2014 Photo52 Challenge : Week 52 : Support

PitiedMonkey said:
Evening all - had a mare of a time with last weeks Bubble, if I miss a week out will I be flogged in public?
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Hell YES :bat:


Dont forget you ccan post anything up if you want to give yourself dome 'jokers', but hey just take a picture of some bubbles, doesn't have o be good, then just come back to it on a 're-shoot' week :)
 
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Well......its the first week I've not come up with an idea within 24hrs...............I don't like it! :runaway:
 
Dark Knight said:
Hell YES :bat:


Dont forget you ccan post anything up if you want to give yourself dome 'jokers', but hey just take a picture of some bubbles, doesn't have o be good, then just come back to it on a 're-shoot' week :)
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Dodgy shot on its way!
 
Well...after 166 weeks on the trot I'll not be posting a shot this week

I cannot do smoke trails , can't focus on the smoke , can't light them , nope , total failure :crying:
Gonna do the housework instead !
 
blondie606 said:
Well...after 166 weeks on the trot I'll not be posting a shot this week

I cannot do smoke trails , can't focus on the smoke , can't light them , nope , total failure :crying:
Gonna do the housework instead !
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Not acceptable ;)

This is the tutorial I always promote. Linky

You don't need a table lamp. Just shoot at f8 or thereabouts. Pre focus.

Remember, it doesn't have to be smoke trails. Try Implied smoke....cigarette box, or something. Or even pull out a Joker.

Missing a week after so long...you'll regret :)

Cheers and I'm watching :thumbs:
 
posiview said:
Not acceptable ;)

This is the tutorial I always promote. Linky

You don't need a table lamp. Just shoot at f8 or thereabouts. Pre focus.

Remember, it doesn't have to be smoke trails. Try Implied smoke....cigarette box, or something. Or even pull out a Joker.

Missing a week after so long...you'll regret :)

Cheers and I'm watching (y)
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tried the tutorials Andy ( watched Mr Hoey this morning ) , don't know how to use the flash , was using f8 , couldn't pre-focus on anything ( tired a pencil but the smoke moves ) .Got myself in a right tizz which I really don't need as already in state from work...having a mega grump :crying: now
 
Have a nice cup of tea/glass of wine and try again later ;)
 
I am still not sure what to do this week :thinking:
It may well have to be a literal take on the theme, will have to wait and see if inspiration strikes:D

:D sorry Lynne but your photography tales are quite funny, did you do your housework in the end? Or did the wine win it?
 
blakester said:
I am still not sure what to do this week :thinking:
It may well have to be a literal take on the theme, will have to wait and see if inspiration strikes:D

:D sorry Lynne but your photography tales are quite funny, did you do your housework in the end? Or did the wine win it?
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it's amazing how much tidying & cleaning I can do when I'm grumpy & I don't have any wine in the house :mad: House looks much better now....tried again with smoke trails.....:banghead::banghead: & really can't think of anything else to shooto_O
 
blondie606 said:
it's amazing how much tidying & cleaning I can do when I'm grumpy & I don't have any wine in the house :mad: House looks much better now....tried again with smoke trails.....:banghead::banghead: & really can't think of anything else to shooto_O
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So, what's actually going wrong with the smoke photography??
 
blondie606 said:
everything...can't focus , don't know how to use the flash & still grumpy about it :grumpy: just about to upload a joker & really p****d about...1st time I think I've ever put a joker in :crying:
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I won't prolong your frustration by asking more questions.

You still have a few days. Maybe a other smoke related idea will spring to mind for you to do :thumbs:
 
posiview said:
I won't prolong your frustration by asking more questions.

