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A_m_P
41 days ago
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Ok, thanks everybody. It's a long exposure and I used an "estrellita" for lighting around my daugther. Of course, the cammera is on a tripod.
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superdewa
41 days ago
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Heidyth, do you own an "enhanced" manual for your camera? A few of us who didn't have a lot of previous SLR experience have found these to be far more helpful than the manual that comes with the camera, and it sounds like it might be the same for you -- especially since it might be more difficult to find people to help you who have the same camera. The one for my camera is by David Busch. His version for your camera has yet to be released, but you could preorder it: http://foxyurl.com/BQv
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Heidyth
41 days ago
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Thanks all!!! I'll be looking for that book to come out. I'm a hands on learner. The book stuff confuses me LOL But I do learn it slowly you are all great. I am glad I found this site.
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don hodgdo
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41 days ago
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Years ago in Santa Barbara they passed a sign ordinance banning neon. These were hotel signs along the beach.
This is from a series of zooms and long exposures shot during our Summer Solstice parade.
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Heidyth
41 days ago
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Willtastic you are FANTASTIC!!! I looked all over for that info I was afraid my camera wouldn't do it. Now I just have to make heads and tails out of the stuff. I think I'll just dial up a random setting and take shots and figure out turning what dial which way does what LOL TY TY TY
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tufteach
40 days ago
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I wan to play around with long exposure some more. I've experimented a little, but want to do more. I have an idea but am not quite sure what I will get. What do you all think....
In the late evening (fairly dark) I want to use my wide angle attachment, camera on tripod on Bulb setting, and using the remote--have my grandson while holding the flashlight and the dogs (five of them) with him, slowly running across the lawn while shooting the picture. Make sense? Will I just get a blurry mess? Any suggestions on setting up or settings? This idea has been building in my head for a while, but i don't really know what I'm doing! :-)
Thanks.
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Willtastic
40 days ago
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Tuft: I and some of my classmates have experimented with people (well, or other objects) moving during a long exposure and usually it's so translucent that it's ineffective for normal use. The one thing that would stand out in the photo you described would be your grandson's flashlight and whatever he points it at.
I learned two tips for a good final exposure:
Have the subject stop for a period of time at the end of the exposure. That will make the blur lead up to a solid object to give the viewer perspective on what the object is and look more natural. If you just have a streak of colors it's confusing to the eye, but if you have a streak of colors that lead up to a person then you see it's the trail left by the person.
Use a light to isolate your subject in a dark scene to make the blur brighter than everything else. Say he walks slowly across the scene and you have your shutter open for the duration of his trip, he might only spend a 10th of the exposure in any particular spot in the scene. That makes your blur trail only a 10th as bright as his environment assuming the light is even. If you were to shine a light on him as he's walking it would make him much brighter in comparison.
These ideas can be combined too. If you have a subject move across the scene with only a little extra light (say, a flashlight) and then a burst of light at the end (press the flash button on an external flash) you'll end up with a brighter movement trail AND you'll have the clearer image at the end of the movement trail. The problem I can't sort out in my head is how to isolate that final flash to your subject since it would also illuminate the background and wipe out the trail. I'm thinking maybe a snoot.
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superdewa
40 days ago
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Tufteach, I think you would just see a light trail, but I think you should try it, because I've discovered the best way to understand how it works is to keep experimenting.
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superdewa
40 days ago
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Just had another thought, Tufteach -- you might want to try slow sync flash (also known as rear curtain or second curtain) with what you're trying. I experimented with this a little last summer by the fire when we were camping. I didn't get any show-worthy results, but I did get it to work. I got the sense of darkness, the fire, the sparks coming out of the fire, but also my daughters' faces very clearly.
See http://digital-photography-school.com/slow-sync-flash for help and http://digital-photography-school.com/1 … ash-images for examples.
I can't remember whether you have a speedlight -- that would be helpful.
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tufteach
40 days ago
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I don't have an off camera flash, just the built in. But, Will and superd, you have given me some excellent ideas to try. I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm going over there Thursday evening , so any more suggestions before then appreciated!
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photonic
29 days ago
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Here are a few shot of my shots
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superdewa
17 days ago
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two waterfall photos with long(ish) exposures:
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Marleymax
17 days ago
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the subway shot is great too!
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yinzerpart
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16 days ago
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i love long exposures!
i took the first in pittsburgh on our busiest st, carson st. a bus had just passed
the 2nd is a restaurant in chicago where a mini train delivers the food!
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