Guess the Shutter Speed!
About the photo
I have realized that I really like badland-type terrain. It is full of unique colors, lines and shapes. Cool formations and terrain like this one that other-worldly.
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What is Shutter Speed?
Shutter speed is the length of time the camera shutter is open, exposing light onto the camera sensor. Essentially, it’s how long your camera spends taking a photo.
A fast shutter speed is typically whatever it takes to freeze action. If you are photographing birds, that may be 1/1000th second or faster. Long shutter speeds are typically above 1 second – at which point, you will need to use a tripod to get sharp images. You would use long shutter speeds for certain types of low-light / night photography, or to capture movement intentionally.
For more information and examples see Introduction to Shutter Speed in Photography
RULES & HOW TO PLAY
- For this Metadata Monday I would like you to guess the shutter speed of the photo
- Only one guess per person, per post.
- No editing your guess - you have to commit!
- All metadata has been stripped from the pictures, so don’t bother looking for the EXIF!
- We are not required to tell you what kind of camera was used, or what time of day the photo was taken at, or whether filters were involved (this adds to the mystery and the challenge!)
- For this game you have until Wednesday at 6PM EST / 11PM UTC)
- Scoring: Is done using Hive Tips on your responses.
My scoring will be:
The first person to guess correctly will get a 7 HIVE tip.
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1/800
Yay the games have started, thanks for being the first to guess!
I'm gonna go with 1/640.
Bright sunny day, everything in focus so f/8, probably ISO 100. Sounds about right to me. 😁
Look at that logic
I had to go look at some of my photos taken on a bright sunny day. 😁
did that too :D but was not sure because i sometimes stay on some stupid settings. last bright sunny day i was on iso 400 and shutter of 1/2400 🤷♂
Ya beat me to it ;)
My guess is 1/800
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Thanks for the guess @tobywalter
You are welcome @sjarvie5
Hmm, let's say 1/200? :)
Hi Denis. So glad you are playing!
Funny game :)
Glad to see you among the photo stars
I'm gonna opt out on this one since I was there when you took it... doesn't mean i know the shutterspeed but i think i know some things that may give me an advantage.
You might be able to guess now :)
Maybe 1/125?)
HI @kibela so great having you as part of PhotoGames
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Super bright so I will say 1/1200
Hi Robert. Thanks for the guess. I am going to send you a friend chat request about being a photo star.
Cool. I will look for it. Been super busy preparing for hurricane season as we have to sail away soon.
Hmmm ...a bit late so hard to find something not already guessed: 1/400 :)
Hi Sergio!
1/250 Beautiful photo!
Hi Scott. Thanks!
Great picture Sara.
2 numbers on my mind are 800 and 640...huh, I think 1/640 is my answer :))
Hi Trang. So glad you are playing!
Thats a cool pocture and I like bad lands as well. I have no idea about shutter speed but my guess is 1/720
Hello. Now I really want to go to South Dakota to the Badlands National Park. Southern Utah is really amazing though for this type of landscape! So glad you are playing.
1/500 ?
Hello Heda!
My guess is 1/2000 😁
Hi Thanks for your guess. So great to have you playing!
Thanks @sjarvie5, I'm happy to join. It's an interesting game.
The picture was taken in a vehicle going about 70 mph.
Oh wow, that's a great camera and great photography skill as well. Actually, looking the color of the sky and the shadow of the trees, I guessed it was in the middle of the day, so the shutter speed should be fast.
My guess is 1/320.
Hi Donica, thanks for the guess!
Sure! I'm so curious now! =D
@itchyfeetdonica itchyfeetdonica I am going to send a friend request to chat soon.
I think the only one not taken is 1/1000. So let's play with that :)
Hi Stefanos. Yes, I guess there are only a certain number of shutter speeds. :)
1/1600 :)
@dmytrokorol so good to see you again! How are you doing? Thanks for the guess.
I am fine, thanks! it is great to see photogames up again! Thank you for revitalizing it!
Love it!! :)
Thanks. Are you going to guess?
You are welcome! :) mmm I am guessing pretty slow haha like 1/5th of a second to 2 seconds. But I can't give a range right? 1 second. ISO was probably 100 or 125 and the f stop was high 11 or 16. Although not sure what lens you used either, hehe. :) I could be way off, but those are typical settings I might use when doing landscape photos.
Great, thanks!
You are welcome!
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20 seconds with a polarizer and an ND? ;)
Ha ha nice guess Derek!
I will go with 1/100th of a second