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Musket posted:I need to experiment with how to secure my tripod better in a moving car.
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GWBBQ posted:If your car's headrests are easily removable, get a 4 foot piece of flat bar stock steel and drill it to slip over the headrest posts, hold it to the bottom in place with rod clamps. Drill a 3/8" hole in the middle, put a 3/8" bolt through it and really crank it down, mount your camera to that with a wing nut to secure it. You now have a car mount photo/video rig for under $30. Or I can just tell my wife in the passenger seat to "hold this tripod real tight for 30 seconds and DON'T loving MOVE" But seriously, to Musket, how many shots did you lose due to things like potholes, dips, and just random bumps before you got one 30 second smooth shot. It seems like in that amount of time so much could happen, unless you were stuck in traffic and moving at like 15 mph.
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Aug 12, 2010 18:27
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The Wormy Guy posted:Or I can just tell my wife in the passenger seat to "hold this tripod real tight for 30 seconds and DON'T loving MOVE" I shot 20 frames, 2 came out. Potholes were not the issue on Las Vegas Blvd, it was the rear end in a top hat drivers that caused a lot of the issues. Ill post some of the bad ones when I get home.
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Aug 12, 2010 18:29
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GWBBQ posted:If your car's headrests are easily removable, get a 4 foot piece of flat bar stock steel and drill it to slip over the headrest posts, hold it to the bottom in place with rod clamps. Drill a 3/8" hole in the middle, put a 3/8" bolt through it and really crank it down, mount your camera to that with a wing nut to secure it. You now have a car mount photo/video rig for under $30. Ohhhhh...you're a bad person, you've given me yet another reason to drive like a maniac
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Aug 12, 2010 20:26
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I love taking photos at night, but I don't know anything about camera settings and I have a stock lens, so most of my shots are luck or just fiddling with the settings. I have larger of most if anyone wants them:    And this is the moon and Venus. I had to take a long exposure and then airbrush out the trails: 
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Aug 12, 2010 20:35
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the posted:This is cool. Would make a great album cover for a certain musical genre.
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Aug 12, 2010 23:14
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 The meteors didn't want their pictures taken. 
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Aug 13, 2010 08:57
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aliencowboy posted:The meteors didn't want their pictures taken.
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Aug 13, 2010 09:54
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Saw a few Perseids between bouts of lightning and ... more lightning. Andromeda is in there, too.
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Aug 13, 2010 13:09
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:I think this is really neat, but what is that white haze on the skyline to the left? It takes away from what is otherwise a very crisp picture. Fog rolling in off the harbor.
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Aug 13, 2010 17:33
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 Eventually I'm going to go somewhere I can get this shot without the light pollution on the horizon. TheAngryDrunk fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Aug 15, 2010 |
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Aug 15, 2010 09:55
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Yeah, without live view, forget what I said. Using manual focus through the viewfinder may be your only option, but it's not going to work very well. Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Aug 15, 2010 |
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Aug 15, 2010 18:04
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Combat Pretzel posted:When I know I'm going to do night sky photography, I'm going to focus the lens properly during day time and pray I don't accidentally hit the focus ring. Because I don't have live view either on my EOS 400D. (--edit: Apparently I can focus my Sigma f1.4 a little further than infinity?) Yeah, I didn't realize that until I ended up with a card full of blurry shots once. Apparently you can focus past infinity (whatever that is). As you said, your best bet is to actually autofocus on something far away during the day and leave the focus there.
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Aug 15, 2010 18:11
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The Constellation of Scorpius Click the image to view on a black background. Target: The Constellation of Scorpius Date: Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Time: First image: 11:33 PM Time: Last image: 01:33 AM Location: Mangrove Mountain, NSW, Australia Camera: Canon EOS-40D (modified: Baader UV/IR filter) Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM (stopped down to f/5.6) Focal length: 24mm Mount: Losmandy G-11 (Gemini) Guiding: Meade DSI-C through Orion ED80 Exposure: 20 x 300 seconds (1 hour 40 minutes) @ ISO-400 (RAW) Software: IRIS: Calibration, registration, stacking, stretching, gradient removal; Adobe Photoshop CS3: post-processing and framing  H
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Aug 15, 2010 18:34
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^^ that's awesome Finally got this, after two consecutive nights of clouds sneaking up on me while I set up my tripod. 
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Aug 16, 2010 18:08
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Here's one I took last night.  Click here for the full 800x533 image. Taken with a Digital Rebel XT with a 51 second exposure.
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Aug 16, 2010 19:14
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TheAngryDrunk posted:
I actually like the light pollution in this shot, it looks almost as if the Milky Way was painted onto the sky. It's photos like these that remind us of what's up there.
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Aug 16, 2010 20:35
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Brainwrong posted:Here's one I took last night. Good thing the cottage is only partially in the shot or else Kinkade would sue you! 
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Aug 16, 2010 22:54
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Im never going to get quality exposure shots with a Canon G9 am I? Everything will always be too noisy is what it seems. I really need a Digital SLR. 2.8 / ISO 3200 25 Seconds
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Aug 16, 2010 23:28
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Frag Viper posted:Everything will always be too noisy is what it seems. Well there's your problem.
