It doesnt make sense at all. the swan turns up, I flash it. it was very dark and he disappeared into darkness on all the next 10 frames.
the thing is is thatthe stars are c hanging compositio in all the frames. how is that different from the swan being there and then not being there?
Disqualification Details
You may not combine captures of different scenes, move or change a feature between frames, or combine different captures to create a new scene. The swan is a feature that only existed in one frame.
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Fret not the DQ - minor nit in the real world, after all. This made a lot of us (well, me at least) stop to appreciate the illusion, and getting voters to stop to appreciate an illusion is pretty darn good. 'Tis a fine and imaginative photograph. Loved your regular FS as well - was one of my top three in that challenge.
Yeah, sorry Alex. I got myself all up in a huffy over this one, but read & reread and then read again the rules until I finally had to agree. It sucks that it is not clearer - an example is most definitely needed, SC!
I think we either need a slight mod to the 'Advanced' to allow any single feature which appears only once in the scene but requires it to have been in at least one other frame from that same scene OR we need a new ruleset which isn't as all-out as Expert, but allows something like this to somehow be valid OR we just need more 'Expert' challenges to get this stuff out of our systems...
Not allowing an application of our craft like the method that was used here in this image is really a loss for photography on this site.
Oh, yeah - I also spewed beer on my monitor when I read "It doesn't makes sense at all, the swan turns up, I flash it..." - I've never pictured a shocked swan with raised eyebrows before... the imagery is priceless, ROTFLMAO... Makes a good book title, 'The Senseless Flashing of Swans"
I'm sorry this was disqualified, but even still, it's very beautiful! It was one of the highest scores I gave in this challenge.
But I must say that this phrase, "the swan turns up, I flash it," made me giggle and picture you wearing a long trench coat : ) (Hope that made you smile!)
Agree with you on this Alex - the stars move from frame to frame - and one would suspect that there are stars on the right hand edge that were not in frame in frame one but were in frame ten - ditto for any stars on the far left edge, they would of been there at the start, then moved out of shot by frame ten.. just like the swan.
Basically sums up what we have been saying about this place.
Take this out of the context of DPC and its rules and you still have one of the finest images I've seen in a while and one that I'm sure you're very happy with.
This is a tough one, a most beautiful image. I wonder why did you not chose only the one frame with the swan in it and managed the dynamic range by processing in raw rather than by combining several frames? that would have avoided any question of ilegality.
Agree with you on this Alex - the stars move from frame to frame - and one would suspect that there are stars on the right hand edge that were not in frame in frame one but were in frame ten - ditto for any stars on the far left edge, they would of been there at the start, then moved out of shot by frame ten.. just like the swan.
Basically sums up what we have been saying about this place.
Alex this is genius! Excellent cpmposition and editing. I think you owe it to us to let us know how you did it. I am guessing you flashed when the swan was in place, perhaps never knowing if it would come along. Love it. Enzo
This is such a beautiful image. I am sure many are puzzled by the super sharp bird in a 60-120 sec (or longer?) exposure. My brother and I were trying to guess the technique, we have a few ideas but hope Alex will be kind enough to share the real deal.
Hey Alex!
I suspected this was from you, but I wasn t sure. Of course, everything from your style is there, only that moving stars took me away from you. Great image, composition and skills. Congrats on the Top5, Master.
This is pretty amazing and a well deserved finish. I am guessing at some point you popped a flash when the bird was where you wanted it? I am very curious and that is my guess. Congrats on another high finish.
Auuuuuugh! SPECTACULAR! Amazing for your beautiful bird to sit still long enough to get this amazing photo! You have some kind of magic with wildlife!!!
A seemingly impossible capture. Definitely represents expert composition, technique, and rule understanding. Bringiing the swan out so vividly in teh dark just creates an emotive quality only found very rarely in still images. I believe the kids nowadays might say this is "sick" ... I use the old standbye "Wow". 10
Stunning image. Will be very interesting to see how you acheived the clarity on the swan in such a long exposure. I'm guessing you were able to hit it with a very focused beam at the end. However you did it... well done. Bumping up.
Bravo! Although visually this has an impact of only about a 7, I have to bring it up a notch or two because of the technical aspects of it as well as the sheer timing - unless that is a fake swan? I imagine you were doing a long exposure shot and then you popped a strobe to get the swan so nicely - well done!
Beautiful shot. I'll be interested to see how you got both the star trails and the swan. I'm sure the swan didn't hold the pose for 5 minutes, so did you use a flash?
This is truly an outstanding work! It just evokes such a sense of calm & serenity, and is so nice to just soak in its effects. I can't even describe it properly.....I'm at a loss....Fav & 10
Hmmm... I'm looking forward to seeing how you did this, I suspect a foreground flash on a long exposure shot... but no evidence of the swan after the flash, so either it was real dark or you photographed a frozen swan!
I wish there was a moon in this shot - could you coordinate with the universe on that? LOL Very pretty - not sure how you did it with the stars moving but not the swan - can't wait to read afterwards. Kudos!!
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