I have been very lucky to be able to attend the Muscat Festival here in Oman on three occasions this month, and each time I have come home with some very interesting photographs of Omani Culture. On my first visit earlier this month, at Qurum Natural Park, I spent an hour in the childrens fairground area and came away with what I think are 'arty' images of the Ferris wheel and Carousel.
I would like to share these with you, and would love feedback.
I chose to use the VR 50 - 300 lens, I had no tripod with me, therefore I steadied the camera whilst sat very firmly on a concrete bench, using my knee as a 'tripod'.
The ISO I bumped up to 320 and used this throughout and set the camera to Shutter Priority.
Obviously it was dark, as it was between 19.00 hours and 20.00 that these images were taken.
At times the ferris wheel was stationary and at other times the carousel was still, both moved in a clockwise direction and at differing speeds.
The neon light depicting angel wing with arabic text below is the advertising slogan for Nawras, one of Omans telecommunications companies.
I would like to share these with you, and would love feedback.
I chose to use the VR 50 - 300 lens, I had no tripod with me, therefore I steadied the camera whilst sat very firmly on a concrete bench, using my knee as a 'tripod'.
The ISO I bumped up to 320 and used this throughout and set the camera to Shutter Priority.
Obviously it was dark, as it was between 19.00 hours and 20.00 that these images were taken.
At times the ferris wheel was stationary and at other times the carousel was still, both moved in a clockwise direction and at differing speeds.
The neon light depicting angel wing with arabic text below is the advertising slogan for Nawras, one of Omans telecommunications companies.
Fig 1 1/5 sec f/5.00
Fig 2 1.3 sec f/13.00
Fig 3 2 sec f/14.00
Fig 4 3 sec f/18.00
Blades of colour
Fig 5 8 sec f/22.00
Repetitive pattens
Fig 6 8 sec f/22.00
Blur of lights
Fig 7 1/10 sec f/4.5
Twisted blades created and repetitive patterns occurring
Fig 8 1/1.3 sec f/5.00
Static logo for Nawras
Prominent red circle created around centre of wheel
Fig 9 1/1.3 sec f/5.00
Construction of the ferris wheel can be seen here, while static, for some reason there are white flashes of light cutting across the carousel.
My thoughts on this exercise
This was more of an experiment but one that I was pleased with when I saw the results, I experimented with very slow shutter speeds and had no tripod so expected noise in the final results.
I managed to capture blur of light and colours and therefore created some extraordinary images, when I combined the slow shutter speed with the increased ISO.
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