I took a picture. I was up in North Wales visiting the in-laws, which is always a good opportunity to go out and take a few shots. I love…
I took a picture. I was up in North Wales visiting the in-laws, which is always a good opportunity to go out and take a few shots. I love walking out in Snowdonia, and they live right at its northernmost edge. So up the hills I went and then down into the next valley – walking in Wales is like that. Llanfairfechan was where I ended up. In a shady little spot with a lovely rock-strewn river running under a wooden bridge. This was a perfect opportunity to try out some long-exposure water shots. You know, the kind that make the water go all silky. But… ah… no tripod. Find a rock. Something conveniently sited, at a good, low angle and… click. So I took a few and moved on. Once we got back to the Island, where I live, I downloaded the pics fairly confident that I would get something useable. But no. The Electronic Viewfinder had let me down again (they have a tendency to do that) and as usual had made things look more crisp than they really were. But there was one shot. One that just might be useable. Fiddled with contrast, fiddled with saturation, cropped, generally mucked about with. No dice. There was only one way to rescue this. Go mad… So I upped the saturation waaay up. I put in some vignetting, changed the colour balance and put on a film grain filter, messed about with the contrast and came up with THIS Suddenly, a photograph that was lost, seems to have become acceptable. But is that amount of post-processing right? Is any post-processing right? Is the software taking over the skills of composition and care. In short are computers making photographers lazy? Why bother composing when you can take a shot and crop it? Why bother with correct exposures when you can dicker about with it later? I wish I had the answers. But I don’t. Art is so damn subjective…
I was recently interviewed why Ben Ryan, Moderator of theTimelapse/Long Exposure Group. The interview can be seen in the latest issue of …
I was recently interviewed why Ben Ryan, Moderator of theTimelapse/Long Exposure Group. The interview can be seen in the latest issue of Bubblewrap in the “On the Couch” section. My interview can also be read here- http://www.redbubble.com/timelapse-long-exposure-photography/forums/578/topics/8462-featured-member-jan-08-nolan-nitschke Bubblewrap here – http://www.redbubble.com/bubblewrap/25/
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i’m leaving for a 3 day art camp with school tomorrow (at 7am ;_;) Spent the morning researching long exposure so i hope to try that…
i’m leaving for a 3 day art camp with school tomorrow (at 7am ;_;) Spent the morning researching long exposure so i hope to try that out at camp :) we’re going to mangrove mountain, so the scenery should be pretty :) I haven’t done any photography in aaaaaaaaages as i’m in digital media, i have to produce a film over 3 minutes as well as around 6-10 stills. :D (photoshop/photos) I’m pretty sucky at filming but i’m still super excited :D and one of my friends has agreed to be my model for the camp so i can finally do some portrait shots :D! yay! If they turn out good expect to see some new stuff up later this week :) runs off waving arms
I’ve recently published two interviews in the groups that I run. Brian Pimlot is the…
I’ve recently published two interviews in the groups that I run. Brian Pimlot is the new featured member for Latin America and Glennis Siverson is the featured member for the Timelpase/Long Exposure group. It’s been a pleasure to interview both members. They’ve both been given the opportunity to chose the images in the featured section of the respective groups, which will remain until a new member has been featured.
I am honored to be selected as the featured artist in the long exposures group. To read my interview and see the photographs selected to…
I am honored to be selected as the featured artist in the long exposures group. To read my interview and see the photographs selected to be featured, please visit this link: http://www.redbubble.com/timelapse-long-exposure-photography/forums/578/topics/15888-featured-member-may-2008
Today’s featured art page was brou…
Today’s featured art page was brought to you by the Timelapse/Long Exposure Photography Group
Hop over to the Timelapse/Long Exposure Photography group, and read Ben Ryan’s probing exposé...
Hop over to the Timelapse/Long Exposure Photography group, and read Ben Ryan’s probing exposé of Yours Truly, as Featured Member for June 2008. I haven’t had to think so much, for a long time ;-)
Hey! Just uploaded some pics that were taken by Caterina, a good friend of mine. She wanted to borrow my Canon 400D to learn some more…
Hey! Just uploaded some pics that were taken by Caterina, a good friend of mine. She wanted to borrow my Canon 400D to learn some more about using digital SLR cameras. This was her second attempt at using the camera. The first time was when she came along with myself and Shane Walker for a trek to the Lemonthyme forest. (She took some great shots then too!) So yeah, basically the new photos are the result of a night playing around in the dark by the Mersey River in Devonport. Some serious work was done, as well as a lot of experimenting with a green laser light, capturing weird ghost like images. Heaps of fun!
