Maggot Photo Contest - "Motion" 06/20/07 - 07/04/07

[warthog]

Thanks, the camera is a D200, the lens was a Sigma 10-20 at 14. SB-600 flash on camera.

Sweet- I have been eying that lens. I shoot with a D200 too. Love it. Just bought Hop's old 80-200 2.8, so I have been having fun with that.

Sigma quality OK? I am always a little sceptical. Looks damn good from where I sit.

[Shepherd Wong]

Sweet- I have been eying that lens. I shoot with a D200 too. Love it. Just bought Hop's old 80-200 2.8, so I have been having fun with that.

Sigma quality OK? I am always a little sceptical. Looks damn good from where I sit.

Deep Days, shutter was 1/250, aperture was 4.8. Warthog, I have 3 Sigma lenses and the quality on each has been second to none. A lot of people complain of front/back focus issues but I think it's mostly baloney.

[dipstik]

My entries:

All from the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, in Ma., taken yesterday and the day before.


Uphill battle @ Wachusett Mountain stage:




Tight turn in front of a church in downtown Fitchburg, stage 4 of 4:





Again in downtown Fitchburg:

[nick > jesus]

holy shit those are all nice pictures, but that third one is breath taking, that light is incredible

how much, if any, on computer work did you do on it?

[Ripzalot]

quick and dirty ... rower in florence italy. shot sunday july 2, 1/250, f/5.6...

[Fuzz]

Didn't get out to shoot much -- moving to a new house tends to eat up all free time! Managed to capture this guy in our backyard yesterday...

Violet-green swallow
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 18-200mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/640s
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal length: 200mm
Flash: no

[Baconzoo]

Canon 30D w/cheap 5.6 300mm zoomed all the way on a windy day. Hand-held

[brice618]

ok, the contest ends on the fourth ... but i'll say the 6th so you can get fireworks photos in and because i'll be out of town till atleast then and won't have a computer. good luck!

[MakersTeleMark]

07/02/2007

(Slow Motion) Geriatric "Wave":



Ella Poses:



Marching In July:

[hemas]

Here are my contenders:
#1 F9.5, 1/125sec, EV -0.50, ISO100, 70mm


#2 F13, 1/90sec, EV -0.50, ISO100, 180mm


#3 F11, 1/90sec, EV -0.50, ISO100, 180mm


All were shot last Sun, @ my hometowns marathon (hopefully will be running a half marathon there next year). Those, who are into running might even know the name, as it carries the name of a legendary runner that wasn't allowed to race in LA Olympics since he had raced (and won) a few races in the USA, thus he was considered a "professional" and wasn't allowed to race. He also held the 10 000m record for 13 years.

[skifishbum]

Not a lot of camera time lately so here's what I've got so far. There's got to be losers or there's no winners...

I dig this one
More dog pics
Wheres Zippy that pups a motion machine.

[majortom]

Ineligible due to timeframe, but I thought I'd add these anyway:

Arctic Tern in flight:



Nikon D80
66mm
1/250
f/5.6

Puffin taking off:



Nikon D80
135mm
1/500
f/5.6

[Fuzz]

Okay, here are a few that are ineligible due to timeframe, but contain the same subject matter:

Byers Peak:


Fallen Leaf Lake, Tahoe:


Rush hour, Chicago:

[hop]

My entries:



Tight turn in front of a church in downtown Fitchburg, stage 4 of 4:





Again in downtown Fitchburg:

I like these two... those colors give them a dream-esque quality. The second one has a painted look as well.

Tres cool.

[dipstik]

holy shit those are all nice pictures, but that third one is breath taking, that light is incredible

how much, if any, on computer work did you do on it?

Surprisingly little, actually. I don't even own Photoshop.

I spent less than 2 mins on that photo, basically the colors you see are a result of: 1. Thats how it actually looked. 2. A little bit of touching up in Adobe Lightroom. I boosted the contrast up a little bit, as well as toned down the highlights. Those two actions really brought out the clouds.

Other than that, the photo looks pretty much just like it did on the LCD screen of my camera.

Sometimes you get lucky with the lighting!

