POTN Aussie Club #3: This one's going straight to the pool room.

mcminty wrote in post #6285655
Thanks. That was the first timelapse test I did. It worked out pretty well. Also that night I made this one - http://flickr.com/phot​os/amcintyre/284290643​2/ Unlike the drivelapse, its a static car light trail timelapse.

I've also made one from out my brothers window, which ran for an hour or so, but I haven't put it on to flickr yet.

Are you subjecting a DSLR to this torture test of its shutter?

hey dave had a look through your flickr,
amazing shots, you have an excellent eye and stacks of talent!

DAdeGroot wrote in post #6285648
That's pretty neat - how'd you keep the camera steady between shots ?

Ah, well I propped the camera up on the passenger side dashboard. Used some rolled up socks gaffer taped together to support the lens (next time I might remove the battery grip so its lying flat). The lens was up against the window as well. While making it more stable, the sounds made as it hit the glass (from the cars vibrations) were a little concerning . I then used more gaffer tape to secure the camera to the dashboard.

The frames have a smooth transition due to my use of a 0.5 sec shutter speed. I dialed down the aperture quite a lot to get it right. For the daytime, I have an 8 stop ND filter. While the individual shots at 0.5 sec looks TOTALLY blurry, when you put them together in sequence everything is smoothed out. It simulates shooting movie film.

Jim G wrote in post #6285672
Are you subjecting a DSLR to this torture test of its shutter?

Oh my... I forgot just how many frames I am going through. Well, my camera is "good" for 100,000 odd actuations. Should I aim for a shutter replacement?

mcminty wrote in post #6285688
Ah, well I propped the camera up on the passenger side dashboard. Used some rolled up socks gaffer taped together to support the lens (next time I might remove the battery grip so its lying flat). The lens was up against the window as well. While making it more stable, the sounds made as it hit the glass (from the cars vibrations) were a little concerning . I then used more gaffer tape to secure the camera to the dashboard.

The frames have a smooth transition due to my use of a 0.5 sec shutter speed. I dialed down the aperture quite a lot to get it right. For the daytime, I have an 8 stop ND filter. While the individual shots at 0.5 sec looks TOTALLY blurry, when you put them together in sequence everything is smoothed out. It simulates shooting movie film.

Oh my... I forgot just how many frames I am going through. Well, my camera is "good" for 100,000 odd actuations. Should I aim for a shutter replacement?

It's pretty darn interesting that 24fps of blurry shots looks just fine to our eyes... Nifty.

davo_robbo wrote in post #6285673
hey dave had a look through your flickr,
amazing shots, you have an excellent eye and stacks of talent!

Who Dave ?
Me Dave ?



If so, Thanks

mcminty wrote in post #6285688
The frames have a smooth transition due to my use of a 0.5 sec shutter speed. I dialed down the aperture quite a lot to get it right. For the daytime, I have an 8 stop ND filter. While the individual shots at 0.5 sec looks TOTALLY blurry, when you put them together in sequence everything is smoothed out. It simulates shooting movie film.

Ah, now there's a technique I'd not thought of. Interesting, might have to give that a whirl myself - but maybe with the point and shoot rather than clocking up the dSLR

DAdeGroot wrote in post #6285717
Who Dave ?
Me Dave ?



If so, Thanks

im pretty sure theres only me and you (daves) on the potnau

just pulled out the flashes and tried lighting this hat..

probs need to knock out the ambient more.. or keep it in and just use the flashes for fill.. or whatever its called lol

davo_robbo wrote in post #6285752
im pretty sure theres only me and you (daves) on the potnau

Well there's also Willstar, but he should be in Italy by now.

I suspect what you're getting there is more likely flash spill than ambient. You could try moving the hat further away from the background, and flagging the flashes so they don't spill on the wall.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #6285773
I suspect what you're getting there is more likely flash spill than ambient. You could try moving the hat further away from the background, and flagging the flashes so they don't spill on the wall.

yeah that makes a lot of sense..
i always get "misty" shots when the backlight spills any light on the lens,


and the screen on the 580 wont stop flashing .. and it wont let me change the zoom.. though i probably had something to do with that lol..

help?

davo_robbo wrote in post #6285752
im pretty sure theres only me and you (daves) on the potnau

just pulled out the flashes and tried lighting this hat..

probs need to knock out the ambient more.. or keep it in and just use the flashes for fill.. or whatever its called lol

I Assume you are shooting full manual, in which case you can simply turn the flash off and see what the exposure is like, if its very dark you can be sure the ambient light is having very little effect on you photo.

yeap M ftw :]

i was testing the sb-26 refresh on full manual (2 seconds with eneloops i've shot at least 200 shots on and without the battery pack) incredibly surprising! and yeah it was pretty much black..

looks like i need to get some flags going

The light on the back wall is definitely flash spill - you can tell by the shadow from the guitar stand and the blinds.

However, it's still a very cool concept for the photo. The hard light gives nice textures to the cap.

davo_robbo wrote in post #6285796
yeah that makes a lot of sense..
i always get "misty" shots when the backlight spills any light on the lens,

Got lens hood ?

and the screen on the 580 wont stop flashing .. and it wont let me change the zoom.. though i probably had something to do with that lol..

help?

You don't have the wide adapter deployed do you ?

DAdeGroot wrote in post #6285848
Got lens hood ?

You don't have the wide adapter deployed do you ?

LOL.. it was about 2mm out..

thanks

A few weeks ago, I was sitting at home feeling kinda uninspired and unmotivated (unfortunate a not uncommon occurrence.) Mrs said 'go out the front and lay down on the driveway.' Her way of saying 'try looking at everyday things from a different perspective.' So I did. Here's one of the resulting pictures.

Nice images Sir Jim. Don't mind the cap either.

My Tassie photos leave a lot to be desired ... I've mostly been carrying my G9 (except for an e-shoot and around Cradle Mountain), and haven't been well enough for the sunrise/sunset shots I was hoping for. There's still time tho

I've posted some storytelling shots on my blog; feel free to head over and comment. More will appear soon enough.

Here's one I was happy with out of the G9:

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