I thought that I would start my own Weekly Featured Artist Journal to help showcase some of the other artists on the site who’s work real…
I thought that I would start my own Weekly Featured Artist Journal to help showcase some of the other artists on the site who’s work really speaks to me. This week i stumbled across Jeff Masamori he has some great long exposure work in his portfolio. I highly reccomend a look at his work. I will try to add a new artist every week, and add the hournal to the appropriate group (if i’m a member) also, feel free to check out my portfolio too (shameless plug…hahahahah …) Happy Bubbling Rob
A very good tutorial from Dan Heller Check it out...
A very good tutorial from Dan Heller Check it out Another good resource from ThinkCamera / _ Really serious about photography? Here’s a good read. / Some more tutorials
There is wicked new group that goes by the name of ‘Calendars R Us’ and it’s a little pet project that Mr Teeth and I teamed up on. Ev…
There is wicked new group that goes by the name of ‘Calendars R Us’ and it’s a little pet project that Mr Teeth and I teamed up on. Everyone should join because at some point in time there will be a love of yours up for the taking… and at this point in time the love is Infrared Photography… if you don’t know what that is or how to do it… there is this great book called Karma Sutra… or join the group and there is an actual link to how and why infrared photography will improve your love life. Infrared Photography challenge will run for 7 days as of today and then voting will run for 3 days… may the force be with you!
The 3rd challenge is being hosted by the ‘Calendars R Us’ group and this time it’s something more specific and should result in some exci…
The 3rd challenge is being hosted by the ‘Calendars R Us’ group and this time it’s something more specific and should result in some exciting images to grace the Long Exposure photography calendar!
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had seen a presentation from Tony Worobiec...
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had seen a presentation from Tony Worobiec regarding low-light, long exposure landscapes. I keep meaning to go and out try some of the techniques and earlier this week I had the opportunity to do so. Not a very inspiring composition/location (just a couple of miles from my house), but it’s the effect on the clouds and colours that I like. This image was captured when it was pretty dark (most people would have called it night!) and the combination of wind-speed and long-exposure has blurred the clouds nicely whilst retaining the sharpness of the mountains. An effect I like so much that I’m going to invest in some strong ND filters to try and achieve the same results in daylight. The colours I achieved were a bonus and most unexpected. There is something I like about the unpredictability of capturing images that cannot be seen by the human eye. Certainly a technique worth trying in more photogenic locations…. even if it’s dark you can still take landscape photos! Watch this space for more examples of long-exposure photography as I get the opportunity.
After seeing the community post on light pain…
After seeing the community post on light painting yesterday, I thought I’d throw up some of the work I have been doing with LEDs. It’s actually for a stop motion film idea I have, except it’s going to take until 2046 to complete, I expect, so to feel like something is being achieved I have made some colourful wavy stills to please the occipital. I recommend this as a way to pass dark winter evenings. / / / / / / / / /
Sorry, no steak knives come with this offer Simone Byrne has written a stack of tutori…
Sorry, no steak knives come with this offer Simone Byrne has written a stack of tutorials for both processing and equipment use, here’s a link to the first one she showed me when I asked for suggestions about the neutral density filter ND400. Scroll down to the end of that to see her other tutes. I’ve added this to my list of Redbubble help links here which is available from my profile page Thanks Simone!
“Blue Dancer” was a challenge finalist in Alt challenge Blur/Long Exposure...
“Blue Dancer” was a challenge finalist in Alt challenge Blur/Long Exposure Thank you for supporting my work!
