April 2013 "Half a Second Challenge"

[borisalex]

For some of you Photographers, I let the fun go on....

1/2 Sec. Challenge

Got Half a Second? Post it here.

This is to post images taken this month for the Half-Second Challenge. You should only post pics where the shutter speed is half a second - that's like 0"5 or 2 (where 2 means 1/2) in your camera's settings. Go on, get out of your comfort zone!! You will get great motion blur and low light shots. Should be fun!! ... there is so much to learn! If you shoot in Program most of the time, try to switch over to Aperture!

The idea is dead simple. You set your camera to manual or shutter priority, dial in 0.5 seconds and see what you can get. Sounds easy right? Actually, hand-holding for that amount of time is very challenging, even with the latest image stabilisation systems, so it might be that you need to find something to lean against or even (ye gads!) use a tripod in order to get a half-second shot that's good enough. Or you could go down the divinely abstract and coolly blurry route of course, or maybe use panning to get something really different.

Cheers

Boris

[borisalex]

My first..it was taken for the challenge on Saturday

[emmelafoto]

[timbg]

Both challenges - 1/2 second of "Slippery / wet"

http://www.pbase.com/timbg/image/149478162

[borisalex]

# 2

En route...

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[marielou]

N#1

Resurrection :


Marielou

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2nd

http://www.pbase.com/timbg/image/149499058

[emmelafoto]

[borisalex]

My #3

Drive by...

[marielou]

N#2



Marielou

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My # 4

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N#3



Marielou

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My # 5