the whole camera during the exposure.
The biggest trick is to start the movement before pressing the shutter and keep following through until after the shutter is closed. For photographers that have point and shoot style cameras if you put it in night mode it should give you enough time to produce similar effects.
They are all beautiful but number 3 is my favourite of the group!
Thanks Sean!
I only know the Orton Effect as the soft, blurry out-of-focus photo. Haven't played with his motion effect pics before. I do cringe at the idea of judging if all of the pics look like yours and Chris' examples (which are all fabulous, by the way).
ackdoc.com
You can do as many videos as you like with all the shots you produce but for the challenge it can only be one image.
The challenge encompasses both styles of photography the motion or "Orton Effect" style images are both allowed and encouraged. You must choose which one you prefer though. :*sip*
Chris
When you come to a door... walk through it.
If it's locked... find an open window.
EDIT...never mind! I figured out where to turn off that feature! I didn't even know I had it on!
If 2 shors are used how are both exif's included?
like this {---click there
Sherry
I just tried out the effect on a bowl of blue berries and it looks yummy
Nelson Lehner
Dreamin' of a resolution!:D
Blue Breakfast
You know what makes me mad about this picture? Tim Horton's no longer has blueberry bagels anymore. They replaced it with a mixed berry bagel. Oh how I miss my blueberry bagel in the morning. Lol! Fantastic shot Sean. The lighting and comp is perfect! :B
Nelson Lehner
Dreamin' of a resolution!:D
Random thoughts about Orton's technique(s) and what I think Sean has said about this challenge. (Hoping Sean will chime in if I've misunderstood the parameters for the challenge.) Hoping this rambling may help someone....
1. We are to choose between doing a motion effect image or the "Orton Effect" style - one or the other.
2. The motion effect image is created by moving the camera and is to be just one exposure. Sean suggests that "1/8 to 1/10 of a second are perfect starting points for shutter speed. Depending on the light conditions you can adjust the shutter speed to be even slower but for most situations 1/8 is perfect. The camera can be moved a small amount for gentle effects but in the case of most of the ones I have posted they were done by swinging my arm up and down in a smooth full motion arc. You can also experiment with jiggling the whole camera during the exposure."
3. About camera motion, Orton writes: "Consider camera motion in this way: The landscape you see through the viewfinder is a canvas wet with paint, your film in your camera is a blank sheet of white paper pressed against it. Any movement of your camera will result in the landscape being painted onto the film according to the movement." Photographing Creative Landscapes - Michael Orton.
In his more recent Freedom series, Orton uses "compound camera motion and changing focal length and focus to paint my version of the landscape. Images vary from abstract to defined...." So it would seem that either technique can be used to create an abstract image or show us something that we recognize.
4. The original "Orton effect" was created by combining two images - one sharply focused and the other blurred. Up to two exposures can be used to create this kind of image. It would seem that it is OK to follow Darwin Wigget's tutorial to create this effect with one image as there is a link to this tutorial. If one plans on combining two images, Darwin Wigget suggests using f/16-22 for the sharp image and f/2.8-4 for the blurred.
5. Weather conditions: Orton mentions that rain was a major factor in helping him get beautiful colors in his motion effect images. And Wigget suggests that the (original) Orton effect seems to work best when the sky is overcast and the shot includes little or no sky. Sean and Orton both included the sky in some of their motion effect shots. (I shot my first series of images on a rainy day but also liked the results today when the sun was shining.)
6. How to judge more abstract Orton inspired images: In one of the threads, the difficulty of judging abstract images was raised and Sean suggested: "Voting with your gut - whatever causes you to have the most feeling of "WOW" or just plain calm, is probably the best way to judge abstract type images."
Sean, thanks for this fun challenge and the inspirational slideshow (and other images) you've shared!
Gretchen
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Seems like you understand the challenge perfectly! Thank you for summarizing things for everyone.
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Speaking of time... I finally had some (time) to send out the winning PM messages for DSS #84 - Congratulations again GretaPics!