You still have a few days. Maybe a other smoke related idea will spring to mind for you to do (y)
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Apologies for being a grumpy numpty Andy , get really frustrated when I can't do something ( it's the same with ratchet spanners ! ) Gonna forget it till week 6 now or I'll drive myself nuts
 
Funnily enough, I think the clouds in your joker look like smoke. Nice shot. I am with you on the frustration front. We are all in this together.
 
blondie606 said:
Well...after 166 weeks on the trot I'll not be posting a shot this week

I cannot do smoke trails , can't focus on the smoke , can't light them , nope , total failure :crying:
Gonna do the housework instead !
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I'm sure there are other interpretations of the theme...I'm certainly going to have to come up with something as I still haven't got myself a speedlight....
 
blondie606 said:
Well...after 166 weeks on the trot I'll not be posting a shot this week

I cannot do smoke trails , can't focus on the smoke , can't light them , nope , total failure :crying:
Gonna do the housework instead !
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that sums up my last hour (excluding the house work ) and including Peroni

I dont have a off gun flash, so tried using the ipad as a light box and silver card as a reflector a black back-round, got the smoke in focus but could not get enough light in all i got was the black

need to have a re-think
 
If it helps, whilst we didn't do a brilliant job (although pretty happy with what we got and liking it more as we see it more) we didn't use flash, or a reflector (we have neither). We used our kitchen lights and no flash and it seemed to be better.
 
I used my phones led light. Placed it under the incense sick so it shone up through the smoke. It sort of worked and might be worth a go?
 
When doing smoke photography I find sticking my camera in Manual mode at around 1/125 a second f11. my speed light set at 1/128 which is placed to the right hand side of the smoke using off camera and I use a light to the right hand side of the smoke so I can get my focus sorted. And I find continuous shoot mode my friend, I use a black piece of card blue tacked on to my kitchen wall and that's pretty much my set up for smoke photography.
 
Pinkbikerbabe said:
When doing smoke photography I find sticking my camera in Manual mode at around 1/125 a second f11. my speed light set at 1/128 which is placed to the right hand side of the smoke using off camera and I use a light to the right hand side of the smoke so I can get my focus sorted. And I find continuous shoot mode my friend, I use a black piece of card blue tacked on to my kitchen wall and that's pretty much my set up for smoke photography.
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Cheers Mandy .Yup , that sounds like what I was doing...excepting the off camera flash bit as I don't know where to start with that ,Ended up holding it with the camera on trigger cable release & pressing that & the flash at the same time . Couldn't see the smoke well enough to get focus....the only plus side was I got some beautiful black backgrounds & a very clean house !

I've resigned myself to the fact that I am not meant to be able to do this type of shot.....but I'm still grumpy about it ! Don't like quitting or failing at stuff ,goes against my nature......
 
blondie606 said:
Cheers Mandy .Yup , that sounds like what I was doing...excepting the off camera flash bit as I don't know where to start with that ,Ended up holding it with the camera on trigger cable release & pressing that & the flash at the same time . Couldn't see the smoke well enough to get focus....the only plus side was I got some beautiful black backgrounds & a very clean house !

I've resigned myself to the fact that I am not meant to be able to do this type of shot.....but I'm still grumpy about it ! Don't like quitting or failing at stuff ,goes against my nature......
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Hi Lynne, the flower ones I took were with an 8sec exposure and I fired the flash manually, I also used a torch to light the flower but if youre just doing smoke you might not need it. I stick the incense stick into a small vase and focus in that before lighting then light it and turn the room lights off. I think the flash was set at 1/64 power. How do you get youe camera to fire the flash - slaves/cable?
 
*Sarah* said:
Hi Lynne, the flower ones I took were with an 8sec exposure and I fired the flash manually, I also used a torch to light the flower but if youre just doing smoke you might not need it. I stick the incense stick into a small vase and focus in that before lighting then light it and turn the room lights off. I think the flash was set at 1/64 power. How do you get youe camera to fire the flash - slaves/cable?
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Hi sarah

I have to press the button on the flash unit as no idea on cables or slaves ? Your shots are superb , especially the wine one... :clap:
 
blondie606 said:
Hi sarah

I have to press the button on the flash unit as no idea on cables or slaves ? Your shots are superb , especially the wine one... :clap:
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Thanks lynne, you need to treat yourself to a slave, we got ours cheap of fleabay some time ago and they have been worth every penny. I'll see if I can find a link for you tomorrow! It's better without cable as you aren't restricted with distance from camera. For the wine glass shot I used one speedlight held to the side (I used a bendy thing to fasten it) and fired using a slave unit. They'd be useful for your water drop pics as well!
Take some incense sticks with you on the meet - if nothing else they'll get rid of the smelly socks smell!!:D

These are the triggers we have
 
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I have an idea to try a smoke photo as I have never done one. But this will be thursday at the earliest this week. Still give me time to read up on different methods and ideas for the smoke source.
 
*Sarah* said:
Thanks lynne, you need to treat yourself to a slave, we got ours cheap of fleabay some time ago and they have been worth every penny. I'll see if I can find a link for you tomorrow! It's better without cable as you aren't restricted with distance from camera. For the wine glass shot I used one speedlight held to the side (I used a bendy thing to fasten it) and fired using a slave unit. They'd be useful for your water drop pics as well!
Take some incense sticks with you on the meet - if nothing else they'll get rid of the smelly socks smell!!:D

These are the triggers we have
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A slave ?.....hmmmmm , as I say , I have no idea on this flash thing.


superpippo said:
You have a d7000? Does your flash not work in commander mode?
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Quite possibly Alan , but I have no idea what you do with it... & yes , the manual ( I did take a look at it )makes no sense either....anything complicated or technicial like this has me stumped.....natural light I can cope with ( Just)
 
Sorry Lynne but your tantrums have made me giggle! On the triggers, I had those cheapy ones, couldn't get on with them so threw them in the bin in a rage! My 7D can trigger OCF, I miss that on the 5D!

As for smoke I've stalked a stranger having a tab! Not posted it yet as my hubby's boss is a total eccentric, handlebar tash, crazy sense of dress and smokes a pipe, so going to see if he'll pose! Why don't you try stalking some work colleagues if they smoke?
 
blondie606 said:
Quite possibly Alan , but I have no idea what you do with it... & yes , the manual ( I did take a look at it )makes no sense either....anything complicated or technical like this has me stumped.....natural light I can cope with ( Just)
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I agree that the manual is not the best for the instructions for using OCF and the d7000 popup flash in commander mode, but I find this site useful and clear http://www.nikoncls.com/index.html ( altho if you do not have one of the flash guns mentioned then I don't know how others work)
 
I havn't touched my camera this year and need a little challenge to push me to get it out. Would I be able to start now and do 2 a week for the month to catch up to where you guys are?
 
Jonzilla said:
I havn't touched my camera this year and need a little challenge to push me to get it out. Would I be able to start now and do 2 a week for the month to catch up to where you guys are?
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Just come along and dive in with the themes, another member that's new to TP has done just that and taken all 4 themes so far with this weeks theme smoke to do.
 
The goblin said:
Sorry Lynne but your tantrums have made me giggle! On the triggers, I had those cheapy ones, couldn't get on with them so threw them in the bin in a rage! My 7D can trigger OCF, I miss that on the 5D!

As for smoke I've stalked a stranger having a tab! Not posted it yet as my hubby's boss is a total eccentric, handlebar tash, crazy sense of dress and smokes a pipe, so going to see if he'll pose! Why don't you try stalking some work colleagues if they smoke?
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:p Moi....tantrums....whatever gave you that idea.... though I can thro a dummy with the best of them :rolleyes: I just get so frustrated when I can't do something that everyone else makes looks so easy :banghead:

Had a rummage in my camera bag & found a widget that attach's to the flash so I can mount it (possibly) on a tripod , god know's when/why I bought it ! Possibly gonna have another try over the weekend...you may hear the bad language in Cyprus :confused:

Don't do people photography ....any shot's I do of people look worse than my normal shots :D
 
Well after a hectic 10 days at work (had just finished a re-dec job only for the loft tank to split and dump x gallons of water all over my hard work :mad: so long days and evenings spent redoing) I've got an evening free to catch up on some commenting :)
I've still got Bubble to do, that's for Weds and then Sat catch up on Smoke.
 
superpippo said:
I agree that the manual is not the best for the instructions for using OCF and the d7000 popup flash in commander mode, but I find this site useful and clear http://www.nikoncls.com/index.html ( altho if you do not have one of the flash guns mentioned then I don't know how others work)
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Cheers Alan....I may give it another go over the weekend if my stress levels have come down ! Too a peek at the flash menu on the D7000....jeez...what's that all about :eek: I admit I struggle to learn from books/tutorials , much better to be shown...but I'll try
 
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