Assignment #24: Crowd Control

Nikolai

Antonio,
The assignment said very clearly: each entry MUST include a pair of shots (one short exposure, one long exposure) to be a valid one. No pair - no entry.
I understand the technical difficulty of this assignment. It does indeed require a -very - strong ND filter.
However, if none can be obtained, thinking out of the box may help. Smoked glass (the one that is used to observe the sun eclipse), or any other barely transparent media. Yes it can bring some weird color effects, but it could make the whole thing even more interesting...
I'm gonna leave it open through the weekend. Maybe you (and everybody else) will get a few more chances to play with it when off work:-)

HTH

Antonio Correia

Nikolai,
May be you over did your demands this time.
Too many people out.
Too little people in.

The assignment has many big limitations: the equipment, the filters, the tripod, the time to do it, etc..

Too restricted.

But I have more from today :D:D:D


On the other hand, you made me think and work !

I will post in a few minutes.

Antonio Correia

Nikolai
I would like to add that the pictures on the left in the fountain, with or without the daulfin, were shot without the filters.

They represent what you asked.
The left one of the 1.st pair could not be shot faster !

Meanwhile, I think many people - myself included and I am the one to blame - don't read all the lines of the assignment.

BUT, I promisse to get better and read those words as I should have been doing all the time ...




PS - I have corrected the date in the camera. It was one day ahead !
I was thinking about the future

Antonio Correia

Left Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:44:56 Date Taken 2007-02-23 18:03:13 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 0.25s Aperture f/2.8 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm

Right Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:57:18 Date Taken2007-02-23 18:04:07 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 20s Aperture f/22.0 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm


I must correct one thing I said before:

I said that I could not shoot faster. Not true. I could have done so, changing the film speed and I have not done so.

I hope these are OK.

Nikolai

Antonio,

Antonio Correia wrote:

Left Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:44:56 Date Taken 2007-02-23 18:03:13 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 0.25s Aperture f/2.8 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm

Right Date Modified 2007-02-23 21:57:18 Date Taken2007-02-23 18:04:07 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 20s Aperture f/22.0 ISO100 Focal Length 16mm


I must correct one thing I said before:

I said that I could not shoot faster. Not true. I could have done so, changing the film speed and I have not done so.

I hope these are OK.

These are great. Longer exposure would be better, but it's OK as is.

Nikolai

Antonio,

Antonio Correia wrote:

Nikolai,
May be you over did your demands this time.
Too many people out.
Too little people in.

Apparently. Learning is a two way process. This was too technical. I was hoping it was not, but it was..

Antonio Correia wrote:

The assignment has many big limitations: the equipment, the filters, the tripod, the time to do it, etc..

Yes, it was not the regular "take the camera, point it to the nearest plant and press the shutter". It required some thinking and some actions. Tripod and 10x ND filter would make it easier, but a camera laying on a cafe table and a piece of smoked glass could do the trick, too.

As the old saying goes: "he who wants looks for a way; he who doesn't looks for an excuse" :-)

Antonio Correia wrote:

But I have more from today :D:D:D
On the other hand, you made me think and work !

NOW you're talking! That's the attitude!

douglas

I agree this assignment is a little demanding and requires special equipment that alot of us might not have, but in turn could turn out some very interesting photos and a great learning experiance. Just a note it doesnt have to be expensive, I picked up a tiffen 58mm nd9 which is a 8x ND filter that can be bought for $20.00 shipped from amazon or adorama. Im asuming that 8x will be enough. I actually got it for this assignment, I apologize for no photos to go with this post. I like the mall shots that have been posted here, unfortunately I dont have a mall near me to try it at. I havent come up with any ideas yet though other than traffic, if all else fails Ill try to do that this weekend.

