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Perhaps I shouldn’t show a pic before a theme – but check this one out.

http://www.ullepics.com/v/Rural/Flight_2668.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=3

I guess I was panning along with the first guy’s head and the rest of the world was flailing around. That’s a 1/4 sec exposure.

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Trippy U-Man!
/where’s that day-late-and-a-dollar contest when you need it 😉

Oh, that pic will fit some theme. Actually, I was thinking of introducing some sort of blur theme. I ran across a guy’s Flickr account who likes blurred images. There was some good stuff. I plan on playing with it more. I think panning is part of what is in my head, but the idea hasn’t crystallized yet.

Those remind me of Japanese brush paintings.

I agree. They’re starting to grow on me.

U-Man Love the first one. Do you a) sell prints, or b) mind if I get it printed and matted?

Awww. Thanks. No, I don’t sell prints. But I’d be happy if you printed a copy. Can I e-mail a large file here or via Facebook?

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I missed that too. Kestrana’s caught my eye. But both of them keep to the spirit of the theme. I mean, it’s not like they just took a photo of somebody else’s abstract abstract glass work and used it. Both required an appreciation of the setting and lines and curves.

I gots no problem with either.

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I would favor the unrestricted version.

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Just got back from Monster Jam with MEGA-SAUR-US. I haven’t seen the pics yet, but I bet one is going into this theme. Perhaps one into Pan Fried as well.

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I was out shooting for the ‘On the Streets’ theme today and drove past a grassy area by some water treatment place. There were about 100 geese on the grass so I decided to scare ’em up and try some panning. In order to get some nice blur, I jacked down the aperture initially to FORTY and then adjusted it to 22. Shutter speeds ranged from about 1/32 to 1/4 sec.

Pretty much completely failed with the panning thing because the geese were up over any sort of blur-able background pretty fast. Also, the slow speed caused the wings to blur pretty badly. And, holy shiat, those stopped down settings REALLY make the sensor dust jump out.

However, I got three neat pics. Artsy-fartsy motion blur types. One has a background and may make it into this theme. Here are two others (after a bunch of dust removal)

http://www.ullepics.com/v/Rural/Flight_2647.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2

http://www.ullepics.com/v/Rural/Flight_2657.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

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Totally fine with me.

For you HDR n00bs, the easiest program I have found is Photomatix. I certainly haven’t done an exhaustive search, but I like it. It can do artoon-y HDR or pretty realistic. Downside –> it costs $100.

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corsec67‘s comment made me go look around the ‘net for fisheye lenses (briefly and – thankfully – without success). I did stumble upon this though. http://content.photojojo.com/diy/make-your-own-fisheye-lens/

My middle kid is far sighted. I just found a pair of her old glasses. The lenses are really scratched and pretty small. But I am definitely going to try it sometime over the next few days.

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“With this lens, behind me”.

Literal LOL. 🙂

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Huh? Anybody have an example or three?

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This is cool. It will push those of us on the edge into somewhat uncomfortable photography. Some won’t be ready for it.

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You guys are great.

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Some of my B-Sides:

http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Bowls_1867.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Neon_1943.jpg (too close to my Neon entry – one pic later 90 degree different crop)
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Abstract_0981aa.jpg – When bowls of water sit for a few minutes a million bubbles form.
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Abstract_0985.jpg – same bowls, on a wet towel
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Neon_1927.jpg – more blue neon

By the way, the blue neon and the colored pillars I used in the theme were shot with a P&S Elph.

edit – one of the links I provided was to the thumbnail, not the image.

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I have 4 possibles that were all shot while at Disney in ’08. One is getting saved for next week. Two will probably be used this week. Gonna try something else tonight.

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Cool.

I agree with corsec’s comment about the irony of doing well in a theme where others aren’t ‘supposed’ to like the pic. 🙂 Wierd.

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