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PHOTO BOOTCAMP MAGAZINE ISSUE 05 | August 2018
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IN THIS ISSUE Motion 04 Members Images 08 Featured Artist - Christian Piron 32 Members Images 39 Acknowledgments 57 Calling All BootCamp Recruits 58
Cover Image: JARROD BEARE Country: AUSTRALIA F/
6.3 2.5SEC ISO100
This is a photo of incense smoke. I enjoy the experimental and learning experience of doing things like this.
DRILL INSTRUCTOR'S MEMO Welcome to issue 5 of Photo BootCamp Magazine! W hat really jumped out to me this month inside Photo BootCamp Academy (my awesome photo membership where I personally help students) was all the positive, helpful comments on members 'motion' images. More than 3200 of them! I'm so grateful for the continued mega-activity from everyone. You rock! Top 40 Images: It's been 6 months since I started BootCamp and we've grown like crazy - which means we need to limit the number of members images featured each month in this magazine. In t his mont h's issue: you'll learn about MOTION, and how you can use it to tell a unique story in a still image using a few simple and fun camera techniques.
Brent Mail
I started off my photography career as a sports/ action photographer - so I love capturing motion. Sit back and enjoy the top 40 images from BootCamp members in this edition. I think you'll be impressed!
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"Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like." ~David Alan Harvey
M OTION MOTION, ACTION, ENERGY As we all know, photography captures but a brief moment in time. Sometimes, the subject we?re photographing is in full action and capturing that ?snapshot?doesn?t quite express the vibe of the scene. Other times, we may want to create some dramatic tension and freeze the action of the moment to suspend the subject in time and space. Through the magic of shutter speed and movement, we can do both! And even better is that we can do them on the very same scene and tell a completely different story! How cool is that? So let?s get into it! MOTION PICTURES TELL A STORY And I'm not talking about movies! It seems obvious to state, but motion is all about movement. But why is this important to understand in relation to photography? Because knowing how to capture movement in different ways will take your photography to the next level! Capturing motion, whether it be by slowing, freezing, or emphasizing the action is a way of telling the unique story in a still image. And in the case of motion photography, the story is all about action, energy, and performance. CAPTURING MOTION EFFECTS Capturing motion is pretty straight forward, although practice will help you hone your technique (as in all things photography). Master shutter speed and physical camera movement and you will control the motion in your photos. W hat you need to know first: -
Fast shutter speed freezes the action Slow shutter speed and/ or physically moving the camera shows movement
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Show the subject moving - the subject will have a blurred appearance against a still background Motion blur - moving the camera while shooting a still subject will create a streaked abstract appearance Panning - moving the camera at the same rate of speed as the subject will create the appearance of the background being blurred and the subject being focused (to a greater or lesser extent)
To have some fun and really challenge yourself, try using some creative constraint. This is taking one camera and one lens ONLY out in the field and using just those for your entire shoot. This forces you to learn and do the best you can with what you have. You?ll also get to know your equipment very well and gain a deeper understanding of how it all works! SUMMARY W hen working with motion, you can have a lot of fun telling different stories just by adjusting your shutter speed and/ or moving your camera with the action. Start with a faster shutter speed and incrementally slow it down until you achieve the desired effect. It?s all about taking creative license to tell the story you?re after. Remember that you can create two completely different stories with the exact same scene just by emphasizing motion or freezing the action. It?s a really fun way to learn and change things up and seeing the end results is very satisfying! If you?d like to see more examples and learn even more about this and other ways to improve your photography today, join the PBCA. All the images in this magazine are taken by members of the Academy, demonstrating their interpretations of motion. Not only will you learn from the classes themselves, the members share their experience and inspiration in a supportive, encouraging forum and would love to have you be a part of this growing group of photographers.
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Photographer: C H RIST IN E D O M IN GO Country: U SA F/
5.6 1/ 1000 SEC ISO800 | 200 MM
I love birds and especially hummingbirds so here's one I captured recently doing his hummingbird thing. More than trying to take pictures of them, I like to watch and listen to them. Very busy and interesting little birds. It's not as clear as I would like but overall I am pleased with it.
Feedback: R A C H EL G IL M O U R Country: A U ST RA L IA Chris, I can't add to what's already been said. I think it's an awesome shot. I follow a professional photographer, on Facebook, who takes photos like this for a living. Your shot is as good as some that he's posted.