Nikolai

Douglas,

douglas wrote:

I agree this assignment is a little demanding and requires special equipment that alot of us might not have, but in turn could turn out some very interesting photos and a great learning experiance. Just a note it doesnt have to be expensive, I picked up a tiffen 58mm nd9 which is a 8x ND filter that can be bought for $20.00 shipped from amazon or adorama. Im asuming that 8x will be enough. I actually got it for this assignment, I apologize for no photos to go with this post. I like the mall shots that have been posted here, unfortunately I dont have a mall near me to try it at. I havent come up with any ideas yet though other than traffic, if all else fails Ill try to do that this weekend.

I'm glad it got you thinking.
You're right - it seems much more technical, but one can definitely go around with seling his vital organs:-)

Besides, I promised that we'll go with this through the weekend, too.
And even after we start a new subject, it's always possible to catch up :-)

Angelo

protecting the red carpet
yes, it's that time again in Hollywood...

Nikolai

Angelino,

Angelo wrote:

yes, it's that time again in Hollywood...

Sorry, my friend, no hit.
You gotta read the assignment description, not just the title.
Can you reshoot?

Angelo

Nikolai wrote:

Sorry, my friend, no hit.
You gotta read the assignment description, not just the title.
Can you reshoot?

Yep. my bad. Sorry Nikko.

I'll try to get a reshoot before tomorrow afternoon, if I can anywhere near the Kodak. All the streets are blocked off.

Cindy

How bout 7 Pomeranian Pups & their Momma
When I first saw this assignment all I could think about was trying this with our Pomeranian puppies. Talk about trying to control a crowd Not sure if these qualify as I took them in our living room. It's way to cold outdoors for spoiled rotten baby puppies Used a polerizing filter. I don't have any ND's yet. This is my first time posting to the assignments. Even if they don't qualify I still had lots of fun trying to meet it. Thanks so much.

First image reveals momma nursing all 7.



http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132293143

Second and third images show them allmost gone...
with #2 being just a blur and #3 showing they'd stayed still for a little bit.


http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132294201


http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132295756

Decided to add my daughters Cat blanket for a background :lol so there'd be something besides a blur. This time round with just the pups... momma thought she'd had enough and absolutly would not come back in front of my lens. She did stay close by watching my every moment. Honestly she seemed to be laughing at both me and her pups.



http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132303963


http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132299383



http://id.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=132316347

I'm not sure I'm entering the EXIF correctly. In the preview it shows a long link... but normally I see the text EXIF under photos and it's the link. If I should be doing this differently let me know.

Nikolai

Cindy,
Interesting approach! Welcome to the Class! First entrance - and on such a technically challenging assignment! Nice work!

Cindy

Nikolai wrote:

Interesting approach! Welcome to the Class! First entrance - and on such a technically challenging assignment! Nice work!

Thanks Nik. I forgot to mention that I included the last photo simply for fun to show that while setting up and trying to figure just the right exposure time, my setup took a tumble. BTW: gaffers tape doesn't hold fuzzy blankets to the wall unless you use a good bit of it

Have a great day!

Antonio Correia

Washing my hands
Date Modified 2007-02-28 15:39:58 Date Taken2007-02-28 15:11:51CameraCanon EOS 20D Exposure Time 1/100 Aperture f/5.0 ISO 800 Focal Length 31mm



Date Modified 2007-02-28 15:41:13 Date Taken 2007-02-28 15:15:58 CameraCanon EOS 20D Exposure Time15s Aperture f/22.0 ISO100 Focal Length31mm

Antonio Correia

As I was not happy, I ate an orange
with my favourit knife.
The links for the photos in the gallery are: left, right.

pyroPrints.com

Antonio Correia wrote:

with my favourit knife.
The links for the photos in the gallery are: left, right.

I like this one lots. Very cool.

Nikolai

Antonio,
Great ones!
That's what thinking out of the box is all about!

