Ready for some fun, creativity and perhaps to learn something new? So what is a technique challenge? The host challenger selects a specific “technique” to try. It may be brand new for some, or just a challenge to be creative for others. Techniques may include high/low key, macro, portraits, landscapes, abstracts, the possibilities are endless. It could even be specific techniques in processing. The host will select a technique along with some links and examples. Constructive & kind feedback is encouraged. Feel free to share tips, suggestions or how you were able to get the terrific photo you did. POSTING YOUR PHOTO IN THIS THREAD IS NOT REQUIRED BUT IT IS ENCOURAGED. The challenges will last about 7 days.
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This challenge is about fast/high speed photography. I don’t claim to be an expert on it but I love some of the awesome & creative effects your able to get with it. Popping a water balloon while it still holds it shape, water crowns or splashes, frozen action caught in midstream can all be very fascinating since it is something you don’t see with your eyes unless viewed through photography or video. Again – I encourage experienced photographers familiar with high/fast speed photography please comment and offer kind constructive suggestions & feedback. TAG your photos “ technique9 “
Here are some articles & links if you find others please feel free to share.
Article on high & slow shutter speed. Scroll down until you get the section that says: FREEZING FAST ACTION & HIGH-SPEED MOTION
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-shutter-speed.htm
https://www.google.com/search?q=high+speed+photography&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=heD3UYukA4qMyQGs7oGYDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=639
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/photographing-water-balloons-14419
http://weburbanist.com/2008/10/09/high-speed-photographers-and-photos/
http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/10534/how-to-take-fast-shutter-speed-photos-that-arent-dark
Challenge starts today, July 30th – and lasts until Midnight August 7th. Voting will take place August 8 – 10th.
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Here are a few of my examples (not that great) some of you have better examples to share!
@myhrhelper hi kathy - for purpose of this challenge is there a specfic shutter speed (and above) which is regarded as "high shutter speed" - or is it more the "high speed" effect? Sorry if this has already been answered.
@friend2303 Good question. Anything over 1/400 or 1/500 of a second is high but of course camera's can go much, much higher. I think the trick would be to be able to freeze a fast moving subject with zero or very little blurr. The faster you are able to get (where it is well lite and not too grainy) the better effects you may capture. Also the faster the object is moving the faster your shutter will need to be to be able to freeze it without it becoming blurry.
If anyone else has some input on this please feel free to add.
@ozziehoffy bahaaaaaa! only i think that would look kinda boring... i mean - i could just take a shot when it was standing still and how would you really know the difference? ;p
@friend2303@myhrhelper First, I thought shutter speeds above 1/400, 1/500 should not be the only criteria for high speed photography because FREEZING FAST ACTION & HIGH-SPEED MOTION can be photographed using flash too(where shutter speeds can be around 1/160, 1/200). But then, I saw the title "High/Fast 'Shutter' Speed Photography".
So Kathy, are we not doing flash, just high shutter speed to freeze our subjects? I don't mind narrowing down the technique so it's easy to take if that was your intention, just clarifying before I spend great deal of time and energy to take photos with flash. In fact, I was planning on a session tonight after kids went to bed. :-)
Good question Kiran - It is more of a high or fast speed challenge rather than a flash challenge. However, if you are able to freeze fast moving subjects without a blur with a slower speed than 1/400 that will be acceptable. I've seen so many challenges about motion blur and slow shutter speeds that I wanted this challenge to be the opposite. I can't wait to see what you come up with @friend2303@ikamera The main purpose is to freeze motion (water, objects, people) without the blurry look. I think slower moving subjects may be captured with a slower shutter speed than that - such as jumping people.
These are couple of my attempts (from many many attempts actually:-)). I had done this before I actually read responses on this thread. So it may not exactly fit the expectation in terms of shutter speed - deliberately not using the word ‘rule’ or ‘criteria’ here. I did use relatively slower shutter speed (1/200) since the flash limited the max speed (used the flash not so much to freeze action but rather for additional light by bouncing of the ceiling). However, I think it does meet the ‘intent with the effect it created.
Honestly, I do not think these pictures really attempted any creativity. But since this site is also about learning and it was my first attempt at learning to photograph a ‘drop’, I am adding it in the spirit of participation. The first is pretty much SOOC except for some cropping and borders and second has slighted altered water hue. The ‘yellow’ on the second one is orange juice (couldn’t think of anything else to get some color). As usual constructive feedback most welcome.
@friend2303 Vijay - I would say this qualifies.
I think you did well and I love the orange juice drop on the second shot. Reminds me of a yellow jelly bean.
I think using a flash does slow it down and make it harder (in my opinion). When I took photos of my crowns I used natural outdoor lighting without a flash so I could take more photos per second.
I actually tied and dangled a plastic sandwich bag filled with water from the top of a garage door. Then I placed my plate that I wanted the drops to land on the ground, and poked a pin hole at the bottom of the bag. I laid down on the garage floor and just kept pressing that shutter - with a lot of refocusing, etc.
@myhrhelper Thanks Kathy. I did start of with a similar plan but lost patience and went for a quick kill late in the night :-) Thanks for sharing your experience though - always good to learn and improve.
One thing I did do was move to manual focus - and prefocussed on a pen dipped where the drop would follow. helped avoid a lot of refocussing especially with a relatively small aperture.
I think I read this too quickly and noted the bit about movement of water, etc. without realising that it was about fast shutter speed. Never mind here is my pic showing movement of water
@rosiekind Hi Rosie it is very pretty and I love flowing water photos!
