It was the Tamron 18-270

Bill

I wish I could say I did it on purpose, but, to be honest, it was pure dumb luck. I was trying to get the surfer in focus and positioned in the frame properly. I never realized how nice the sun would look on the wave behind him.

Bill

Long Branch, NJ

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I've had the D7000 for about 8 months. AWESOME! But, there is a bit of a learning curve. All of those options mean you have to make decisions and I am not sure I always make the right decision or even know that I was suppose to make a decision at all.

Bill

William, pretty cool capture. Where and what is it?

I had too many chores this weekend and didn't have a chance to get out. So, I decided to play around and take a long exposure of a Windows Screensaver. This is the "Ribbons" screensaver. 4 seconds at f9 ISO 100.

Hope you like it.


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I use MPIX alot and have been very happy with the results. The main reason I use them is because of the number of print size options they have. If COSTCO is printing an 11x14, then they are cropping your 2:3 ratio original file to fit the 11x14 ratio.

For pictures I decide to print, I have MPIX print an 8x12, I ordered a suppy of frames and mattes from Frames USA and the whole thing (print, frame, matte)costs a little over $10.00. Final size is 12x16 and they look professionally finished. If you buy a frame for that 11x14 print, you will be way over the $10 I spent.

Bill

Sorry, wrong thread

Nice series. I really like the very tight close-ups.

Bill

Kaerynn,
This is not a composite. Simply one exposure of about 8-10 seconds. The different "scenes" are the picture on the TV changing durring that time.

Bill

Train from Anchorage to Whittier Alaska.

Train had a glass roof. It was raining that day and this picture was taken as we went thru a tunnel. If you let your imagination wander, you can see a dragon. Two blue eyes, large upper lip and two fangs.

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I used pretty much all the standard long exposure "rules".
Tripod
ISO 200 on Nikon D7000
28-75mm F2.8 Tamron. Used F32
Approximately 8-10 second exposure
Used the time release shutter set at 2 seconds.
Shot at night and turned off all the lights.

It is very much a hit or miss proposition since you don't know what is coming from 1 scene to another. I really just wanted to get a hang of things and didn't really expect much. Turned out to be fun. I may try again tonight and look for a cartoon station. Have no idea what that will look like.

I was playing around trying to figure out how to do long exposures. I was using the TV as a "model". This picture is from the Series "Gold Rush". I kind of like it. Comments?

Bill