Fire Seat | 2017“Elemental” is the current theme of the weekly photo challenge (WPC) from Word Press’ “The Daily Post”. So I share four long exposure photographs representing the elements “fire”, “water”, “earth” and “air”. Anyone remembering the movie “Angels & Demons” ? First comes fire, where I experimented with long exposures to create the streaks. Image was taken with the Olympus PEN-F, specs are 1,6 sec @ f/2.8 ISO 80 (which is ISO Low on the Oly) and 30mm focal length. The rest of the elements you find after the jump….
Blue Motion | 2017Another long exposure for “water”, image specs 2,5 sec @ f/2.8 , ISO 80 (ISO Low) and 12mm focal length, also taken with the PEN-F. I did slightly gyrate the lens while pressing the shutter, to capture this artsy effect of a faucet.
Dream Trees | 2017Earth is symbolized by these trees, where I combined long exposure (1/6 sec @f/5.6 and ISO 200) with a panning motion out of the window of a moving bus. Camera here, as in the next shot, was my OM-D E-M1 with the mZuiko 14-150mm zoom lens.
Airflow | 2017The same technique was applied to this shot, taken at 1/6 sec with an f/8 aperture and ISO 200. So “Air” is represented by this collection of wind mills gyrating in the evening winds.
I hope you enjoyed my “long exposure” creative take on this week’s challenge.
I wish everyone a great weekend! I will enjoy it driving down the Oregon coast. Stay tuned for the photos 😉
Great techniques! Definitely need to update my photography techniques after seeing yours! Can’t wait to see more from you 😊
Thanks so much for your feedback, Tiff, it means a lot! More coming up 😉
Great take on the challenge! The windmills are my favorite.
Thank you, so much appreciated, Amy! Marcus
Lovely set of pictures Marcus
Thanks, Arv! As always highly appreciated! Marcus
Love the trees!
Thank you so much, Sue!
I loved your take on this challenge! Your images were as creative as your interpretation of the theme “elemental.”
Thanks, Heide, your kind words mean so much! Marcus
Love the Dream Trees, very artistic! The other three pics are great too 🙂
Thanks, Anita, your feedback is highly appreciated! Marcus
Love the Dream Trees … almost as if they are dissolving into thin air …which is reflective of the sad state of greenery on the planet!
Thanks for your kind (and so true) words! Marcus
That top Fire Seat is sooo unreal! Outstanding Marcus and thanks for the explanation so I can mess around and try👍
Thanks, Elizabeth, have a great creative weekend 😀 !!
You too Marcus!
Especially like the trees and the windmills.
Thank you so much for commenting, highly appreciated! Have a good weekend! Marcus