Artistic Shots- Well thought out, framed (positioned), artistic shots only please.

[Photog]

Rob,
This is a very cool shot. From your text, is sounds like you wanted the star streaks to be the subject. As it turned out, the trees are the subject, and without your info, we would all be wondering how you got the trees lit, and had star trails.

As for the low noise issue: Many of the DSLR cameras use a "Dark Slide" to get rid of noise, in long exposures. It works like this - After the initial image is done, the camera turns the sensor back on (mirror down and shutter closed) for the same or similar amount of time, as the initial shot. There will be color noise recorded on this "Dark Slide". The camera then subtracts the data on the "Dark Slide", from the first image file. It works very well, but the camera is on for a long time, and it can kill a battery, before it is finished.

Very cool, either way.

[Lost Canadian]

I find that images which are composed using color line over form line are sometimes equally or more intriguing. While having that thought in my head I came across this single rose sitting up out in front of its leafy green backdrop. So of course I had to prove the thought to myself so I pulled out my camera and moving it in small circles using a 7 second exposure I effectively painted this shot. Any watercolor fans here?

[Rob O]

Rob,
This is a very cool shot. From your text, is sounds like you wanted the star streaks to be the subject. As it turned out, the trees are the subject, and without your info, we would all be wondering how you got the trees lit, and had star trails.

As for the low noise issue: Many of the DSLR cameras use a "Dark Slide" to get rid of noise, in long exposures. It works like this - After the initial image is done, the camera turns the sensor back on (mirror down and shutter closed) for the same or similar amount of time, as the initial shot. There will be color noise recorded on this "Dark Slide". The camera then subtracts the data on the "Dark Slide", from the first image file. It works very well, but the camera is on for a long time, and it can kill a battery, before it is finished.

Very cool, either way.

Thanks Brian.

Regarding noise, I actually turned off the camera's LE NR for these because I've found it offers marginal help in suppressing noise on images over 5 minutes yet adds 2x the time to shoot because of the in-camera processing. So I'd have had to wait nearly an hour for the camera to run between my first and second shots. When I did star trails over the Superstitions last summer I used LE NR function and it took forever ... without tangible benefit. YMMV.

Oh, and on the battery life thing, I took the 1-hour and this subsequent 1.5 hour shots on the same charge and the batt meter showed 2/3s after. I shot the entire next day -- maybe another 50 shots, most with fill flash from the 580EX -- and the batt still had 1/2 life left. In fact, I've not changed out the battery used on this night shot two weeks ago and it's still good to go. Amazing.

[TScout]

I call these Timing, Framing and Opportunity in that order...
LOL, just thought I'd say hi, as a new guy here.

Lots of great pics in this thread, thanks for sharing!

[UK4X4]

Here's a couple of my dog Diesel,
not up to the standard of some of the excellent photos here, but were pretty good for me.

Ghost dog


Snow dog




Vertical point

[Spikepretorius]

my dog Diesel

Looks like petrol (gasoline)to me. Far too active for a diesel

[grouch]

Here is my attempt. Maybe it should be in self portraits?

[t0mills]

Here are my contributions:












They are all from this past weekend.

What do you think?


-Tim

[Lost Canadian]

^ Very nice, I really like that second humming bird shot.

Here's a couple, "fine artsy fartsy" shots from the last couple days.

[LUISJG]