THROWDOWN: Freezing the action

[Ian Kahler]

I decided today I am going to try this throwdown deal.
A particular challenge that never gets old for me, is using a fast shutter speed to freeze the action while preserving a sense of motion.
I am going to start with the following three examples. I would like to see how others meet this challenge.

White water.jpg by Ian Kahler on Light Stalking

Flwr Rv 038.jpg by Ian Kahler on Light Stalking

Flwr Rv 034.jpg by Ian Kahler on Light Stalking

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

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[Mike]

Still trying to get that sharpness on these action shots. Here is my “Freezing the Action” shot.

The Chase.jpg by Mike on Light Stalking

[Mindy Haines]

I’ll take that challenge…thoughts on this one?

Labrador.jpg by Mindy Haines on Light Stalking

[Mindy Haines]

Or this one:
Child on rope swing by Mindy Haines on Light Stalking

[Sean P. Schneider]

Bath Time.JPG by Sean P. Schneider on Light Stalking

I like this particular one of mine.

[Sean P. Schneider]

@justain Love your white water photo, good choice going with the black and white.

[Shane]

[Tobie]

[Chrissie Bee]

Tobie, I hope this was a veeerrrrry long lens since this is not a zoo photo!

[Tobie]

Well to be honest – no, @tersha – it was my 24-85mm lens @ 85mm. I knew that they liked having a sip at this particular water hole about an hour or so after a meal so I waited there in my car, about 3m from the hole. All other spactators had already left (typical city dwellers – no patience or expectations at all!) and I was the only one left to snap this! 😉

BTW I must actually re-PP this one – it was done when I was much greener behind the ears in DSLR photography. I’m not sure I still have the RAW though since my backup external hard drive was ‘taken’ from my safe during an armed robbery at home… 🙁

[Tobie]

(Aaaah! Sorry Chrissie, don’t know where my thoughts were above – thought it was @tersha’s comment for some reason!)

[Chrissie Bee]

Hey, no problem. You can call me @Tersha any time since she’s such a sweetie.

It’s distressing to hear about the robbery, yikes! Take my car, take my
money, take my dog but please don’t take my backup drive!!! 😉

[Lisa Hill]

A split second before being wiped out by the ball.

[x]

Still working on my sharpness, too! This was shot at 1/800 – Hand held.

Water Fountain by Joanna242 on Light StalkingFreezing action

This was shot at 1/2500 (but my ISO was to high to get good sharpness ) 🙁

Fetch!! by Joanna242 on Light Stalking

[Karen]

Great set, @shaneh! Love the first and third . That blue jay capture is quite fun!

[Shane]

@karamen, thank you.

[Natalia Gridneva]

“I am flying!” 🙂
0_da58b_8521651_L.png by Natalia Gridneva on Light Stalking

[lburgess]

Love the colors in this!

[Mikell Herrick]

From June 2013

[David Chesterfield]

From the first high-speed trigger i ever built ~ 1976:

water, a balloon & a sharp object:

cornflour, a balloon and a sharp object:

waterdrop – from my latest high-speed trigger build:

[David Chesterfield]

OK, so that stuffed up pretty bad… and i cant edit it 🙁

[David Chesterfield]

cornflour…

[David Chesterfield]

OK _ so i think the problem is with Flickr sorry folks my post is totally out of sync

[Tersha]

pretty cool, David, @dchester1001…

[Stewart]

[lburgess]

Great shot!

[Richard Wood]

neat

[Karen]

As I learn more about how this amazing instrument in my hands actually works, I thought I would experiment a little with “freezing the action”, or “panning”. I realize I should have panned a tad more to capture motionless legs, but for my first attempt, on a dark snowy night, I liked the result. Although, my husband may have preferred I had a shovel in my hand instead of a camera. 😉

[bob colameco]

Feeding the young ones.

heinzSwallow5-068.jpg by bob colameco on Light Stalking

[Karen]

I think there will be many opportunities for shots like these over the next two months. There is so much snow here!

[Adrienne Siebert]

I am no good at this but I think I got 1 decent photo after taking many, many shots. It was taken with a Canon 100mm f2, and severely cropped. I don’t have a macro lens. 🙁
I am going to give it another go today with a 50mm 1.8. Hopefully I can find a different insect. I really want to get a hoverfly.

[Tersha]

Hi, @bugadrienne, it looks pretty good to me, I like the composition as well….

[Adrienne Siebert]

Thank you so much @tersha. I was unsure about it, especially in B+W, but I just had to because I don’t see alot of B+W insect photos. I wan’t to try all insects in B+W. 😀 I thought it made the background creamy too. lol

[David Chesterfield]

Great capture @bugadrienne!

[Adrienne Siebert]

Thanks! @dchester1001

[crystal]

Water Fight by crystal on Light Stalking

[crystal]

Morph by crystal on Light Stalking

I must have taken 100 shots that day just trying to get one of him facing the camera when he shook the water off. It was alot harder then I thought it would be.

