A few more shots from this beautiful summer.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/24/2005 11:25:24 PM · #1

Here's my first successful long exposure picture of cascading water. The place was beautiful but did not offer a lot of safe places to try differant angles.

Some cool silhouettes...

and a beautiful last shot as the light was disapearing.

tsheets

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

07/25/2005 10:17:42 AM · #2

Just out of curiosity.. On the sillhouettes, why did you choose the settings you used? Small aperature, ISO 1600, 1/800 shutter speed... With the direct sun in the frame, I understand small aperature and fast shutter speed, but I guess I am a little confused with the high ISO setting. Was there a specific effect that you were after?

Thanks for sharing.

kawhona

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED

07/25/2005 12:37:29 PM · #3

Some quality shots Simon. Did you sharpen the first image at all or was that all natural ?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

07/25/2005 12:55:31 PM · #4

Originally posted by tsheets:

Presumably he wanted the slight graininess of the sky for pictorial reasons. I find it appealing.

These are nice shots, Simon.

Robt.

peecee

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

07/25/2005 02:48:00 PM · #5

Originally posted by bear_music:

Originally posted by tsheets:
Just out of curiosity.. On the sillhouettes, why did you choose the settings you used? Small aperature, ISO 1600, 1/800 shutter speed... With the direct sun in the frame, I understand small aperature and fast shutter speed, but I guess I am a little confused with the high ISO setting. Was there a specific effect that you were after?

Thanks for sharing.

Presumably he wanted the slight graininess of the sky for pictorial reasons. I find it appealing.

These are nice shots, Simon.

Robt.

Could it also aid the star effect Robert?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

07/25/2005 02:56:44 PM · #6

Originally posted by peecee:

Originally posted by bear_music:

Originally posted by tsheets:
Just out of curiosity.. On the sillhouettes, why did you choose the settings you used? Small aperature, ISO 1600, 1/800 shutter speed... With the direct sun in the frame, I understand small aperature and fast shutter speed, but I guess I am a little confused with the high ISO setting. Was there a specific effect that you were after?

Thanks for sharing.

Presumably he wanted the slight graininess of the sky for pictorial reasons. I find it appealing.

These are nice shots, Simon.

Robt.

Could it also aid the star effect Robert?

I would think the quality of the star effect was dependent upon the aperture. Since he's shooting at 1/8000 of a second he obviously had all the apertures available to him, so I doubt that's it. I could be wrong, though. It's not something I've ever done myself, except this one test shot to check for flare...

That was at 10mm focal length, so it's not too comparable anyway.

R.

peecee

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

07/25/2005 03:04:56 PM · #7

It was 1/800 and 1/1000 speeds actually Robert, I asked the question although my only experience was with this night shot,

I remember trying different aperatures to get a more pleasing starburst effect. Whether it would work on a faster exposure I wasn't sure.

Paul.

typo edit.

Message edited by author 2005-07-25 15:05:30.

07/25/2005 03:56:16 PM · #8

Originally posted by tsheets:

Hum... I goofed. Forgot to check ISO value on the first ones :-( I felt like hitting myself in the head with a hammer but but we had allready moved to a different location.

07/25/2005 03:57:31 PM · #9

Originally posted by kawhona:

Some quality shots Simon. Did you sharpen the first image at all or was that all natural ?

No sharpening on PhotoShop nor in the camera adjustment.