Welcome to PROJECT 52-6 for the year 2014.

PROJECT 52-6-37-Shutter-BULB

Images for Project 52-6-37 are to be taken between the 27th October 2014 and 2nd November 2014.


Rules
1. Anyone and everyone interested in the challenge is eligible. The goal continues to be
have fun and share comments, concepts, insights, and techniques with fellow
Pentaxians.
2. Each week will feature a Theme and Sub-concept for you to explore.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-6 thread for the week. Explain what
motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly
theme.
4. Some post-processing is OK (adjusting white balance, exposure, color
saturation), but let's try to stay away from heavily PP'ed images here. Try to
keep the creativity to photographic techniques and the captures themselves.
5. Since this project is about technique, and not camera, shots taken by non Pentax cameras are allowed.
Cameras may be SLRs, DSLRs, Point & Shoot, Medium Format, et cetera.
6. There is one “Theme Concept” labeled “black and white,” but feel free to post
black and white, sepia, monotone, etc., for any of the other themes.
7. The picture you post should be taken during the week in which the theme is
active to be eligible for judging.
8. Any picture taken from thread start date to listed closing date is acceptable. You may request to submit a photo outside of the time frame, but its acceptance is dependent o the judge of the week. Please try and keep to within a day or two (either way 92% the week. This is to make allowances for those that would like to participate, but for one or other reason, are not able to do so during the time given for the challenge, such as illness, weather, travelling etc.
9. The WINNER of each weekly challenge is the JUDGE of the next week's Project 52-6.
10. The Facilitator (in this case noelcmn) may participate in the challenge, provided he/she is not the judge.
11. Closing date for the challenge is Sunday at midnight in your time zone. Late entries are accepted but subject to the acceptance by the current weeks
Judge.

The One for those who like star trails, lightning and other long exposures. Lets see what you have got.
This is a new Challenge to Project 52-so there are no examples to display, but have a look at these links:
How to Use Bulb Mode for Long Exposure Photography

What Is Bulb Mode? Where Is It Used? - Digital Photo Secrets

Long Exposure Photography Tips | Night Photography Tips

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/276038-projec...#ixzz3HHdz222t

I'll be in the Kruger, so I'll be trying some star trails or maybe capture an elephant as it grazes at night .

[noelcmn]

No entries?

Here's one that I am not entirely happy with, will have to do this again sometime.

[patrick9]

It doesn't look like i will be able to join in this week. Time and weather have not cooperated at all. That along with the lack of a steady tripod at the moment.
Edit
I tried setting my K-30 on an overturned soap dish on the kitchen sink window ledge. This is the view from our kitchen window . The closed pool is what I spent the day doing.
I am not happy with the shot but it does fit the challenge. 27 sec iso 800 f5.6 taken tonight. I may try to get a better one later
out my back window

[mtux]

No chance to do a loooong exposure for me.

[Bill2849]

Mixed results here. Had a star trail that was lackluster, a few "ghost" photos and one tree composition. This is my favorite of the ghost photos, taken with my Pentax K-x and my Pentax SMC D AL 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL at 18mm, f22, ISO 800, 185 seconds shutter (using Bulb setting). Haven't used bulb setting previously so this was a learning experience for me.

[scomatic]

No chance to do a loooong exposure for me.

why not? I saw in your flickr album... there is some...

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This week... I gonna lose i think, shot with Pentax KX with Pentax SMC M 50mm - F22, 1 hours SS, ISO100. LOL...

[mtux]

1 hours

O_o
I thought the sensor will burn if you expose it for more than 30min.

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why not? I saw in your flickr album... there is some...

That's only 1/15s, and not in B mode.

[scomatic]

O_o
I thought the sensor will burn if you expose it for more than 30min.

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That's only 1/15s, and not in B mode.

Really? OMG... how my sensor now....

I know that is not in B mode, but if this picture taken on day time... it quite hard to get B Mode on...

[tessfully]

So happy to see some folks gave the bulb mode a try. I didn't have time to even try a shot but intend to as soon as possible. If anyone else wants to enter please do. I will close this in a few hours.

[Bill2849]

O_o I thought the sensor will burn if you expose it for more than 30min.

I don't think this is true. See: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/8-pentax-film-slr-discussion/106101-star-...ing-super.html

[mtux]

Ok, I actually tried something on Saturday, but the wind wasn't on my side, so not much cloud movement. but for the sake of entering the challenge here is my shot.
Shot with DA15, with the help of a set of three ND filter right in the middle of the day.

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I don't think this is true. See: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/8-pentax-film-slr-discussion/106101-star-...ing-super.html

Scomatic's photo proved that was a wrong idea.

[scomatic]

mtuxThat is nice!

[patrick9]

Ok, I actually tried something on Saturday, but the wind wasn't on my side, so not much cloud movement. but for the sake of entering the challenge here is my shot. Shot with DA15, with the help of a set of three ND filter right in the middle of the day.

I was wondering if I could stack my ND and CPL and get it dark enough during the day for B mode. It looks like that might work judging from your shot . Thanks

[mtux]

I was wondering if I could stack my ND and CPL and get it dark enough during the day for B mode. It looks like that might work judging from your shot . Thanks

I have a set of 77mm ND filters which stacking them above my 49mm CPL works perfectly on DA21 (No vignetting at all) and works pretty good on the DA15 (well, I haven't measured the amount of vignetting yet)

Yet one more kudo to the 49mm filter thread.

[patrick9]

I have a set of 77mm ND filters which stacking them above my 49mm CPL works perfectly on DA21 (No vignetting at all) and works pretty good on the DA15 (well, I haven't measured the amount of vignetting yet) Yet one more kudo to the 49mm filter thread.

My CPL and ND filters were bought for one lens 67mm threads It is the only one that large. All my other lenses are 49mm and 52mm so I just hold the filter in place. I am going to try stacking those two together. Thanks