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The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Three shots from one spot.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography15 Comments

This week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge I asked you to take all your pictures from one place, with the prompt; Three shots from one spot.

I took mine from the back garden last night, resulting in a couple of long exposures and some strangely manipulated artwork.

What fabulous trio of photographic treasures do you have to show us?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A change in the weather.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography6 Comments

There’s a touch of irony in my photos for The Cosmic Photo Challenge today, having set the theme as; A change in the weather.

After a week of blustery rain and plummeting temperatures, the weather had turned warm and sunny by the time I got out in the countryside to take some pictures yesterday, where I also conducted some interesting experiments with wind turbines.

I used a long exposure to shoot multiple rotations; a nice effect is a composite shadow of the main tower, made as parts of it are thrown on the backs of each blade at different points in their arc.

Even more strangely, using another exposure setting, I managed to capture just that shadow, suspended in thin air, without the blades it was cast on. (Zoom in on the top of the turbine, it’s a very peculiar effect against the sky)

In which direction did your weekend weather change?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: On the road.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography20 Comments

I have a confession to make; when I set the prompt for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, I already knew I was going to be; On the road.

I returned our American visitor to the airport, very early on Saturday morning, after which I was hoping to catch some impressive sunrise shots on the way home, but it was not to be.

The day dawned grey and foggy, so I had to improvise, eventually deciding to experiment with long exposures of traffic on the motorway.

I took several shots from a footbridge over the M4 and the rest were captured with my phone safely attached to a mount on the windscreen (the unintentional blurring of the backgrounds is due to vibration) but possibly still don’t try this at home. ;~}

Where did your weekend road trip take you..?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Action shots.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography13 Comments

Your mission on The Cosmic Photo Challenge today, if you choose to accept it, is to provide us with; Action shots.

I have to admit to taking advantage of hosting this week, already having some photos in mind when I set the prompt, but I did conduct one or two new experiments, too.

Most of my shots concern the always entertaining herring gull chicks at work, specifically their eagerness to consume any morsels of food on offer.

They’re very keen on fruit loaf and bagels, here’s two siblings fighting over scraps…

…and here’s a sequence I like, particularly for the expression of concentration on the mum as she watches the bread from behind her chick.

Then there’s this verrrrrrrry sloooowwww action shot, taken in the hope of capturing the Perseid meteor shower.

Alas, all I caught were stars, still pretty cool, though.

And here are a couple of new long exposures, made using an old Zippo lighter

Now let’s see yours, it’s time for lights, camera, action!

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: North, South, East, West.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography13 Comments

Hi there, I hope you had a good weekend, we’re here to ease you into Monday with The Cosmic Photo Challenge. This week we take you on a whistle stop tour of all points of the compass, with the prompt; North, South, East, West.

This gave pretty free rein in subject matter selection, since we simply had to be shooting in roughly the right direction each time, so for added precision I have included screenshots of my compass app in all the images.

I gave a friend a lift to Braunton yesterday and I took a few pictures over there, including a couple of North/South and East/West panoramas, one vertical, one horizontal. I captured a handsome looking spider in the garden and also got some nice star trails with a long exposure on Saturday night.

North
East
South
West
North to South
East to West

What treasures did your 360° photographic quest reveal for us this week?

There’s plenty of time to join in, don’t be shy, we’re a friendly bunch. ;~}

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Night and day.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography15 Comments

This week’s entry for The Cosmic Photo Challenge took possibly the longest time it’s ever taken to produce a single image, based on the prompt; Night and day.

I had no idea what I was going to do when I set the theme on Saturday and by the time I’d worked out how to get the shot I wanted, I’d already missed one opportunity.

Yesterday I set up a tripod in the garden, so I could take a few photos from the same place throughout the day, hoping that when it came to last night I’d have the images I needed to complete the big picture you hopefully see below (at the time of writing, I have yet to take the final photo)…

…Yay, I did it, this composite image is made up of five separate photos taken on the same spot across 12 hours.

Morning to night, left to right.

What did your nightly excursions reveal..?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The returning of the light.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography7 Comments

Hello, it’s time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge once more, this week built around the theme of; The returning of the light.

As I said on Friday, I based the prompt on the fact that the days are getting longer, the evenings are getting brighter, etc etc…

And the weekend was a total washout.

Yes, the photo challenge weather jinx struck again, so I only managed to grab a couple of shots on a brief walk between downpours, when the light did finally make an appearance just before sunset.

I also concocted two more light painting experiments in the shed.

Did you find the light fantastic, or were you left in the dark like me? Show us your photos and brighten our Monday, it’s easy when you know how…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: ‘Tis the season.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography14 Comments

A very happy Monday to you, one and all, from The Cosmic Photo Challenge‘s Christmas grotto of festive images, themed today around the prompt; ‘Tis the season.

For my contribution, here are a few photos of our tree and some illuminated decorations in the dark, with which I did a spot of light painting, inspired by last week’s traffic trails.

How are your holiday preparations coming along, can we have a look..?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A cold start.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography8 Comments

Good morning, I hope you’re all refreshed after a couple of days break and ready to face another round of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week themed around the prompt; A cold start.

I gave Rhonda a lift to work at 6.30 yesterday morning, so it was still pitch dark (and appropriately, bloody freezing) when I went looking for inspiration, above and beside the roads just outside Barnstaple.

I took several long exposures from bridges and lay-bys, of car headlights passing in the slowly lightening gloom of dawn.

Where did you find your chilled images at the weekend, can we have a look..?

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.