Macworld’ssecond photo contestfocused on low light photos , and this time around we opened up the submissions to all types of cameras . The entries we received were incredible and really showed off your wide range of techniques and talent . congratulation to the achiever !
former competition winners : iPhone 4 Photo Contest
Greg Marchandcaptured this unbelievable exposure of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero , CA with a 14mm-24 mm electron lens at 14 mm . The strange formula was a result of a extra lighting display for the lighthouse ’s anniversary celebration .
television camera : Nikon D3S
photo time:15 second gear
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO:320
“ I took this photo at the University of the Philippines Los Baños . The light in one of the gazebos was pull all these winged termite . The frog must have noticed the commotion as well and were powerful there , feed on the termites . I claim out the photographic camera and monopod , bumped up the ISO to 800 , and set it to aperture priority . For this blastoff I used my 55 - 300 mm and stopped it down to f/8 to get a sharp image . I also used spot metering . I did a few adjustments in Lightroom such as cropping , noise reduction , and sharpening . ”
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television camera : Pentax K - x
Exposure time:1/80
Aperture : f/8
ISO:800
“ This is a exposure of the milklike Way Galax urceolata that I took at theOnizuka Center for International AstronomyVisitor Information Station ( aka the Mauna Kea Summit visitor nerve centre ) on the self-aggrandising island of Hawaii . I ’ve been fascinate with astronomy since I was a picayune kid . Before digital cameras with high ISO performance it would have been much be impossible for amateurs to capture a exposure like this . ”
Camera : canyon 5D Mark II
Exposure time:30 seconds
ISO:6400
Lens : Tokina ATX-116 at 14 mm tv camera is a Canon 5D MK2
Jamie Walker get this trope with a percentage point - and - shoot photographic camera . “ This photograph was taken at near zero degrees on snowy Nox in Stockholm . I pass on - nurse the tv camera while shivering and energise against a heap stop signal . ”
Camera : canyon PowerShot A620
picture time:0.3
“ As I was walking home from work one nighttime I observe a lounge lizard log Z’s on the leaf of this flora . I quickly ran home to get my photography equipment and add up back to the spot where the lizard was . ”
tv camera : Rebel T2i
vulnerability time:2 seconds
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO:400
“ This photograph was fill outside of the house we were staying on a Montana holiday ( Deer Park , Emigrant , Montana ) . It was almost completely dark , but I know there were a identification number of deer kip in the yard . A 30 second exposure revealed 7 deer , and with a few restrained adjustments I was able-bodied to nicely frame them with the hill that leave out the vale where we were staying . ”
Camera : Nikon D700
ISO:1600
“ This is a picture of Manhattan accept fro the DUMBO section of Brooklyn between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge . It is a panorama complex of 4 pictures stitched together in Photoshop . I used a tripod and the ISO was 1600 . I used a Canon50D tv camera with a Tamron 18 - 270 lens system at 18 mm and bracket out the shot + /- 1EV to get the best exposure . ”
Camera : Canon 50D
Brett Reed shot this image at Speed Week 2008 at the Bonneville Salt Flats . He used a Rollie 16 millimeter fisheye lens adapted to work out with his Canon EOS 5D.
television camera : Canon EOS 5D
“ The picture was captured by me when I went for a hitch for the DoS of Rajasthan , which is situated in the deserted part of India . I conk out out to examine my first DSLR camera , the Nikon D90 , at night . ”
Camera : Nikon D90
pic time:1/2 secondly
Aperture : f/4.5
Dennis Lund , Delta Junction , Alaska take this surrealistic photo of the Northern Lights . “ Green is mutual , but the purple on the right border is very uncommon . This was taken on a Tripod . The visible light is from a nearby building , and is refracting on the crystalline lens glass . The sky and lighting / ring look like another - public . ”
tv camera : Nikon D200
Aperture : f/3.5
“ I took this picture about thirty miles south of Carbondale , CO . I had just seen a telecasting on how to manipulate the exposure to get the smokey consequence of body of water . I had also just consider a video about “ painting with light ” . To strain it out I used a Canon T1i with the kit lens . I set it on a tripod and I used a remote control to trigger the television camera . For light I had a million wax light power spot buy at Wal - Mart . After I triggered the photographic camera with the remote control , I easy startedpaintingup and down with the spotlight . It took many endeavor because , while doing it , you really ca n’t see anything except the spot of light . ”
Camera : Canon T1i
