long exposure pics
I'm bored. I tried some long exposure shots in a dark room to see what I get.
30 sec, eV=-0.3
20 sec, eV=-0.7
13 sec, eV=-1.3
8 sec, eV=-2.0
the last pic is about how dark the room really looked.
30 sec, eV=-0.3
20 sec, eV=-0.7
13 sec, eV=-1.3
8 sec, eV=-2.0
the last pic is about how dark the room really looked.
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that's what her black fur does for her, she just 'disappears' in the dark!
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That's cool....I'm going to try that with my new Easy whatchamacallit.[:)][:)]
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I guess she got tired of having her pic taken! [;)] 0 -
I used to do a lot of time exposure photography with my good old Minolta, back in the days of film and darkrooms.
You can get some great shots at night with a full moon and a sixty second exposure. I also took some great shots of that comet, back about ten years ago. Seems like I was shooting that comet at about 60 seconds.
Now, I have the digital camera. It is a Nikon, but won't shoot time exposure. I need a more expensive camera.
What does eV=0.3 mean?0 -
I tried that with a tripod on the window sill, works great. exposure wasn't a problem because the moon is pretty bright. here's what I got with exposures ranging from 1/10 to 1/250 sec, top to bottom.
1/10 isn't that slow, and an outside daylight pic with good sunlight will get you about 1/250 to 1/500.
the problem is with magnification. I put the zoom on 3x and these are actual size, just cropped. if my calculations are correct, you would need a total of around 40x magnification to take a picture that fills up a whole computer screen.
eV is the "light meter" reading. 0 is what the camera thinks is "ideal", - is darker and + is brighter. 2.0 in either direction usually results in the picture being unrecognizable. see the room pics above for the effect. on the top room pic, I couldn't get eV=0 becuse my camera only does 30 sec at the most. those pics were ISO 100, I could have switched to a more sensitive ISO 200 or 400 to make it brighter, but I was just farting around.
most all of the digital cameras have these features, unless it's a basic model. I'm using a Sony P93, which is 5.1 megapixel and obsolete, but it's got all the features and still compact size. you can buy a used one for probably 100$.0 -
oy! with a 256 mb memory stick, I can take 3600 pictures at 640x800... then put in another memory stick for another 3600! I bet you woulda liked one of those back then! 0 -
Pretty nice exposures - when I shoot those I use a graphics software to bring out the details in the shadows - items under the window - it's all personal preference, though.[:D]
Here's your last - tweaked just a bit.
Going with your boredom ... and then just for fun!
Oh - and square that door, too!
Hane a good day - off to do my chores![:D]0 -
very good! I gotta learn how to tweak it that. 0 -
bushmaster - try adjusting your ISO if you can. what kind of camera are you using ? 0 -
Those are pretty good moon pics.
Actually I didn't take photos of the moon. I was building a little log cabin, and I took photos of it at midnight using moonlight. The photos are great, it looks about like sunlight, but you can see all the stars shining.
I have dug through my camera info book, and played with the camera quite a bit, and cannot see a way to do time exposure.
What setting do you put your camera on to make these shots?
My little Nikon is all automatic. I can't make it do any less than about a 1/15 exposure.
It was great with my good old Minolta, set it on "B", get a cable release, and let it rip for as long as you wanted. I did some time exposures of 5 minutes. With that camera, I also set my own focus, and zoomed it as I pleased. I need to spend the cash to get a digital camera that has all these features.0 -
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quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
Those are pretty good moon pics.
Actually I didn't take photos of the moon. I was building a little log cabin, and I took photos of it at midnight using moonlight. The photos are great, it looks about like sunlight, but you can see all the stars shining.
I have dug through my camera info book, and played with the camera quite a bit, and cannot see a way to do time exposure.
What setting do you put your camera on to make these shots?
My little Nikon is all automatic. I can't make it do any less than about a 1/15 exposure.
It was great with my good old Minolta, set it on "B", get a cable release, and let it rip for as long as you wanted. I did some time exposures of 5 minutes. With that camera, I also set my own focus, and zoomed it as I pleased. I need to spend the cash to get a digital camera that has all these features.