LOL!!! It’s only a filter… a 10 stop neutral density B+W for my 10-22. I have heard it referred to as the “black glass”. I am heading o…
LOL!!! It’s only a filter… a 10 stop neutral density B+W for my 10-22. I have heard it referred to as the “black glass”. I am heading oceanside after work to try it out on some daytime long exposure stuff. I’ll post something if I can figure out how to use it… lol!!! / / Cheers, / Kev :o)
One of the enjoyable things about Redbubble is that you get to discover fantastic photography and art that you’d never have come across o…
One of the enjoyable things about Redbubble is that you get to discover fantastic photography and art that you’d never have come across otherwise. Finding others who think along similar lines is always good, but discovering others producing similarly themed work which easily sits amongst the top of its genre is hugely inspiring. With that in mind, below are examples of four photographers I feel produce consistently outstanding black & white seascape images. If you haven’t come across them yet, add them to your watchlist immediately :) GlennC / Joel Tjintjelaar / - Kevin Skinner / Jeff Masamori / This will hopefully be the first of regular features on the work of other photographers I admire on RB. Black & white is my passion so that’s the main focus just now, but I will look into other genres as well. This is the first time I’ve done this so hopefully the images display correctly! Donald.
I have always been fascinated with Star Trails. It was only a year ago that …
I have always been fascinated with Star Trails. It was only a year ago that I shot my first star trail at Sequoia National Park. This past winter, I decided to head out to Joshua Tree National Park, CA to practice this technique. I arrived at Joshua Tree the morning of Thanksgiving (yeah, yeah, yeah!) and after setting up camp, I headed out to the park around 2:30 pm to scout locations for the evening shoot. I must have spent around two hours driving through the park and came upon a few locations that had great potential for the shoot. Was I a happy camper or what? What could possibly go wrong? I had my locations marked, my camera was raring to go, it was a beautiful new moon night with clear skies- the Gods were with me! Or so it seemed. After dinner, I headed back to the park around 9 pm. As I drove through the park, I realized how very different it looked at night and since I had not clearly marked the exact locations that I had scouted earlier that morning, I did not know where to stop my car or position my camera. It was pitch dark and after an hour of driving aimlessly, I gave up and returned to my campsite. Lesson learned. The next morning I headed out to the park- this time though I noted the exact locations that I wanted to use for my shoots (I even noted down the GPS coordinates- okay maybe I went a little overboard). My OCD paid off as I was able to find the locations I wanted and got some decent shots. Here is my recipe for shooting star trails: Plan on shooting star trails when the moon has set or during a new moon (you can get the moon phases from sites like Sunrise Sunset. You don’t want any moonlight in the sky as that will wash out the star trails and will lead to an overexposed image (considering the length of time we intend to keep the shutter open to capture decent star trails) I always try and shoot after 11 pm or 12 am to avoid interference from planes flying overhead. Post 12 am the frequency of the flights drops and you won’t get too much interference in your shot from the navigation lights of the ‘birds’ Do your homework earlier in the day and mark the spots where you think you want to shoot. I like to shoot star trails with the North Star in the frame. Since the earth’s axis points N/S, the north star will appear static while all the other stars will appear to revolve around it (due to the rotation of the earth). That is why we get these awesome circular patterns whenever we have the North Star (Polaris) in the frame If using a digital camera, lower ambient temperature, will result in less noisy images that don’t suffer too much from hot pixels. Some photographers suggest that one take multiple shots of short durations (say 40 shots of 30 seconds duration) and then stack them up into one shot of 20 minutes duration. This technique will lead to lower noise. Alternatively, one can shoot a long exposure of say 20 to 40 minutes (or longer) and then use dark frame subtraction to eradicate hot pixels (i.e. take the shot and then immediately take another shot of the same duration, but with the lens cap covering the lens. The idea is that any hot pixels that showed up in the first shot, will now be captured in this second shot too. Using software, one can then map these hot pixels out from the original photograph). Most modern digital SLRs can do this for you (look for a feature called LENR- Long Exposure Noise Reduction). Remember that by enabling this feature, the camera will take a second shot of the same duration Set