Thank you Courtney ( @cfitzgerald ) and all for setting up, participating, looking and voting for the CSC #9 on White Balance. Wonderful shots submitted BTW.
For the next CSC#10 challenge, I would like to propose something that I like to do myself.... "Long exposure & no tripod".
Long exposure (4 seconds or more, preferably longer like 20-30 seconds, and use bulb if you like). No tripod. First of all, be careful not to scratch your cameras and lenses. And secure your cameras well (perhaps with the strap around your arm) so you won't knock them around (I dropped a Canon 5Dmk2 with 16-35 mk2 down a cliff surface into the sea once trying to be clever to get long exposure crashing waves, which crashed my camera instead). PS - pic below, recreated the shot that swallowed my 5D.
Imagine yourself taking photos until dark and you want to take some lowlight / night shots (day shots are also okey for this challenge as long as shutter speed is 4 seconds or longer), but you don't have a tripod or a beanbag with you. You have to find whatever is available in your bags/pockets, or anything lying around to angle the shots. And without tripod, you also have to rely on any firm surfaces like the floor, chairs, walls, benches, traffic light poles, etc, to support your camera. You may have to ensure that the camera is stable by keeping your hands absolutely still, or press your shoulder on the camera and lock it against a wall to ensure stability for the next 30 seconds...(using your face to lock the camera also provide very firm support) A long exposure shot taken when you move around to create some cool effects are also very welcome.
The Challenge starts now and will end on midnight Sunday 12 August (next day Monday), London time.
Here are a few examples... (apologies they are all mine, although there are many from other 365ers that are very cool, just don't know where they are at the moment). I try to give wide range of possibilities...
## if you have some photos taken in this manner please post below...Thank you!
On the step on the pavement (flat -horizontal).
On pavement (at an angle)
Camera placed upside down below the glass table (find some angles to place your camera that some people may look at you like you are completely insane.)
Camera locked in between the fence (if I remember correctly)
Pointing down at a museum, secured on the tilted surface (when you find some interesting patterns, etc)
A daytime (almost dark tho) long exposure shot - a revenge, getting the crushing waves to behave after it took my 5D. Camera locked on the cliff face with hands. Smaller cameras are less likely to drop/slip (touch wood).
Thank you so much for starting the new challenge!! Woo Hoo! @viranod I never knew you could do long exposure without a tripod so I will be so happy to learn this!
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I dropped my NEX-5 in a lake a couple of months ago - and it was on a tripod! It was a very light tripod and I knocked it over on the edge of the lake trying to get a sunset.
Here are my shots. I was at Lake Michigan and there were a lot of posts etc. to rest the camera on. I had a LOT of wasted blurry shots too. It was fun to practice this so when I need a shot & don't have tripod I'll have some idea what to do.
This was taken without a tripod and I had to position on my wibbly wobbly bed, so I used my remote in Bulb mode and chose an exposure of 10 seconds. However, I have to admit that I put my camera on a book because it sunk in when I didn't. Does that still count?
I did this one on the receptionist's desk at work. 4 seconds, f29 aperture. Camera just sitting on the desk with my 18-70mm on the camera. Since the camera was just sitting on the desk, I didn't use self timer. Just held the camera in place and used the shutter release. Looking through my 105mm lens to the chair in the lobby.
@myhrhelper - Thanks, Kathy. Yeah, I wanted to try for something a little different than a night time type image. I have way too many of those, LOL.
My wife and I will be heading down to the beach today and I'm hoping to try a long shutter speed picture of people in motion. So, it could be a real blurfest, but could turn out to have a neat effect. Stay tuned, as they say.
@mikehamm I always have trouble getting slow shutter speed shots in the daytime - it is just a bright light on the pic. Do you have a secret on how to do that or are you going to wait until it gets a bit darker?
@myhrhelper - This was taken indoors, as mentioned, so it wasn't super bright in the lobby. Although there was enough ambient light from the lobby lighting.I used a really tiny aperture on my 18-70mm lens of F29 (I think that was as small as it would go at 70mm focal length.) and bumped ISO to 1000 so I could get the shutter speed to 4 seconds. I metered/focused on the black areas of the lens/chair.
I'll probably be doing the same sort of thing at the beach today. If it remains overcast, as it is now, it should be fairly easy to use a tiny aperture and a higher ISO (maybe) to get the shutter speed longer.
@mikehamm Thank you Mike, Yes I was talking about you using the slow shutter speed on the beach. It seems very difficult to do without getting just a white picture without an image. I will have to play with it some more. The secret is the small aperture (F29)?
