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09/05/2017 10:54:58 AM · #1
Originally posted by mefnj:

now that the challenge is over, i'll just say kudos for all the effort, but overall really some pretty boring/repetitive shots.... yes, some had the typical coronal waves or the "diamond ring", but very few had any context.

as much as i'd say it amounts to "cheating", some of the composite shots that circulated right after the event certainly were more engaging, at least to my eye.

-mark


this is why I opted for a very different form of editing. Score be damned, it was more than a black BG with an eclipse, and I quite like the look of the pulsing light with the mini-eclipses inside the sunbursts

we barely got any coverage in my area, and I didn't buy special filters, just stacked some ND filters with a high f/stop and 1/4000 or 1/8000 shutter speed. not exactly NatGeo-submit-able images, but they were sufficient for showcasing to the people gathered in the plaza outside my office to be able to "see the eclipse" in a live sense (they got to click the shutter and see the output on screen, that was more than most figured they'd get as others were setup with cardboard boxes and pin-holes)

Message edited by author 2017-09-05 10:55:56.
09/05/2017 10:30:59 AM · #2
Editing rules sure have changed since I left. I didn't realize 17 shot composites are now considered "standard" editing.

Congrats to all the winners.

I'm going over to read the rules.
09/05/2017 10:20:06 AM · #3
Originally posted by vawendy:

Hi Doc!!!

Hi Wendy. :). I can't believe our scores were so close!
09/05/2017 09:43:37 AM · #4
Originally posted by mefnj:

now that the challenge is over, i'll just say kudos for all the effort, but overall really some pretty boring/repetitive shots.... yes, some had the typical coronal waves or the "diamond ring", but very few had any context.

as much as i'd say it amounts to "cheating", some of the composite shots that circulated right after the event certainly were more engaging, at least to my eye.

-mark


I tried to bring context, but really couldn't. The issue is that the sun was so high up in the sky, I couldn't really add anything into the shot. (It was painful enough to tilt my head back that long. ;)
09/05/2017 09:42:36 AM · #5
Hi Doc!!!
09/05/2017 09:13:32 AM · #6
now that the challenge is over, i'll just say kudos for all the effort, but overall really some pretty boring/repetitive shots.... yes, some had the typical coronal waves or the "diamond ring", but very few had any context.

as much as i'd say it amounts to "cheating", some of the composite shots that circulated right after the event certainly were more engaging, at least to my eye.

-mark
09/05/2017 08:58:45 AM · #7
Originally posted by hahn23:

Now that I've seen a total solar eclipse, I long to see another. The next total solar eclipse in North America is in 2024, but there are others worldwide.


Yep, the addiction is setting in, LOL.
09/05/2017 06:04:32 AM · #8
Now that I've seen a total solar eclipse, I long to see another. The next total solar eclipse in North America is in 2024, but there are others worldwide.
09/05/2017 12:58:54 AM · #9
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Uh oh. LOL. I think I screwed up submitting my originals. It's been so long. How do I go back to submit more? I only send in one and need to send the others...

I'll send you a new request. After you upload the first one, hit the back button and repeat for each new upload.


Phew. :) Thanks!
09/05/2017 12:36:15 AM · #10
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Uh oh. LOL. I think I screwed up submitting my originals. It's been so long. How do I go back to submit more? I only send in one and need to send the others...

I'll send you a new request. After you upload the first one, hit the back button and repeat for each new upload.
09/05/2017 12:27:29 AM · #11
Uh oh. LOL. I think I screwed up submitting my originals. It's been so long. How do I go back to submit more? I only send in one and need to send the others...
09/03/2017 11:32:54 AM · #12
I prefer poodle mixes
09/02/2017 10:35:27 PM · #13
AND you twist the ears to move them around otherwise they are stubborn.

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by posthumous:

I point my Fujifilm FinePix X100S at the sun all the time. I guess it's a little less dangerous with a 23mm lens?

That, plus you're not putting it on a tripod and tracking the sun for long periods of time.

What's a tripod?

Edward Steichen's 3-legged dog.
09/02/2017 07:05:15 PM · #14
Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by posthumous:

I point my Fujifilm FinePix X100S at the sun all the time. I guess it's a little less dangerous with a 23mm lens?

That, plus you're not putting it on a tripod and tracking the sun for long periods of time.

What's a tripod?

Edward Steichen's 3-legged dog.

Message edited by author 2017-09-02 19:07:23.
09/02/2017 06:42:06 PM · #15
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by posthumous:

I point my Fujifilm FinePix X100S at the sun all the time. I guess it's a little less dangerous with a 23mm lens?

That, plus you're not putting it on a tripod and tracking the sun for long periods of time.


