Anne and I were in Niagara Falls for a few days last week - and on this evening with the rain and extreme fog - - - I decided to walk down to the falls and grab a few shots taken with my Olympus E-PL1 and 14-42 kit lens.
I used bracketed exposures to combine together - in order to not only hold detail in as much of the image as possible - but also to allow for an image that shows virtually no noise in the normally underexposed shadow areas.
My settings were > Manual Focus > Aperture Priority Exposure at f7.3 (changing exposure compensation between shots - mostly -3, -2, -1, 0, +1 compensation) > 100 ISO. For firing on my tripod, I set the camera to the 2 second shutter release. Anne held an umbrella over my setup to keep as much rain off as possible - although heavy sweeping mist was another issue for my gear and lens surface.
I shot with both RAW and SHQ JPG - but with my limited software HDR on my Macbook, I had to use Photoshop CS3 to handle the Jpegs (it can\'t handle E-PL1 RAW files) - - - at least until I get home. Except for some experimenting years ago, I haven\'t done this type of shooting before. But it was pretty rewarding for the 4 or 5 shots that I took the time to capture here between 9:00PM and 10:00PM. Fortunately, it wasn\'t severly cold out.
1 ) Shot using Tungsten WB setting for enhanced blue effect - American Falls at the end of the street, in the background
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The other 2 Multi Exposure shots that I took (the Horseshoe Falls could not be seen as a result of the rain and mist). The 3\'rd shot is a nice Back Shot that a friend of ours who came on the walk with us - took of Anne and me and my setup:
4 ) The Skylon Tower was not visible with the fog - but once in a while we\'d see a Flying Saucer in amongst the trees
5 ) From our Balcony
6 ) Working - - - steady does it
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Feb 03, 2012 at 08:53 PM
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