News Photography

[Ayame]

Car crashes.. modern society's heart-breaker...
Newsworthy?



(really needs to be seen enlarged, the thumbnail just looks confusing :s sorry! May want to crank up your brightness too, looks good on a bright screen, but the glass' shine doesn't look so good on a dark screen...)

[Gayle]

Originally Posted by Geebee

Electrical crews work to restore power to a large number of homes after a night of over 170 kph winds.

True story last night the winds exceeded 170 kph/105 mph bringing down trees and removing roofs off houses.

Pretty bad storms down there in Melbourne & Tasmania , , , , & sure hope it wasn't one of these guys that was electricuted !!!

[Geebee]

Not one of these guys as I am in Hobart, but I can understand how it could have happened these guys were working in wet and sometimes gusty conditions to try and get the power back on by night time.

[Scheherazade]

Hundreds of Thousands Without Power After Australian Wind Storms

That's the headline at NowPublic.com. They sent me an email last night asking if they could use this and another shot on their site. AFAIK, they're a non-profit, independent organisation, so I said sure.



Manufacturer: Canon
Camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Date: 02.04.2008 16:02:11
Aperture: f 3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter speed: 1/125 s
EV ±0,00 EV
Program: P - Programmed auto
Metering mode: Multisegment
Flash: Not fired, Compulsory flash light
Zoom: 50.0 mm Real
Picture density: 240 x 240 dpi
File size: 4581455 Bytes
Flash:: Not fired, Compulsory flash light
Date last Modification: 03.04.2008 18:01:57
EXIF Version: V 2.21
Date Digitized: 02.04.2008 16:02:11
CCD Resolution: 4433 x 4454 dpi
Max aperture value: f2 (real f1.69)
Custom rendered: Normal process
Exposure mode I: Auto exposure
White balance I: Auto white balance
Scene capture type: Standard

Original Exif data @ flickr

[wulf]

I wanted to create the effect of someone being hounded by the paparazzi so I donned my black leather jacket (for the rock star look) and set the camera up trying to get in my face. Flash was deliberately used to blow out the highlights and I converted the shot to black and white and added "film grain" to further enhance the effect:



Vivitar 90 f/2.8 lens on Nikon D40:

# Exposure: 1/125s
# Aperture: f/5
# Focal Length: 90 mm
# ISO Speed: 800

Wulf

[Ayame]

A real star Wulf ;-)

[southernbelle]

Originally Posted by wulf

I wanted to create the effect of someone being hounded by the paparazzi so I donned my black leather jacket (for the rock star look) and set the camera up trying to get in my face. Flash was deliberately used to blow out the highlights and I converted the shot to black and white and added "film grain" to further enhance the effect:



Vivitar 90 f/2.8 lens on Nikon D40:

# Exposure: 1/125s
# Aperture: f/5
# Focal Length: 90 mm
# ISO Speed: 800

Wulf

No photos, no photos! great shot...very creative!

[southernbelle]

Originally Posted by Ayame

Car crashes.. modern society's heart-breaker...
Newsworthy?



(really needs to be seen enlarged, the thumbnail just looks confusing :s sorry! May want to crank up your brightness too, looks good on a bright screen, but the glass' shine doesn't look so good on a dark screen...)

Is this your car??

[Ayame]

Thankfully not!
Bless my Peugeot 106 and her 200,000 kilometers! May she live longer!

But I was (un)fortunate enough to capture this shot...
I doubt it'll make the news, unless something absolutely spectacular happens, car crashes rarely make more than a quick mention these days, while they are still responsible for a lot of lives a year.

I found it fitting to post it as a reminder -_-'

[southernbelle]

Glad to hear it wasn't your car!!