Contests and Critique Category Archive - Page 3

How Was This Picture Made #02: The Answer

The second "How was this picture taken?" series article turned out to be a bit controversial, because some people either did not like the photo, or did not like some things about it. Some complained about the moon appearing unrealistic, with its darker side being darker than the sky (and...

How Was This Picture Made #03: The Answer

First, thanks to everybody who weighed in with their strategies to make the image in question. Some very good sleuthing on behalf of our readers and as you'll see the answer is a combination of a lot of your suggestions and keen observations. The answer to how the life-sized condor print...

How Was This Picture Made #03?

I recently hung my show Plight of the Condor at Flagstaff’s High Country Conference Center. It’s an honor being recognized as so talented, egocentric and stupid that I’d dump hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to fill an entire gallery with just my work. As this is my last,...

How Was This Picture Made #02?

This is our second iteration of the "How was this picture taken?" series of articles and this time we have a fun picture to dissect - the Total Lunar Eclipse, a.k.a. the "Blood Moon", which took place on the 27th of September. I had the chance to photograph the Blood...

How Was This Picture Made #01: The Answer

It seems like many of our readers really loved our new idea (big thanks to John Bosley for suggesting it!) with the "how was this picture taken" series, since we had huge feedback and lots of interesting discussions. I must apologize for not being able to provide the answer to...

How Was This Picture Made #01?

Going forward, we will be featuring the new "how was this picture taken" series articles, asking our readers to look at an image, analyze it and provide information on how they think the image was captured. When guessing, information could include such data as: approximate exposure variables (shutter speed, aperture...