Photographer: J U DY W A RD Country: CANADA F/
20 5SEC ISO100 | 20 MM
Here is a picture of fireworks. I was originally positioned in line with the people in this image, but children were naturally excited to view the fireworks and kept jostling around to get a better spot and bumping my tripod. I moved back behind the main viewing area and was happy to catch the silhouettes of these people as they enjoyed the show. I think it worked out better than my original plan. My main task in editing the image was to remove the light from cell phones. I like long light trails when photographing fireworks.
Feedback: D IA N N E M C I LW A IN Country: AUSTRALIA This is such an interesting take on a fireworks photo. Your decision to move has produced a different perspective giving you a great result! Well done.
Photographer: J A RRO D B EA RE Country: AUSTRALIA F/
13 1/ 40 SEC ISO100 | 96 MM
I liked the colors in this photo, it was just before sundown. I think I managed to show a sense of motion, while the riders eye is still in.
Feedback: A L EX C O O K Country: N EW ZEALAND Great action shot Jarrod. You certainly captured the action of the riders legs, and feet on the pedals, and the bike wheels.
Photographer: K ERRIE C L A RK E Country: A U ST RA L IA F/
11 1/ 10 SEC ISO100 | 85MM
This is an image of some Red Hot Pokers that were growing beside the railway track. I was waiting for that steam train (again), hoping to get a panning shot, but decided to go a bit abstract for this one. I moved the camera downwards.
Feedback: B REN T M A IL Country: A U ST RA L IA Wow Kerrie - this image looks like a abstract oil painting to me. Very very good. The warm colours against the cooler colours really works in this image. My eye is attracted to the big orange blob on the left of centre. I don't see any way you can improve this image - it's perfect!
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Photographer: EREZ SHILAT Country: ISRAEL F/
5 1/ 4SEC ISO800
Tried zoom motion here (hand held camera) and played with the colors at post.
Feedback: J A RRO D B EA RE Country: AUSTRALIA This is so good. I love the colors, the composition and so many lines leading out from the center. Awesome!
Photographer: K ERI D OW N Country: A U ST RA L IA
Feedback: S H EREE E B A N K S Country: C AY M A N I SL A N D S
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Very creative! Were you going up and down or back and forth? I really love the dark on the bottom, with the glass on top. Cool shot.
9 1/ 3SEC ISO5000
So I went way outside the box for this one and tried a completely off the wall process. It is not your normal movement shot so let me know your thoughts. This shot was taken while moving the lens back and forth.
Photographer: B REN T M A IL Country: A U ST RA L IA F/
7.1 1/ 60 SEC ISO50 | 40 MM I found this one - from the skate competition I shot a few months ago. This was the closest I could get to the edge of the 12ft bowl. Prefocused on the edge of the bowl and then slowed down my shutter speed. and shot the skaters as they came up into view and "grind" that coping. I like this image because it has just enough blurring to show movement and the body language here rocks (in my opinion). This image reminded me of the 70's hippy era so I used a lightroom preset (from my friend Richard Schneider) to give it this retro look.
Feedback: C H RIST IN E R O C H ER Country: A U ST RA L IA W hat can I say....another Brent Mail classic! Love the way you have captured the motion here, with enough motion to blur the distraction from the background! I like the retro feel you have got from the LR preset....makes me feel like we are back in the 70s!!
Photographer: C H RIST IN E R O C H ER Country: A U ST RA L IA
Feedback: B REN D A P OT T S Country: U SA
CANON 5D MKIII | F/ 4 6 SEC ISO100 | 45MM
Very cool shot, Rerro. I love the complimentary colors of the blue sail and yellow lights.
My next image depicting motion, was achieved by turning the zoom on my lens while the shutter was open. The image was taken at night, so artificial light played an important role and the evening was part of an event of 'Confluence - night-time celebration of light and art transforming where our rivers meet.' The meeting of the Canning and the Swan Rivers. Two light artists projected coloured light images on the boats moored in the marina.
Photographer: B A RB A RA G IL B ERT Country: USA
Feedback: C A RO L L EAT H ER Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Perfect panning action! I like how the sunlight on the grass directs the eye to the front of the car also.
