July 2024 Competition - Long Exposure

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Thanks again to everyone who entered last months competition. A new month has begun and so that means a new competition.

This Month's Theme
The theme for this months competition is long exposure. If you need some inspiration then I'd suggest taking a look on Flickr.

Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: July 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: July 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: July 27th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid it's just the joy of taking part but I will be adding badges to winners profiles.

How to Enter + Rules
  1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button, or just click here to reply. Insert image as full image not thumbnail.
  2. Canon R Series cameras only. Adapted lenses on R Series bodies are fine.
  3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
  4. Only one photo entry per member.
  5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
  6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
  7. You are free to change you image during the entry period.
How to Vote (when voting opens)
  1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
  2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own
Upcoming Themes for 2024
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.
  • Jul: Long Exposure
  • August: Reflections
  • Sep: Close Up
  • Oct: Patterns
  • Nov: After Dark
  • Dec: Festivities
Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in our Feedback Forum.

Thank you for participating and good luck!
 
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Please note the rules folks:
  1. Canon R Series cameras only. Adapted lenses on R Series bodies are fine.
  2. Camera metadata must be embedded with images to verify.
  3. Only one photo entry per member.
  4. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
  5. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
  6. You are free to change your image during the entry period.
  7. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information on your entry.
Thank you! :)
 
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Hi Tim,

Our entry is High Force Waterfalls (21metre cascades) on the River Tees, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England.

(Shot raw by Karen and processed by Phil with DxO PL Elite/ Nik Collection and Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels).


You can read more about High Force by clicking Here.

Phil and Karen


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Was going to go with water, because I love me some long exposure water. But instead, in honor of the Independence Day Holiday:

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Not that Walt Disney World represents Independence. But Walt was as American as apple pie, so I’m going with it.

Tripod. Bulb exposure with corded shutter release. Processed in DPP4 applying the Autumn Hues picture style from Canons Picture Style Editor software, but with sharpness cranked up to Landscape picture style levels.
 
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With Devil's Gate to the north, Yosemite National Park to the west, and Nevada 10 miles to the east, the little town of Bridgeport, California, (population 553) sits at 6400 feet up in the eastern Sierra Mountains. The post office opened in 1864, and yesterday was the 162nd annual July 4 festival. They had an impressive fireworks show at the airport, and I positioned myself just outside the barbed wire fence with a few thousand other people. I got the best fireworks photos I've ever taken, and chose this one to post here.

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During a visit to Stepstone Falls in Rhode Island, I took many photographs of the water surface reflecting the fall foliage at various shutter speeds. This is one of the slow ones increasing the abstract nature of the photograph.

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Plan A: epic Golden Hour lighting, but late afternoon clouds on the horizon forced me to Plan B: Night Sky with the Milky Way.
Remember those clouds on the horizon? After a couple hours I was looking at 40% cloud cover forcing me to Plan C: Blue Hour Light Trails.

Cape Perpetua at Blue Hour.jpg
 
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Image is a 10 second exposure of an Amtrack Train arriving at Manassas Railway Station on the 4th of July
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B17-G Flying Fortress "City of Savannah" at the Mighty Eighth Airforce Museum in Pooler, GA, USA. HDR composite of 3 exposures merged and edited in Lightroom Classic.
B-17G - City of Savannah-right-_R7_2477-HDR.jpg
 
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Wire Wool burning on a jetty above a small pond beside the river Stour at Eye Bridge near Wimborne, the pond fills in the autumn and winter and drains into the river, since this was taken the wooden jetty has been removed to I cannot do this shot again :cautious:

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A big thanks to all who have entered this month. Entries are now closed and voting is enabled. Please use the up arrows to vote and remember you can vote on as many images as you wish.
 
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A big thank you to everyone who has taken part in this months competition. Yet again we have had some really amazing images.

In 1st place with 10 votes was @Dean Wilson with a stunning blue hour light trails shot. Not bad for his Plan C!
In 2nd place with 7 votes was @PKM-UK with their joint effort and a terrific shot of High Force Waterfalls, County Durham, England.
In 3rd place with 5 votes was @dgphoto8 with some amazing light trails shot on Storrow Drive in Boston, Massachusetts.

Of course every entry is a winner here regardless of the number of votes received! :)

Our August competition will be kicking off on Thursday. The theme this time will be reflections.
 
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Our warmest congratulations to Dean on winning the July competition! (A fantastic image which got our vote).

Well done to everyone who contributed to a wonderful collection of fascinating and inspirational images.

Big thanks are also due to Tim for arranging this fun competition.

Phil and Karen
 
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Thank you Tim, Phil, Karen and anyone else that like the photo.

I find these friendly competitions exciting and I am always interested to see other people interpretation of the Monthly Challenge.

Again, thank you Tim.
 
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