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spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

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.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2010 06:48

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 09:16

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Phanatic posted:

Can you tell us what this stuff *means*? You're chilling your CCD to -20? With what? What does 'self guiding through SBIG STL-11000M' mean?

It's all astronomy related "exif". You think photography is nerdy with all of our gear and stats, check out the astronomy thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3155317.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2011 05:46

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Phanatic posted:

A question I have is, is that actual focal length, or effective focal length if you're using a DSLR with a smaller sensor?

Yes, you have to use the effective FL for the same reason you have to use the effective FL when using the hand-held rule of 1/FL.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2011 01:29

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Rockybar posted:

Also my first Dorkroom post

Welcome! The colors in your first pic are quite nice. I think I'd like the third one if the clouds weren't allowed to blur and whatever is in the very bottom right were cleaned up/removed.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2011 13:00

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Rockybar posted:

I was thinking of cropping out the tree in the middle

The little bit of tree is what makes it interesting. Just enough to be unusual.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2011 08:38

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Auditore posted:

You should try going back and going closer on the right hand third of the frame. Some thing interesting should be able to eventuate with all those pipes and framing.

EDIT: Something like this is what I'm getting at:

Out of curiosity, what is this a picture of? As in, what kind of tank farm?

# ¿ Apr 29, 2011 01:33

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Are you using a UV filter? You've got a lot of haze on these and UV filters make it worse. It could just be hazy out as well. You could also try stopping down some more, that should give you more defined edges around the highlights. Nice shots though! I love going to HK.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2011 17:47

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Your peak view is awesome. I've been up there twice, the best I could come up with was

Looking forward to more.

# ¿ Aug 11, 2011 15:27

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

I think you mean a quick and awesome.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2012 15:15

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Phanatic posted:

This is really cool.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2012 16:12

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Does anyone have a handy reference for the right ISO/aperture to use for a given exposure length and moon fullness? I'd hate to sit around waiting for a 3 hour exposure of awesome star trails only to find out that it overexposed by 4 stops or something.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2012 16:26

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Startrails-185 by spf3million, on Flickr

# ¿ Jun 16, 2012 10:33

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

DoktorLoken posted:

DSC03306 by dtloken, on Flickr

Axel Serenity posted in another thread posted:

I do enjoy this one quite a bit. Although I do have to admit the first thing I thought of was the now-defunct I'm tired of teal and orange thread in CD.

Teal and orange, it's everywhere!

# ¿ Jun 24, 2012 19:03

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

BobTheCow posted:

Save the clock tower!

Very cool shots. How did you not get soaked?

# ¿ Jul 1, 2012 18:04

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Dalax posted:

Those Fireflies..

Dammit, I've had a similar stacked firefly image in my mental to-do list for months. Oh well, I guess I'd be naive if I thought it was a completely original idea.

Awesome video, thanks for sharing.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2012 08:48

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Revolucion posted:

Everything on this page is frigging fantastic.

Right back at ya

# ¿ Jan 30, 2013 17:19

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Check this thread over in DIY.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2013 21:27

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

I think this is all you need to know about star trails.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2013 14:34

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

xzzy posted:

drat, if google had pulled that link up I would have just pasted that instead of typing a bunch of words.

Yeah I spent a ton of time looking around for tips and such. Finally stumbled on that site and was pleasantly surprised by all the great info.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2013 01:02

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Mr. Despair posted:

P2260032.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr

This is bad rear end. Props for braving the elements

# ¿ Feb 27, 2014 13:21

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

R0001700 by spf3million, on Flickr

# ¿ Sep 26, 2014 01:49

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

JMT Star Trails 2.3 by spf3million, on Flickr

# ¿ Sep 30, 2014 11:44

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

Helmacron posted:

Amazing photos, guys.

Can either of you guys give me some hints? Like, how long did you do for both of them? You're stacking, right? Do either of you have an intervalometer? If 3 hours plus, how are you getting all the battery power?

Also, like, favourite aperture, ISO, WB, would be cool to know. I'm rocking out on WB 4000.

Mine were all at f/4, 30 seconds, 3200 ISO, 18.3mm on an APS-C sensor (28mm equivalent). They were taken with a Ricoh GR which has a built in intervelometer (awesome). It was a full battery and lasted almost exactly 3 hours. White balance was on auto I believe. I use the free stacking software downloaded at startrails.de and it's pretty easy. Here's a good link for everything you need to consider when taking star trails.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2014 00:57

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

El Jeffe posted:

OK, good to know about the 500 rule. But say I do want star trails: I set aperture to f5.6 and ISO to 200 (just made those up); how do I know how long to keep the shutter open to get the right exposure? Just trial and error?

Check this out, lots of great applicable info

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 14:03

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 09:16

spf3million: Sep 27, 2007; hit 'em with the rhythm

DorianGravy posted:

How do you keep everything in focus at f/4.0?

The DOF at 16mm is pretty wide even at F/4

# ¿ Oct 8, 2015 15:51

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