What's a tripod?
09/02/2017 01:55:04 PM · #16
Originally posted by posthumous:

I point my Fujifilm FinePix X100S at the sun all the time. I guess it's a little less dangerous with a 23mm lens?

That, plus you're not putting it on a tripod and tracking the sun for long periods of time.
09/02/2017 12:38:28 PM · #17
I point my Fujifilm FinePix X100S at the sun all the time. I guess it's a little less dangerous with a 23mm lens?
09/02/2017 11:09:09 AM · #18
There was risk associated with solar eclipse photography. This post eclipse article caught my attention. Photos of Cameras and Lenses that got destroyed during the eclipse.

More damage photos from LensRental here.

Message edited by author 2017-09-02 11:11:41.
08/31/2017 02:32:33 PM · #19
LOL, Buuuuuusted!
08/31/2017 01:06:33 PM · #20
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I was working out on my deck and idle thoughts occupied my mind. Suddenly it came to me. The #1 picture on the 10 images of the eclipse linked above (the plane with contrails) is fake. I'm nearly certain. Can anybody deduce why?


Two separate images in composite. The shutter speed/aperture combination to freeze the plane's motion, yet providing a good exposure of the underside of the jet and contrail would be substantially different than the solar filtered, stopped down shutter speed/aperture combination for the crescent sun.


You are probably right also. Here's what crossed my mind. At the very highest the sun was at 60 degrees to the horizon on the east coast (only 43 degrees on the west coast). The plane is completely symmetric which make it likely the photographer would be directly or nearly directly under the plane when shooting (like between 80 and 90 degrees). There would be a small chance the plane was banking at just the right moment, but I have to imagine the odds of that are so low as to be dismissed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6v6y1k/hello_reddit_i_am_the_accidental_photographer_of/?st=j70pbws5&sh=7b1e8001

Message edited by author 2017-08-31 13:06:42.
08/31/2017 12:38:03 PM · #21
Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I was working out on my deck and idle thoughts occupied my mind. Suddenly it came to me. The #1 picture on the 10 images of the eclipse linked above (the plane with contrails) is fake. I'm nearly certain. Can anybody deduce why?


Two separate images in composite. The shutter speed/aperture combination to freeze the plane's motion, yet providing a good exposure of the underside of the jet and contrail would be substantially different than the solar filtered, stopped down shutter speed/aperture combination for the crescent sun.


Has to be fake, with as much of the sun showing you HAVE to have the big filter on, unless there is some super duper filter than can catch two exposures u can't get that plane and the sun with the same settings, no way no how!

I took a shot at the last nano second of totality, w/o the filter, literally there was just a less than hair sized piece of sun, there was still darkness all around us on earth, yet w/o filter there is a LOT of blow out
08/31/2017 10:42:05 AM · #22
Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I was working out on my deck and idle thoughts occupied my mind. Suddenly it came to me. The #1 picture on the 10 images of the eclipse linked above (the plane with contrails) is fake. I'm nearly certain. Can anybody deduce why?


Two separate images in composite. The shutter speed/aperture combination to freeze the plane's motion, yet providing a good exposure of the underside of the jet and contrail would be substantially different than the solar filtered, stopped down shutter speed/aperture combination for the crescent sun.


You are probably right also. Here's what crossed my mind. At the very highest the sun was at 60 degrees to the horizon on the east coast (only 43 degrees on the west coast). The plane is completely symmetric which make it likely the photographer would be directly or nearly directly under the plane when shooting (like between 80 and 90 degrees). There would be a small chance the plane was banking at just the right moment, but I have to imagine the odds of that are so low as to be dismissed.
08/31/2017 10:32:05 AM · #23
Originally posted by RyanW:

not a lot different from where I'm sitting Georges, though I'm curious to see what you managed from Taiwan, I'm sure I won't be disappointed :D


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I can't discuss about it during voting phase. But I'll post a short making off after :)
08/31/2017 08:50:06 AM · #24
that makes absolute sense Richard.

I saw the pic and was wondering how they had managed to expose the plane and still have the sun not just a white blur as well, figured it had to be composite. didn't spend much time on logistics, but there is no way that the guy's statement of "I just got lucky" and got THAT picture lines up as perfectly as his "let's make a sword from the eclipse, a plane and contrails" do...
08/31/2017 07:21:35 AM · #25
With my personal experience with Solar filter I would agree with what Richard said.

Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I was working out on my deck and idle thoughts occupied my mind. Suddenly it came to me. The #1 picture on the 10 images of the eclipse linked above (the plane with contrails) is fake. I'm nearly certain. Can anybody deduce why?


Two separate images in composite. The shutter speed/aperture combination to freeze the plane's motion, yet providing a good exposure of the underside of the jet and contrail would be substantially different than the solar filtered, stopped down shutter speed/aperture combination for the crescent sun.
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