April/MayCompetition (Shutter Speed) Entries

Zogger · 5 Apr 2014 at 15:22

After a bit of a battle against spring shutter speed came out on top in the vote.

The theme encapsulates any shot where shutter speed is an important factor and has been considered when taking the shot - for example a very fast shutter speed to freeze a moment in time or a long shutter speed to blur motion or create light trails etc.

Post your entry here. I recommend the 1024 size on flickr (for example) but there is no hard restriction. You are welcome to include a short comment about the image and a link to a larger size if relevant.

Entries can be entered and changed at any time up until 23:59 on 31st May. (The ending time was extended due to the late poll for the theme). One entry per person.

Entries must have been taken between April 1st and the closing time.

Voting will be by public vote in a new thread.

Merry shooting

Zogger · 13 Apr 2014 at 22:22

might as well get this started... (bit of deja vu there)
spent enough time trying to find out how to get this link on the new flickr.. the share button is not very obvious..

Patient Subjects by TheRealZogger, on Flickr
(royal subjects, that is)
Buckingham Palace - 25 sec.
We were in London on Saturday and after finishing what we were there for we hopped on the Piccadilly line not really thinking of where we were going. By chance we decided to get off at Green Park for Buckingham Palace. As we were sitting by the fountain outside I suddenly remembered the photo comp and the main reason I had taken my gorillapod to London with me. I set it up on the edge of the fountain and attached the LCW ND500, thankful for live view and exposure simulation taking the arduous steps out of using ND filters. Had a guess at a bit of over exposure which worked out pretty much spot on for the balance between dynamic range and not blowing the highlights. I took a few shots, but this second one had the best clouds - I was lucky to get them as they mostly cleared out of the shot by the next exposure and didn't come back before sunset. The wind had picked up quite a bit by this time which also added an interesting effect to the water.