Artistic Shots- Well thought out, framed (positioned), artistic shots only please.

[Tucson T4R]

I still need to play more with the strong ND filters. I took this one a bit too far and should have stepped back a notch or two to just frost the water movement but not turn it into total mist. :elkgrin:

Bright sunlight with 10 stop ND filter.

 

[hks3sgte]

Wifey


Untitled by hks3sgte, on Flickr

 

[Lost Canadian]

Indian Summer

 

[smslavin]

A little street shooting from the Big Apple while I was there for my little brother's wedding. After so many years of making it a career, I must say, it was a little hard watching someone else shoot a wedding, especially your brother's.

 

[photoman]

One from a recent NorCal trip.

 

[photoman]

Taken at 00:20 hours :sombrero:
ISO400
F11
366 seconds

 

[taco2go]

That's quite incredible Photoman, looks like noonday, with everything razor sharp, and a great composition as well. Very nice,

I like this a lot Trevor. Catching up with this thread and there are some really good recent shots.

 

[JamesDowning]

Taken at 00:20 hours :sombrero:
ISO400
F11
366 seconds

Pretty incredible, especially knowing the details of the shot.

I'm curious, how do you know the proper exposure time? I assume you took a few different shots to dial it in properly. Or is your camera able to properly pick exposure in low light environments like that?

Also - no wind? I would have expected those flowers in the foreground to be blurry. Really really awesome.

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

Very nice shots Photoman! I like that macro shot of Trevor's too!!

 

[photoman]

Thanks everyone- I enjoy shooting at night when possible.

Pretty incredible, especially knowing the details of the shot.

I'm curious, how do you know the proper exposure time? I assume you took a few different shots to dial it in properly. Or is your camera able to properly pick exposure in low light environments like that?

Also - no wind? I would have expected those flowers in the foreground to be blurry. Really really awesome.

James-

Exposure time can be calculated a couple ways. If you are into the math of exposure, aperture, and ISO the easiest way is to shoot F2.8 at ISO 1600 and get a proper exposure time at those settings. Then you simply adjust your exposure by the same number of stops you adjust your aperture and ISO.

Personally I shoot more by feel than by numbers and can often get pretty dang close by just looking at the scene and doing some brain calculating. For this shot in particular I knew I wanted as much detail as possible (I like shooting F15-F22) but didn't want to wait 30-40 minutes for each shot. I opened the aperture to F11, used ISO 400 because it would allow a good amount of light in without being too noisy, and from looking at the scene (and having shot at night a few times) figured 6 minutes should be pretty close. The moon was 97% on this night with mostly clear skies but we did have some light clouds streaking through. Truth be told I did have to bring this up a little over a stop in post but that was a pretty good first go. :ylsmoke:

As far as the wind, I had been out along several parts of the coast for a few days and I knew that the calmest part of the night is usually between 11:30pm and 2:00am. I also these particular flowers having a good size stem were not being affected by subtle breezes.

Hope that helps.

 

[smslavin]

Surf has been way flat but it had been far too long since I had the camera in the water. Couldn't wait any longer.

Now, if I could just find the time to get the truck dirty...

 

[photoman]

A couple more night shots.

1.
20:30
ISO 160
F14
30s

2.
21:43
ISO640
F14
10s

3.
05:55
ISO200
F13
30s

4.
22:50
ISO400
F8
245s

 

[Sexy6Chick]

Wow Aaron, you got so many great shots on that trip, I love #2 A LOT!

 

[smslavin]

Surf's flat, desert is melt your face off hot and I'm writing way too many lines of code these days. Went to try something different.

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

Awesome Bridge Shots and Slavin, I like the little piece that's flying off to the right!