The Official Theme Photography Thread: Festival Spirit

Rudra Sen · 5th October 2009, 11:18

May I know why most of you're using such wide aperture?

tsk1979 · 5th October 2009, 11:27

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

May I know why most of you're using such wide aperture?

For night shots I use F8, but when I want stars I go wide, because at ISO 200 on F8, the stars come out too dim.

Rudra Sen · 5th October 2009, 11:30

Well, and what about other here?

Samurai · 5th October 2009, 11:55

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

Well, and what about other here?

I have to plead the same reason. While shooting at night at distant light source, I found narrow aperture killing all the brightness. The photo with rays coming out of the tree, that tree was at least 1 Km from the camera. The kabini shot was an exception, I was a P&S shooter then.

Exhaust_Note · 5th October 2009, 13:13

All are in Abu Dhabi end 2007. The lighted buildings are during their 36th National Day.

- Exhaust_Note

sreerajunnithan · 5th October 2009, 15:53

Some excellent frames here!!! Thanks for sharing guys.

--Sree--

gd1418 · 5th October 2009, 16:17

Almost all cameras offer 30s long exposure and then BULB. To have long exposures in BULB you will surely need a tripod & a remote/cable shutter release accessory.

Go here - Amazon.com: Remote Shutter Release Cord for SONY Alpha or Minolta 5D, 7D: Camera & Photo for your SONY's shutter release cable.

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Originally Posted by deky

Thank you Sirjee, will try your suggestion the next time.

And I have a Sony Alpha 200

Regards

While generally shooting the night sky or the moon, that I mostly do, DOF becomes redundant. I open the aperture fully to gather the most light available.

Well, coming back to your question Sir, you did ask this with some specific point in mind. Could I ask what it was and if you were me/us, how would you do it?

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

Well, and what about other here?

gt_bhp · 5th October 2009, 16:40

This is shot of the cooling towers of a power station 10s, F11 exposure

amtak · 5th October 2009, 16:45

How do I know the Exposure? Mine is Sony H5

Slick · 5th October 2009, 18:32

Some Super pics in here ! Nice thread
@Samurai
The tree is simply awesome -

others are also beautiful. Didnt know we had so many good photographers in the team.
Keep up the good stuff guys.

Anoop RD · 5th October 2009, 21:43

My contribution. Full moon photo, took yesterday night.

Samurai · 5th October 2009, 23:14

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Originally Posted by Slick

@Samurai
The tree is simply awesome

Thanks Slick, it was originally shot for a PAAI competition with the same theme two years back.

Here is another with full zoom at 200mm (400mm EFL), this tree is at least a KM from the camera.

The Official Theme Photography Thread: Festival Spirit-_9304122.jpg

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Originally Posted by Anoop RD

My contribution. Full moon photo, took yesterday night.

Anoop, generally moon shots are not long exposure shots. How many seconds did you expose this frame?

Samir Taheer · 6th October 2009, 01:27

Chiswick church (Turnham Green), shot about 4 years ago at about 10pm. The white lines across the front, is a bus pasing by. I think exposure time was around 5-6seconds.

Torqueguru · 6th October 2009, 04:42

@samurai..i liked the effect of the rays in those shots, but not a big fan of the building and the hoarding in blue near it. They murder composition, what say?

Samurai · 6th October 2009, 07:14

TG, this shot is one of the discards. I posted it because many people appreciated the original image. I was just giving a closer shot of the original image. Not every composition works, one has to be ready to discard it if it doesn't work.

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Rudra Sen Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 11,590 Thanked: 6,532 Times View My Garage	May I know why most of you're using such wide aperture?
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Rudra Sen Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 11,590 Thanked: 6,532 Times View My Garage	Well, and what about other here?
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Exhaust_Note BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 216 Thanked: 42 Times	Hi !! All are in Abu Dhabi end 2007. The lighted buildings are during their 36th National Day. - Exhaust_Note Attached Thumbnails Attached Images
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sreerajunnithan BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Banagalore Posts: 445 Thanked: 11 Times	Some excellent frames here!!! Thanks for sharing guys. --Sree--
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gt_bhp BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 122 Thanked: 11 Times View My Garage	Power Station This is shot of the cooling towers of a power station 10s, F11 exposure Attached Thumbnails
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amtak Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai - The city of Sea Link!!! Posts: 2,915 Thanked: 902 Times View My Garage	How do I know the Exposure? Mine is Sony H5
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Slick BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 384 Thanked: 611 Times	Some Super pics in here ! Nice thread @Samurai The tree is simply awesome - others are also beautiful. Didnt know we had so many good photographers in the team. Keep up the good stuff guys.
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Anoop RD BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Thiruvananthapuram Posts: 47 Thanked: Once	My contribution. Full moon photo, took yesterday night. Attached Thumbnails
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Samir Taheer BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London & Pune Posts: 459 Thanked: 278 Times	Chiswick church (Turnham Green), shot about 4 years ago at about 10pm. The white lines across the front, is a bus pasing by. I think exposure time was around 5-6seconds. Attached Thumbnails
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Torqueguru BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 277 Thanked: 165 Times View My Garage	@samurai..i liked the effect of the rays in those shots, but not a big fan of the building and the hoarding in blue near it. They murder composition, what say?
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6th October 2009, 07:14	#210
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,832 Thanked: 45,628 Times View My Garage	TG, this shot is one of the discards. I posted it because many people appreciated the original image. I was just giving a closer shot of the original image. Not every composition works, one has to be ready to discard it if it doesn't work.
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