Ken,
These two photographs were taken during mid day. The crossing was taken just before a storm blew in. It is actual the full moon rising behind the storm. This was my first attempt at long exposure with a digital camera. I have made many long exposures using film and knew the reciprocity factor I needed to apply to my exposure calculation for film. Example: A 2 minute meter reading with Tmax film required a 5 minute exposure to record the image properly. I mistakenly overexposed the image of The Crossing thinking I would need to adjust for reciprocity failure. I actually had a meter calculation of around 2 1/2 minutes but gave to exposure 5 minutes. The image was overexposed and I later had to deal with that in PS. The important thing to remember with long exposures, is that my mistake was only equivalent to one f-stp of light over exposed. The RAW image looked bad but it was still in the ballpark. The best way to make successful long exposures is to have consistent work habits. I always use a tripod, lock up the mirror, use a cable release, turn off image stabilizer, ect. I meter in manual mode and set my f-stop to the smallest aperture. Always use the lowest ISO setting on your camera when you can (mine is ISO 50). Once I meter the scene with my camera and then calculate down the -10 to -13 stops of to determine the correct exposure. Then I set the camera to Bulb mode for long exposure. I use a cheat sheet with a few different exposure time calculations on it and carry it with me. I hope this helps. John
Hi Ken, thanks for your very kind comments considering
my gallery proposal.... Doesn't matter for me if it fails here at
the fc. At the end I hve received so many positive reactions so
its ok. I have a couple of ideas and projects in my photografic
pipeline so that now I have to take care not to over stress things....
Hi ken, Sorry I've be amiss with the answers ,I am haveing reacurring computer trouble. I like a lot of the photos you have posted and will respond as time permits.
LastingMemories 30/05/2013 16:23
Thank you Kent, for your nice comment :-)Silvana W. 28/05/2013 22:33
Many thanks,Ken ¡
BW
ikko 27/05/2013 14:00
Thx Ken ...... it's really nice little one village where life is enjoyable.........the Paradise !regards
Ikko
Josep A. Collado 27/05/2013 10:34
Thank you, Kent, for you commentDr. Labude 26/05/2013 19:45
Thank you Ken. This was my first shooting with a burlesque dancer. And my first shooting with my D700. There is more to come ...
Going to upload one ...
Silvana W. 18/05/2013 23:20
Many thanks for all your comments,Ken ¡
Have a nice sunday
John Doddato 16/05/2013 21:44
Ken,These two photographs were taken during mid day. The crossing was taken just before a storm blew in. It is actual the full moon rising behind the storm. This was my first attempt at long exposure with a digital camera. I have made many long exposures using film and knew the reciprocity factor I needed to apply to my exposure calculation for film. Example: A 2 minute meter reading with Tmax film required a 5 minute exposure to record the image properly. I mistakenly overexposed the image of The Crossing thinking I would need to adjust for reciprocity failure. I actually had a meter calculation of around 2 1/2 minutes but gave to exposure 5 minutes. The image was overexposed and I later had to deal with that in PS. The important thing to remember with long exposures, is that my mistake was only equivalent to one f-stp of light over exposed. The RAW image looked bad but it was still in the ballpark. The best way to make successful long exposures is to have consistent work habits. I always use a tripod, lock up the mirror, use a cable release, turn off image stabilizer, ect. I meter in manual mode and set my f-stop to the smallest aperture. Always use the lowest ISO setting on your camera when you can (mine is ISO 50). Once I meter the scene with my camera and then calculate down the -10 to -13 stops of to determine the correct exposure. Then I set the camera to Bulb mode for long exposure. I use a cheat sheet with a few different exposure time calculations on it and carry it with me. I hope this helps. John
Berthold Klammer 10/05/2013 14:06
Hi Ken, thanks for your very kind comments consideringmy gallery proposal.... Doesn't matter for me if it fails here at
the fc. At the end I hve received so many positive reactions so
its ok. I have a couple of ideas and projects in my photografic
pipeline so that now I have to take care not to over stress things....
Best regards Berthold
Silvana W. 04/05/2013 20:37
Many thanks,Ken ¡
Have a nice weekend
Silvana W. 21/04/2013 19:53
Many thanks,Ken ¡
Have a nice week
Yasmine Rafii 17/04/2013 23:48
Thanks for your comment and the welcome. i look forward to becoming a part of this community.Waits83 17/04/2013 14:05
Thx!Elementa Luminis 17/04/2013 12:19
thx!!Ruslan Karpov 14/04/2013 12:15
Thank you Ken fc-foto:R Kilduff 11/04/2013 21:50
Hi ken, Sorry I've be amiss with the answers ,I am haveing reacurring computer trouble. I like a lot of the photos you have posted and will respond as time permits.Richard