4 1/ 100 SEC ISO220 | 50 MM
Here is another version of my remote control car. Here I was laying down on the ground and panning as it went by.
Photographer: D ERRY L F RIESEN Country: T H A IL A N D CANON |
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Five days before the young Thai football team, the W ild Boars got trapped in Tham Luang Cave I went in with my wife and three friends to experiment with a new photography technique I had seen - slow exposure shooting swinging burning steel wool in a dark place. I wanted to get a feel of crazy streaks of light shards flying everywhere and lighting up the natural environment with only the sparks. Had no clue really how to do this but had a friend crazy enough to put on a helmet and sunglasses and swing blazing fire! Did not want to post this anywhere until I knew the boys were out safely. Thank God they are safe!
Feedback: P H IL L B IRD Country: U SA Spectacular image, Derryl. Lots of movement at several levels. Love the composition with your friend highlighted in the eye of the storm of sparks - very creative work.
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Photographer: D EN IS O 'B Y RN E Country: I REL A N D f/ 5 1/ 1000sec ISO800 | 45mm Tennis Action Stills. The original had more space on the left.
Feedback: C H RIST IA N P IRO N Country: B ELGIU M Denis, I find it a very good picture with he young woman in action. I almost lost the tennis ball as I was looking at her. Rather busy background. Perhaps more space at the left of the tennis ball.
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Photographer: JIM W HEELER Country: USA N IKON D5600 | F/ 13 1/ 20 SEC ISO100 | 27MM It's the Lighthouse at Kilauea Point on Kauai Island. It was a very windy day. The lighthouse is the main POI and I was using the headland as a leading line to the lighthouse.
Feedback: C H RIST IA N P IRO N Country: BELGIUM Jim, good picture. Interesting sky. Showing the headland is surely an added value. I struggle a bit with the composition. The lighthouse is for me a POI, but not in the centre or at a cross of the rule of thirds. Personally I think more sea at the right would give more balance. But you certainly got the motion in the waves.
Photographer: N IC K E L L IS Country: A U ST RA L IA F/
8 1/ 13SEC ISO100
At work or play. I'd thought about this shot for a few days, mainly thinking through the shape to turn and the best way to get shavings blurred and in frame. Lighting is a desk lamp with a high wattage daylight bulb which lives on the lathe. I simply moved it around until I was happy with the way it looked through the viewfinder.
BEFORE af t er Feedback: B IL L H A N SO N Country: U SA Nick, great image. Super focus on the point of action with the lathe, tools, and hand all providing good leading lines to draw your viewer's eye into it. Love the chips of wood, which adds a bit of grittiness to the action. Nice lighting as well.
Photographer: S A RA O 'B RIEN Country: U SA
Feedback: V IC K I M U D D Country: U SA
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Sara, in my experience, it is really difficult to catch multiple flags all flying the same direction or all flying at the same time. I like that there are different levels of blurring between them. Great timing. Well done.
32 1/ 6 SEC ISO100 | 44MM Here is one of the flag motion pictures I took this weekend. I like this one the best as the tips of the flags are more ghosted than the other ones I took. I have a few good ones of the water gun fight on the lake, but as I have already posted the duck splashing went with this one.
Photographer: A M B ER P A L L A S - B RU N T Country: U SA
Feedback: RICHARD HUTSON Country: USA
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Amber, I like everything about this photo. Complementary colors, the blur of the props, and most of all, the simplicity of the composition with the fuselage leading the eye toward the prop, and the way the prop leads to the upper right corner of the photo. it's very nice work!
5.0 1/ 500 SEC | 85MM
This was taken last weekend during my Ag plane photo shoot. This time I took some images with the plane on the ground. It really gave me some time to play with my settings
Photographer: H IL A RY W Country: A U ST RA L IA
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SONY RX100-3 | F/ 5.0 1/ 800 SEC ISO125 | 25MM Shot from Luangwa. I like the way the dust is kicked up by their heels, but you don?t really see it on the wider photo.
Feedback: C H RIST IA N P IRO N Country: B ELGIU M Hilary, this is a great picture. I really love this one. Good job.
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Photographer: T ERRI C A RR Country: USA
Feedback: B REN D A P OT T S Country: U SA
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Fantastic, in addition to just enough motion to make me think I've had a bit too much to drink, the complimentary colors are so vibrant.