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Aug 17, 2010 00:08
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Frag Viper posted:Im never going to get quality exposure shots with a Canon G9 am I? Everything will always be too noisy is what it seems. I'm not familiar with the camera, but the focus seems off. Also, the star trails look like a longer exposure than 25 seconds. At f/2.8, you should be able to drop it to ISO 1600 and still get a decent shot.
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Aug 17, 2010 00:35
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TheAngryDrunk posted:I'm not familiar with the camera, but the focus seems off. Also, the star trails look like a longer exposure than 25 seconds. I was trying to base the settings off this website. http://www.danheller.com/images/FAQ/Tech/Stars/img4.html#img8 I just don't think my camera was intended to take long exposure shots
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Aug 17, 2010 01:34
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Frag Viper posted:I was trying to base the settings off this website.
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Aug 17, 2010 02:04
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 Shot of a clock in my old campus' courtyard. Believe it or not, the only photoshop work was cropping. To get this I just zoomed my telephoto lens in and out. 8 second exposure at f7.1 if I remember it correctly.  Panoramic shot of a car driving by, you can see where the car backed up to get into position for the second shot and broke the continuity of the trail.
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Aug 17, 2010 05:11
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Backyard picture. The lights and rocks looked really mysterious, but somehow I can not quite bring that out in the picture. Any suggestions ? ETA: Thanks for the positive responses. I'll file the picture under "good enough" for now 
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Aug 17, 2010 06:06
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I think that looks cool. Actually, on the first moment, I thought the lights and rocks were submerged in water.
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Aug 18, 2010 22:11
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Musket posted:
I did some stop-motion/time-lapse like this a couple years ago. My friend put together a "tripod" out of some steel (with holes in it that were fit for suction cups and able to screw into the tripod mount) that I stuck to the window. It wasn't pretty, but did the job. The steel was malleable enough to position so you could see the hood of the car or not, etc.
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Aug 19, 2010 05:04
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Cross_ posted:Backyard picture. The lights and rocks looked really mysterious, but somehow I can not quite bring that out in the picture. Any suggestions ?
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Aug 19, 2010 05:37
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In regards to the mounting suggestions, does anyone have any drawn up plans? I got a friend who does metal work, and it would be easier just to hand him some plans or a crude drawing.
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Aug 20, 2010 17:32
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Musket posted:
spf3million posted:I saw a sweet picture somewhere of a guy who secured a tripod on the top of his car and did a long exposure while driving through a city. He also had a single flash inside the car so you could see the cab through the sun roof. Face of Boe posted:This is a great idea. I can't wait to see how it will look with a secure tripod. Once you figure it out, you must share. I would love to play around with something like this. GWBBQ posted:If your car's headrests are easily removable, get a 4 foot piece of flat bar stock steel and drill it to slip over the headrest posts, hold it to the bottom in place with rod clamps. Drill a 3/8" hole in the middle, put a 3/8" bolt through it and really crank it down, mount your camera to that with a wing nut to secure it. You now have a car mount photo/video rig for under $30. Musket posted:In regards to the mounting suggestions, does anyone have any drawn up plans? I got a friend who does metal work, and it would be easier just to hand him some plans or a crude drawing. What you guys want is a Bogen Super Clamp + Magic Arm. They're commonly used for this type of shot: Samples on Flickr
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Aug 24, 2010 14:39
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Pompous Rhombus posted:What you guys want is a Bogen Super Clamp + Magic Arm. They're commonly used for this type of shot: Samples on Flickr The magic arm is great, but kind of expensive for something I'm not going to use often. also, another magic arm plus super clamp shot  By Jeffrey Liu http://www.jeffreyliuphotography.com/ GWBBQ fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Aug 24, 2010 |
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Aug 24, 2010 15:08
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The cool thing about super clamps is that you can stick them practically everywhere, and you can put lights on them too.
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Aug 24, 2010 15:11
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Just as a heads up for anyone looking to do a shot like that, I'm selling a Manfrotto Magic Arm and super clamp here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3125105&pagenumber=18#post381306721
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Aug 24, 2010 19:00
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First time trying to shoot a fireworks show last night. Not 100% happy with the results but felt it was a good try for my first time doing it. Here's a sample of the night.
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Aug 25, 2010 22:14
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 ~9 minute exposure, an hour after sunset. I don't like the bottom of this all that much, and I'm not sure if the car going by adds or detracts from it.
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Aug 26, 2010 01:36
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I think the lights and the brush illuminated by the headlights balance the horizon nicely instead of just having dead space in the shadows down there.
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Aug 26, 2010 01:55
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GWBBQ posted:I think the lights and the brush illuminated by the headlights balance the horizon nicely instead of just having dead space in the shadows down there. I agree. A happy mistake.
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Aug 26, 2010 08:33
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go look at some cool Mars shots
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Sep 2, 2010 21:55
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Hmmm, I need both more ISO as well as less light pollution. Was testing my new 18-50mm f2.8, I can make out the Milkyway, but I can't get decent results. --edit: 
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TheAngryDrunk posted:
How would I even start getting a picture like this? (or is this way more editing?)  Click here for the full 580x871 image. I took this photo this weekend, 30sec I think, in a not populated/dark place and its the best Ive been able to do in bringing out the milky way..some photoshop editing
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