Any photographers in here?

[FunkyBuddha]

I never really thought about focusing during the day time. I was shooting at f4 cause that's the widest the lens would let me go and I think some of the exposures were around 5 seconds. I'll try just rolling at a slower speed and see how that turns out. I'll try to figure something out with the tripod but I think I'm gonna be very limited with that. Maybe I'll try using a different lens too cause I really don't need to see everything in the car. I appretiate the help everyone, I'll try it more this weekend. I think I had over 100 shots cause I didn't know what anything was gonna look like til I got home. Thanks again!
Those pics are awesome Sleeper!

100 shot is nothing. As soon as you get one good one..you'll know what to do for the others.

 

[Breeegz]

I used my new 55-200 for all of these.

Canon Lens?

 

[greasemonkey524]

100 shot is nothing. As soon as you get one good one..you'll know what to do for the others.

That's what I was trying to look for with the "better" ones that I got this time. That was the first time I have tried this so I know it's gonna take me some time to get it right. Maybe I'll just try it in a parking lot for now so I can actually see what I'm doing right away instead of having to go home.

 

[sleeper3]

Canon Lens?

yep

it's pretty great. it compliments the stock 18-55 quite nicely.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

That's what I was trying to look for with the "better" ones that I got this time. That was the first time I have tried this so I know it's gonna take me some time to get it right. Maybe I'll just try it in a parking lot for now so I can actually see what I'm doing right away instead of having to go home.

Yup..try rolling the car instead of driving it. The car idling will make the camera shake anyways..so it's best if it's not running and push the car..make sure a buddy's there to press the brake

 

[Breeegz]

Thunderstorm tonight..

it brought me a present.

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[kickniteasy]

bad ass! I'm looking forward to my first lightning shot. What did you do to get it? My friend got some killer ones in Germany by setting the exposure time to as long as possible over and over but I'm interested to see what others do to get them.

 

[Breeegz]

I was handheld in auto-mode with AF turned off (to speed up my reaction time). I think I was pretty lucky.

Next time I think I want to try a tripod and a remote, since I was having trouble staying in the ready to snap the shot.. I think I might have better luck with that setup. Also I missed a couple shots because my shutter speed was too fast, although I don't know what would be a good one to use..

 

[subspeed6]

Pics from my visit to Alaska.

This one is from the main entrance to the town.

This one I like a lot. I don't know why, but when I saw the eagle perched on top of the church I had to take a picture of it.

 

[sleeper3]

you reacted fast enough to take a lightning shot? I guess that means you have lightning fast reflexes!

nice work!

I would just set my camera for 30 second exposures (or bulb if I had a remote) and go to town taking as many pictures as possible. one of them would be sure to look right, plus with the long exposure time, you could use a low ISO setting, and a small aperture, which means less grain, and more of the picture in focus. Just my two cents.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

This one I like a lot. I don't know why, but when I saw the eagle perched on top of the church I had to take a picture of it.

Maybe cause it represents the deep entrenchment of religion in our counrtry, despite the majority's desire for the separation of Church and State...?

Or its just cause Eagles are badass...

 

[Breeegz]

you reacted fast enough to take a lightning shot? I guess that means you have lightning fast reflexes!

The lightning was crazy last night, they were hella long strikes.. I don't think I would have gotten it if they were normal strikes. I didn't have time to do lightning shot research, and I barely have a grasp on ISO, shutter, and f-stop... I don't know how to gauge when to use certain settings.. (coffee)

 

[sleeper3]

for lightning use iso 100, fstop as high as you can and shutter speed as slow as you can. use a tripod and just leave the shutter open. if you notice that the pics are overexposed, start cranking down the fstop like 2 stops at a time until you come up with a nice picture. That's what I would do.

It looks like you were dangerously close to that one though!

 

[Breeegz]

5 or 6 miles away
so it was close, but no cigar.

 

[sleeper3]

oh you must have cropped the crud out of it then.

 

[Breeegz]

yeah.. cropped out the houses and trees in my way.

 

[Breeegz]

for lightning use iso 100, fstop as high as you can and shutter speed as slow as you can. use a tripod and just leave the shutter open. if you notice that the pics are overexposed, start cranking down the fstop like 2 stops at a time until you come up with a nice picture. That's what I would do.

It looks like you were dangerously close to that one though!

this is what I used (outta auto mode and handheld)(shrug)

Photo information
Aug 3, 2009
16001104 pixels – 174KB
Filename: DSC_0045.jpg
Camera: NIKON
Model: D50
ISO: 320
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 20mm
Flash Used: No
Latitude: 44.381715 N
Longitude: 100.355038 W

 

[sleeper3]

does your camera have GPS or something?

try this next time:
ISO - as low as possible
Aperture - as high as possible
Exposure - as long as possible

if you see that your pictures are overexposed, shorten the exposure.
if you see that your pictures are underexposed, lower the aperture.

you'll have to experiment...

 

[Breeegz]

does your camera have GPS or something?

try this next time:
ISO - as low as possible
Aperture - as high as possible
Exposure - as long as possible

if you see that your pictures are overexposed, shorten the exposure.
if you see that your pictures are underexposed, lower the aperture.

you'll have to experiment...

I manually plugged in the location info...

I'll try that out.. Today, I've been looking at videos on manual settings on Youtube, I think I'm understanding the relationship a little better, but I have a way to go before I just know what settings will work.. I guess that comes with practice.

 

[sleeper3]

I manually plugged in the location info...

I'll try that out.. Today, I've been looking at videos on manual settings on Youtube, I think I'm understanding the relationship a little better, but I have a way to go before I just know what settings will work.. I guess that comes with practice.

my very unprofessional opinion is:

ISO: always keep as low as possible. This will reduce the amount of grain and noise.
Aperture: high = everything in focus, but longer exposure time or higher ISOs needed. low = less in focus, but faster pictures and lower ISOs possible
Exposure time: Faster is better, but depending on your subject, might not matter at all. I've taken tons of pictures with 30 second exposures.

All three affect the amount of light the camera sees, but they all have a different trade off. high ISOs cause noise and grain, low apertures lose depth of focus, high exposure times will not freeze motion.

hope this helps.