the camera on a tripod Set the focus to infinity. Sometimes the infinity mark on the lens barrel will not correspond to true infinity, resulting in out of focus shots. There are a couple of ways to get around this. You could focus on a distant object during daytime (you will not be able to focus in the dark) and mark the position of the infinity symbol on the lens. Alternatively you could just focus on a distant object during daytime and then not touch the lens till you shoot the stars in the evening (I prefer the former method as my camera is free to shoot other things. Besides it is very likely that the focus ring might get disturbed before the shoot). Remember to switch the camera to manual focus Keep the ISO at 100 to 200 (I shoot at my camera’s base ISO of 200) Set the shutter speed to the ‘bulb’ mode. You can buy cheap remotes or wired triggers for your camera from ebay (Phottix is a good brand that has served me well). This way you can release the shutter with the remote and keep it open for the duration you want. Set the aperture to say F2.8 or F4. In my experience on a completely dark night, you should get a decently exposed shot using a shutter speed of 20 to 25 minutes and an aperture of F4. Experiment from there and see what works for you. Needless to say, you will get better star trails if you expose for a longer duration If your camera has a viewfinder eyepiece cap, slip that on (to prevent any light leakage- from your torch or a passing vehicle) I normally will take a quick exposure for around 3 minutes with the aperture at F4 or F5.6 (or whatever aperture you want) and with my ISO at around 3200, just to check if the focus is accurate (you can then zoom in the picture using the LCD to check if it looks sharp). This is also a good way to determine your exposure. Let’s say you set the aperture to F4, the ISO to 3200 and shoot for 3 minutes. Check to see if the focus is accurate and also to see if the exposure is correct (the image will be very noisy, but you will get a good idea of the exposure). If it looks underexposed, then shoot again, but this time for 4 minutes. If the exposure is now accurate, then you can determine the correct shutter speed for your base ISO. Let’s say your base ISO is 200 (remember that the lower the ISO, the less the noise in long exposures)- the difference between ISO 200 and ISO 3200 is 4 stops (400, 800, 1600, 3200). So if you now set the ISO to 200 for a relatively noise free image, then you must compensate by adjusting the shutter speed 4 stops. If the initial shutter speed (at ISO 3200) was 3 minutes, then you should set the shutter speed to 48 minutes (6m, 12m, 24m, 48m) to get the same exposure at ISO 200. That’s it! You are all set. Take the photograph and enjoy the results.
Here is a selection of my favourite work in my folio, and would all make great Christmas gifts, and look great hanging on any wall! A…
Here is a selection of my favourite work in my folio, and would all make great Christmas gifts, and look great hanging on any wall! All my work is available in different styles and formats available through redbubble, and here is a preview: Farm Windmill Mosman Bay Boatshed At Dusk Jetty At Dusk Water Under The Bridge Cygnets Mobile Home Crawley Edge Boatshed Swan River Jetty At Sunset Thunderstorm At Dusk Bathed In Light Bathed In Gold Moody Morning Crepuscular Rays Sunshine After the Storm Reflections Kwinana Grain Jetty At Dusk Crawley Edge Boatshed Panorama Pink Cherry Blossom Flowers Standing out in a crowd Lake Clifton Thrombolites Lake Clifton Thrombolites Lily flower Mammatus clouds Honey Bee Lancelin Sand Dune Dusk At The Dunes Lancelin Sand Dune Three Of A Kind Path Of Shadows Sand dune / / Decoy At Sunrise Peaking through the window Kalbarri Beach / / Kalbarri Beach / / Kalbarri Beach Pinnacles / / Boat on the beach DNA Tower at Sunset Perth City Dusk Kings Park Lights Kings Park Lights Peak Hour Traffic Noble Falls Panorama Collie Dam Bird on a branch / / Black Swans Farm Trees At Sunset Chinese Meal Chinese Noodles Chinese Noodles Having trouble choosing a single artwork? Maybe My 2010 Calendar Is what your looking for! “
I’m coming up to Sydney later in December for various reasons including a couple of night and day shoots, centrally and perhaps around so…
I’m coming up to Sydney later in December for various reasons including a couple of night and day shoots, centrally and perhaps around some of the icons and also to do some exploring away from the typical Sydney based icons. I’m interested in anything architectural or design related, people, cityscapes, laneways and alleyways. It’s basically a short trip to gain some inspiration and remove myself from my comfort zone in Melbourne. If there is anyone based in Sydney interested in joining me, you are more than welcome. Any suggestions or ideas for some places to go, shoot or experience are also welcome. Please feel free to reply here or bubblemail if you are interested in joining me.
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