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I headed out for a day of East coast shooting with Sean and Cathal today. We had a bit of a wet morning, but we made the most out of it and got a few decent shots at Garron Point and Glenariff forest.
Any feedback very welcome….
Garron Point: 17mm, 113s f9, pissing with rain
Glenariff Forest: 17mm, 96s f11
And on my way home I passed Slemish: 85mm, 1/320s f9
Particularly like the second one, Steve.
Do long exposures on a digital camera damage the sensor, though? I was reading on another forum that the sensor overheats after a while (and I can’t remember where I read it – might have ben on the Flikr Nikon Goup)
Thanks Stevie. I don’t think such exposures would result in enough heat to actually damage the sensor, otherwise digital cameras would be entirely unfit for purpose.
The first one for me, like the colours and effect on the water nice shot
Stevie wrote:
Do long exposures on a digital camera damage the sensor, though? I was reading on another forum that the sensor overheats after a while (and I can’t remember where I read it – might have ben on the Flikr Nikon Goup)
No, not at all, not that much heat is generated to to do any damage, certainly not..
The 3rd shot above is a lovely B&W, i also quite like the 1st, lovely color..
Its the second one for me Steve, even though all 3 are brilliant. No matter how hard I try, I cannot get wooly water. I tried shooting at f16 – shutter speed 1/20th second – ISO 400 (darkish location) and a ND filter I got the water fairly soft but not wooly – please help??
Equipment as follows:
– Canon 40D camera – lenses 28-85mm – 90mm-300mm – Sigma 17mm-35mm and nifty fifty f1.4Alice
Hi Alice. First off you should have had the ISO at 100 max really and the camera on a tripod. Have the aperture at f22 min if you can manage it. Providing it;s not too bright a day this should get your shutter speed down good and low so you should be able to get some kind of wolly water then. If you added the 1 or 2 stop ND filter it will help also if required. If you can get a shutter speed of 1 second you should be able to get a flowing look to your water photos. To get true wolly effects then you’ll probably need 10 seconds plus to get it right.
If you can’t manage this with your cameras lowest ISO and smallest aperture then you will need filters. I would imagine the stuff above, particularly the first one, had a 10 stop ND on the lens to be able to get a shutter speed of 113s in daylight.
SteveD wrote:
Thanks Stevie. I don’t think such exposures would result in enough heat to actually damage the sensor, otherwise digital cameras would be entirely unfit for purpose.
I got it wrong actually. I found the arcticle and the concerns where fog and battery drain.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/d40slr/discuss/72157613178793936/
I’ll just have to try it and see.
Thanks a million for your help Ballyman – I will experiment with the settings that you have listed above – a new challenge for me ha ha
AliceHi Alice,
Along with ballymans advice you could try shooting just after sunset where the light is fading. This elongates your shutter speed if you put your camera in Aperture Priority and you will get a short span where the light is still visible and you can still get the wooly water but not as distinct as Steves above.
Try looking for a ND 110 filter either…10 stops so you can get several seconds shutter speed in mid-day sun.
Alan
Nice set mate. Was a good day out, and by your pics so far, not a wasted one either.
Pity about the weather in the morning. Although you have done a great job on the processing in the first one considering what you had to work with.
Sean.
Nice set there Stephen as Sean says you did good with the first
I got nothing from our first location except wetThanks a million Alan. I will be going on a 4 hour field trip soon and will experiment with water at the mahon falls. I only hope that I wont get wooly rocks as well as wooly water ha ha – just my luck.
AliceThanks for all the feedback folks.
Alice, follow the advice above, apart from the stopping down to f22 or beyond bit. That will impact on image quality to an unacceptable degree. Buy yourself an ND filter, a few stops in strength and just experiment with it.
I usually follow these steps:
1) Select aperture priority mode and set desired f-stop, and take a mental note of the shutter speed and focal length you are shooting at.
2) Manually focus
3) Attach the ND filter, being sure to keep the lens at the same focal length, and be careful not to touch the manual focus ring.
4) Switch to manual mode, and select the same f-stop from step 1, but using your newly calculated shutter speed.You might find the following table useful for calculating speeds: http://www.landscapephotographyonline.com/news8870.html
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