[TeleHoar]

Great theme, I found it funny because my GF teaches photography and their first assignment is "motion" also.

This definitely got me out shooting.
At least shooting differently than normal.
Most everything came out too blurry.
I was trying slower shutters to capture a "blurry motion" type feel.
A very good learning experience!

I have two at this moment...

Mt Quandry from a moving car.


Nikon D70s
2007/06/20 16:32:53
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: VR 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 95mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/60 sec - F/14
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Normal
White Balance: Direct sunlight
AF Mode: AF-S
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV
Color Mode: Mode Ia (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
Image Comment:
Long Exposure NR: Off



The Electric Rail Slide: This one may be eneligible by just a few days though.


Nikon D70s
2007/06/15 20:40:48.8
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: VR 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 48mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/1.6 sec - F/4.8
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Normal
White Balance: Direct sunlight
AF Mode: AF-S
Flash Sync Mode: Front Curtain
Auto Flash Mode: Built-in TTL
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV
Color Mode: Mode Ia (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
Image Comment:
Long Exposure NR: Off


Maybe I'll get a couple good ones tomorrow

[bcd]

#2
Butterflies:

I chased these things in circles for almost an hour the other day.

[smalls]

entry 1:


entry 2:


entry 3:

[smalls]

:: ineligible due to timeframe ::

[StormRider]

#1

2007-06-25, ISO 100, f/5.6, 10s

#2

2007-06-26, ISO 100, f/22, 1s

There are some great entries in here! Let's hope this keeps up.

[BeanDip4All]

My entries:

Tight turn in front of a church in downtown Fitchburg, stage 4 of 4:

my two favorites are this one and Warthog's dog pic (just adorable and great shot). dipstick, i love the vivid colors and energy in this pic... allez allez allez!! also you could say the church in the background is a metaphor for the racers, their religion is the sport etc.... and i think the shadow a rider makes is pretty neat looking, nice to see that in there.

this contest is really cool. Thanks again brice for setting it up. I took some dumb shots this weekend with my little point and shoot and while i'm so far from being competitive in this it is ridiculous, it was still fun having a direction/creative thing to capture.

[warthog]

Two from last night:

Double disc motion:


Catching Disc Motion:


Both taken with my new 80-200 2.8. Just getting the feel for the lens. It is a tough one at night with moving targets. Did really well in the dusk light though.

[Fuzz]

Blackbird in flight
Date taken: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 18-200mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/60s
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal length: 200mm

[Deep Days]

#1

2007-06-25, ISO 100, f/5.6, 10s

#2

2007-06-26, ISO 100, f/22, 1s

There are some great entries in here! Let's hope this keeps up.

You win.

Edit: Not sure if the following is an entry or not, as (of course) I'm having technical difficulties and may not be able to view and possibly upload several more potential entries before the deadline. If I can't post before the deadline, consider this entry #2.



* File size: 160103 bytes
* File date: 2007:07:04 17:56:39
* Camera make: Canon
* Camera model: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
* Date/Time: 2007:06:21 17:46:47
* Resolution: 480 x 640
* Flash used: No
* Focal length: 64.7mm (35mm equivalent: 408mm)
* CCD width: 5.72mm
* Exposure time: 0.0012 s (1/800)
* Aperture: f/4.0
* ISO equiv.: 50
* Exposure bias: -0.33
* Whitebalance: Auto
* Metering Mode: center weight
* Exposure Mode: Auto bracketing
I shot from the boat and may very well have used a polarizer...

Entry 1, resized:



* File size: 108048 bytes
* File date: 2007:06:25 19:54:48
* Camera make: Canon
* Camera model: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
* Date/Time: 2007:06:25 17:05:23
* Resolution: 640 x 480
* Color/bw: Black and white
* Flash used: No
* Focal length: 20.7mm (35mm equivalent: 130mm)
* CCD width: 5.72mm
* Exposure time: 0.025 s (1/40)
* Aperture: f/3.5
* Whitebalance: Manual
* Metering Mode: center weight

[Shepherd Wong]

My last entry. Friend's band.