Oops, sorry. Didn't see your post when I posted this. It'll still be determined by amount of available light. I used my smallest aperture and lowest ISO setting and barely got something visible because even with the overcast, it was still just a bit too bright out. ND filters likely would have helped.
@debrac love how I see the second hand trail! @lyoungs1023 Love the gorgeous lighting, the colors & water look fabulous, @iqscotland Great macro & texture - guess that shows this setting works with a lot of subjects
Poison Ivy - This was 4 seconds, and the camera resting on my camera bag. I had to be careful where I set my camera bag (or stepped) since this stuff was spreading everywhere including on the path.
This one really sucks cause it was pretty dark and 30 seconds was all i could really go up to without a tripod. Used the top of the car and that light trail is an airplane.
@myhrhelper - Pretty neat, Kathy. I see you did the small aperture to get to 4 seconds. I think the focus is pretty good. And, as others have mentioned, you were pretty brave to mix it up with poison ivy.
@cheribug I was looking at this thread and saw your question, did anyone ever answer it? I also have the Nikon D5100 so what I do is put it on S (shutter priority), then turn the camera on and the shutter speed and aperture displays on your viewer, and then turn the dial (upper right ) which is right next to where your thumb rests. For a 4 seconds shot it would need to be 4"
If you use the M (Manual mode) when you turn the dial it will adjust the shutter priority and if you want to adjust the aperture you would hold the little button on the very top down (just below the button you press to take pictures) and then turn that same dial.
I'm not sure if this answered the question you have or if it's something totally different. I'm learning these camera settings (hence the challenges) and only know the basics.
I didn't think I was going to get a shot in for this challenge. The sunset tonight wasn't too bad so I just shot down the street. I propped the camera on top of one of the garbage cans. The sun set at 8:42 and I took this shot at 8:59. 50mm lens at f/16 with a 5 second exposure. I am amazed at how much detail I was able to pull out of the RAW file. Focus looks pretty good, you can read the stop sign at the end of the street, but there is a flare on the closest starburst. I had to shift my original composition because I was getting an horrible lens flare off of another streetlamp.
Noise is not bad either.
I was really happy with this shot taken camera on my knee, but it's a bit too short shutter speed - 3.2 seconds with f/22 - doesn't go any smaller than that
Another try tonight. The camera was sitting on a cardboard box with a magazine folded up under the lens. 5 second exposure taken about 10 minutes after the sun set. The sun was setting on the other side of the house so it was pretty dark. Focus was not quite where I wanted it. I should have used a little more dof to get all of the blossoms in focus but I wanted the leaves soft.
I'm pretty excited to announce that Sassik asked Peter de Graaff to host the next Camera Settings Challenge. He said he would have something posted by the weekend! Keep your eyes open!
Thank you Sassik and what an fantastic host you choose for us to learn from! @sassik@peterdegraaff
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Do you usually use a remote or the timer for these shots or have you been able to just snap the shot without problems?
Feedback welcome please.
(2 seconds shutter speed)
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Unfortunately Nod said he won't be able to continue hosting this challenge (I do hope he hosts them in the future though)
Thank you Lorraine!!
This was taken without a tripod and I had to position on my wibbly wobbly bed, so I used my remote in Bulb mode and chose an exposure of 10 seconds. However, I have to admit that I put my camera on a book because it sunk in when I didn't. Does that still count?
My wife and I will be heading down to the beach today and I'm hoping to try a long shutter speed picture of people in motion. So, it could be a real blurfest, but could turn out to have a neat effect. Stay tuned, as they say.
I'll probably be doing the same sort of thing at the beach today. If it remains overcast, as it is now, it should be fairly easy to use a tiny aperture and a higher ISO (maybe) to get the shutter speed longer.
Oops, sorry. Didn't see your post when I posted this. It'll still be determined by amount of available light. I used my smallest aperture and lowest ISO setting and barely got something visible because even with the overcast, it was still just a bit too bright out. ND filters likely would have helped.
You still have time to add your shots!
If you use the M (Manual mode) when you turn the dial it will adjust the shutter priority and if you want to adjust the aperture you would hold the little button on the very top down (just below the button you press to take pictures) and then turn that same dial.
I'm not sure if this answered the question you have or if it's something totally different. I'm learning these camera settings (hence the challenges) and only know the basics.
Noise is not bad either.
Thank you Sassik and what an fantastic host you choose for us to learn from!
@sassik @peterdegraaff