p.12 #6 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Here's one of mine.
I used the stacking method. It was about a little over 100 frames, each at iso 400, 25 second exposures. Painted it with a flashlight.
Nikon D5000
18-55mm
F7.1
Everyone around me was stopping down and using bulb but I wanted to keep the waterfall looking as powerful as possible. To compensate for not enough mist coverage revealing the rainbow, I just burst a bunch of 1.6s exposures and picked the one where the mist was most evenly distributed. I got pretty lucky with this one as the rainbow's arc is almost fully visible on such a short exposure. I did shoot some with my 135L at f/2 & 1s but the crops were a bit too tight for my liking so I ended up "settling" for this. I guess I could've backed up too but it was quite crowded and I didn't want to lose my spot.
p.12 #12 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
phidong wrote:
Shot with 90mm f/2.8 Macro
1.6s, ISO 3200
Everyone around me was stopping down and using bulb but I wanted to keep the waterfall looking as powerful as possible. I did shoot some with my 135L at f/2 & 1s but the crops were a bit too tight for my liking so I ended up "settling" for this.
Question: how would a stopped down, slower waterfall look less powerful?
p.12 #13 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
stanj wrote:
Question: how would a stopped down, slower waterfall look less powerful?
I don't like how the water looks too smooth. Personal preference I guess! To me the turbulent chaos is part of the beauty.
FWIW, I did shoot a couple longer exposures but I didn't like how they were turning out.
I just don't like how textureless and "unnatural" it looks, I guess.
This one took about an hours to shoot all the frames for the panorama. Snap a shot...wait for all the cars to pass, and vibrations to stop on the bridge. Snap another frame...rinse and repeat 9 times. http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/108542285/original.jpg
