"Zoom While Shooting" July 27 - Aug. 10, 2011

[Saralonde]

This week: Zoom while shooting - Let's have a little fun this week creating a kind of special effect while shooting. You'll need a zoom lens for this one in order to create the effect right in your camera. No editing should be used to create it afterwards on your computer. See the link below for a good description on how to do this.

Mastering the Zoom Effect


Bob Owen


Just Add Light

As always, rules:

Just a note to new posters: DO NOT start a new thread for your post. Please just hit the reply button at the bottom of any current post and put your image there.

1. Your original image you submit should be taken on or between the 27th of July to the 10th of August 2011. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT (3AM EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition. Don't wait until the last minute to post!

2. Your post must include "Zoom While Shooting" as the title or in the text (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).

3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above). It must be an original image taken by you.

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (740px on the longest side).

6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.

For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) or here and this thread.

Next Week: "Silhouette" We all know what a silhouette is, a darkened featureless person or object in a picture. With the proper use of light, they can make striking images.


How to Photograph Silhouettes in 8 Easy Steps

Silhouette Photography

12 Stunning Silhouette Shots

[aviary]

taken on August 1st, 2011
Nikon D90
f 4.5
40mm
ISO 200
Exposure 0.3
No Flash

[iggy hb]

I tried a whole bunch of things for this assignment. I think this one came out the best:

Zenfolio | "The poet wants spectators, even if they are only buffaloes" | Abstractions

Date Taken: August 2 2011
Canon PowerShot S95
Exposure1s at f/8
FlashNot fired
Exposure mode Manual
ISO 80

[Kayday88]

Only PP was enhanced color and obviously added frame and signature..




Date Taken: August 3, 2011
Exif data

Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Exposure 0.8
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 18 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash

[Corey Thompson]

This one was really fun. I guess I'm sort of pushing the limits to the rules on this one. There wasn't anything that said you can't physically move the camera to produce the zoom effect, so that's just what I did. I did use a zoom lens though. I just don't have anything better then a wide angle zoom due to the fact that I shoot mostly with prime lenses.

It takes nerves of steal to mount your only DSLR to your way-too-small rear view mirror using only a gorillapod.


Zoom Zoom by Visual Sensory, on Flickr

Exif
Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: EF-S 10-22mm
Focal Length: 10mm
Exposure: 5 seconds
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Date: 8/3/2011

[Rainman]

Zoom1 by Rainman51, on Flickr

Taken on August 4, 2011 at 7.01am PDT (edit)

Exif data
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 2.5
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash
Exposure Program Manual
Crop, Frame, signed, and used the spot healing tool on the background PSE 8

[Exdeltalady]

Corey,

Great job! If you read the articles on "Mastering the Zoom Effect", (that were mentioned at the end of this week's assignment details) it said you might be able to achieve the effect by physically moving your camera, especially since some of us with P & S's have a zoom that locks when taking long exposures. I was glad to see your photo and even happier to hear how you did it, since I am one with a zoom tht locks! I have been practicing and am glad we have a lot more time! Thanks for going out on a limb to show us that effect! Also glad that your only DSLR survived this assignment!

[Corey Thompson]

Thanks for the feedback and for clarifying on that, glad my post was helpful. I saw the articles linked in the original post but I guess the A.D.D in my only glanced over them rather quickly
As long as you can mount your camera on a moving platform, you can get some cool results. One option I think would be fun would be to be on a train while it's moving, capturing the still and calm inside the train while capturing the blur from everything outside showing through the windows

[flytyer57]

Originally Posted by Corey Thompson

This one was really fun. I guess I'm sort of pushing the limits to the rules on this one. There wasn't anything that said you can't physically move the camera to produce the zoom effect, so that's just what I did. I did use a zoom lens though. I just don't have anything better then a wide angle zoom due to the fact that I shoot mostly with prime lenses.

It takes nerves of steal to mount your only DSLR to your way-too-small rear view mirror using only a gorillapod.

Thanks for the great pic. Although I would NEVER try a stunt like that. Hopefully you never have the inclination to try it again.

[gotbamboo]

holy cat, Batman
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Taken on August 4, 2011 at 11.53am
Posted to Flickr August 4, 2011 at 12.01PM)
Exif data
Camera Sony DSLR-A300
Exposure 2
Aperture f/3.5
Focal Length 18 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire