Physics Forums photography thread and image sharing

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I never noticed this thread previously! I have only just recently gotten into photography. I use just a Sony Nex 6, so nothing too fancy, but for a first camera it is quite nice :) Here is one of my latest shots from Pisa:

http://i42.tinypic.com/1znool5.jpg
 
I didn't take this pic, but it's really interesting and I'd like to talk about what's going on here:

http://boingboing.net/filesroot/299792458mps.jpg

So the kid is blinking. The shutter is going left-right or right-left (depending on if the kid is opening or closing his eyes), "scanning" the field. The reflection part of the photo is taken a slit-second after (or before) the kid part of the photo. Is this correct?

Is there a way to know if the kid is opening or closing his eyes? (Besides knowing how the camera works.)

Do high-end cameras have this "feature", or do they compensate for it somehow?

Has anyone else seen or taken a photo showing this effect?

Edit: my husband just came home, he knows quite a lot about photography (majored in it in college). He immediately called BS. He thinks the photographer took a quick series of shots and photoshopped two of them together.

Thoughts?
 
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Some pictures from my recent hike.

http://imageshack.com/a/img43/8843/stfq.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img593/8709/bqs4.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img839/9327/78yh.jpg
 
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I'll try to get pics from higher altitudes next time. :smile:

And yes I like it too, somehow observing your surroundings from that angle helps in minimizing life's challenges. :)
 
Wow, it's beautiful Gad! They make me feel relax and at peace. Was it difficult to breath?
 
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http://imageshack.com/a/img18/7084/rg52.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img27/3585/c0bi.jpg
 
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Gad said:
http://imageshack.com/a/img18/7084/rg52.jpg

:bugeye:​
 
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A lone hiker in dark clothing walks along a narrow grassy ridge path dusted with patches of snow, with wooded mountain slopes and misty blue ranges stretching into the distance under an overcast sky.
 
Fireworks in the sky tonight:

Photo of multiple lightning bolts branching across a purple night sky, framed by orange-tinted tree branches at the top and bottom edges.


Night photo of a branched lightning bolt glowing white against a purple-pink sky, with dark tree silhouettes and orange autumn leaves framing the top corners.


And a detail (200%, no interpolation) showing the individual 'bolts' that occur as the spark propagates back and forth:

Close-up photo of a lightning branch against a purple night sky, with bright white-pink channels forking from a central junction and a secondary branch at lower left.


Details: 85/7.1, ISO 100, 'bulb' shutter setting.
 
Wow! That is beautiful Andy, good capture. Thanks for sharing. :)
 
Nice ones.

Somehow the last few years we had no photogenic thunderstorm close by (or I was away, or it was during a day, or it was raining too heavily, or whatever).
 
I posted this in the wrong forum a min ago:

A white swan with an orange bill swims on a calm green pond, its reflection visible in the water beneath it, with willow trees and grass along the bank.
 
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Thanks @Greg Bernhardt for giving this thread a new lease of life yesterday, it had disappeared into obscurity

a couple of scenic pic's ...
first is the Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo, South Island, NZ (taken Jan 2007)

Small stone church with a steep slate roof and arched doorway, set on grass with tussock plants and boulders under a blue sky with cloud and distant mountains.


This second one, a portion of the south coast of Australia ~ 200 km west of Melbourne city (taken Dec 2015)

Photo of a rainbow arcing over a coastline of golden sandstone cliffs and a sandy beach, with a tall sea stack offshore and surf breaking on the water.


cheers
Dave
 
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Event photography is another style I am very involved in
a couple of examples ...

A drummer in a white t-shirt seated behind a drum kit on a dark stage, lit by a bright spotlight, with cymbals, a microphone on a stand and a keyboard visible, and a silhouetted figure at the right edge.


Musician with long dreadlocks in a dark jacket playing an acoustic guitar on a stage lit with orange and blue light, audience silhouetted in the foreground.
cheers
Dave
 
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@davenn - thanks!

There is an "airstrip" (actually just a piece of land) used by RC folk half mile from here. I was there flying my model, but I took my camera with me as well. Once I landed I started to take pictures, and there was a guy with a glider with LEDs mounted in the wings, so I asked him if he can make an approach from the Sun. He said "yes" and now we are both happy :smile:
 
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Hello!
I'm new here and I'm a big fan of photography. Here is my cat:

Tabby kitten peeking around the edge of a sheer curtain near a doorframe, lit by warm sunlight from a window.
Calico cat in profile looking to the right, wearing a red patterned collar with a small bell, against a blurred green tree background with sunlight flare.
 
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A special moment in time I captured whilst in Uganda

Photo of a young child in a pink wrap carrying a smaller child on their back, seated on grass with other people and children nearby.
cheers
Dave
 
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Good morning,
a Star trail in Italy

Long-exposure photo of star trails: many bright streaks arcing diagonally across a dark brown night sky, all curving in the same direction.


Ssnow
 
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