Capture: Two Tripods, One Night
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Jos,
Have you been using the 'live view' function with your 60D Jac?
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JacksonP, in reply to
Have you been using the ‘live view’ function with your 60D Jac?
Yes. After our afternoon lesson, I have used it for manual focusing a lot more. Thanks for the tip.
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The old Silo Theatre at night.Can't remember what it's called now
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Another night light. Candlelight.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Very very nice shot Knightpfhor. Full marks.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
It almost makes me want to go there. I do know however it would still be 25 C at night.
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Silo Park looks like a map on Steampunk FPS. Sniper tower, mined, only used in CTF games. Playground, weapon spawn point. Carpark, hand weapon spawn point, zombies lurking. Ladders on silos form intricate maze which must be navigated to get around the satanic ritual playing out below, and locks which have to be turned to stop the machine before it kills us all.....
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Julie Cross, in reply to
This installation in Canberra came alive at night. Stabiliser: the glass window.
thanks for the breathing tips. Somewhere in the deep recesses I know that... I think I just push the boundaries of handheld because I am too lazy to haul my heavy manfrotto around. Or I'm getting shaky in my middle age.
I used a Tripod for this shot.
Yeah, let's give the unsung heroes their dues!
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Lilith __, in reply to
Any chance of dumping them on a memory stick, or something? Would be lovely if you could contribute some shots too. ;-)
Aw, thanks Jack, working on it! PC desktop with files on, Macbook online, only medium that goes on both is a disc and I tried writing some jpgs on a disc and now the damn Macbook can't see them. Portable backup drive is Windows-formatted. Trying to get the stupid desktop to detect the wireless network but suspect it must be missing a receiver or something as have tried everything but percussive maintenance....
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Lilith __, in reply to
Thought a tripod might steady things a bit. But it’s such a bitch of a thing to operate. (Oops! Are we allowed to swear on here?). Have fallen over it’s legs twice.
I’ve used my tripod so much I’ve developed a sort of reflexive tango-step to avoid tripping over the legs. :-)
Tripods vary so much. I’ve found a lot of them are unnecessarily stiff and awkward to adjust – the manufacturers seem to expect we all have big hulk-man hands! But my lightweight ball-head Manfrotto is just right. And you can pull out the post and slot it in sideways, which is also very handy for some shots (for instance when you want to point downwards without getting the tripod legs (or their shadows) in the shot.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Sofie and Julie -- more great shots! I love how atmospheric these are.
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I don't have a Manfrotto. I'm jealous now.
Night all, and keep the photos coming.
PS. Sorry for causing such technical angst Lilith.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Sorry for causing such technical angst Lilith.
Oh I don't think it's your fault my PC won't connect ;-)
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Lighting up the birthday girl on the dance floor.
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This is looking at the Tower from our driveway.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
Oh I don’t think it’s your fault my PC won’t connect ;-)
Have you tried a connection over ethernet direct to the router?
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Ben Canales does interesting stuff exploiting the higher iso settings of newer DSLRs, with often breathtakingly stellar results. And sometimes not.
He's very generous with his tech know-how - if I had the gear I'd probably give it a go.
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JacksonP, in reply to
Ben Canales does interesting stuff exploiting the higher iso settings of newer DSLRs
Thanks Joe. His Time lapse Demo Reel is un.be.lievable!
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Capturing the Long Dark Night of the Soul...
Every World Press photo winner 1955-2011
- not for the faint hearted, or depressed
- but, not to be forgotten either...
as subjects we can do better -
Lilith __, in reply to
Have you tried a connection over ethernet direct to the router?
That would work, but my flatmate's computer already has that spot. I can't quite believe that a PC less than a year old doesn't have a wireless receiver....
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Lilith __, in reply to
His Time lapse Demo Reel is un.be.lievable!
Awesome!
How do you think he did the travelling shots? With a video camera you could use a dolly, but a timelapse?? And the shot moving up the tree-trunk?
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
image - mega theory um...
And the shot moving up the tree-trunk?
Koala cam?
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night lights...
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David Hood, in reply to
I have gotten away with exposures of a few seconds by putting the camera-strap round my neck, holding the camera out with both hands so the strap is pulled taut, elbows braced against my sides
Because I don't often carry around the tripods I have been given over the years (I'm now down to "the good one" and "the light one" and have stopped saying "If you don't want it any more...") instead I carry a string bipod in my camera bag. A central bolt that fits the attach point on the camera, then two lengths of string the right height for me to stand on the washers attached to the ends making the string taut to steady the camera. The camera strap pulled taut against the neck forms the third axis of the tripod.
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Lilith __, in reply to
instead I carry a string bipod in my camera bag
David that's bloody brilliant!! (Where did you get the bolt?)
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