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About This Page: This is a discussion on Computers/Tech/Photo within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Originally Posted by PuckMonkey
...But the results so far have made me a happy camper. I know it's going to do what I want it to do.
You should be
...But the results so far have made me a happy camper. I know it's going to do what I want it to do.
You should be a happy camper, they look great. I really like the illustratory look to them. I think Glenn's work extremely well because the subject itself is clean and sharp, yours are great because they have a very moody, drawn look to them. It really makes me want to make some images!
Instead of ISO 800, drop it down to 100 and give yourself longer exposure times (20-30 second exposures are not unheard of for me). Let the light do the work instead of the sensor. Also, set your medium exposure down at least a full stop.
I think you will be really happy with the different results. The longer exposures let the light "bathe" the scene, and starts to give you an aurora borealis feel. So even though you may have the same exposure values of an ISO 800 shot, what you are capturing is the actual light, and not the digital sensors re-interpretation of it.
I've been doing tons of testing and experimenting with HDR for the last couple of weeks, and it's interesting to watch a controlled and repeatable image like yours develop as new things are discovered.
Gotcha! I purposely set it higher to avoid the long exposure. Why? I'm not really sure. Habit I guess.
This is ****ing rad, let Puckmonkey learn by trial and error and then have him teach me step by step. I'm learning a lot and doing it fast. Mad props to Eddie Spaghetti.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the importance of really locking down on your tripod during these exposures.
If your camera has a mirror lock-up, use it. And for all of my shots I shoot in self-timer mode so my hands are completely off and unable to move the camera when exposing. That adds another 10 seconds to my already laborious process, but it makes the difference.
Looks like your dialing it in though. What do you think?
Yeah my tripod is not real stable. I'll have to figure out that other stuff and nail it on one of these.
It looks like I forgot to put on my 3-d glasses
I wonder if the timer will take all three shots or one at a time? It was kind of weird standing there with my finger on the button waiting for the exposure to end and the next one to begin and I'm sure I was shaking the thing all over the place.
It was pretty cool that Caddy was parked there in the red zone.
Yeah it's pretty cool. Thanks again for all the help. I'll get it right eventually. I had the tripod in the street and get a lot of people asking what the **** I'm taking pics of.
ValleyFan