5.0 1/ 160 SEC ISO100 | 30 MM
Wow! I'm so impressed with the talent in here. Wonderful, creative group of people. So many different viewpoints but that's what makes photography so great. I thought I would reach outside of the box and try something completely new for me. I was playing with the zoom on my camera lens and after much frustration and multiple attempts I managed to get one decent shot.
Photographer: A L EX C O O K Country: N EW Z EA L A N D F/
5.6 1/ 60 SEC ISO100 | 105MM
I wanted to get a good panning shot and what better subject than a drone - if you want to practice that is, since you can program it to fly up and down on the same path (or anywhere for that matter). It doesn't get bored and so you just keep doing it till you get it right. Most of my shots were either out of focus or the victim of camera shake due to low shutter speed. Don't know what I was thinking about that shutter speed, when you consider the focal length, but I still managed to get this. There's a bit of a trick to get the focus right too with a moving object. The dark background really helps the drone stand out, I have another one against a sunny background which is good although a bit shaky, but I decided this was the better one.
Feedback: J A RRO D B EA RE Country: A U ST RA L IA This is awesome. It really defines motion and the dark background works perfectly.
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Photographer: P ET ER B RO DY Country: U SA F/
2.8 1/ 190 SEC ISO70 | 6.6 MM I was driving by this reservoir today and thought this would be a good photo. I only had my iPhone. The pond in front of the waterfall was so calm. Second photo is the view from above the waterfalls to show how peaceful the pond is.
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Feedback: L EIL A G O N Z A L EZ S U L L IVA N Country: USA Hi, Pete, I like that you can still see the droplets and little streams of water. Composition suits me as well,with that tower-thing at the end matching the brownish water below. Great job!
Photographer: A N D REW R O B IN SO N Country: A U ST RA L IA F/
3.2 1/ 2000 SEC ISO400 | 300 MM
I have gone for a crisp motion shot. I shot this in manual.
Feedback: D EN IS O 'B Y RN E Country: I REL A N D Andrew. Very good action shot. Like the soft background.
Photographer: D AV ID R O B IN SO N Country: S PA IN CANON 450D | F/ 32 3SEC ISO100 | 70 MM I took the shot in a local wooded area after watching a video on taking creative shots. I stood probably 50 meters away from the trees and wanted a slow a shutter speed as I could get without using filters. I slowly panned the camera up the trees from the bottom to enhance the movement
Feedback: BILL HANSON Country: U SA David, beautiful use of intentional camera movement. The colors and the foliage really create a nice abstract effect -- very calming!
Photographer: V IC K I M U D D Country: U SA F/
5 1/ 200 SEC ISO1600 | 122MM Every year the Buder Center Powwow is put on by the students of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies and is held at an indoor arena at Washington University in St. Louis. Shooting this event is very challenging because the maintenance department cover the floor with this horrible yellow gold covering that they hold together with clear duct tape. Still, in spite of the countless hours it takes to try to correct this nasty covering, I still love to shoot it because it brings back the memory of being a student and working on the powwow and also the friends that I got to reconnect with at the powwow.
Feedback: D IA N N E M C I LW A IN Country: A U ST RA L IA This is a wonderful image for the 'Motion' theme. I can imagine the sounds of the dancers and the it instruments they use in the PowWow. A very colorful image showing the movement of the dancers and costumes.
Photographer: D IA N N E M C I LW A IN E Country: A U ST RA L IA F/
8.0 2SEC ISO100
This is one I took in March at Serenity Falls when I went out with a couple of photography loving friends.
Feedback: A L A N S H A RP Country: A U ST RA L IA Wow. This is so beautiful. The lines in the water falling along with the sun coming down from above takes your eyes straight to the beauty of the waterfall. Well done, this is just awesome.
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Feedback: JUDY W ARD Country: CANADA I was checking out your shutter speed - only 2 seconds - I expected it to be much longer, but I now think there must have been many lights on this merry-go-round. I think it is a fabulous image showcasing light, colour and movement. The shape reminds me of a Christmas tree. Great image!
