it's amazing how much this place changes you...

captain-spanky · Feb 16, 2005

here's a pic i did about a year ago...

and here's another attempt at the same shot last week...

ok, they're taken with different cameras and i'm still not 100% used to my dad's digital yet so still not exactly the result i want.. but i'll keep trying...

photo gal · Feb 16, 2005

wow what a dramatic difference! I love the contradictory slow sign versus the speed of the light.......very well done!

iphoto · Feb 16, 2005

I liked the 2nd photo more. As photo gal said, Slow with speeding light adds great effect

mal · Feb 16, 2005

That's what I call progress! Congratulations!

Nytmair · Feb 16, 2005

nice improvement! that's a really cool idea too... i should look back through some of my first shots and go back and try and recreate it and see how I do

Belvedere · Feb 16, 2005

How did you take the shot?

Jess · Feb 17, 2005

mal said:
That's what I call progress! Congratulations!

My thought's exactly. A very nice demonstration of how far you've come.

captain-spanky · Feb 17, 2005

Belvedere said:
How did you take the shot?

the first one - handheld, my old digital cr@ppy camera on a 'long exposure' setting (probably about a second)
the second one - on a tripod, my dad's digital eos on a 25 second exposure (can't remember the ap.) - the tripod wasn't 100% stable though, you can see the wobble it made when i took my finger off the button if you look at the left side of the light-up beacon thing...

Thanks for the comments!

Maybe you all could have a look yourself and post up and example of your progress and when we get a few, we could shift this thread over into the 'Themes' section or something?

mal · Feb 17, 2005

25 seconds? Wow, I thought it was about 5 max. Shows how much I know! Where in Yorkshire are you from?

captain-spanky · Feb 18, 2005

mal said:
25 seconds? Wow, I thought it was about 5 max. Shows how much I know! Where in Yorkshire are you from?

ah.
having looked at the info again... i was looking at the wrong pic.
It was indeed only a 6 second exposure at f7.1

oops

I'm exactly in between Leeds and Bradford - a place called Rawdon.

You near York then? nice place York... we recently discovered a shop called 'Sarah Coggles'... mmmm free beer for me while the lady shops.. inspired!!!!