Comments on: Trying Something New/ Photography http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/ Introverted Nikon D-70 user takes photos and writes about life in beautiful Virginia. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-6542 Jeff Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:18:29 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-6542 Hi David, try this page http://www.flickr.com/photos/vistaphotography/ or to save you time looking around this one... http://www.flickr.com/photos/vistaphotography/1262827371/in/set-72157600317016130/ Not all are perfect but they will give you an idea of my results with shooting the moon.. Jeff <abbr><em>Jeffs last blog post..<a href="http://www.vistaphotos.net/vista/?p=114" rel="nofollow">Fall Foliage, New England style - Big color and little village</a></em></abbr> Hi David, try this page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vistaphotography/
or to save you time looking around
this one…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vistaphotography/1262827371/in/set-72157600317016130/

Not all are perfect but they will give you an idea of my results with shooting the moon..

Jeff

Jeffs last blog post..Fall Foliage, New England style - Big color and little village

]]> By: Magdiel@Motorcycle Fairing http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-6540 Magdiel@Motorcycle Fairing Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:13:02 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-6540 It's all about the type of camera you buy and the pixels you use. Expensive cameras take cool pictures at night. It’s all about the type of camera you buy and the pixels you use. Expensive cameras take cool pictures at night.

]]> By: teak furniture http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-6448 teak furniture Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:43:33 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-6448 Nice shots! I wish I could have good quality night pictures like these. Nice shots! I wish I could have good quality night pictures like these.

]]> By: Mc@Chanel Sunglasses 2008 http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-6425 Mc@Chanel Sunglasses 2008 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:16:34 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-6425 I've been trying for years to take good shots at night but the results are not what I want. Is there any secret I should know to have quality night pictures? I’ve been trying for years to take good shots at night but the results are not what I want. Is there any secret I should know to have quality night pictures?

]]> By: Davidlind http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-6377 Davidlind Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:09:21 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-6377 Thanks Jeff. i will try this the next time I have an opportunity. My Nikon D70 has the lowest ISO setting at 200. I don't understand why the did that. I'm reading some about it but haven't come up with the defining explanation yet. Dave thanks for your insight. I would like to see some of your results. Do you have a Flickr account or someplace to go to see your photos? Thanks Jeff. i will try this the next time I have an opportunity. My Nikon D70 has the lowest ISO setting at 200. I don’t understand why the did that. I’m reading some about it but haven’t come up with the defining explanation yet.

Dave thanks for your insight. I would like to see some of your results. Do you have a Flickr account or someplace to go to see your photos?

]]> By: Dave@BBQ recipes http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-6376 Dave@BBQ recipes Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:43:44 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-6376 Night photography is tricky. I usually find the meter gets the exposure wrong and you have to compensate. It is a lot quicker with digital as you can see the results instantly. I've got some great results, just experimenting. Set the camera to manual everything. Yup even autofocus doesn't work to well in the dark. Then take a pic look at it, adjust the shutter speed to suit. <abbr><em>Daves last blog post..<a href="http://www.thebbqsite.net/techniques/bbq-pulled-pork.htm" rel="nofollow">BBQ pulled pork.</a></em></abbr> Night photography is tricky. I usually find the meter gets the exposure wrong and you have to compensate. It is a lot quicker with digital as you can see the results instantly. I’ve got some great results, just experimenting. Set the camera to manual everything. Yup even autofocus doesn’t work to well in the dark.

Then take a pic look at it, adjust the shutter speed to suit.

Daves last blog post..BBQ pulled pork.

