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World's Fastest Snail
1st PlaceWorld's Fastest Snail
LevT


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 30 Seconds Or More VI (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus OM-1
Lens: Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
Date: Apr 1, 2024
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 500
Shutter: 200
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2024

 It was taken using Olympus' proprietary "LiveComp" mode that allows to take arbitrarily long exposures easily, without danger of overexposing the background. I opened the shutter and lighted the snail with a low-intensity ambient light for about 200 sec while it was busy crawling across a blue cardboard, and finished it with a small flash. We made about 20 of those attempts, so the poor snail was exhausted and eventually stopped moving and fell asleep. I was exhausted too, so we called it a day, and I let her go back into the wild.

Here is another version with slightly different settings and lighting

It's is probably more interesting and bizarre, but I chose the first one since I thought it better communicated the sense of motion.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 9
Avg (all users): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.6000
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Views since voting: 439
Views during voting: 65
Votes: 28
Comments: 9
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 04/20/2024 07:25:28 PM
absolutely amazing ..
and thankyou for detailing how you achieved this image ..
after reading your notes i'm still in the dark to be honest .. !! ..
which of course has nothing to do with your explanation but everything to do with my ability to understand ..
anyway .. enough about my deficiencies .. ;)
when i first saw this i was blown away .. its an extremely attractive image .. no doubt ..
the colours i find particularly appealing ..
but its also technically excellent ..
both of which seem to be trade marks of your photography ... no matter what genre ..
many congratulations on the blue .. totally fitting considering your colour palette .. :)
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 04/20/2024 11:51:46 AM
Brilliant!
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 04/20/2024 05:44:33 AM
Great idea Lev, admire your patience.
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 04/19/2024 08:54:51 AM
Great shot Lev. Love your tenacity! I̢۪ll have to give it a try.
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 04/19/2024 01:11:02 AM
yes
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2024 04:50:17 PM
This is a really good image for this challenge.
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 04/18/2024 09:15:02 AM
My pick for red in this challenge.
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 04/15/2024 11:39:52 AM
That's hysterical! Well done.
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 04/14/2024 11:50:24 PM
This made me chuckle. Great entry for the challenge. Nice lighting.
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