Last night @Murtensee. This is a small lake in Switzerland.
The later blue hour was amazing for lights, but difficult even for the AF of the R3.
Worked with the tripod and the girl had to hold still for 1/3s (tripod).
Made with my most beloved Sony-Zeiss 50 1.4.
Man could criticize the composition. My idea was to compose with the two main leading lines going from the bottom corners to the middle where the light masses are.
So i couldn't take the girl more on the right side as the walk was to long to shoot from the side... Anyway. It was fun there...
An other shot from last night.
This time made with the 100STF.
Same shutter "speed". A few minutes earlier than the shot above.
It's limits in the darkness are well and early definied. The AF beginns to get imprecise and doesn't bite certainly.
That's a bit sad for me as this light is one of the most beautiful for portraiture. But i knew it before purchasing this lens. So all is well - i still have my favourit - my 50 1.4.
So guys, i wish you all a nice sunday and all the best!
Chris
These are beautiful portraits, but why stick to ISO 400 when you shutter speed is so low? The R3 has very good higher ISO, and I'd think you'd get sharper shots at something like ISO 1600 and 1/12s, especially because residual noise should clean up well with a mostly blurred background.
Desertcruiser wrote:
An other shot from last night.
This time made with the 100STF.
Same shutter "speed". A few minutes earlier than the shot above.
It's limits in the darkness are well and early definied. The AF beginns to get imprecise and doesn't bite certainly.
That's a bit sad for me as this light is one of the most beautiful for portraiture. But i knew it before purchasing this lens. So all is well - i still have my favourit - my 50 1.4.
So guys, i wish you all a nice sunday and all the best!
Chris
Jman13 wrote:
These are beautiful portraits, but why stick to ISO 400 when you shutter speed is so low? The R3 has very good higher ISO, and I'd think you'd get sharper shots at something like ISO 1600 and 1/12s, especially because residual noise should clean up well with a mostly blurred background.
Hello Jordan
Thanks for your kind words and for taking time for my shots with assessement!
Technicaly you're absolutely right i think!
I'm new to sony and interested to see the limits. At ISO400 the dynamic should be quite ok, yes. Even with higher ISO.
As long as my girl can hold still, it worked more or less. If she is moving i have to chose ISO12'800 or higher - then we will see the difference.
For a still subject i prefer to take lower ISO. But for a test, why not?
^Nice! Critterracing. I hope we can see more and more wildlife shots in this thread. Did you get rid of your Nikon stuff? I still have my D500 and two long lenses...
First time using the Rokinon 24mm F1.4 and first time using the Ioptron Sky Tracker Pro with that lens. Sadly with the tree cover up at the cabin I could not find Polaris so my polar alignment was rudimentary best guess.
Still my first time ever shooting Milky Way at ISO 1600, my norm is ISO 5000-8000 in my area, and first time with an exposure just over one minute. I think with the Skytracker if I could find Polaris I could reach a 2 min. exposure before too much star movement is apparent.
Another thing working against me was the Sun was already making itself known