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What crazy things have you done to get some good clicks apart from rising early for the sunrise pics,

post them with pics to do justice to the crazy act...

Here is one from me, on a recent norway trip, i decided to get a night view of Bergen during my day trek up the mountain, there is a cable car that takes you up to a viewing point.

Reached the cable car station at 8pm just to know that its the last car for the day, but can i miss a wonderful opportunity, i went up Bergen, took some shots and walked all the way down in slipper snow at -5 degrees with a head light to show the way, the descend was approx 2 hrs, came back to the hotel by 11:45pm

Here is the result of the craziness.

2 shot pano 75 seconds at 14mm, custom WB using ExpoDisc.



Waiting to see all your craziness and love for photography.... is not breaking your own limits afterall. :)
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Normally just the usual slightly silly mini adventures to get a new angle, climbing odd things, wading up streams and balancing in places I probably shouldn't be.

The latest trick I was attempting was trying to get an ariel shot of a group of people by launching the camera into the air on a self timer (idea shamelessly nicked from a wedding photographer who does the same) - I was having trouble keeping it pointed where I wanted, and gave up before the inevitable happened and I dropped the camera...
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ooooops, i read and it sent me a slight shiver...... a nice idea.... but... ahh no..
Narcosynthesis said:
Normally just the usual slightly silly mini adventures to get a new
angle, climbing odd things, wading up streams and balancing in places
I probably shouldn't be.

The latest trick I was attempting was trying to get an ariel shot of
a group of people by launching the camera into the air on a self
timer (idea shamelessly nicked from a wedding photographer who does
the same) - I was having trouble keeping it pointed where I wanted,
and gave up before the inevitable happened and I dropped the camera...
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Awesome! Love the car lights whizzing around on the left and the building lights on the water on the right. That is a first rate picture.

My craziness?

Well you already took the rise before dawn out, but...

The park was closed when I wanted to take pictures, so I hiked into this falls about an hour before dawn. The predawn light wasn't all it was cranked up to be, so I had to stand around a couple of hours and wait until I got this shot.

These were taken at about 8am and the air was 0 degrees Fahrenheit. The mist from the falls was freezing where it landed. Even icing over on my lens!

Needless to say, I wasn't dressed appropriately for that temperature.



Thunder heads were piling up on the horizon, but I swear it wasn't raining anywhere that I could see. ;)



PSSST! Don't take pictures of your crimes. They are incriminating. Private property? As you can clearly see, I was on the outside of the fence when I took this picture.



Angels Landing trail. At least one person dies on this trail every year. I wonder if they knew that would be the case when the named the trail. But, before you say, that IS crazy. I must say, this picture was staged.



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CityLights said:
Stick the camera on a monopod. Angle the camera on the pod as best
you can. (Use a wide angle). Use the self timer. Hold the monopod
up in the air fully extended by the foot.
Hey, it gets my camera out over places where "I" shouln't be...
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Yes, I was wondering why this idea is not used more often in conventionnal photography...
It is quite common in panorama photo, even though it was the first time for me.

Nothing really "crazy", but nice to be able to have your camera at 2meters80 above the ground, thanks to a monopod that you make rest on you shoulder photo bag ;)

Here is the non-crazy result: (you need flash 9)

http://www.cedricsimon.com/panos/fl.php?dir=2008/defile_14_juillet/pano3
 
That is amazing how does do it?
 
Excellent pics eveybody,

A nice idea Citylights having a monopod with the cam on timer, will try it one day, and hiking down on bare foot...... oooooooooo it pricks :)
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jpmalohesr said:
Nearly getting attacked by a proud, almost, papa to be:

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wow, very nice capture.
jpmalohesr said:
... or hiking the many steep steps of the Gorges at Watkins Glen, NY:

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Love the mist and the falls, terrific image.
jpmalohesr said:
Camera for both is Canon 350D w/400D Kit Lens.

JP

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visitkans said:
visitkans said:
Here is the non-crazy result: (you need flash 9)

http://www.cedricsimon.com/panos/fl.php?dir=2008/defile_14_juillet/pano3
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This is fantastic, quality, am amazed, can you share the technique on
how you captured this fantastic all round pano pls.
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Thanks !

Oh I use a tool that is very common among the "panographers" who love to capture 360 spherical panos: a Sigma 8mm fisheye. It really helps, as you need less images to capture the sphere. With a 17mm lens you would need more than 30 photos.

Here I only shot 4 images, using a 450D mounted on homemade cheap pano head that is tilted so that the diagonal of the sensor becomes vertical. It helps maximize the vertical field of view and get 180 degrees that would be otherwise cut.

We usually shoot a "zenith" (up) shot and a "nadir" (down) photo to complete the sphere.

Here obviously there is some kind of photoshop magic for the "down view", but not that much.

Panoguide.com can be a good starting point if you want more information on this addictive world of spherical panoramas.

Also check viewat.org where you'll see hundreds and hundreds of good fullscreen panoramas.
 
Wow, thanks a ton for the info, really worth lots, have to give it a try one day.
Cedric Simon said:
Cedric Simon said:
Cedric Simon said:
Here is the non-crazy result: (you need flash 9)

http://www.cedricsimon.com/panos/fl.php?dir=2008/defile_14_juillet/pano3
Click to expand...
This is fantastic, quality, am amazed, can you share the technique on
how you captured this fantastic all round pano pls.
Click to expand...
Thanks !
Oh I use a tool that is very common among the "panographers" who love
to capture 360 spherical panos: a Sigma 8mm fisheye. It really helps,
as you need less images to capture the sphere. With a 17mm lens you
would need more than 30 photos.

Here I only shot 4 images, using a 450D mounted on homemade cheap
pano head that is tilted so that the diagonal of the sensor becomes
vertical. It helps maximize the vertical field of view and get 180
degrees that would be otherwise cut.
We usually shoot a "zenith" (up) shot and a "nadir" (down) photo to
complete the sphere.

Here obviously there is some kind of photoshop magic for the "down
view", but not that much.

Panoguide.com can be a good starting point if you want more
information on this addictive world of spherical panoramas.
Also check viewat.org where you'll see hundreds and hundreds of good
fullscreen panoramas.
Click to expand...
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my foto gallery @ : http://www.vividscapes.com

 
We went to Iceland over Christmas this year, one of the main things I wanted to see was the Aurora... We were there for 6 nights in total and every night was clouded over, I was begining to despair, but luckily the 6th night was brilliantly clear and freezing cold, perfect conditions!

So we hired a car and headed out into the freezing night hoping to spot the Northern Lights... Temperature was -15C, which for an Aussie is VERY cold! We were out for around 3-4 hours watching the skys, relatively inappropriately dressed, no warm drinks or anything like that; and no appearance from the main act...

My partner had decided that the Lights weren't going to show and we should go home to our warm bed, but I wouldn't give up, my stubborness was getting me in trouble (I guess that's the crazy part, making your non-photographing partner wait in the freezing cold for something that most likely won't happen, big risk! :-)

But, finally, our patience was rewarded, at 0130 the Lights finally started to light up the horizon! Here's my best capture as testament to my craziness :-)

http://simongraham.zenfolio.com/p973762960/?photo=867020727

Doesn't really do the show justice, but I'm happy enough with it :-)

cheers!
 
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