Weekly Photography Challenge #500 Caught in Time!

[Tersha]

Our 500th Challenge! 🙂
Caught in time …. so, Freezing motion, water drop photography, high speed photography …..

How to Freeze Motion and Capture Shots That Pop

How to Successfully Focus on Fast Moving Subjects

[Patrick]

An older shot from last year.

500th Challenge Wow 😉 well done folks.

[Pat Garrett]

Beautiful drops and a successful cartwheel. Great work on both

[Patrick]

Keeping fit .. thanks Pat 🙂

[Pat Garrett]

OK, continue with cartwheels and catch Click’s tossed salad on a plate and you’ll be fit as a fiddle.

[Tersha]

Nice water drops Patrick, and I like the cartwheel!

[Patrick]

Thanks very much Tersha , them cartwheels can take it out of ya haven’t a breath 😉

[davidc]

liquid gold, cool droplet cartwheel looks like you fell out of the sky. 🙂

[Patrick]

Lol i just missed the hay bale 😉

Thank you David.

[Click]

Tossed Salad

[Patrick]

A real splash of colour , lovely job Click.

[Pat Garrett]

Expect the unexpected from you, Click, and you don’t disappoint.

[LeanneC]

This is great Click! Really like it.

[Andre P.]

Excellent !

[Tersha]

Brilliant Click!

[davidc]

Great shot Click. going to have a go at this.

[Mistyisle]

Very eye-catching, Click – well done!

[Frogdaily]

WaterDrop Photography… who knew a water drop could be so pretty – simple yet so complex

Crystal Blue

[Wendy P]

A beautiful shot. Almost balletic!

[Pat Garrett]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Frogdaily]

Thank you so much Wendy and Pat

[Tobie]

Luvit Frog’s! It looks like a ballerina!

[John Clark]

I need to work on my timing.  This is a great shot.

[Tersha]

Very elegant Frog!

[davidc]

looks like a dancer, very cool.

[Dave Watkins]

My wife and I immediately saw a ballerina as well. Also looks a bit like a piece of fine Italian glass. Beautiful pastel colors.

[Frogdaily]

Thank you so much Everyone for your kind words

[Frogdaily]

WaterDrop Photography

Spinning Gears

[John Clark]

Absolutely beautiful

[Tersha]

Beautiful!

[davidc]

Reminds me of someone in the paddy fields or maybe a tea plantation. Very cool.

[Frogdaily]

Thank you so much John, Diane and David

[Ruth]

Splash droplets coming off a rock.  OnePlus 7T

[Tersha]

Love this Ruth, it needs to be seen large to see the drops!

[Ruth]

So true – sorry!  Here it is again.  These drops randomly occurred from gentle waves and how lucky this shot was to capture it frozen in time!

[Ruth]

Random water droplets caught in time

[davidc]

Good catch Ruth, very nice.

[Ruth]

Thanks David

[Wendy P]

Pinball Game

[Patrick]

I have visited this shot many times now , it’s a great capture the colors ,position of the ball and all the details on the machine grab my attention each time i look down this whole thread.

[Wendy P]

Thanks Patrick!

[davidc]

I wasted many a hour on these infernal machines. Great shot Wendy.

[Wendy P]

Photo confession: I did remove the glass because of the glare from the indoor lighting!

 

[Wendy P]

Fire!

[Frogdaily]

Great capture of the fire Wendy

[Wendy P]

Thank you.  It wasn’t easy to capture without looking like paint!

[davidc]

Great juxtaposition, frozen fire. 🙂

[Dave Watkins]

Beautiful shot. Yes, wonderful juxtaposition of color. Thanks Brett @ Photzy for the email. 🙂

Seriously though, this is a terrific image. Thumbs up.

[Tersha]

An oldie, sparrows feeding …

[davidc]

Looks like he in a bit of a flap. Nice catch Tersha

[Tersha]

Thanks David!

[Anne Hornsby]

Not as crisply frozen as I would like;  still practicing…

[Tersha]

Very nice Anne, I find it difficult to catch birds in flight!

[davidc]

As Tersha said, i also have trouble trying to catch birds in flight. Got lots of seagulls though. Well caught Anne.

[Pat Garrett]

End of the Ride

[John Clark]

Captured perfectly Pat.

[Pat Garrett]

Thanks, John

[Tersha]

Nice feeling of movement Pat!

[Pat Garrett]

thank you

[davidc]

Oh to be in those waves. full of action. 🙂

[Frogdaily]

Great timing Pat!

[Pat Garrett]

Hurricane season is here. (After the storm passed by)

 

[David Chesterfield]

Water drop

 

[Frogdaily]

The first one is very elegant David, beautifully captured

[Tersha]

All really good David, first is my fav!

