Michael Everet wrote:
Ronny your macros are amazing. I keep asking, "how do you do it, glue the creatures onto the setting.?" Of course I know you don't but you have a unique ability.
Thanks Michael
Superglue works
Sony Alpha A9 + 100-400/4,5-5,6 OSS GM by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
Sony Alpha A9 + 100-400/4,5-5,6 OSS GM by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
@Schlotkins
Chris, thank you so much, that's some great information and will be very helpful for me! I haven't really done much at night (yet) just some in Southern Utah on a recent trip, so the 'wait for the moon to set' was such an obvious thing I had not thought of. Have a great day : )
For those that inquire about Werner - he replied to my email. First, he is doing fine. He will have a B&W exhibition of his work from Tuscany in his home town in Heidelberg in September. He is also working on a book of his images. The reason he hasn’t posted here nor on his Flickr is simply because he is taking a break from photography and we fully understand that. According to him though he would go back and start posting his images again on FM. We hope that it wouldn’t be long, of course.
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This is a similar image I posted previously, taken outside Hallstatt on the way towards Salzburg...
AGeoJO wrote:
For those that inquire about Werner - he replied to my email. First, he is doing fine. He will have a B&W exhibition of his work from Tuscany in his home town in Heidelberg in September. He is also working on a book of his images. The reason he hasn’t posted here nor on his Flickr is simply because he is taking a break from photography and we fully understand that. According to him though he would go back and start posting his images again on FM. We hope that it wouldn’t be long, of course.
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This is a similar image I posted previously, taken outside Hallstatt on the way towards Salzburg......Show more →
Hallstatt is amazing, even in "bad" weather. I saw Werner post a few shots on Flickr yesterday or the day before yesterday.
Thx for the update on Werner! I saw he posted some GFX100 pics on FM and Flickr recently. Would love to see his MF work with that camera printed. Will be in U.K. and France in Aug but, sadly, won’t be able to make it to Heidelberg to see the exhibition. Will just have to watch the MF image thread and hope for more Werner posts.
AGeoJO wrote:
For those that inquire about Werner - he replied to my email. First, he is doing fine. He will have a B&W exhibition of his work from Tuscany in his home town in Heidelberg in September. He is also working on a book of his images. The reason he hasn’t posted here nor on his Flickr is simply because he is taking a break from photography and we fully understand that. According to him though he would go back and start posting his images again on FM. We hope that it wouldn’t be long, of course.
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This is a similar image I posted previously, taken outside Hallstatt on the way towards Salzburg......Show more →
AGeoJO wrote:
For those that inquire about Werner - he replied to my email. First, he is doing fine. He will have a B&W exhibition of his work from Tuscany in his home town in Heidelberg in September. He is also working on a book of his images. The reason he hasn’t posted here nor on his Flickr is simply because he is taking a break from photography and we fully understand that. According to him though he would go back and start posting his images again on FM. We hope that it wouldn’t be long, of course.
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This is a similar image I posted previously, taken outside Hallstatt on the way towards Salzburg......Show more →
That's good news about Werner. Thank you Joshua for checking on him and for posting. I admire his work and your work a great deal. I also hope he returns to posting here soon.
AGeoJO wrote:
For those that inquire about Werner - he replied to my email. First, he is doing fine. He will have a B&W exhibition of his work from Tuscany in his home town in Heidelberg in September. He is also working on a book of his images. The reason he hasn’t posted here nor on his Flickr is simply because he is taking a break from photography and we fully understand that. According to him though he would go back and start posting his images again on FM. We hope that it wouldn’t be long, of course.
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This is a similar image I posted previously, taken outside Hallstatt on the way towards Salzburg......Show more →
Finally some fog, so I walked up to the bogs near our house. This time of year, now when it's too wet to walk outside the largest paths, there isn't a lot to shoot except lone trees.
Sony A7II and CV 40/1.2 E.
Schlotkins wrote:
Thanks so much! Honestly, I do a ton of planning for all my night shots. You can't figure things out at the last minute usually since it's pitch black. I use a lot of google maps and Stellarium and, if possible, go one or two times before the shot. For example, here are my notes when I was planning this lighthouse shot. (my mom played secretary for me). I visited the site the day before the shot and took various panos at different spots so I knew exactly what I wanted.
In the field I use Photopills to make sure everything is going to workout and give me the time.
After that, execution is pretty easy. You need a fast lens and that's about it. For the foreground shot, you have 3 options. The first two require blending. For this shot, it's a blend as I did #1.
1) You can take a picture using sunlight either about 30-40mins before (at night) or after (in the morning) total darkness ends. It usually gives some nice contrast light. For this shot, the foreground image is about 40 minutes before total darkness. Settings are f4, ISO400, 30". I will take a few and stack them. I'm focused at infinity already.
2) You can do the same but with the moon if it's pretty bright. (Note you want to shoot the sky when the moon is set)
3) You can get a dim light and set it up for the foreground if you just want close objects illuminated. I do that a lot and it let's you avoid having to blend later. This didn't work for this shot since I wouldn't have been able to light up the cliff/trees in the distance.
Then at night, it's all about speed. The sky shots here are 15", ISO3200, f2. Make sure to take one "dark frame" (put on your lens cap) using the same settings. There will be a lot of thermal noise even if it's pretty cold outside and you can use that to "subtract" it out. I use StarryStacker to stack about 10-12 shots to help reduce noise and use the dark frame. I then use photoshop to blend the images if required.
For me personally, my rule is the shot has to be from the same tripod setup. No composite images.
After a while you can start thinking about more advanced issues like how big you want the MW to be relative to the foreground objects. For example, in this shot you can see I have the MW about the same size as the light coming from the lighthouse because I wanted it to look like the lighthouse was projecting the MW. In the acadia shot, I wanted the MW to fill up the sky. I wish I had an 18mm lens but I prefer this look to what a 15mm would have done.
The key is to just go try and be prepared. My first attempt was horrid. I tried to use my iPhone flashlight. Needless to say, I've learned a lot in 3 years.
Thank you for being so generous with your answer. I will try to photograph the full moon in an Alpine setting on July 16 and will pay a lot of attention to your suggestions.
Henryk
Looking at a Great Egret while standing on a log and taking a step in breeding plumage.
Cropped, tripod mounted 100-400mm f4-f5.6 GM set to 297mm and A7rIII.
ISO 100, f5.6 1/250 second
Exposure corrected +0.48 Stops
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL
Kierzkow wrote:
Thank you for being so generous with your answer. I will try to photograph the full moon in an Alpine setting on July 16 and will pay a lot of attention to your suggestions.
Henryk