]]> By: Jeff Folger http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-6375 Jeff Folger Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:44:47 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-6375 Night time photos are always tough and as you said the only way to get better is to go out and just do it... :-) First the moon shot has too much noise, lower the ISO to 100 or even lower. Next make sure your tripod is real stiff and if it's one of those lightweight aluminum ones then invest when you can in a stiffer one. I don't know if carbon is worth it so work with in your budget. Next bring some ND grad filters along... The moon is only slightly less bright than the sun so you are metering of the moon and not the dark around it. This will make two things happen. The moon will be properly exposed and the rest of the picture will be black... If you drop the top half of the picture with the moon in it with a ND grad filter (or several) then this will allow you to take a 1-2 second picture with the bottom of the picture properly exposed and the top half will be slowed down enough not to blow out the moon and you can retain the detail in the moon... Or you can shoot at dusk when the moon is just crossing the horizon so that the surrounding sky/water are closer to the brightness of the moon... Also you may catch the moon in a bright pink or red which is always nice while it's low on the horizon. I hope this helps. Jeff <abbr><em>Jeff Folgers last blog post..<a href="http://www.vistaphotos.net/vista/?p=94" rel="nofollow">NH wedding by Salem photographer & Vistaphotography</a></em></abbr> Night time photos are always tough and as you said the only way to get better is to go out and just do it… :-)

First the moon shot has too much noise, lower the ISO to 100 or even lower. Next make sure your tripod is real stiff and if it’s one of those lightweight aluminum ones then invest when you can in a stiffer one. I don’t know if carbon is worth it so work with in your budget.
Next bring some ND grad filters along… The moon is only slightly less bright than the sun so you are metering of the moon and not the dark around it.

This will make two things happen. The moon will be properly exposed and the rest of the picture will be black…
If you drop the top half of the picture with the moon in it with a ND grad filter (or several) then this will allow you to take a 1-2 second picture with the bottom of the picture properly exposed and the top half will be slowed down enough not to blow out the moon and you can retain the detail in the moon…

Or you can shoot at dusk when the moon is just crossing the horizon so that the surrounding sky/water are closer to the brightness of the moon… Also you may catch the moon in a bright pink or red which is always nice while it’s low on the horizon.
I hope this helps.
Jeff

Jeff Folgers last blog post..NH wedding by Salem photographer & Vistaphotography

]]> By: David http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-3983 David Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:57:28 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-3983 Thanks Ron. I am not going to give up for sure. What else is there to do? Lareine. That's really sweet of you to say. But you had to be there. It was really an amazing spectacle of nature. But the good part is that it really has got me mad to miss the shots. So I hopefully will sit here and really start to understand this camera. I don't understand it. And that's the first step to "recovery" from my stupidity. Thanks Ron. I am not going to give up for sure. What else is there to do?

Lareine. That’s really sweet of you to say. But you had to be there. It was really an amazing spectacle of nature. But the good part is that it really has got me mad to miss the shots. So I hopefully will sit here and really start to understand this camera.

I don’t understand it. And that’s the first step to “recovery” from my stupidity.

]]> By: lareine http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-3956 lareine Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:51:26 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-3956 WOW!!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE MOONLIGHT AT SEA photo!!! and you say it's a disappointment?! if this is the case, then it must be a REAL BEAUTY to see it with your own eyes *sigh*... this is really lovely... and re: taking many shots of just one subject, i do the same:)... and even if many of them are blurred, i find it hard to delete them... so just imagine the space their taking!!! thank God for digital cam or i'll be spending a fortune on films and developing them :) lareines last blog post..<a href="http://sic-infit.blogspot.com/2008/06/wordless-wednesday_25.html" rel="nofollow">Wordless Wednesday</a> WOW!!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE MOONLIGHT AT SEA photo!!! and you say it’s a disappointment?! if this is the case, then it must be a REAL BEAUTY to see it with your own eyes *sigh*… this is really lovely… and re: taking many shots of just one subject, i do the same:)… and even if many of them are blurred, i find it hard to delete them… so just imagine the space their taking!!! thank God for digital cam or i’ll be spending a fortune on films and developing them :)
lareines last blog post..Wordless Wednesday

]]> By: rtd13 http://davidnotes.com/2008/06/24/new-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-3928 rtd13 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:07 +0000 http://davidnotes.com/?p=1557#comment-3928 Like Bernie said. You just have to keep shooting... R(etc... ) Like Bernie said.

You just have to keep shooting…

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