Don't forget safety. Standing along side the road in the dark can be dangerous. Maybe get some reflective tape for you or your tripod, or better yet, both!Another tech nique for shooting still lit objects is to zoom in, open the shutter, then zoom out and close the shutter. One of my teachers did this qwith a great shot for Boathouse Row in Philly.<a class="user" href="http://thefuturemingrones.com/images/boathouse%20row.jpg">http://thefuturemingrones.com/images/boathouse%20r ...</a>
I agree, but would qualify that statement depending on the SLR you're talking about. Some, like the Nikon D3, have excellent noise reduction built in and can compare against 25 ISO film. But a lot of older SLRs didn't have very good noise reduction capacity.This becomes an issue in this type of photography because of reciprocity failure. Basically, under long exposures both film and digital sensors suffer from increased grain. See the following link for a full explanation, as it takes a bit to properly explain it.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(photography)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(photogra ...</a>
You know, before I was just concentrating on your comments about ISO and "pixelation" that I neglected to notice the other big problem with your post."Slide film works the best as it starts off black and then goes light and there's much less chance of it overexposing."Huh? Care to run that one by me again? It is well know that slide film typically has much less dynamic range than negative film and are extremely unforgiving of overexposure.
coffeedemonAug 13, 2008
Its a tutorial not a photo contest. As long as the photos illustrate the topic its all fine.
philbertAug 13, 2008
Don't forget safety. Standing along side the road in the dark can be dangerous. Maybe get some reflective tape for you or your tripod, or better yet, both!Another tech nique for shooting still lit objects is to zoom in, open the shutter, then zoom out and close the shutter. One of my teachers did this qwith a great shot for Boathouse Row in Philly.<a class="user" href="http://thefuturemingrones.com/images/boathouse%20row.jpg">http://thefuturemingrones.com/images/boathouse%20r ...</a>
asa400Aug 13, 2008
I agree, but would qualify that statement depending on the SLR you're talking about. Some, like the Nikon D3, have excellent noise reduction built in and can compare against 25 ISO film. But a lot of older SLRs didn't have very good noise reduction capacity.This becomes an issue in this type of photography because of reciprocity failure. Basically, under long exposures both film and digital sensors suffer from increased grain. See the following link for a full explanation, as it takes a bit to properly explain it.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(photography)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(photogra ...</a>
ldkronosAug 14, 2008
You know, before I was just concentrating on your comments about ISO and "pixelation" that I neglected to notice the other big problem with your post."Slide film works the best as it starts off black and then goes light and there's much less chance of it overexposing."Huh? Care to run that one by me again? It is well know that slide film typically has much less dynamic range than negative film and are extremely unforgiving of overexposure.
42ndstreetphotoMar 19, 2011
great article and great shots