Underground  Photography

Picture of the Day - Round and Round

2/5/2011

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Warning .. if you experience motion sickness, are pregnant, or have back problems - view this picture at your own risk. A couple weeks ago I took a picture of two of my kids on the tea cups using a flash. I wanted the blur of the motion behind us but in my previous attempts I couldn't freeze them. With the flash I was able to freeze them but because it was a slightly slower shutter it created ghosting. I then saw a video with Joe McNally where he was taking a picture of a girl jumping toward light. He mentioned (warning photo geek alert) that by using the flash on the 2nd curtain setting, he could get a clear shot at the end of the picture as the flash fires just before the shutter closes. So last night I wanted to try the same picture with the flash on the 2nd shutter setting. I am pretty happy with the image. There is still a little blur in her hair but remember, we're both moving.
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Picture of the Day - Candy Cotton Falls pt 2

2/2/2011

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As promised, here is the 2nd picture in the Candy Cotton Falls. This picture was at the same location. It was just a different composition. The main difference I want to point out is the change in the water below the falls. This picture was taken at 1/2 second exposure at f4, ISO 3200. The falls are still silky but now the water in the pool has texture to it. Let me know which of the two pictures you like better.
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Picture of the Day - Cotton Candy Falls

2/1/2011

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Early post for today's picture of the day. This picture was also taken at Disney's California Adventure. This is the waterfall behind the Grizzly Rapids ride across from the entrance to Bugs Land. I wanted to try out my new Gorilla Pod and there is a big railing right there. I secured the camera to the railing with the flexible tripod (the coolest invention ever) and set to take a long exposure. This picture was taken with a 20 second exposure, at f3.5, ISO 100. It always amazes me what the long exposure does to the water. Tomorrow I'll post a shorter exposure so you can see the differences. 
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Picture of the Day

1/31/2011

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This week, the Picture of the Day choices are all going to have a theme in common. This week is going to be long exposure. Taking a picture at a fast exposure such as 1/160th of a second freezes the action of your subject. What happens when you take a picture of something that is moving at say 1/4th of a second or even 5 seconds? You get some pretty cool effects. Today's picture was taken at Disney's California Adventure in the "Bug's Land" area. What's cool about this picture was the whole time I was taking this picture there were two kids running around the jumping water. Because the long exposure is only recording the constants, the kids disappear. This was 10 second exposure so I could capture as many of the jumping water streams as I could.
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Picture of the Day

1/28/2011

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Today's picture of the day comes from Disney's California Adventure. They have an area at night called "ElecTRONica". They have techno music, dancers, and all manner of lasers and glow in the dark stuff. I was watching this girl with a Hula Hoop that was lighted. I thought that if I could do a slow enough shutter I might get a cool effect with the light. This one came out pretty good, it was 1/13 of a second, f4 , ISO 3200.
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