p.14 #1 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
I have seen great photos here,
There's 1 thing that i don't quite understand...
there's a picture which taken for 25 minutes, and i've seen on early pages there's 1 photo in which taken for 4 hours...
i know they are using the bulb, but what i really want to know...
how do they know whether they need 25 minutes or 4 hours exposure....
in-camera only allow until 30 second as i remember, that is an easy one 'coz i can see the metering within the camera, so i know that this will come out great.... it would be different with using bulb for fireworks too.
i have no remote, so i only know bulb from the forum ... but yeah, how can you meter using bulb?
i hope i don't confuse everyone... thank you! ...Show more →
On technic that I use is to shoot at the highest ISO in your camera (mine is 6400) at the highest aperture (f4 for example)...do some trial and error and then the math to go back to ISO 100 f8. For instance if the shoot I got at f4 ISO 6400 for 1 minutes is OK, then I will do ISO 100 f8 (1minutes x2x2x2x2x2x2 for ISO, x2x2 for apperture = 256 minutes!)
Don't mind me asking something noobish perhaps, but how does one shoot a picture like this?
I understand that it takes loooooong exposure, but is that all it takes? You don't need to rotate the camera manually or something like that?
I also guess the picture of the other details (not the stars themselves), are shot seperate and photoshopped in later?
Looks very cool! I probably don't have the right gear for this (yet), but I sure like to know the technique behind it.
p.14 #11 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Ferry P. wrote:
Don't mind me asking something noobish perhaps, but how does one shoot a picture like this?
I understand that it takes loooooong exposure, but is that all it takes? You don't need to rotate the camera manually or something like that?
I also guess the picture of the other details (not the stars themselves), are shot seperate and photoshopped in later?
Looks very cool! I probably don't have the right gear for this (yet), but I sure like to know the technique behind it.
Thanks in advance!!
The earth spins....the rest should be self explanitory.
p.14 #14 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Ferry P. wrote:
Don't mind me asking something noobish perhaps, but how does one shoot a picture like this?
I understand that it takes loooooong exposure, but is that all it takes? You don't need to rotate the camera manually or something like that?
I also guess the picture of the other details (not the stars themselves), are shot seperate and photoshopped in later?
Looks very cool! I probably don't have the right gear for this (yet), but I sure like to know the technique behind it.
Thanks in advance!!
Sorry, didn't see your question. Yes, it's just a long exposure (25 minutes). It's a single frame, not a composite. It was also a grueling night. You can read more about it here:
p.14 #15 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
This is my only "nightscape" (as I understand the term) I can think of, so I guess it's also my best . 5D Mark II and 50mm f/1.4 Leica R.
Irrelevant story from that night, I was waiting for an old "tall ship" to pass, patiently for hours into the night, I wanted to get a shot of it against the Detroit background. Decided to shoot this as I was getting bored. What sucks is that I eventually got impatient and drove along the river to look for that ship, only to come back and find it docked and they told me they weren't leaving until morning. Was way too tired to wait, so I gave up and went home.
