Nightscapes

[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.