Easy Exposure - Topic: EVENING

Silky on EVENING

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:14:10 -0800

Quote from easyexposure on December 10, 2012, 02:41

Quote from Silky on December 10, 2012, 01:15
sam_p84n
All are beauty shot, but Sam, you have to buy a ND to get more of your ability , If this shot were made with a Gradual Neutral Grey G2 (ND8) it would a fantastic escene, is not spencive you have a wonderfull location don't loss to explote it.
Good Luck and Congratulation.

Silky, could you please explain what ND filter would do to improve these photos?

Yes Oksana: Excume the lateness, yesterday night was when I saw your question.
Normally ND and Polarize filter are use to avoid over expose sky in beaches where UV
is high some times the grade of Polarize has influence intencify color and ND Not it only desminish
light coming in all range of color in other words is blind to color so you can used the mideled range
of your lenses where they works better, so ND Filter allow you be more creative using diferentes aperture.
Using a ND Filter allow you to blow up details in static subjects that the
small f/8, f/11 aperture will not allowed in 30 sec, to 2.5sec shutter speed;
then sea and cloud will apered bluring .
However aparently he used ND Filter, the mistake was used (White balance:Cloudy)
in this picture was used.

In pictures like this I will used as white balance: sunset or dusk dawn F/5.6 ISO:100 and test Shutter speed: acording to
the lens in use. However if you want to be trufully in reproduction of what you see,
then you can set picture control: SD, or NL and not bias at all.In resume:
ND Filter in Seascape, Wather Falls, Claudy sky with moderate wind are used to creative photos.

However in Creative Photos there are not rules, only the Desire and free expresion of the photographer.

Mandrake on EVENING

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:01:44 -0800

I am also in the market for a tripod, so appreciate the discussion.

I have an old (at least 50 years) aluminum Ensign Junior made in Japan with a pan head.
Actually, I don't know why I really need a new one now that I think of it.

Anyway..... I've also decided a ball head is best... now... what tripod and what head???
Decisions, decisions.

Dale... good luck with your new club.
We will expect you to pass on ALL that you learn. lol

Mandrake

nikonguy on EVENING

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:44:12 -0800

Sam
Thanks for the advice. I've been told that a good tripod
is a good investment so when the time comes I will go for
a good one with a ball head. Also like the idea of a cable
release. I recently joined a camera club where I live so I'm
going to learn a lot about photography in the future - some
really experienced and talented members that I can learn
from. Merry Christmas...Dale

sam_p84n on EVENING

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:09:24 -0800

Thanks Dale. If you are buying a tripod, I would suggest that, buy a ball head tripod. I have a pan head one, which is a bit hard to adjust. I heard ball head tripods are easy to adjust.

nikonguy on EVENING

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:35:10 -0800

Sam
Thanks for the tripod tips. Your pictures are great
and if there is motion blur it sure isn't very noticeable.
I would like to get a tripod for my 35mm lens - no IS on
that one so you have to be very steady or use a quick
shutter speed. Ocean shots using a slow shutter speed
are especially cool!

Silky on EVENING

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:03:25 -0800

Quote from sam_p84n on December 13, 2012, 12:30
Silky: I live in Melbourne. Sydney is about 900km away

Wow, I forgot get the google maps, but has in mind perhaps one day you landing there.

By the way , you don't have any portrait of native australians?

VIC.L on EVENING

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:54:16 -0800

Really? O... I didn't know that, thanks for the tips Sam.

sam_p84n on EVENING

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:32:54 -0800

Dale:
Yes tripod is really useful while taking slow shutter speed photos. One very important thing is you must turn off your lense VR (vibration reduction) when using a tripod. Since shutter speed is very slow, VR motor can cause motion blur. I didn’t know it when I took these photos.
In these photos, if you look carefully, you can see very light blur in stationary objects.

sam_p84n on EVENING

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:30:31 -0800

Silky: I live in Melbourne. Sydney is about 900km away

Silky on EVENING

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:51:23 -0800

Hola Sam; how far are you from Sidney?
will be interesting make some pics to the Sidney Icon at night. Did you?

nikonguy on EVENING

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:05:49 -0800

I've got to get a tripod and a cable release for my camera.
Dale

sam_p84n on EVENING

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:05:02 -0800

Thanks Dale….This is my first slow shutter speed photo.

nikonguy on EVENING

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:37:48 -0800

Sam
Great colors and tones. Wish the beaches
where I live looked like the one you photographed!
After seeing your pics I think I will wait a while before
posting a beach pic from here lol!
Again - great pics...Dale

sam_p84n on EVENING

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:10:29 -0800

Thank you very much everyone .
Yes I did use, a tripod, a cable release, ND2 Filter and a ND2 Graduated filter. Set the ISO to the lowest which in my camera it’s 100 and set the exposure compensation to its lowest (-5).

easyexposure on EVENING

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:41:22 -0800

Quote from Silky on December 10, 2012, 01:15
sam_p84n
All are beauty shot, but Sam, you have to buy a ND to get more of your ability , If this shot were made with a Gradual Neutral Grey G2 (ND8) it would a fantastic escene, is not spencive you have a wonderfull location don't loss to explote it.
Good Luck and Congratulation.

Silky, could you please explain what ND filter would do to improve these photos?