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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/27/2006
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John - Thanks. Yes, next time I'll put the pea plants in a box car with some hoboes and panhandlers. Then I will wait by the tracks as the Northbound train wizzes past at 35 miles per hour. Hahaha.
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john davis
{K:1684} 9/27/2006
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I think I need glasses...it looks BLURRED to me...ha ha. The secret in taking FAST-MOVING sweet peas is to PAN the subject....he he.
Colorful!
JD
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/12/2006
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Thanks, Joćo. Glad you like it.
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Joćo F * Photography
{K:41945} 9/12/2006
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This is great dear James i like it !!
regards
joćo
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/9/2006
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Hehehe. Go-go-Gadget ND filter.
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 9/9/2006
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Am such a ditz... forgot I have an ND filter. *grabs camera bags and races back out to the park*
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/8/2006
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Rina - Here is what it looked like strait from the camera.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/8/2006
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Rina - Yes, please do. Keep me posted as to your progress.
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 9/8/2006
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Thanks for that James. It's definitely something I'd like to keep playing with, thanks to you. I'll have to choose my subjects and time of day more carefully though :) I'm amazed at what you're achieving with you have and can't wait to see what you come up with when you get the 30d!
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 9/7/2006
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Oh Oh .. I will mate I will
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/7/2006
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Rina - Thanks for showing me this one. You are correct about the nice pastels. Not an easy color palette to capture luxagraphically. Half a second is a pretty decent amount of time though.
I do pull my exposure by two full stops, so if that's something your camera has a setting for, that might help to get darker shots. I also have my ISO set to 50. F32 would be a luxury for me. I think my camera has hit f4.9.
What's really hard is getting the camera motion you want during the exact duration of the shutter pop.
What I really like about your image is the distinct transitional tones of the sky.
You may be able to darken your image in PS. I think it doesn't need it, but have a go at that. Nothing is overexposed, so lowering the brightness (and maybe moving the contrast) might take you closer to where you want to be.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/7/2006
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Roger - Thanks.
I agree that this one is not as perfected as some of the others. I think my biggest limitation right now is the limited control I have over this camera. Since I can't choose an f-stop I have to work with what it will do. I pull my exposure by two full stops so that the camera behaves darker (more slowly), but if I had a full manual camera I could really work that angle hard.
The shots in the woods work better because the surrounding light is more limited--this is doubly so for the night-light shots.
This shot was out in the open (and so full of light). Of all the pictures shot of the scene this one gave me the best brushstrokes. Most of the shots were either normal (no motion, non-luxagrphic) or simply looked blurry.
Wish me luck in getting a new Canon 30d. Then watch out.
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 9/7/2006
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Like falling. Nice.
Attempted something similar the other day (attached) and kinda iffy about the result. The movement is vertical and I wonder if that's what's bugging me. Wish it could have been a little darker too, ISO 200 is all I got, but hey, it works as a pretty pastel.
Here ya go, for The Great Man's eyes only...
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 9/7/2006
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hmm there's something not quite right here James.. I dunno not nearly as succesful as the light works you create .. I can sense you want to take the technique out into another area but maybe try a brighter day to pick up your highlights a bit more or something
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/6/2006
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Ursula - Thank you. I have been very pleased with my luxagraphic work. I'm glad you are enjoying it as well.
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Ursula Luschnig
{K:21723} 9/6/2006
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This looks quite impressionistic,I like that touch.I had to look in your Luxagraphia...for what it is ;) It is a delight to see!
Cheers,Ursula
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/6/2006
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Max - Thanks.
It's pretty close to panning. It's hand-held so my lines won't be very strait, but I am moving the camera in a similar fashion.
I try to limit my PS use, especially for my luxagraphic images, to normal photo processing techniques (such as contrast and color correction)--and to do that as little as possible.
See you.
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Massimo Di Maggio
{K:-53658} 9/6/2006
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It looks like a panning, the best thing is you didn't use PS to have this effect. Bye, Max
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/6/2006
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Francisco - I did see (and comment on) your latest in the flower series. Thanks for stopping by. See you around.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/6/2006
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Baha - Thank you.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/6/2006
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Essam - Pretty much. Spring lept right past me while I was out walking. Thanks for taking a look.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 9/6/2006
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Fracisco - It is true that similar effects can be had through PS, but the in-camera work I am (we are) doing is different due to the three dimensionality of the subject--different planes in space blur at different levels in the photograph. At first glance this is not readily apparent. But close inspection will reveal a richness of detail that one working strictly in PS would not acquire except through a great deal more effort.
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Mahmoud Baha Sadri
{K:19634} 9/6/2006
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pleasant image to view...baha
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essam othman
{K:339} 9/6/2006
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Is The Season's moving this fast????
essam
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Francisco N-G
{K:28728} 9/6/2006
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BTW, I posted another of my Monet series.
All the best!
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Francisco N-G
{K:28728} 9/6/2006
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I like it very much; it's kind of sad when we have to advertise that there is no PS work in our images. I guess that with motion blurs is trivial to do similar effects :^(
Very good James!
Cheers!
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