Discussion Thread for Creative Photo Comp February.

Froggy that's quite a picture and has given me an idea for something to try. Thanks for the exposure info!

Pal - Really nice stuff. That's you sorted for this year's cards then :D

 

Pal is the top half watercoloured ? it all looks so soft with snow. :D

 

Thank you Marley..it did take me all day yesterday to find out I actually had the edit facility :rolleyes: But hey!..that's the beauty of this site..you learn something every day from folk

 

That's seriously creepy WOO! Is it a night time pic or did you darken a day time one? Whatever you did it's certainly got the chill factor!

 

Thank people

I had a few problems getting the drips set up as the focus was critical and there were a lot of compromises. Eventually I kept moving the camera on a board across the sink and took snaps of a small steady ribon of water to aim at, checking the pics as I took them on the lappy. Once in focus and the exposure right it was just a matter of turning the tap 'till it dripped and hitting the cable release untill I caught some in the frame. That close they travel across the frame at an amazing speed and they are wobbling and changing shape as they go!

Normally you wouldn't use a flash outwith the recommended setting (usually 1/60sec) because it gets out of sync with the shutter but in this case I quite liked the effect of the ghosting on the highlights.

 

It's an amazing photo, Froggy! Congratulations!

 

There's some really great pics on this thread!! Well done guys

 

quite agree there is some lovely pictures, very nice everyone

 

Lovely blossom, Marge - stands out beautifully from the rest - really like that! :D

But isn't it going to be hard to beat Froggy's aliens!! :eek:

 

Thanks Dendy - I have a long way to go learning how to use my new camera before I can even think about taking as good a photo as Froggy's :rolleyes:
Some really gorgeous pics everyone

 

WOO - "Something Simple" is super. A good example of "less means more".