I forgot
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
You can get some great shots at night with a full moon and a sixty second exposure
oh yeah! duh
you must have a base model then. Nikon is one of the best quality mfr's IMHO, just get a higher model it'll have that stuff on it.
they have "auto", P, M, and several 'presets' for different conditions like scenic shots, snow/beach, etc. if you put it on 'auto' you don't have any control over what it does; put it on P and you can control most things but some things are auto; put it on M and it's completely manual.
I put it on M and I had to tell it which aperature to use and had to manualy set the exposure. it tells me what eV I'll get before I take the pic so I can adjust accordingly.
the settings were F/2.8 and ISO 100.
Mr Cool- I got a Sony P93, I could have switched to ISO 200 or 400 but I was just farting around.0 -
there's a trick to doing long exposure shots with a digital camera. you can tell it to take a 30 sec exposure, ok, but how the heck do you hold it still for 30 seconds?! it doesn't have one of those remote cables for the shutter. what you do is, set it on a box, table, tripod or whatever, and do the "self picture" thing where it waits 10 seconds before it snaps the shutter so you have time to run in front of the camera. but instead, just take your hands off it and don't touch it so it's completely still. 0 -
I can't seem to get out of here today - good thread.
buschmaster, I've been interested in photography most of my life.
It was fun up to and including the SLRs - I've stayed mostly with Canon.
... however - once I got into digital it was a whole new world!
... and JUST when I thought THAT was the ultimate ... a couple lof buddies
started nagging me to get involved with graphical software. I chose
Photoshop ... I'm Mac based ... and WHAT A COMPLETE RUSH!
Photoshop is like the Bible ... you can read all about it in
manuals/books/websites ... but when you start to actually LEARN it by
using it ... you could spend the rest of your life/every waking hour playing
around with it and never cover everything!
There's supposed to be another updated software out sometime soon.
It's expensive - BUT - if you know a teacher or student you can get a
terriffic discount. Worth every cent!
Just my 2?
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I got Paint Shop Pro, it's cheaper and supposedly does most of what Photoshop does. all I use it for is cut, paste, crop & resize. I'll have to look into all that other stuff it can do. 0 -
Sony made an old one, MVC-FD91, I think. It has all the options to control speeds but the only drawback was it's a 1.2 megapixle to a floppy. It is a fun camera to play with the speeds. It also came with a 14X optical. Probably can be found at the other auction house very cheap.
I've noticed Sony made a 2X lense for a video camera that would also fit this. I've wondered how would that work. would the total zoom be 28X (14X2) or 16X (14+2), or CRAP.0 -
God in heaven, Mrseatle, what a shot of the northern lights.
I wonder what the time of exposure was for that photo.0 -
this time I turned off the light and cranked up the ISO to see what this thing can do.
ISO 400, 30 sec
ISO 200, 30 sec
ISO 100, 30 sec
as for the window, it's dark outside. it looks light like that because the exposure is so long. the room looked almost pitch black to me. if you want to retouch the photo, you'll see Stormy sitting in front of the camera.0 -
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
I tried that with a tripod on the window sill, works great. exposure wasn't a problem because the moon is pretty bright. here's what I got with exposures ranging from 1/10 to 1/250 sec, top to bottom.
1/10 isn't that slow, and an outside daylight pic with good sunlight will get you about 1/250 to 1/500.
the problem is with magnification. I put the zoom on 3x and these are actual size, just cropped. if my calculations are correct, you would need a total of around 40x magnification to take a picture that fills up a whole computer screen.
eV is the "light meter" reading. 0 is what the camera thinks is "ideal", - is darker and + is brighter. 2.0 in either direction usually results in the picture being unrecognizable. see the room pics above for the effect. on the top room pic, I couldn't get eV=0 becuse my camera only does 30 sec at the most. those pics were ISO 100, I could have switched to a more sensitive ISO 200 or 400 to make it brighter, but I was just farting around.
most all of the digital cameras have these features, unless it's a basic model. I'm using a Sony P93, which is 5.1 megapixel and obsolete, but it's got all the features and still compact size. you can buy a used one for probably 100$.
This is what I am currently playing with on my DSLR. I have it attached to my equatorial 8" reflector telescope. Trying to get the focal length Vs. Eye piece lens power is driving me nutty without going to a CCD camera for the deep space shots. Good photos BTW.[:)]0
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