[Capricorn1]

October 22, 2008 at 8:20 pm

Adn try your best to avoid the “zoomed in from a distance” look. The closer a photo is taken the more you feel part of the picture.

[Capricorn1]

October 20, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Col photo. Seems like you can step into it!

[Capricorn1]

October 20, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Fair enough, I suppose it does look like a spot of dust or something. But at least we agree on the colours!

[Capricorn1]

October 19, 2008 at 6:50 pm

What kind of metering do you use with your camera? Spot metering seems to work best with moon shots.

[Capricorn1]

October 19, 2008 at 4:07 pm

Hey be sure to post your results whenever ye try it!!

About the post processing I did on this, one thing is very important if you live anywhere near streetlights – white balance. With a 25minute exposure the picture can get very orange from light pollution, but if you take the pic in RAW, change the white balance to a colder setting ie. bluer to make it look more natural. Don’t know if theres a technical term but I just call it cold!

You can do this in-camera before you take the shot but since it was my first time I didn’t think of it.

Here it is with the original white balance setting…

Not as nice….

[Capricorn1]

October 19, 2008 at 12:59 pm

Haven’t tried it mono no, I like the colour green though so I think i’ll keep it that way! Would you prefer it in mono yeah? I’ll give it a shot and throw it up here.

Here you go:

[Capricorn1]

October 19, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Thanks for the comments

[Capricorn1]

October 19, 2008 at 11:21 am

Thanks all. Fishjam it’s really very simple, this was my first try after reading how to do it on google etc…!!

For some reason I had ISO at 320… but anyways, you need a low ISO for this. Say ISO 200. A tripod is a must. I pointed the camera skyward, set focus at infinity, set the exposure to BULB, aperture at f4, plugged in a shutter release cable (like 1cent on ebay – lets you lock the shutter button down for as long as you want) and just pressed the shutter and locked it in place. I then went inside and had tea and sanguidges and watched some tv.

This exposure is about 25mins. I had to stop it becasue clouds were beginning to creep into the scene. Imagine what a few hours would be like!

[Capricorn1]

October 17, 2008 at 11:15 am

No storm yet mate!!! It’s actually quite sunny here. Did you mean a storm of sunshine?

[Capricorn1]

October 17, 2008 at 12:35 am

Would be great if you could get the ground in as well as the fireworks…

[Capricorn1]

October 16, 2008 at 4:10 pm

Thanks for the suggestion about the crop.

Here’s the little dude in large.

[Capricorn1]

October 16, 2008 at 1:04 pm

haha thanks. The title of that photo in my flickr is actually: “Oi! Wot you lookin at??!!”

[Capricorn1]

October 16, 2008 at 12:28 pm

The lads playing pool is awesome.

[Capricorn1]

August 29, 2008 at 7:03 pm

To be blunt, this lens is the crap version. That’s why it’s so cheap!

[Capricorn1]

August 13, 2008 at 8:31 pm

Anything coming from the states will almost definitely get taxed. The americans are goody two-shoes when it comes to declaring the value of goods on custom slips.

I got mine from this guy—> stores.ebay.ie/shueido

here’s a direct link to the 40d body for roughly 590eu

http://cgi.ebay.ie/NEW-BOXED-CANON-EOS-40D-DIGITAL-DSLR-CAMERA-ON-SALE_W0QQitemZ180275370505QQihZ008QQcategoryZ31388QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262

I received mine in about 6 days with no tax. just be sure to ask him to declare a low value.