I got one....

gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
edited February 1, 2004 in The Dgrin Challenges
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2004
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  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2004
    Humungus,


    Love that top image. Very, very nice.
    ab0wa.smugmug.com
  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2004
    also for fireworks
    Humungus wrote:
    not so good..
    You got part of the technique and you had the right timing. Plus you probably learned alot. My suggestion is next time to:

    A. Use a tripod.
    B. Use the self timer to start the exposure
    C. Use the lowest ISO you have available (100?)
    D. Close down to at least f22 (f32 if you have it)
    E. Use 30 second exposures.
    F. Do not touch the tripod or the camera.

    This is also pretty much how I do fireworks pictures.
    Charles Richmond IT & Security Consultant
    Operating System Design, Drivers, Software
    Villa Del Rio II, Talamban, Pit-os, Cebu, Ph
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 29, 2004
    Geez, must be tough looking at palm trees and blue water and colorful exciting storms. All I've seen for the past several months is this:

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    I really like the first image! nice work especially for something as fast moving, unpredictable and exciting as a lightning storm.
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2004
    Nice job, Hummer, ya got lightning. thumb.gif A little cropping and there you go.

    BTW, if you read that link from Lightning Boy, cmr, he disagrees with you. His technique is to basically light the shot so that the environment looks decent. The bolt will be bright no matter what, so don't worry about it. The end result will be lightning displayed in a properly lit setting. Works for him.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2004
    "hummer?" eek7.gif


    Beautiful shot, mark. I hope you took off your WWI german spiked helmet before shooting it.

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    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • WolfWolf Registered Users Posts: 154 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2004
    Congratulations on getting the shot!! No easy task!
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  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
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    wxwax wrote:
    Nice job, Hummer, ya got lightning. thumb.gif A little cropping and there you go.

    BTW, if you read that link from Lightning Boy, cmr, he disagrees with you. His technique is to basically light the shot so that the environment looks decent. The bolt will be bright no matter what, so don't worry about it. The end result will be lightning displayed in a properly lit setting. Works for him.
    That is exactly the point of my suggestions. You use a low ISO and close down to f22 so that a 30 second exposure will do the background properly while giving the greatest possible chance of actually having lightning occur while the shutter is open.
    Charles Richmond IT & Security Consultant
    Operating System Design, Drivers, Software
    Villa Del Rio II, Talamban, Pit-os, Cebu, Ph
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2004
    hope you don't mind, but i wanted to play with a new toy...fotomatic filter.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2004
    Humungus wrote:
    Thats Cool !! Well done....what is it again a filter in PS ?

    Now im starting to see why i see sooo many cool shots on the net..everyone knows how to touch stuff up ceptin' me.
    Yeah. it's the SkyGrad filter from http://www.cybia.co.uk/
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
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    Humungus wrote:
    fish was that one of the freewares on the site ?
    Yes, it's under freeware/fotomatic plugins.
    Just watching the news...we got a tornado about 30 miles away during that storm. Dont know what damage as yet.
    yikes. be safe...but get some more good pics mwink.gif Hopefully some with big skies so we can play with the SkyGrad filter some more.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
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    a quicky...
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
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    Humungus wrote:
    Ok mate...as you know im not going to set the IT world on fire. I d/loaded the files & they have attached themselves to my P/S. They say the prog are in 'filter' menu but i cant see them anywhere. I know it must be there as i have a shortcut to 'SkyGrad' & when i click on it...P/S opens automatically.

    Any ideas ? They look to good not to have.
    First, you need to move the filter file into the program files/adobe/plugins/filters directory.

    Then...

    It should be under the "Fotomatic" menu item:
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2004
    Humungus wrote:
    Dave Ellem's shot...about an hour south west of Brisbane. These blokes are doing what i would love to do.

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    Awesome shot! That's what they call a "wedding cake" wall cloud.

    A massive amount of warm, moist air is rising rapidly. Add two more ingredients and you might have a tornado. You need winds at different altitudes coming from different directions. That helps impart rotation. And you need a good downdraft of rain/colder air to prime the cycle, sort of kickstart a rotation of warm air from the ground up to the sky, where it cools and comes hammering down. That's where the rain and hail come from in a supercell thunderstorm.

    One thing that is really hard for cameras to capture is the massive scale of these storms, including tornadoes. That's why I am partial to shots which have houses, people etc. included - they give perspective. For example, look at how dwarfed is the road on the bottom left.

    Great shot.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
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