Antonio Correia

1.st picture: Date Modified 2007-03-04 00:19:29 Date Taken 2007-03-03 23:07:07 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 1s Aperture f/4.0 ISO 3200 Focal Length 200*1,6*1,4 = 448 mm
2.ed picture: Date Modified 2007-03-04 00:15:27 Date Taken 2007-03-03 23:09:49 Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 90s Aperture f/29.0 ISO 3200Focal Length 200*1,6*1,4 = 448 mm

As I don't have the equipment to make large expositions I melted 3 bracketed photos with a total of 90 seconds.

I do know this is just an attempt to photograph the moon, but this is the best I could do ...

Nikolai

Antonio,

Antonio Correia wrote:

I do know this is just an attempt to photograph the moon, but this is the best I could do ...

You lucky dog you!!! We didn't have it here in SoCal - too cloudy on the horizon and too late, it was essentially done when it showed up above the horizon...:cry
Nice moon shot!

Antonio Correia

Nikolai wrote:

You lucky dog you!!! We didn't have it here in SoCal - too cloudy on the horizon and too late, it was essentially done when it showed up above the horizon...:cry
Nice moon shot!

The moon shot is not as good as one of yours I've somewhere ...

My son called me because I did not know the eclipse was going on.

I shot a little bit too late ...

I would like to be prepared to and I was not ...:cry

Nikolai

Antonio,

Antonio Correia wrote:

The moon shot is not as good as one of yours I've somewhere ...

It was not me per se... I was sheer focal length (400mm + TC1.4x = 560mm). I bet you'd have done the same or better if you had it at your disposal:-)

Cheers!

mwalters

Unfortunately I messed up with the comparison shot (major focus error that I didn't spot on the LCD).

Anyhow, this is the 'long exposure' version. I used ND4, ND8, and circular polariser - still the pesky kids get in the way.

I hope it meets half the assignment.



Matthew

Nikolai

Matthew,

mwalters wrote:

Unfortunately I messed up with the comparison shot (major focus error that I didn't spot on the LCD).

Anyhow, this is the 'long exposure' version. I used ND4, ND8, and circular polariser - still the pesky kids get in the way.

I hope it meets half the assignment.

Matthew

Great attempt! How long the final exposure was?

mwalters

Hi Nikolai

8 seconds, F36 ISO200

(I forgot to mention there was also some lightly smoked glass in the way!)

Matthew

wolfejm

I'd like to toss one in. This is my first attempt at this. I wouldn't have even know this was possible if not for this thread. How cool!

My apologies, this was at the end of a day and my companions were ready to go, so I forgot the comparison shot for reference in my hurry.

(Smugmug Link)


EXIF: (No filters were used)
Date Modified 2007-03-17 19:01:38
Date Taken 2007-03-17 19:01:38
Camera Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Exposure Time 25s (25/1)
Aperture f/14.0
ISO100
Focal Length 35mm (guess: 38mm in 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 3888 x 2592
File Name IMG_1327_DXO.jpg
File Size 3.02 MB

Nikolai

Jeff,

wolfejm wrote:

I'd like to toss one in. This is my first attempt at this. I wouldn't have even know this was possible if not for this thread. How cool!

My apologies, this was at the end of a day and my companions were ready to go, so I forgot the comparison shot for reference in my hurry.

Thank you for playing!
However, while it's a nice attempt, it breaks two major rules for this particular subject
1) it's not done during the day (we all have seen too many night highway shots )
2) no comparison shot

I say, let's try again, shall we?

pyroPrints.com

Nikolai wrote:

1) it's not done during the day (we all have seen too many night highway shots )

Why are you looking it at me? I never posted night shot of a highway on my first assignment, that was my evil triplet Vasya. Either him or Inimaphaontep, I can never tell them apart.

wolfejm

Hi Nikolai,
Doh! I didn't remember the daytime part of the assignment! Clearly that makes a difference. I was so excited about my first disappearing shot that I missed a few things...

Cheers!

Nikolai

Pyro,

pyroPrints.com wrote:

Why are you looking it at me? I never posted night shot of a highway on my first assignment, that was my evil triplet Vasya. Either him or Inimaphaontep, I can never tell them apart.

It was Vasya, of course