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 06/13/2011 02:17:29 AM · #1
Hmmm I use a tripod most of the time. Too old and shaky not to. So what are we talking about here?
 06/13/2011 02:19:12 AM · #2
Would it mainly be time elapsed photos? What else?
 06/13/2011 02:47:23 AM · #3
It is pretty much another Long Exposure challenge.
 06/13/2011 02:49:11 AM · #4
self portraits
 06/13/2011 03:36:13 AM · #5
star rings
 06/13/2011 03:48:42 AM · #6
Waterfalls
 06/13/2011 03:49:20 AM · #7
I am quite looking forward to this one actually, I have so many ideas in mind.

Message edited by author 2011-06-13 03:49:50.
 06/13/2011 03:50:29 AM · #8
Originally posted by supanova:
I am quite looking forward to this one actually, I have so many ideas in mind.


also tripod idea... a thinking woman in a crowd that moves around her...
 06/13/2011 05:34:02 AM · #9
I will shoot a tripod... obviously needed one for the image, not so?

Night, waterfalls, macros, seascapes.... I see a lot of DNMC (Not from me) great pix not being rated well. Eg, I can shoot a good landscape handheld. The trolls are going to suck that "obvious" tit dry!
 06/13/2011 05:34:30 AM · #10
I think it has to be stated, maybe a few times in this thread for those who dont read all comments, that the challenge title is "OBVIOUS Tripod" meaning in my opinion that it is not just a photo taken with a tripod, it needs to have movement and still subjects* to make it clear that it was taken on a tripod.
I think that
Originally posted by vawendy:
self portraits
might not be so obvious as a tripod shot...IMHO :-)

*I didnt want to say objects just in case we started the whole "what is an object" discussion again!
 06/13/2011 08:07:38 AM · #11
Hmmmm, add a dash of 'why didn't I think of that' and a dollup of fun & fancy into the mix... Well, I have my idea now just to pull it off.
 06/13/2011 01:28:08 PM · #12
I am taking a road trip up the coast and eventually making my way to Yosemite :)

I had specific pictures in mind that I wanted to take on this trip and when I saw the rollover had a challenge for something with a long exposure (obvious tripod) I got real excited. Im expecting big things from this photo.
 06/13/2011 01:32:50 PM · #13
So we are taking photos of tripods??? :) ( Total sarcasm intended)
 06/13/2011 03:16:20 PM · #14
Originally posted by JamesKW:
So we are taking photos of tripods??? :) ( Total sarcasm intended)


I don't know why not; meets the challenge, certainly. Or images that use shadows or reflections of the tripod actually used in the making of them...

R.
 06/13/2011 04:09:14 PM · #15
What about the makeshift tripods? Car hoods, fence posts, tree stumps, rocks, etc. Would these be DNMC? I'm sure we all have used something, other than a tripod, to hold the camera steady.
 06/13/2011 04:39:47 PM · #16
Originally posted by Marc923:
What about the makeshift tripods? Car hoods, fence posts, tree stumps, rocks, etc. Would these be DNMC? I'm sure we all have used something, other than a tripod, to hold the camera steady.


If you're talking about FEATURING the DIY/makeshift tripod in the image, then you'll get hammered. If you can't see it, who will know? If you rest your camera on a wall to shoot a night cityscape, or whatever, then the shot obviously "requires" a tripod and nobody has anyway of knowing if it's a tripod, a monopod, a brick wall, a windowsill, a mantel, or a VERY steady human being...

Remember, though; the challenge doesn't SAY anything about actually using a tripod to make the shot; it says "Capture a photo that obviously requires a tripod for it to turn out well."

By that wording, if you take a crap photo without using a tripod where a tripod would have made it a *good* photo, you have met the challenge. Good luck getting that one past the voters, though :-)

R.
 06/13/2011 04:47:08 PM · #17
My monopod started cry... There there, don't cry! your time is coming too for a challenge :-\
 06/13/2011 04:54:36 PM · #18
I use the tripod for light painting and of course HDR
 06/13/2011 05:33:18 PM · #19
I shoot many of my HDRs handheld, so that's an obvious DNMC.

Kidding! :)
 06/13/2011 06:21:13 PM · #20
Originally posted by supanova:
I think it has to be stated, maybe a few times in this thread for those who dont read all comments, that the challenge title is "OBVIOUS Tripod" meaning in my opinion that it is not just a photo taken with a tripod, it needs to have movement and still subjects* to make it clear that it was taken on a tripod.
I think that
Originally posted by vawendy:
self portraits
might not be so obvious as a tripod shot...IMHO :-)

*I didnt want to say objects just in case we started the whole "what is an object" discussion again!


what "what is an object" discussion?

signed - threadjackers r us
 06/13/2011 07:37:46 PM · #21
Lol, who would have thought that a photographic website could turn out to be so contraversial!

Makeshift tripods...I used my ironing board to rest my camera on a few days ago as my child was doing funny things and i needed to video him.
No one needs to know what you are using so long as it is a good photo that demonstrates the use of a tripod.
 06/18/2011 03:48:41 AM · #22
double posted

Message edited by author 2011-06-19 12:45:47.
 06/18/2011 03:49:38 AM · #23
Free Study in HDR
 06/19/2011 11:05:22 AM · #24
So little time....may not get to this. Good luck to all those who were able to achieve their vision.
 06/19/2011 01:56:40 PM · #25
My dog uses the tripod stance when I let him outside to pee.
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