Entries from April 2009 ↓

A Definition…

Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this bullsh#t before

This picture is for the DPS assignment ‘In The City’. It was taken at the top of Collins St in Melbourne late last night.

I was looking to capture the movement through the city at night, particularly of trams and cars. The only post processing was to crop and straighten the image. Click the image to see a larger size.

DPS Assignment: In the City
Date: 14/4/09
Camera: Canon 450D
Lens: EF-S IS 18-55
Aperture: F20
Exposure: 19sec
ISO: 100

I have been following the Digital Photography School website for a few months and I decided to join in on their forums and assignments when I can.

An assignment from a few weeks ago was ‘Slow Shutter Speed’, and going back through some of my old pics, I had played with this before when shooting BMX. It’s quite hard to get right, especially if the rider is in the air as they tend to be moving their bodies from launch to landing which makes it really hard to track. I got this one of Steven Gedye (from Track Attack 2009 @ Frankston) after he landed and it is probably the best of my slow shutter BMX shots. The light was warmish and the condition in general were good but it is probably a bit overexposed. I have post-processed it (cropped and color balance changed) in Adobe Lightroom.

I will keep working on this slow shutter stuff as I really like the effect, especially at BMX.

Nerd joke alert…

Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar.

One says, “I’ve lost my electron.”

The other says, “Are you sure?”

The first replies, “Yes, I’m positive…”

A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Glad Wrap shorts.

The shrink says, “Well, I can clearly see you’re nuts.”

I love ‘Scenes from a hat’. I could watch it all day…