GETTING TO KNOW OUR FEA TURED A RTIST: Brent : How did you get started in photography? W hat was your inspiration? Christ ian: With the money of my first vacation job as student I bought an analog SLR Minolta camera. I used it mainly for taking photos on vacation in ?auto?mode. Then I was already happy with my 2 objectives and tripod. When marrying and having children, I used a compact camera. A couple of years ago I wanted to get a new hobby where I could go creative at moments I like without a strict planning. I decided also to not use the ?auto?mode anymore. So I bought a new DSLR and began to follow lessons in a local organization.
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Brent : If you could travel anywhere in the world specifically to take pictures, where would you go and why? Christ ian: I don?t have a specific place I would like to go. For the moment I am still searching what is my main topic of interest. But I tend to like more landscape: nature, city and the interaction between both. Europe is great for me. I don?t have the need to go around the world. There is so much to see in the direct environment. Brent : W hat is the most challenging photo you?ve ever taken and how did you overcome those challenges? Christ ian: The most challenging one?s are those when I am out of my comfort zone by more extreme circumstances. When possible I try to anticipate by looking up how other photographer?s cope with it.
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"Theonly good picture, is theoneyou took. " Ch r ist ian's f avor it e in spir at ion al qu ot e
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Brent : Tell us about the featured image. W hat was the inspiration behind it? Christ ian: For the local photography course we went with all students of the local photography course to a Christmas fair to learn taking pictures when it is dark. Everyone went his/ her own way. I took the usual images. Afterwards there was still time to look further and I got experimenting with settings. So I found this merry-go-round in the corner of the area. I was hit by the colors and the movement. I took several images with different settings and this was the one I liked the most. Brent : W hat was your process to get it? How did you do the post processing? Christ ian: At the moment I saw that merry-go-around I knew this would be challenge for me. There was a lot going on around it. People were passing by. I search for the best view. The was not much place beside the carrousel, so I zoomed in a bit more to minimize the distraction. In post process I only used the correction for my used objective. I was satisfied with the colors. Brent : W hich photographers influenced you, and how did they influence your thinking, photographing, and career path? Christ ian: I like very much the approach of Lucien HervĂŠ, who worked mostly with the architect Le Corbusier: the abstract photography, B&W images, the importance of composition, his ?moment dĂŠcisif?(= decisive moment) when he took his images.
PH O T O G RA PH ER C H R I S T I A N P I R O N Brent : W hat sparked your original interest in photography? W hat inspires and motivates you to continue taking pictures? Christ ian: The challenge to take time and look at my environment in different ways: forwards and backwards, lower and higher position. I try to see if a new technique could add something at the final result. I think I always had the need to register what is going on around me by capturing images. In the analog period I struggled very much with the problem that I didn?t saw immediately the result. It happened that I took a picture twice to be sure I would certainly have one image good developed in the shop. With the digital period my interest began again to smolder. My first interest was for Photoshop to use it as a creative/ graphic tool, not for photography use. At the moment I took a pause with my music hobby, I took the decision to make time to start more seriously with photography by following a local photography course and read literature about techniques and the approach of professional photographers.
PH O T O G RA PH ER C H R I S T I A N P I R O N Brent : W hat advice would you give to someone just starting on their photography adventure? Christ ian: When someone wants to start, you must make time for it. Otherwise that camera and the objectives will catch dust. It is not because you have an expensive and/ or objectives that your images will be awesome by default. I read about an experience between a professional with a basic DSLR and an amateur (with some experience) with a professional DSLR. They both got the same challenge. Finally those images were evaluated and those of the professional were better. Just stay surprised and try to find a personal way of making your image stand out. To be complete: I didn?t find myself that last thing yet. Brent : The sky?s the limit, no constraints...W hat are your grand photography dreams? Christ ian: I like to walk (for days), so it would be a dream coming true when having time for many walks around the world and wondering about the locals and the nature walking through. I have also some projects in mind, but those are just embryonic.
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Photographer: JANICE CHEN Country: AUSTRALIA F/
5.3 1/ 30 SEC ISO100 | 98 MM I went out to have another go of panning at the weekend after the initial try in Shanghai. Here is the picture at the city park in Auckland. The kids big and small were skating on this track, I had a lot of fun playing with the panning. I prefocused on the track and waited for the skaters to pass that section of the track.
