Photo Comp: May 2011 - "Long Exposures"

[RiK]

Ooh crikey, May already!

Last month's winner was StuartB and his choice for May is 'Long Exposures'

Holy crap, I won

My choice for this months theme is Long Exposure: From starry skies to eerie moonlit vistas - the world can look very different with the shutter open that long!

You might just find this interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_exposure_photography

Entries are now closed. Here's Stu's shortlist:

1. RiK: Severn Bridge


2. GoatFoam - Night


3. Xstreme - Parisian Party


Some gorgeous stuff posted this month!

I'll set up the poll at midnight as that makes it easier to end it automatically on time..

usual rules apply.

[RiK]

Shall I kick off then..


SevernBridge-7912 by Richard Olpin, on Flickr (10 seconds exp)


SevernBridge-7900-Edit by Richard Olpin, on Flickr (30 sec)


SevernBridge-7908-Edit by Richard Olpin, on Flickr (20 sec + proc)

Same shot, different crop:

SevernBridge-7908-Edit by Richard Olpin, on Flickr

[Stuart B]

Bloody hell Rik, those are pics are gorgeous!

[RiK]

Bloody hell Rik, those are pics are gorgeous!

Thanks Stu, there's a fair few more of the Severn Bridges in this set http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardolp ... 040090774/

[Meow]

What was the shutter speed of that shot?

Oops wrong link.



This is the one. More to come. I'm just wanted to whore this one. I really like that night one.

[GoatFoam]

I just bought myself some ND filters, so I have been doing a few of these lately.

Here are a few old ones from when I had to rely on it being dark...

[RiK]

Ha ha ha, what is it, post pictures I've entered before month or something?

[GoatFoam]

It's the best you'll get from me until I catch up with the backlog from the last two weekends. On the plus side I think I might have something on my camera worth entering.

[GoatFoam]

One from Easter. Again, probably not my entry.

[Meow]

[RiK]

Old shots, but trying to spark a bit more interest in keeping with the theme..


silly 7517 by Richard Olpin, on Flickr


Transport (7470) by Richard Olpin, on Flickr

[RiK]

Fireworks-1732 by Richard Olpin, on Flickr


Fireworks-1696 by Richard Olpin, on Flickr


Fireworks-1678 by Richard Olpin, on Flickr

[Meow]

Old shots, but trying to spark a bit more interest in keeping with the theme..

Pretty nice. Puts me to shame. My Camera is not good enough for long exposures. Not happy with car one. It looks shit.....I'll Keep trying.

[RiK]

Old shots, but trying to spark a bit more interest in keeping with the theme..

Pretty nice. Puts me to shame. My Camera is not good enough long exposures. Not happy with car one. It looks shit.....I'll Keep trying.

What camera do you have? Does it have a manual mode? Or something labelled Av (aperture priority) Tv (Shutter Priority) or similar? Obviously the camera will be normally be trying to achieve the shortest shutter speed it can to avoid blur but you might find you can do some manual stuff.

[Meow]

What camera do you have? Does it have a manual mode? Or something labelled Av (aperture priority) Tv (Shutter Priority) or similar? Obviously the camera will be normally be trying to achieve the shortest shutter speed it can to avoid blur but you might find you can do some manual stuff.

This just a KODAK Easy Share. It's awful TBH. I'm using the night settings to get long exposure. I've been using this one since my fancier one broke.