i took this photo when the sun has long set in the horizon and there was only a faint golden glow in the west which is to the right of this photo (not shown). to the naked eye, this part of the sky was already dark, darkish blue, in fact. the field is pitch black. what puzzles me is that the shot came out like it was still daylight, as you can see here. why is that? quite baffling really.
manual, handheld (no tripod)
UPDATE: re the "handheld" - pressed the camera against my face (make that my nose which has gone flatter since), arms tight against my body, and my back leaning against a post while i counted 'thousand one, thousand two,... until thousand 50' which was more than 10 seconds. there's another shot with similar results but the other 50 plus shots were just line of lights that were nice to look at but really are crappola. i have a stiff neck from doing this but sadly my acupuncturist is off today, today being a holiday for us, not to mention i was a very still and unmoving buffet for the mosquitoes.
Your exif info states that this is a 13 second exposure, if you are truly saying that you handheld this without setting it on something to steady it, then you are my new found hero.
You exposure time and your aperture explain the affect, but I am at a loss as to how you did this handheld. Care to share your secret?
Hiya, this is your other half from the Get Pushed Challenge this week. I just viewed your albums on here and you blog's, your photos are fabulous! I noticed you only did a few high key still life shots. Can you do it for this week's challenge? In full manual mode again, please. :-) Looking forward to seeing your beautiful photos. Enjoy!
Great shot! The light is brilliant! The long exposure will explain the brightness - by leaving the shutter open longer, more light can get to the sensor so the picture appears brighter. (I have a moonlit pic that looked like daylight in my project last year too). I agree with @trbo that it's amazing you could get it so steady for so long!
@trbo - pressed against my face, arms tight against my body, and i'm leaniing on a post while i counted 'thousand one, thousand two,...' until thousand 50 which was more than 10 seconds. there's another one with similar results but the other 50 plus shots were just line of lights that were nice to look at but really are crappola. am i still your hero? i better be, i have a stiff neck from doing this and my acupuncturist is off today as today is a holiday for us. not to mention i got mosquito bites!
@trbo - also, if you zoom this in, those lines are quite blurry, so in effect it's not so good a picture. oh, i forgot to thank you. sorry. thank you, travis. much appreciated. now i would have to go back and do it again.
@alia_801 - thank you, alia. as i told travis, i held the camera against my face, my arms tight on my sides and i was leaning securely against a post. i think my nose is flatter now and i have mosquito bites and a stiff neck. what we do for 365!
Awesome work, Summerfield! I am amazed at how still you were able to hold that camera. I am mister wobbles when comes to that stuff, and the more I concentrate on it the more shaky I get its a vicious cycle.
@trbo - the advantage of having an almost flat nose :-) i suppose. if i have time, i'll try to do a retake tonight. so, do i go lower or higher on the aperture and ISO? and a faster shutter speed? thank you, travis.
Ah, excellent question. With the use of a tripod (and remote trigger release if you have one) set everything up the war you want it composed then set your aperture in the f/16 range, ISO 100 (like you have here) and a long exposure probably around 30 seconds which you set with your shutter speed dial. This will allow your camera to pull in as much light as it can giving you that apparence that daylight is still there and makes all the city light crisp and clear. If you look at my Seattle Wheel shots ( http://365project.org/trbo/365/2012-07-27) you will see that it almost looks like dusk, but it was way past that time, it was about 9:50pm. My settings were 30 secs, f/22, ISO 100 sitting on a rail (no tripod). With a tripod you can also turn off your VR control (vibration reduction for nikon) which will improve the sharpness.
Good luck and have fun. I look forward to seeing your result.
Stunning capture ... love the lighting especially. Your clarity is awesome .. and no tripod?!! Sounds like your whole body became the tripod, summerfield. I don't have that kind of stamina! Awesome comp and pov. Great work, girl.
How kind of you to allow the mosquitoes to feast - you know they have to eat too!
I have this image in my mind of how this must have looked with the camera pressed against your nose and leaning into the post - Even if it didn't look that funny - please allow me this moment of imagination.
How did you get such a clear shot leaning it against your nose??? You must have a very hard nose bone - lol forgive my quirky humor.
Now to my serious side- This is totally awesome! And again, how did you get it so clear with the camera leaning against your nose?? I will have to try this, but I don't think my husband is going to believe me when I take the shot in front of him and tell him this is a camera technique I learned on 365
@karenann - thank you, KA. some of the things we do for 365!
@trbo - thank you, travis. this is of much help. however, partner was sick yesterday so i wasn't able to leave for any photo shoot. hopefully i can do that tonight. and the sky would be clear as i try to shoot the moon every month. i don't know why, i just do.
@beba8162 - thank you, roberta. i really wanted it to look as i see the scene, which was dark as it was already late. i guess there's a lot i have to learn still.
@kidatheart - thank you, krissy. maybe let's call it face-held or nose-held. :-)
@michaelelliott - thank you, ME. maybe i can do for toronto what you did for NYC. or maybe not. hahaha!
@pamfromcalgary - thank you, pam. i was really conscious of the bugs because apparently there are a number of west nile cases in hospitals around the toronto area these days.
@myhrhelper - thank you, kathy. it is quite difficult to do. i am please with this result. of the more than 50 plus shots and between pressing and turning dials and buttons on the camera, there are only this and another passable one that turn out. since it was already dark and i couldn't see the dials most were "blind" shots. the middle of my nose bridge hurts and i noticed it since yesterday; i have a bug bite (hopefully if it was a mosquito that didn't have west nile virus) on my left temple and some on my arms. as to the 'nose' technique, i am oriental so i have a rather small or flatter nose bridge so the camera can rest on my face securely albeit white knuckling it. :-)
You exposure time and your aperture explain the affect, but I am at a loss as to how you did this handheld. Care to share your secret?
Hiya, this is your other half from the Get Pushed Challenge this week. I just viewed your albums on here and you blog's, your photos are fabulous! I noticed you only did a few high key still life shots. Can you do it for this week's challenge? In full manual mode again, please. :-) Looking forward to seeing your beautiful photos. Enjoy!
Good luck and have fun. I look forward to seeing your result.
I have this image in my mind of how this must have looked with the camera pressed against your nose and leaning into the post - Even if it didn't look that funny - please allow me this moment of imagination.
How did you get such a clear shot leaning it against your nose??? You must have a very hard nose bone - lol forgive my quirky humor.
Now to my serious side- This is totally awesome! And again, how did you get it so clear with the camera leaning against your nose?? I will have to try this, but I don't think my husband is going to believe me when I take the shot in front of him and tell him this is a camera technique I learned on 365
@trbo - thank you, travis. this is of much help. however, partner was sick yesterday so i wasn't able to leave for any photo shoot. hopefully i can do that tonight. and the sky would be clear as i try to shoot the moon every month. i don't know why, i just do.
@kidatheart - thank you, krissy. maybe let's call it face-held or nose-held. :-)
@michaelelliott - thank you, ME. maybe i can do for toronto what you did for NYC. or maybe not. hahaha!
@bkbinthecity - thank you, brian. much appreciated.
@myhrhelper - thank you, kathy. it is quite difficult to do. i am please with this result. of the more than 50 plus shots and between pressing and turning dials and buttons on the camera, there are only this and another passable one that turn out. since it was already dark and i couldn't see the dials most were "blind" shots. the middle of my nose bridge hurts and i noticed it since yesterday; i have a bug bite (hopefully if it was a mosquito that didn't have west nile virus) on my left temple and some on my arms. as to the 'nose' technique, i am oriental so i have a rather small or flatter nose bridge so the camera can rest on my face securely albeit white knuckling it. :-)