I didn’t travel too far this week’s theme, light, I just went to a local elementary school. A friend of mine teaches there and they are doing a life cycles unit, which includes monitoring some chickens as they go from eggs to chicks. At day seven I went in to take some pictures of candling. Here is one of those from the series I took:
ISO 2500 50mm 0ev f/6.3 1/10
If you look at the lightest part of the image, you can see the head of the developing chicken. How cool is that?
The challenge to getting this image is, as you can see, that I was shooting in the dark. I used my tripod and asked my friend to stand very still. You will notice that the ISO is really high here. I could have tried a lower f-stop to let in more light, but I really did want to preserve a good amount of depth in the photo, so that is why it is set to f/6.3.
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Cool light, like it… 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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Great image… I could use an extra chicken or two right now. Yesterday, a female fox who has 4 youngins nearby killed two of my adult chickens!
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Certainly, foxes are very good at getting chickens.
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Neat shot! ISO is high but the shot isn’t grainy at all. Well done!
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Thanks, I was pleased with the relative lack of grain as well.
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Yes that is cool. Great photo in difficult lighting.
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Thank you, the lighting is hard to get right, and really you don’t have a lot of time to get it either you really want to minimize the time that you are messing around with the egg.
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AmAzInG photo!!
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Thank you, it is really fun to watch them develop in there!
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You did a marvelous job!
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Thank you 🙂
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Awesome shot! I wouldn’t be able to hold that perfectly still for 10 seconds. 🙂
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Using my tripod is a must for photos like this.
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Excellent.
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Thank you, it is a really fun project.
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Great shot, Maranto.
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Thank you, and thanks for visiting 🙂
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Wow this is an amazing shot!
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I am just fascinated by the process, so fun to watch them develop.
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Great work PJB . Fantastic how you managed to capture this . You put me to shame on the getting to grips with things . Really well done , and thank you for telling us your experiences along your photography journey.
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Thank you, I think I am very lucky to be able to get shots like this. In this case, I just happen to know someone who is willing to let me take the photos. Thank you also for your kind and encouraging words.
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Now that was an exciting photo shoot! Thank you for this beautiful glimpse into a growing life. Sharon
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Yes, I agree, this is just a fun series to be photographing.
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good idea for a photo .. well done!
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Thank you 🙂
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Great shot!
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Thanks!
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Mysterious light
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🙂
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🙂
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The post where they were chickens was beautiful. Loved the photos of the chickens and that the children and the chickens would have a good experience. I grew up on a free range poultry farm, there was only free range back then, 70 to 80 years back.
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Things are quite different now, the kids can grow up with out knowing where their food comes from. I think this unit really is important.
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