Very nice, John.
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Wow!Great idea and mad skill. The result? A fresh view that is a beauty.
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A truly amazing photograph.
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Nailed it perfectly
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Strange the clouds are not as blurred as the distant structures, nor is the other part of the turntable pit through the mesh fencing. Was this shot stitched together with multiple exposures/pans in post-processing as opposed to being one single pan exposure?
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Great shot!
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Yes, Christopher LF, you are correct. To achieve the surreal and somewhat exaggerated motion effect I had in mind, I needed to move in concert with the rotating turntable but i also wanted a crisp focal point. Walking sideways in darkness while hand-holding an open shutter while not tripping over rail and ballast made for a quite the challenge! I wasn’t able to achieve both goals in the same exposure so after making several trips around the table I was able to get 2 shots that I could blend together to produce the image I had in mind. If I were to do it again I could see where a gimbal mount would come in very handy here! Special thanks to the 2 crew members (Steve Mersch and Lane Baker of NCTM) who held their position in the cold and wind while we went around and around!
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| Posted by FSWood on January 29, 2020 | |
While the hand held camera work is a worthy challenge and accomplishment itself I wonder how long until the programming allows photography drones to have a "follow that point" function which for example could lock on to end of one of the rails or the walkway planks and thus follow the turntable's rotation.
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FSWood- Interesting that you mentioned that. My Mavic 2 Pro actually has that feature. I considered using it for this photo but there is a no drone policy at the NCTM
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@FSWood DJI's drones already have a 'follow subject' function (including at a specified distance). The challenge is that, while the drone's camera is on a gimbal, unless you're flying in the absolutely stillest conditions possible, anything over 2-3 seconds WILL, without exception, show some camera shake (my Mavic Pro has exposure times up to 8 seconds). In this case, setting the followed subject to the operator's shanty would probably work.
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| Posted by FSWood on January 31, 2020 | |
Ah, I learned something! As is obvious I don't know overly much about drones, and that's largely because with my messy health and consequent low income I won't be buying one, so therefore haven't deeply researched them.
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