Nightscapes

[Bean Counter]

Post them up!

The full moon is coming, this is a great time to sneak out and fool around with the camera.

[Arrow Head]

Took this shot of Jupiter and 4 of her moons on 3-28-13. Canon 300mm f/4 L IS with a 1.4xll extender. I have cropped sensor so I was able to being it in at 672mm. ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/5 seconds

[huntnphool]

Those are stars in the sky.

[NOCK NOCK]

 

[huntnphool]

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[hunting4sanity]

huntnphool, if you don't mind sharing, what was your camera setup for that awesome photo?  Beautiful photo.

[mtmn35rem5]

[huntnphool]

huntnphool, if you don't mind sharing, what was your camera setup for that awesome photo?  Beautiful photo.

f/8, 1/25th, ISO400 

[Bean Counter]

 

Your skill level and ability to adjust manual settings matter far more than what brand camera you're shooting.

[huntnphool]

Your skill level and ability to adjust manual settings matter far more than what brand camera you're shooting.

Oh, was he talking about which camera and lens?

Canon 20D, Canon 17-55mm 2.8 IS

[mtmn35rem5]

[Bean Counter]

1/2 @$$ed attempt at star trails. These are 20 minute exposures.

[Bean Counter]

BULB! This was 90 minutes. I think I need a wider angle lens though.

[jyerxa]

Right on Bean Counter! 

Dang! Huntnphool those are really excellent. 

I used a flash. I would have rather used the BULB setting. Night time stuff is an art indeed. 

[Furee65]

Seattle waterfront.

[david0]

Hoover Dam

[jyerxa]

huntnphool, if you don't mind sharing, what was your camera setup for that awesome photo?  Beautiful photo.

f/8, 1/25th, ISO400 

You used a tripod right? I would certainly think so. But your buddy is not blurred at all!

[Bean Counter]

1/25 with a tripod? Can't speak for Master Phool but I sure wouldn't. Assuming that's a medium/wide and light weight lens it could easily be handheld, even if you don't have a image stabilized lens.

There are two tricks you can employ to help reduce shake at a speed like that:

• use your cameras timer function. Since depressing the trigger introduces movement into the shot, pushing the timer allows for the camera to be held perfectly still during the time the shutter is open. In fact, some newer cameras have two timer settings: the traditional 10 second timer for you to get in the picture and a 2 second timer for the aforementioned tactic.
• use the continuous burst mode. Hold the shutter button down and fire off 3 or 4 shots. Your very first shot will probably have some blur but you will likely get a crisp shot in the mix and can delete the rest

All that said, I love image stabilization 

[jyerxa]

1/25 with a tripod? Can't speak for Master Phool but I sure wouldn't. Assuming that's a medium/wide and light weight lens it could easily be handheld, even if you don't have a image stabilized lens.

There are two tricks you can employ to help reduce shake at a speed like that:

• use your cameras timer function. Since depressing the trigger introduces movement into the shot, pushing the timer allows for the camera to be held perfectly still during the time the shutter is open. In fact, some newer cameras have two timer settings: the traditional 10 second timer for you to get in the picture and a 2 second timer for the aforementioned tactic.
• use the continuous burst mode. Hold the shutter button down and fire off 3 or 4 shots. Your very first shot will probably have some blur but you will likely get a crisp shot in the mix and can delete the rest

All that said, I love image stabilization 

Thanks Bean Counter. Mine is a Nikon D50. What is that, 10 years old now? I pretty much have command of that camera. But not the pure manual settings though. I only use the BULB setting on that. And I'm just now starting to playing with that.  I'll be trying it out in the next couple days. 

[huntnphool]

Evening from the dock.

[blacktailcody]

Your pics all put mine to shame, but I guess I will post a few.

[huntnphool]

huntnphool, if you don't mind sharing, what was your camera setup for that awesome photo?  Beautiful photo.

f/8, 1/25th, ISO400 

You used a tripod right? I would certainly think so. But your buddy is not blurred at all!

My buddy? Are you talking about the moon?

[huntnphool]

1/25 with a tripod? Can't speak for Master Phool but I sure wouldn't. Assuming that's a medium/wide and light weight lens it could easily be handheld, even if you don't have a image stabilized lens.

There are two tricks you can employ to help reduce shake at a speed like that:

• use your cameras timer function. Since depressing the trigger introduces movement into the shot, pushing the timer allows for the camera to be held perfectly still during the time the shutter is open. In fact, some newer cameras have two timer settings: the traditional 10 second timer for you to get in the picture and a 2 second timer for the aforementioned tactic.
• use the continuous burst mode. Hold the shutter button down and fire off 3 or 4 shots. Your very first shot will probably have some blur but you will likely get a crisp shot in the mix and can delete the rest

All that said, I love image stabilization 

Actually it was with a tripod.

[Bean Counter]

Those are awesome Cody! We will allow them in the collection. 

[huntnphool]

Your pics all put mine to shame, but I guess I will post a few.

Nothing wrong with those BTCody.

[jyerxa]

huntnphool, if you don't mind sharing, what was your camera setup for that awesome photo?  Beautiful photo.

f/8, 1/25th, ISO400 

You used a tripod right? I would certainly think so. But your buddy is not blurred at all!

My buddy? Are you talking about the moon?

Okay. Now I know what you look like. My bad.  The picture with the elk rack on the back pack and the one holding the elk up for a photo are the ones I was mentioning because if you were hiking out at that time there would have been blur in it hand held and motion both. But if that is you then I can understand how you did that. Very Nice Photos once again. Oh yeah really nice elk too.   