[Kobie Mercury-Clarke]

Turf war by Kobie Mercury-Clarke on Light Stalking

And I did this one for fun in response to a simple snapshot I made and was told I need to be more artistic…

Mocha abducted.JPG by Kobie Mercury-Clarke on Light Stalking

[Mike]

I went to a “Pro Experience” special event where I got to tag along with a professional photographer at a Round Rock Express AAA MiLB game. Shooting from the field level media box and having a pro giving me advice all day was well worth the money! So here is one of my “Freezing the Action” shots from the day.

Shooting a Nikon D7100 with a Tamron 70-300 lens. This was f6.5 1/2500 ISO 640

[Kobie Mercury-Clarke]

Took this one today while it was raining
Drip.jpg by Kobie Mercury-Clarke on Light Stalking

[Geoff Neville]

Now this has done the rounds a bit but I thought I would include it anyway, plus a couple of others I thought you all might like.



I included this with all the water shots previous.

[Matt Hartigan]

Kite surfer by Matt Hartigan on Light Stalking

[Stewart]

Sky Walker

[Janet Bentley]

Freezing the action: I shot the hummingbird @ ISO 1250 and shutter speed 1250.

Hummingbird-Action.jpg by Janet Bentley on Light Stalking

[Tersha]

wonderful shot, @jbent, so sharp……

[Janet Bentley]

Thank you, tersha. Getting good shots of the hummingbirds is a challenge I love.

[dennis wake]

now that is a good photo.

[Karen Edgemon]

West Port May 2014 562.jpg by Karen Edgemon on Light Stalking

[David Nathan]

Took a couple times to get this how I wanted it!

[Gordon James]

Probably a bit late to add to this throwdown, but it is a good opportunity to try linking to Flickr…

Part of a project I was doing linking music and water.

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

[Peter Williams]

[Mike Dean]

Due to no good material of late, I’ve dipped in to the archives….

My travel buddy writing ‘Half Moon Bay’ in the sand for a cheesy photo for her album.

[David Sill]

Tour of Missouri finish line in St. Louis, 2008. Mark Cavendish was going 40-45 mph in this shot.

Cavendish at the Line.jpg by David Sill on Light Stalking

[David Chesterfield]

Water drop collisions inside a breaking bubble

[LeanneC]

That is so cool, David! How did you do that? How many tries?

[David Chesterfield]

Thanks @LeanneC! The collision is created by two drops electronically timed. The bubble is kids bubble liquid strengthened with a splash of glycerine. Took dozend of shots – about 20% came out OK

[David Sill]

Flying gulls on the beach, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Flying Gulls 4.jpg by David Sill on Light Stalking

[lburgess]

Cool shot! Has a Hitchcock feel to it!

[Reid McClure (32Groove@gmail.com)]

Running with the dolphins in San Diego Bay.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/32groove/6320730548/in/dateposted-public/

[Tersha]

what a great opportunity, @32groove!

[Reid McClure (32Groove@gmail.com)]

An opportunity missed I guess..hanging over port side of a fast moving boat!

As the boat slowed a bit, opportunity came to catch this dolphin about to jump:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/32groove/6350522548/in/dateposted-public/

[Tersha]

that’s a cool shot, looks much better on Flickr.

[Hauck3]

Local para-glider volunteered to give a group of children a free demo. He had no photos of himself while flying, so this is how we repaid him for his time.

Flyby by Hauck3 on Light Stalking

Paraglider Flyover by Hauck3 on Light Stalking

[lburgess]

Just had to add this one. I think I like watching my son play baseball as much as I like photographing dogs. For those that know me on here, thats saying’ something! However I thought I would take a break from the canine side of things for this one.
My son is the one jumping over the catcher. He is a madman on a baseball field!

[Tobie]

This is a nice keeper @lburgess!

[SimonParks]

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[David Pridmore]

Hi Ian, I will add to your throwdown. I have chosen a macro shot. David
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[Nancyka]

Hi, I’m looking for a way to get out of my comfort zone and challenges like this help me do just that 😉

[Tobie]

You’re supposed to help, not take a photo of it! 😉

Nice one! 🙂

[Tobie]

A Red Winged Starling starting to fly away just as I depressed the trigger. I thought it was a wasted opportunity but the result pleasantly surprised me:

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A Cape Robin Chat having fun in the bird fountain at home:

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[Tersha]

Really good shots, Tobie!

[chris pook]

They are cool!

[LeanneC]

Tobie, those are amazing shots!

[David Chesterfield]

Great images Tobie! Love them both.

[Anonymous]

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I call this one “Hanging around”.
Shot using two wirelessly triggered flashes. One behind subject, the other in an umbrella camera left about 70 degrees.

[Tersha]

Very clever shot, Big Fuzzy!

[chris pook]

Spooky!

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