[davidc]

Great shots David. Think you should give them titles, just to see if we see the same forms in them. 🙂

[Ruth]

Incredible!  Just incredible!  Would love to see how you did these shots.

[Mistyisle]

Very nice indeed, David – never get tired of seeing these type of shots from you!

[David Chesterfield]

Bouncing ball.

 

[davidc]

Great way to show how the ball slows as it reaches the top then speeds up as it drops. Very cool David!

[David Chesterfield]

Splash!

 

[Frogdaily]

The coin is very interesting

[Tersha]

Love these, I need to try something similar! 🙂

[David Chesterfield]

Take a balloon, a tablespoon of cornflour add a sharp instrument…

 

[Tersha]

Brilliant!

[davidc]

Super shot. timing great and i would think very difficult.

[davidc]

Tour of Britain rolling through Old Hutton near Kendal

[Patrick]

Cool idea David , Kendal is such a lovely area been there a few times and gotta love the mint cake 😉

[davidc]

Thanks Patrick. The mint keeps you going up the mountains but not as fast as these fellers, they must have been over 50 mph coming down this brow.

[Frogdaily]

You really feel the movement, great capture

[davidc]

Thanks Frog. The speed was frightening.

[Pat Garrett]

The capture clearly focused on the subject, distractions eliminated, velocity and power dominant.

[davidc]

Thanks Pat. Going to try to get to more outside events when thing get back to some kind of normal. So much to try.

[LeanneC]

I spent a lot of time in the spring trying to “freeze” hummingbirds in flight. This was one of my successes (I call it “Whose Butt?”):

And this one:

 

 

[Wendy P]

A tough subject. Great shots.

[Frogdaily]

I really like the second one Leanne, the colors really compliment each other and love the reflection in the feeder.  Great capture

[Pat Garrett]

They are a capture challenge – they flit and dart so quickly. I got buzzed by a few when I was trying to capture them.

[davidc]

Great shots Leanne. You must have the patience of a saint.

[Mistyisle]

Very skilful and interesting shots, Leanne.  I particularly like the second one!

[Graham Hart]

Fun in the dust.

[davidc]

Good one Graham. Did it go over?

[Graham Hart]

No mate, he was doing some pretty daredevil type manoeuvres but didn’t fall off. At one stage he was riding side-saddle with his son on the back and crawling up the side of his bush-basher car. (No people were injured in the making of this photo) 🙂

[davidc]

candidate for you’ve been framed.

[Dave Watkins]

1/2000 wasn’t quite fast enough to freeze this Painted Lady’s wings.

[Dave Watkins]

[Frogdaily]

Beautifully captured Dave

[John Clark]

Wonderful picture.

[Dave Watkins]

Thank you Frogdaily and John. I appreciate your comments. 🙂

[Pat Garrett]

Nice sea foam, Dave.

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks Pat. 🙂

[davidc]

Foaming but could almost be frozen snow on the bearing seas. Nice one Dave.

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks davidc. Thankfully it was a bit warmer here than on the Bearing Sea. My old bones don’t handle freezing temperatures as good as they once did. 🙂

[Charmaine Joubert]

Fastest land animal on earth, 70mph, frozen in mid stride.

[Pat Garrett]

The churned up dust let me know all four feet were in the air. ANother incredible wild animal shot, Charmaine.

[Wendy P]

Wow! Just . . . wow!

[Patrick]

Awesome just Awesome , on point yet again great work.

[davidc]

Flying along, literately flying along. Superb Charmaine.

[Mistyisle]

……….. and Wow from me too, Charmaine!

[David Chesterfield]

1/32,000 second (flash duration)

 

[davidc]

That is how the coral in my dreams look like. Or perhaps an ocean scene from some distant planet. Wonderful.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Wow, the quality of every photo in this thread so far is staggeringly good.

[ElinL]

The mating dance of the Horned Grebe

Territorial fights – Horned Grebe

[davidc]

Quiet then the storm. where they same birds fighting?

[Tobie]

Great shots above, everyone!

[Patrick]

Wow , so nice 😉

Great timing mate.

[davidc]

Yep as Patrick said great timing and superb composition.

[Dave Watkins]

I’m on board with Patrick and davidc. Nice one Tobie.

[Frogdaily]

Totally agree … awesome capture Tobie!

[Tobie]

Thanks @frogdaily, @pentaxfan, @davidc, @patrickw. Perhaps more luck than timing… 😉

[Joanne Van Praag]

Action shot of my daughter playing lacrosse – she’s the one with the blonde ponytail at the front, and yes she got the ball.