[huntnphool]

huntnphool, if you don't mind sharing, what was your camera setup for that awesome photo?  Beautiful photo.

f/8, 1/25th, ISO400 

You used a tripod right? I would certainly think so. But your buddy is not blurred at all!

My buddy? Are you talking about the moon?

Okay. Now I know what you look like. My bad.  The picture with the elk rack on the back pack and the one holding the elk up for a photo are the ones I was mentioning because if you were hiking out at that time there would have been blur in it hand held and motion both. But if that is you then I can understand how you did that. Very Nice Photos once again. Oh yeah really nice elk too.   

Yeah, actually the field shots were taken by Shawn with his 5D MKIII and no flash, hand held!!! 

 I shot that "elk" right before dark, a ways in. Buy the time I got it dressed it was dark and I did not have my camera or cell phone. I hiked out to where Shawn (Popeshawnpaul) was waiting for me (a hour later) and told him I had a buck down and needed to go back and get it.

 We grabbed frames, bags and his camera and headed in. No flash so we decided to try hand holding a full second exposure, without moving!!

 After the first pic I couldnt see Shawn but I could hear him giggling when he looked at the screen and said "these are going to be cool" All in all I think they turned out pretty cool.

[timberghost72]

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[jyerxa]

I had really wished I had the skills you guys have when I took this pic. It was kind of those once in a life time scenes with the full moon over the Narrow bridge under construction. I tried to take them at the level you guys have mastered. I had to resort to the my flash because I just could not get the foreground exposed. And now the real confession.  I had these green streaks across every pic I took. And I get this green streak any time I have head lights from cars. Is this because of the flat UV filter? I sure don't like it.

Before pic before I tried to touch it up.

[Bean Counter]

Friendly comment & critique to follow.

Question: what were you trying to expose (light up) with the flash? The bridge? Sorry--too far. The flash is pointless for that. I don't think the flash helped here at all. It did blow out the sign in front of you, though. If you have a shadow recovery toolbar in your editor, you can slide that up to bring out some of the foreground if that's what you're going for. HDR via auto exposure bracketing is another option.

The green definitely looks like flare. As I mentioned in another post, if its an important shot for you, then taking off the UV filter is likely a good idea. Especially if the filter and your lens aren't multicoated, which helps reduce artifacts, which you clearly have in the image.

If it were me, I would have thrown the camera on a tripod, stopped the lens down to f/16, used the timer and/or mirror lockup to prevent shutter blur, and gone for a nice slow exposure. That would have given you steaks of white and red on the roadway--blurring out the cars into a nice, seamless streak across the bridge. You might have also got some sunstars from some of the finer points of light on the bridge.

[jyerxa]

Bean Counter I'm going to have to dig through my CD's and see if I can find the original shots of that evening. I was actually heading to a different location to catch the moon and the bridge and take a profile pic of the bridge. And as I turned the corner to head down to some designated look out point I saw this shot. I really wasn't ready to take a picture at that moment. I had just gotten that D50. And with the moon poised like that I stopped and found a convenient place to park. Set up my camera and tripod on the hood of my truck and attempted to take a good landscape. I wanted the whole thing. Every thing I could see. The clouds lit by the moon. And of course the traffic. The bridge lit by the construction lights. What I couldn't get accomplished was the foreground. It was so black and dark. And with the moon on the move I snapped on my flash to only light up the foreground. I really liked and wanted the moon right between the arches. I just missed dead center with out the flash. Yeah. A flash is pretty useless at lighting up the bridge.  I'll check my CD's. Thanks again. 

[jyerxa]

My previous camera as a Nikon EM. What I would have done with that would have used my tripod and the BULB setting. Take a bunch of shots at various time intervals. Because with the film camera you had to... Well I had to send them off to get developed. The only thing I really learned that night was the instant gratification of the the digital display so you knew exactly where your mistakes were. And I haven't done to many evening shots since. That was one of those on the to do list things. And I'm just now getting back to it.   

[david0]

A couple from a deer hunt.

[rasbo]

coming out,,,,of the woods

[fillthefreezer]

i fail in comparison to some of you fellas but 

[woodman]

i fail in comparison to some of you fellas but 

That is a cool picture!

[kenbell27]

Here is one from Hawaii .

[huntnphool]

Nice additions guys.

Brewster Pool

[Bean Counter]

The Blood Moon

[xdog]

Moon over Cook Inlet just North of Anchorage, Alaska.

[wapiti hunter2]

Ferris Wheel.

[wapiti hunter2]

Grave Yard.

[Bean Counter]

Trying my hand at lightning. As shot--no editing. Just cropped.

Word to the wise: make sure your life insurance premium is paid before attempting this.

[jyerxa]

I love lightning photo's. I was a beginner at this time with my 35mm Nikon. And this was almost my last week in Texas before I move back to Washington. I was eager to go home but I was torn when I flubbed up this photo. Forgot to focus it. Just like the one that got away. Rats.

[Woodchuck]

From camp

[Bean Counter]

So its monsoon and lightning season once again in Arizona. I chased the edge of a storm to not get soaked and struck but the storm kept running away from me. I might as well have my bow and an elk tag  I decided to play around with some 15-30" exposures and compose tension between the cooler tones of the lightning against the warmer glow of the city lights on the horizon.

[Bean Counter]

Persied meteor shower peaks tonight.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/08/12/how-to-watch-perseids-meteor-shower/?intcmp=hpff

Throw your camera on a tripod, open the lens all the way up, shoot 30 seconds at a time, and adjust ISO to taste