Maple Valley Days in Washington:
This shot was done with a slow shutter (drag) on purpose. Why, well... to me shooting rides like this with a fast shutter never really gives you the feel for the ride. Stop Action is great in a variety of things, but at times the sense of motion is needed. This shot isn’t like football or basketball where you capture the majesty of the player frozen as they make a move or complete a play. This shot is about getting in a metal bucket and getting beat to death and spun around until you about puke. It’s fun... and this to me is what it looks like when you are on the ride. That is what I wanted to capture.
So, I sat out with the goal of capturing this whirly motion. The compositional goal was to capture enough detail so that the image was clear yet the motion and "jolt" or "ride" was shown.
Tracking with a slow shutter is harder than it sounds. A few turned out, this one had the most vivid colors and consistent motion.
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Taken with:
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Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikkor 28-70 f2.8 IF-ESED Lens
Focal Length: 65mm
F Stop: f/22
Shutter: 1/5 Hand Held (yes on purpose)
ISO: 250 -1
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Post Production was done in CS3 and included:
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Levels
Contrast
Brightness
NO FILTERS were applied to this image. A slow
shutter was used on purpose for the motion
effect.
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15 responses
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Laurie Search gave props (16 Jun 2008):
Very cool, Dave!! Feels like I'm on the ride!
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Eric Finster gave props (16 Jun 2008):
Too cool, have you considered entering this capture in the swirls theme?
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Claudia Martin gave props (18 Jun 2008):
this is really fun, great colors and movement
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Bill Hathaway gave props (22 Jun 2008):
Well done!
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Melissa Ferrara gave props (25 Jun 2008):
very nice!! i love the colors!
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Kari Vredevoogd gave props (27 Jun 2008):
awesome shot
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Lynn H gave props (6 Jul 2008):
Oh yes!!!! Wonderful!
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Pereshaped gave props (18 Jul 2008):
Excellent waves of colour, great capture, P
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Ray Chiarello gave props (24 Aug 2008):
A very cool shot.
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Shona Curtis gave props (4 Oct 2008):
playful!
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Mark Williams gave props (2 Dec 2008):
really neat concept and follow through- you captured great motion/blur and made the ride become alive-really cool!
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Suzy Jones gave props (28 Feb 2009):
I have no concept of this camera language- I point and shoot, lol...I dream to te get edumacated some day. I am amazed at the shot! It is beautiful and certainly fits the theme doesn't it?
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Maura Wolfson-Foster gave props (2 Sep 2009):
Wheeeeee......this is Awesome!!! :)
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Keiko Ehret gave props (23 Sep 2009):
♥♥♥ It!!!
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Robert Sand said (26 Sep 2009):
Just a dandy, and damn well done technically.