Feedback: B REN T M A IL Country: A U ST RA L IA Wow Janice this shot is excellent because you have the skaters head sharp and the rest of his body is blurred. Very good! I also like that he is kind of framed between the two light objects in the background - and you left space for him to skate into.
Feedback: J U DY W A RD Country: CANADA
Photographer: INGRID POMEROY Country: USA
This is a beautiful image, Ingrid. I like how the pelicans are all in different stages of flight. The composition is lovely. I have no idea what caused the sun to have edges, though :) You could probably round it off in Photoshop if you were so inclined. I think it is neat.
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6.3 1/ 2000 SEC ISO400 | 107MM Shot at Asilomar Beach at sunset. Not sure why the sun turned out like that. I am thrilled about the way the pelicans photographed, though!
Photographer: K AT H Y P OT T ER Country: U SA F/
22 1SEC ISO250 | 58 MMC This is my first attempt at taking fireworks with my DSLR. It isn't the best shot but I wanted to share my first try to get feedback for the future. This was also my first time using a tripod and using live view. It was much more difficult than I expected. I was in my backyard so I only took a few shots until the mosquitoes chased me inside! I wish I had paid more attention to my settings before I went outside.
Feedback: B REN T M A IL Country: A U ST RA L IA Wow Kathy you really nailed this one - like that the sky is blue and the way you've composed this image with space on the right really rocks too!
Photographer: M A RI D U T O IT Country: S O U T H A FRICA
Feedback: B REN T M A IL Country: A U ST RA L IA
CANON 7DM KII | F/ 10 1/ 2000 SEC ISO1600 | 200 MM
wow!!! You chose a very fast shutter speed which works great to "freeze" the bird in motion. Love that murky smooth background, makes your bee-eater really POP!
I took this photo of the white-fronted bee-eater. I was standing on top of the cliff where the bee-eaters were busy catching bees. The background is the water of the Vaalriver.
Feedback: E U GEN E B RA N N A N Country: U SA SONY A-77V | F/ 22 1SEC ISO80 | 200 MM This swollen stream is the Gulf Creek that flows in the canyon behind my home. Normally a peaceful stream that can be waded in as you wonder the Gulf Creek Canyon Preserve, the Creek is subject to high water from storms and steady rain.
Feedback: C H RIST IA N P IRO N Country: B ELGIU M Eugene, this picture has everything. Smoothly current water, leading line through the trees and great composition. It gives a peaceful feeling. Very nice done.
Photographer: G A RY E D W A RD S Country: USA
Feedback: J EFF E M ERSO N Country: U SA
N IKON D7200 | F/ 18 1/ 30 SEC ISO1600
Nicely done Gary. Reminds me of my childhood. Nice use of motion and color without much background light.
I like the subtlety of the rides chairs with their motion going around as the backdrop adds the color to this image at a county fair.
Feedback: R O D N EY C H A RLTO N Country: A U ST RA L IA That shutter speed producing silky water does show the water in action. Nice photo. Perhaps a vertical crop, while still keeping those nicely coloured and textured rocks, may help highlight the water more?
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Photographer: J IM A L B ERT SO N Country: U SA F/
22 1/ 2SEC ISO280 | 18 MM This is my first shot ever at slow shutter speed and fast moving water. I took this shot in Glacier National Park in 2016 deep within an old growth forest where this spot almost always has low light making it perfect for this kind of shot. No ND filter was necessary. I experimented with different shutter speeds based on how fast the water was moving to get what I thought was the best effect. This was as shot straight out of the camera with no post work.
Photographer: K A REN P A D IL L A Country: U SA CANON REBEL T2I I took this photo on a Norwegian Cruise ship as I was passing the whirlpool with a waterfall on deck. I believe it was most likely the kit lens I was using at that time. I don't remember the settings and since I'm having major problems with Lightroom, I can't locate the original photo. Switching to ON1 this week and starting all over. I was calling this one "Roiling Water" but after the up close look I think I'll call it, "Time to Clean the Pool".
Feedback: J U DY W A RD Country: C A N A D A Interesting image, Karen. It's neat how the moving water & air bubbles pick up colours and reflect them. You must have used quite a fast shutter speed to capture this much sharp detail in the moving water.
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22 1/ 30 SEC ISO100 | 85MM
Really didn't have any action shots in my archives, so had to get out this weekend for some new material. My first one is a b&W at the local skate board park.
