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Challenge #29 in the Language Of Light series. Hosted by Deleted pending purge.

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It's usually used in photographing stars, especially to register their "movement" and create startrails. But the process is also used in daylight photography, to achieve effects similar to long exposure. Show your best stacked images done in the daylight - and check the rules before you enter your work. Ignoring the rules will cause disqualification.

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Announced:

Thursday, 12th July, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 19th July, 2012 – Wednesday, 25th July, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 26th July, 2012 – Wednesday, 1st August, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Longer side of the photo MUST NOT be over 1600px.
Format and Aspect may be as you please.
Necessary Post-Processing interventions are acceptable.
No Frames or Borders.
No watermarks, no date/time nor any other identification allowed.

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Stacked images photographed in Daylight only. DO NOT enter Night photos, please!
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Up In The Air

by m43photo

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Sometimes it is impossible to see what is going on by naked eye. Without a help of high-speed photography and by freezing the moment, this second and a half vault jump would be easily missed.

Camera:	Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens:	Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm 1:2
Submitted:	Wednesday, 25th July, 2012 15:38 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 29th April, 2012
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m43photo

@all
Thanks!

I am writing "how to" tutorial for this type of shots. It should be ready by the end of the week. I will post a link here.

Aug 8, 2012permalink

007peter

I too like to know 'HOW' to make this kind of photo. Do I just take multiple shot then erase surrounding backdrop to make each person/per frame stands out? Any tutorial how I can make something like this?

Aug 6, 2012permalink

hteng

How to shot this photo ?

Aug 5, 2012permalink

SheriB

Wow.All I can say..Wow...

Aug 5, 2012permalink

jrahadi

mind boggling ! two thumbs up !

Aug 4, 2012permalink

photo nuts

Darn cool shot!

Aug 4, 2012permalink

m43photo

@sadwitch

Thanks! :-)

Aug 3, 2012permalink

sadwitch

Brilliant, but I'll really like to know who gave a 0.5 vote to this.

Aug 3, 2012permalink

m43photo

@iamachair

Thanks!

You are 100% correct. It wasn't easy to get into that position. I was approx 1 meter away from Kristian as he ran on his vault jump.

I wasn't worried about me, but I was worried that me being so close could affect concentration of the gymnast. But, I cleared that with his coach, and I was ready to go.

There were other constraints during the shot. I am writing a blog post covering them all.

Aug 3, 2012permalink

iamachair

Its like the famous quote: "Location, location, location." You had it here!

Aug 2, 2012permalink

m43photo

@DarkShift

Thanks!

Aug 2, 2012permalink

m43photo

@Naga

Thanks!

BTW, amazing gymnast on the photo is Kristian Thomas who has won bronze medal with Great Britain team on London Olympics few days ago.

Unfortunately, he made a mistake at the end of his vault yesterday and that cost him individual gymnastics all-around bronze medal. He finished 7th, but if his vault was on par with the one from couple of days ago, he would be 3rd.

Amazing athlete and amazing person.

His short interview on BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19088102

Aug 2, 2012permalink

m43photo

@Vipul

Thanks!

This was done while testing new Olympus OM-D E-M5 and its 9fps. It was literary the second day I got it. :-)

I will write a blog post with detailed "how to" in the next couple of days and post a link to it.

Aug 2, 2012permalink

DarkShift

Excellent!

Aug 2, 2012permalink

Naga Praveen

Wow is the word!!! Nice Work.. Cheers :)

Aug 2, 2012permalink

Vipul Kapadia

Wow - beautiful!!! What software do you use to create these types of images? Do you merge mutiple images (bursts) into a single image?

Aug 2, 2012permalink

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