Show us your setup and the final result!

Hi All,

been lurking for ages, thought I'd try a post.......

so here goes nothing

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joonrhee wrote in post #12645013
That is very nice Scott!!

Thank you very much!

BucketMan wrote in post #12645027
Truly beautiful. Frame and wrap it up, i'd buy it!

Thank you very much. If you're serious about purchasing a print, drop me PM

kfyount wrote in post #12645298
Scott, a quick question: Why did you extend the center column instead of the legs and leaving the center column down? I was at a course to learn low-light/night shooting techniques, and the instructor said I should never extend the center column. I would assume that would apply for any long exposure shot. Your result was excellent and I was just curious about your experience with extending the center column.

Thank you! No reason other then laziness. My tripod is in major need of some fine tuning. The clamps need to be tightened. They keep slipping and this setup is one that was sturdy enough to get the job done. lol. What I like to do when extending the center column, (BTW saying you should never extend it is just dumb. I extend it many times to get a shot) is loosen the z axis handle so it is just barely holding the head in place. This acts a bit like a shock absorber. I'll do this for the center column clamp as well. When every clamp is as tight as can be the whole setup gets wobbly and vibrations take much longer to stop. Normally for higher shots like this I use my trusted old Linhoff boat anchor but I wasn't near my car and it is a lot of work to haul around. I hope to get a new tripod setup this year.

TheReal7 wrote in post #12645661
Thank you! No reason other then laziness. My tripod is in major need of some fine tuning. The clamps need to be tightened. They keep slipping and this setup is one that was sturdy enough to get the job done. lol. What I like to do when extending the center column, (BTW saying you should never extend it is just dumb. I extend it many times to get a shot) is loosen the z axis handle so it is just barely holding the head in place. This acts a bit like a shock absorber. I'll do this for the center column clamp as well. When every clamp is as tight as can be the whole setup gets wobbly and vibrations take much longer to stop. Normally for higher shots like this I use my trusted old Linhoff boat anchor but I wasn't near my car and it is a lot of work to haul around. I hope to get a new tripod setup this year.

Thanks for the reply - this confirms what I thought. I understand the "theory" behind the "advice" he gave me, but I wasn't sure if it was really an issue. I have a brand new Manfrotto 055 and it seems pretty solid to me and I had my camera bag hung off the hook to add a little stabilty weight. But I suppose he wasn't completely wrong since I was set up on the side an overpass-like situation - a truck passing would have set up some pretty good vibration. But I wondered about the "never" part. Also thanks for the tips, those are things that don't show up in the users' manual.

The following is humbly offered. I learn something from this board every day.

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Barcroft wrote in post #12646339
The following is humbly offered. I learn something from this board every day.

Is that just a normal cooler? Cool! (See what I did there?)

marubozo wrote in post #12645337
Yeah, I actually tried it again later that day with a piece of rope tied around the camera and around my back that held the camera almost perfectly still. The problem is getting the kids to look up at the right time, to spin them at exactly the right angle, etc.

And you have to use settings like that for the most part. You need a long enough exposure that gives the background a good blur, yet short enough that it minimizes subject movement. By 10 seconds I meant the timer for the shutter went off after 10 seconds, not the length of the shot.

Got you on the 10seconds. well 1/30th is plenty time to blur, any long and it get more complicated but the BG blur is much nicer.

RTPVid wrote in post #12645538
Remote shutter release between your teeth?

Nice shot.

Bingo, have your wife or a friend sit there just out of the picture frame and hit the wireless remote shutter, while you concentrate on spinning.

corosario wrote in post #12645050
Scott,

Which 3 stop reverse GND? Singh-Ray? Thanks!

I have the Singh-Ray.

Barcroft wrote in post #12646339
The following is humbly offered. I learn something from this board every day.

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Very very creative, I need to try this out soon. Nice outcome as well. from where did you fire the flash(es) from? Behind the camera into the cooler?

Sevan

Sevan,
The 580EX II was hand-held above, ahead of, and slightly to the left of the lens. Power was at 1/16.
Thanks for asking.

Very creative shot!
How did you remove the rod holding the banana?

coinnut wrote in post #12646502
Very creative shot!
How did you remove the rod holding the banana?

Very quickly

coinnut wrote in post #12646502
Very creative shot!
How did you remove the rod holding the banana?

juscuz wrote in post #12646509
Very quickly

LOL...I would say he used the cloning tool.

kfyount wrote in post #12645298
Scott, a quick question: Why did you extend the center column instead of the legs and leaving the center column down? I was at a course to learn low-light/night shooting techniques, and the instructor said I should never extend the center column. I would assume that would apply for any long exposure shot. Your result was excellent and I was just curious about your experience with extending the center column.

Another consideration here is to use the leg adjustments to get roughly in position and then use the centre column to fine tune the height to get the perspective you want.

nepali wrote in post #12646680
LOL...I would say he used the cloning tool.

Cloning tool did come in handy for smaller areas, but content aware did the majority of the work.
Thanks for all the kind remarks!