Wow! Your photo is pretty similar to mine. Amazing! Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:27 AM Subject: Re: Mystery Photo
> Yay! it's something I can answer.. I think your tripod (I assume you were > using a tripod to catch fireworks..) head was loose and your camera slipped > during a bulb exposure. And the reason I can say this is because I've done > it before ;) It was my 5n on a Velbon mountain chaser tripod (I think it's a > great mid range tripod [got it about AUD$180] btw.. if anything I might save > up for a bogen ball head sometime) with a midrange tilt/pan head which I > just didn't tighten. I suddenly saw it slip and I grabbed it, and meanwhile > it was just exposing away, painting matrixy lines and purdy colours.. > http://www.geocities.com/heygoosey/slippy.jpg > Now all we need is a manifesto and we can have our own little photography > movement.. > This other photo I took shows what the scene looks like sans tripod > inaptitude > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=005u98&photo_id=1725 698&photo_sel_index=1 > > Cheers, > Ryan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 5:04 PM > Subject: Mystery Photo > > > > Hi Everyone. > > It looks cool, but I have no idea what happend to cause the light streaks > in > > this photo > > www3.telus.net/public/gregpics/ > > I finally developed a roll of film that had been in my MZ-3 since summer > > (don't use it much since I got a Z-1P). This photo is from July 1st - > Canada > > Day. I was on my balcony trying in vain as I do every year to get a decent > > fireworks picture. > > Maybe I accidently hit the shutter as I was stepping past the glass > balcony > > doors and got some reflection in them. It doesn't look like any fireworks > > are occurring, so I don't think they are playing any role in this. Weird > > > > Greg > > > > > > >