[davidc]

In to battle. Great action very well caught. Super image Joanne.

[John Clark]

From last September, a chilly day at the beach..

[davidc]

As the sign says keep out. i wouldn’t want to be in the sea. Good shot John.

[John Clark]

Thanks Dave.

[Pat Garrett]

Couldn’t comment on all today. Like the variety of subjects posted and find my jaw just dropping as I look through.

[Anne Hornsby]

I completely agree with you, Pat!   A great collection I keep looking through.

[Wendy P]

Falling leaves and a curious kitty.

[davidc]

Looks like he is waiting to pounce. Nice catch Wendy.

[Wendy P]

Thank you David.

[Patrick]

Re edit of an older shot.

[davidc]

Great colors. Reminds me of space.

[Patrick]

Thank you David 😉

[JD]

[davidc]

Like the way the drops have caught the light. Good one JD

[Charmaine Joubert]

Backsplash

[davidc]

Very good capture Charmaine.

[John Clark]

What a great action shot.

[Peter]

Breaching Humpback Whale

[davidc]

Love this, wish i were there.

[JD]

Nice capture. Always a crowd pleaser

[Peter]

Making a Hole in the Water

[davidc]

Cool shot Peter.

[Kent DuFault]

[Patrick]

POW! Great capture Kent.

[Kent DuFault]

Thanks, Pat!

[Kent DuFault]

This a portrait of my wife on our honeymoon, and I cannot believe how fast time has flown.

[Patrick]

Beautiful portrait Kent.

[Kent DuFault]

Thank you, Pat! A slightly different interpretation of the caught in time challenge.

[Patrick]

It’s perfect mate 🙂

[Tersha]

Raindrop from a canopy ..

[Don D]

[Patrick]

I really like this , well captured indeed.

[Mistyisle]

Very well caught, Don, they actually look pretty evenly matched!

[Don D]

Thanks Patrick. The Swallows were doing this for a few weeks (at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands). Something to do with the forthcoming mating season I suspect.

[Peter]

If you are feeling particularly insane, try photographing dragonflies in flight.

[Wendy P]

Awesome!

[Patrick]

Great capture .

[LeanneC]

I must be crazy because I have been trying 😜. Great image. I appreciate the difficulty level.

[Mistyisle]

Great shot, Peter!  I took some pics of a couple a few years ago, but not nearly as good a result.

[David Chesterfield]

Stall

4 images @ 12 fps, blended in PS

 

[Patrick]

Great work love it mate.

 

[Leesa]

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[Holly K]

[Wendy P]

Inspired by the shots from Patrick, Frog, Ruth, David, Tersha, and Holly (above) I went out to capture the water. Here’s my favorite shot.

[Patrick]

Love the blue here well captured Wendy 🙂

[Wendy P]

Thanks Patrick.

[Preston]

Wonderful photos everyone!

Here’s one of the neighbor’s puppy that runs to greet me every day.

[Patrick]

Lovely capture mate , the joy on it’s little face 🙂

[Federico Alegria]

Jeez, 500 challenges… Congrats @Tersha. This has been one of the few times ever that I actually wanted to freeze movement in a photograph.

[Patrick]

Nice timing on that rope 😉

[Mistyisle]

Chainsaw Competition

[chris pook]

This is super old; torn what to submit, but here we go;  Ghurkhas playing in a Volleyball competition in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2013;

[Mistyisle]

Not guys that I would choose to have an argument with, Chris !

[chris pook]

They loved fighting!  ‘Better to die than live as a coward!’.  Ayo Gurkhali!!!!

[Kristi]

First entry with my new camera! I’m still learning it, but I love it so far!
This one looks like a fist out of the water to me.

[Kristi]

In this one I see a couple dancing, do you see it?

[LeanneC]

There are so many great images on this thread – it is inspiring. Once in awhile I force myself to work in Photoshop (so I don’t forget how to do stuff) but this time it was just FUN…

[Patrick]

Lovely work Leanne , nice sequence 😉

[Mistyisle]

Great spacing, Leanne, as you say it is fun doing things like that!  🙂

[Saranathan A]

I shot this horse during one of my tours

[Saranathan A]

[Saranathan A]

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Awesome shots caught at the right time. Thank you for sharing with us 🙂

[Saranathan A]

Thanks for your comment.

[Ken Scheepers]

This Dragonfly was buzzing around the back yard following the same path repeatedly, enough time for me to retrieve my camera, lie on my back in the spot where it sopped facing the sky and bingo.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Wow! You caught the action well Ken. I like the somewhat neon colours 🙂

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