Weekly Challenge July 6-13: Stop Action

Stop Action
Weekly Challenge July 6-13

The winner of the Cutlines challenge was AxeMan. He has chosen the subject for this week's challenge and will be judging these entries.

STOP! Time to crank up those shutter speeds! This week your challenge is stop action photography. It's a fast paced world out there I want you to find something that moves and stop it in its tracks with a photograph.

Stop action photography is quite simple and can create astounding images. This is a simple open challenge this week so I will be judging you very hard. I want to see little if any motion blur in your shots. However the faster the subject is moving the more forgiving I'll be, and the slower the subject is moving the less forgiving I'll be.

I expect to see a lot of "wow" shots this week!

Be sure to visit the Weekly Challenge Rules & Guidelines for more information. This thread will be closed on July 13th...so get those photos in!


The Rules

1. Photos must be posted to the thread in order to be considered for the challenge.
2. Any photo submitted for a weekly challenge must be taken during the dates specified in the challenge thread and taken by you! Because not all EXIF data can be verified, we will use the honor system here.
3. Challenges will be judged solely by the winner of the previous week. There will be no individual voting.
4. Only one photo entry per member, for each challenge.

There will be no cash or prizes awarded for the Weekly Challenge, unless specifically noted by the site administrator. This is a member-run contest, and the purpose of the Weekly Challenge is to encourage member participation on the forums and to keep you taking pictures!

Any photo will be accepted for the challenge. Edited/straight out of the camera, it does not matter. You are left with complete freedom to do whatever genre of photography you wish to do, and your own interpretation of the challenge subject.

I'll actually have some pics from this weekend that will fit this challenge

I took this the weekend before last, at the Nurburgring 24hr race...

Tootall said:

I took this the weekend before last, at the Nurburgring 24hr race...

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And is therefore not eligible for this challenge. Cool shot though.

Dave.....no offense, but, the only thing in focus are the leaves in the foreground. The idea of stop motion is to "freeze" the main subject, which in this case would be the young girl jumping into the lake.

fotojack said:

Dave.....no offense, but, the only thing in focus are the leaves in the foreground. The idea of stop motion is to "freeze" the main subject, which in this case would be the young girl jumping into the lake.

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Jack, as I said in the caption of the other picture, that shot was intended just for fun. Sometimes it is hard to get a shot in for a challenge, especially when you are out of the country and your main objects are historical sights! I shoot sports all the time. I just finished shooting the university softball team for their entire season. Action shots are a specialty.

Staying within the rules of the challenge, I shot the replacement picture today in the park. I got him with both feet off the ground as he reached for first base!!!

Dave Hamilton said:

Jack, as I said in the caption of the other picture, that shot was intended just for fun. Sometimes it is hard to get a shot in for a challenge, especially when you are out of the country and your main objects are historical sights! I shoot sports all the time. I just finished shooting the university softball team for their entire season. Action shots are a specialty.

Staying within the rules of the challenge, I shot the replacement picture today in the park. I got him with both feet off the ground as he reached for first base!!!

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Ah! OK, Dave. Sorry about that. My bad. You obviously know what you're doing then. Perhaps I should have read more before I posted. I was going through a lot of posts last night and today.....my mind wandered is my only excuse.

AIR TIME!!!

I love that picture!!! I always wanted to skateboard when I was a kid, but I could not go 10-feet without falling. You got a great picture of a kid doing something I can only dream about doing! Props to you and the boarder!!!

Thanks Dave, I was the same as you. The best I could do was sit on the board and go down the driveway. These guys were getting some good air; they did not land many though.

Dave

Challenging subject this week and will have to go all out just like this steely eyed 3 1/2 year old flat track motorcycle racer. His helmet is bigger than he is.
You can almost see a slight blur on the rear wheel spokes and a puff of exhaust smoke.
In case you were wondering, we don't really have that tall of traffic cones here in Montana.

Camera Maker: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D5000
Image Date: 2011-07-09 21:40:46 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 280.0mm (35mm equivalent: 420mm)
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
ISO equiv: 800
Exposure Bias: +0.67 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Manual
Light Source: Fine Weather
Flash Fired: No
Orientation: Normal
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined

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Is that your little dude?

No, he was there to race with his own pit crew that included his Mom & Dad.

As his Mom white knuckled the whole race LOL

Took this today while at a Philly SCCA event. I took over 200 photos, but I liked this one the best for some reason.
Manual settings - hand held
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 18.0
Focal Length: 200mm

She probably was since he had such big kids to race against like this guy who is probably almost in pre-school already and knows how to slide his foot around corners.

This rc helicopter's blades are whirling at over 2400 rpm.........almost impossible to freeze motion, but this is the best I could do under the circumstances.
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And yes, it's being flown upside down. The motor is 9 horsepower electric. It cost about $3000 the way it's set up, and it rocks!! It uses 2 5000mha batteries @ $500 each. This is a serious hobby......not for the faint of heart.

Is it supposed to be upside down? Just enough rotation to show the form of the blades.

Jack fishing from the dock.


ISO 800
f/6.3
1/4000