Rich, Neat shots - must have been very still for the leaves to stay sharp. The pictures present a bit of a connundrum trying to figure out the light source. Would they retain a nice, smooth tonal structure in a print? I guess I'll have to go out in the cold, snowy night with my FZ8. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: Long digital exposures? > From: Rich Mason <cameratraveler@xxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, November 20, 2008 5:03 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > All perfectly believable, skills of the photographers notwithstanding. > Here are a couple of mine: > 5 minutes @ f/8, ISO 100, lit by moonlight (note the shadows under > things) and a single outdoor light on a house across the street. > Minor color balancing: > http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/292190100_3665fb6ddd_o.jpg > 2 minutes @ f/8, ISO 100, lit by a single street light. Minor color > balancing. The arced light in the sky is a helicopter circling its > prey: > http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1170/1386265680_75dc62f564_o.jpg > Go out tonight and play. > Cheers, > Rich > On Nov 20, 2008, at 4:29 PM, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Point of my iquiry is to not have to re-invent the wheel. With my > > humble digital camera I won't get the effect of film but wanted to > > know > > if it is possible with say, a not MacGyvered dSLR. > > > > Who said MK is shooting digitaly? > > > > Here is a sample of an attempt: > > > > http://dslrcanon.blogspot.com/2008/03/long-exposure-of-receding- > > wave.html > > > > Not great, eh? > > > > These are kind of neat but who knows how much PS went into them? > > > > http://www.flickr.com/groups/shootingtolearn/discuss/ > > 72157608797181051/