AFTER Feedback: B A RB A RA G IL B ERT Country: U SA Love the motion in this photo. I also like the black and white, it helps to eliminate distractions. The only things I might correct is to straighten the horizon line, and maybe crop some off the top. Otherwise an awesome job and photo!
Photographer: M A RIO N L O U CA Country: P O RT U GA L
Feedback: A L EX C O O K Country: N EW Z EA L A N D
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Really nice shot Marion, I'm not surprised you had to take so many photos to get this one. It's kind of abstract, and great colours. Cheers
8 1/ 3SEC ISO100 Tried my hand at Intentional Camera Movement - I must have taken hundreds of photos. There is some noise in this photo as it was getting dark so I am planning to go back a bit earlier in the day. I used a tripod.
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Photographer: C A RO L L EAT H ER Country: U N IT ED K IN GD O M F/
6.3 1/ 2500 SEC ISO2500
This was one I took earlier this year, but I will get out and take something new. The photo was taken in my garden, through glass (it was cold outside!). I had to crop as the action happened in the lower third of the frame as I wasn't expecting the second bird to approach. A chance shot. I like that I captured movement in the flying birds wing even though I used a shutter speed.
Feedback: H IL A RY W Country: A U ST RA L IA
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That?s beautiful Carole, and welcome. Hope you enjoy Boot Camp as much as I do. It certainly makes you think! Kissing - or parent and child?? Very good.
Photographer: M ICHAEL HALE Country: AUSTRALIA F/
9 3.2SEC ISO400 | 14MM
Brisbane city viewed from South Bank. Attempting to blur the river surface.
Feedback: L EIL A G O N Z A L EZ S U L L IVA N Country: U SA I'm not sure if this is a different shot of the same scene or if you pumped up the colors a bit. Lovely reflections and smooth water, but I may be in the minority in wanting to see a bit more black water at the bottom to balance the very dark sky above.
Photographer: M A RT IN H U L L Country: U SA
Feedback: R IC H A RD H U T SO N Country: U SA
CANON 5D | F/ 5.6 1/ 125 ISO800 | 105MM
Point Reyes, Amazing ... you both shot at the same time. I like the way the man and the gun are in sharp focus and the background is blurred out. I hope you were wearing ear plugs.
Taken on June 27, 2012 with my first DSLR that I purchased May of that year. I am still amazed at how well that 12 Meg camera was able to record detail.
Photographer: R IC H A RD H U T SO N Country: U SA F/
16 1/ 30 SEC ISO100 | 28 MM
My first attempt at creating motion by panning with a slow shutter speed. I took several shots to get one I could use. My neighbor was very patient riding back and forth across the intersection.
Feedback: J IM A L B ERT SO N Country: U SA Love the background blur and the blur in the spokes and the light reflecting off of the spokes. Good composition. I like how you left room on the right for him to "speed" into. Well done.
Photographer: R O D N EY C H A RLTO N Country: A U ST RA L IA F/
3.2 5SEC ISO200 | 40 MM
For my first "Motion" challenge photo I decided to keep my camera and my subject (mostly) still !?! . I did however let part of my subject move. The photo was taken today ;-) and although there wasn't much colour in the original photo, I converted to black and white to help emphasize the motion.
Feedback: T ERRI C A RR Country: U SA Unique take to motion but I like it.. You can definitely see that time does not stand still ;). I like the black and white effect . Nice touch and good job!
Photographer: VALERIE W ORTHEN Country: USA F/
4.5 1250 SEC ISO1800 | 175MM
I have been trying to get an in focus moving shot of the hummingbirds that visit the feeders on my deck. I set up my tripod and took a couple dozen photos. My goal was a sharp photo that still had some movement I got a few that I felt would work. I have cropped the photo in an attempt to highlight the bird.
BEFORE AFTER
Feedback: C H RIST IN E R O C H ER Country: A U ST RA L IA Gorgeous colour you have captured with natural silhouettes! I love the soft hues on the left. Very nice!
Photographer: W Country: USA F/
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8 1/ 2000 SEC ISO400
Saw these cockatoos flying over head just at sunset while camping.
Feedback: R A C H EL G IL M O U R Country: A U ST RA L IA W hat a great capture. Love how you darkened the background the contrast!
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