What we are looking for in this challenge is more of frozen action - fast shutter speed. Perhaps you can try one of those shots too!
Well I tried the water balloon pop. It sort of held the shape but not really. My timing was not quite there but almost. I only had time to fill a few balloons so perhaps if I could have tried a lot more balloons I would have captured it.
@jeanbelleisle Love photos with water being thrown - great photo.
@willowdragon haha, I love it - it's usually kids in photos popping the bubbles.
@ikamera love, love this concept - very creative idea and not an easy one to execute.
@pixiemac oooow interesting frozen water patterns!!! Very cool
@cheribug Wow, love the water drops splashing everywhere!
@northy Not only did you catch the water drops but the processing and photo has an artsy flair to it - nice job. Oh I hope you try the water balloons - I really want to see some more of them.
@ikamera Cool! Love the golden color and the wonderful buttery golden drip
@melissachambers Very interesting technique with the in focus water splashes and the boy blurred out
@dtigani haha, who doesn't love playing with water? Very fun water spray shot
@cheribug Awesome shot - it is on my to-do list - but I will be the one behind the camera not in the pool
@sianipops such an interesting collage! I'm not sure I know what that is - I don't htink I've ever heard of them before. Great to see frozen mid-stream in the center photo. Interesting to have a minimalist type of water drips in the first shot
@tracymore Wow such a colorful water drop! love it - Surprised how well it's captured with only a 1/200 speed - but you did catch the drop in action
@btorrey Such an interesting bubble spray shot(s) - very cool!
@ikamera Love the fruit caught in mid-air! Love that it's something other than water too
@Cheesebiscuit Love the water splash - great action catch
@melissachambers This one is especially interesting being slushy sand rather than water or total liquid drips!
@myhrhelper What I would really have liked to have done was a party popper. You know, those things that shoot coloured paper streamers? I think that would make a great photo if you could capture it, but you'd need a really high shutter speed I think.
@Cheesebiscuit That is a fantastic idea - I would have loved to see a shot like that too. Your shot is creative and although I love the water shots I really like seeing other types of shots too such as yours
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@salza Oh I hope you do. There are so many different things you can do.
If anyone else has some input on this please feel free to add.
So Kathy, are we not doing flash, just high shutter speed to freeze our subjects? I don't mind narrowing down the technique so it's easy to take if that was your intention, just clarifying before I spend great deal of time and energy to take photos with flash. In fact, I was planning on a session tonight after kids went to bed. :-)
These are couple of my attempts (from many many attempts actually:-)). I had done this before I actually read responses on this thread. So it may not exactly fit the expectation in terms of shutter speed - deliberately not using the word ‘rule’ or ‘criteria’ here. I did use relatively slower shutter speed (1/200) since the flash limited the max speed (used the flash not so much to freeze action but rather for additional light by bouncing of the ceiling). However, I think it does meet the ‘intent with the effect it created.
Honestly, I do not think these pictures really attempted any creativity. But since this site is also about learning and it was my first attempt at learning to photograph a ‘drop’, I am adding it in the spirit of participation. The first is pretty much SOOC except for some cropping and borders and second has slighted altered water hue. The ‘yellow’ on the second one is orange juice (couldn’t think of anything else to get some color). As usual constructive feedback most welcome.
I think you did well and I love the orange juice drop on the second shot. Reminds me of a yellow jelly bean.
I think using a flash does slow it down and make it harder (in my opinion). When I took photos of my crowns I used natural outdoor lighting without a flash so I could take more photos per second.
I actually tied and dangled a plastic sandwich bag filled with water from the top of a garage door. Then I placed my plate that I wanted the drops to land on the ground, and poked a pin hole at the bottom of the bag. I laid down on the garage floor and just kept pressing that shutter - with a lot of refocusing, etc.
One thing I did do was move to manual focus - and prefocussed on a pen dipped where the drop would follow. helped avoid a lot of refocussing especially with a relatively small aperture.
What we are looking for in this challenge is more of frozen action - fast shutter speed. Perhaps you can try one of those shots too!
@willowdragon haha, I love it - it's usually kids in photos popping the bubbles.
@ikamera love, love this concept - very creative idea and not an easy one to execute.
@pixiemac oooow interesting frozen water patterns!!! Very cool
@cheribug Wow, love the water drops splashing everywhere!
@northy Not only did you catch the water drops but the processing and photo has an artsy flair to it - nice job. Oh I hope you try the water balloons - I really want to see some more of them.
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per your request @myhrhelper
That is my first attempt..
@northy Love the water shape, and splashes!
@ikamera Cool! Love the golden color and the wonderful buttery golden drip
@melissachambers Very interesting technique with the in focus water splashes and the boy blurred out
@dtigani haha, who doesn't love playing with water? Very fun water spray shot
@cheribug Awesome shot - it is on my to-do list - but I will be the one behind the camera not in the pool
@sianipops such an interesting collage! I'm not sure I know what that is - I don't htink I've ever heard of them before. Great to see frozen mid-stream in the center photo. Interesting to have a minimalist type of water drips in the first shot
@tracymore Wow such a colorful water drop! love it - Surprised how well it's captured with only a 1/200 speed - but you did catch the drop in action
@btorrey Such an interesting bubble spray shot(s) - very cool!
@ikamera Love the fruit caught in mid-air! Love that it's something other than water too
@Cheesebiscuit Love the water splash - great action catch
@melissachambers This one is especially interesting being slushy sand rather than water or total liquid drips!