a few shots from Milwaukee (2-26-05)

[jbiscuit]

this is a really cool bridge tower that I have decided to photograph several different ways. Here are the first ones I shot. Taken this past Saturday night (2-26-05) at about 9pm.

d70
16mm fish
F4
25 seconds
tripod
custom white balance
iso 200
timer
http://img158.exs.cx/img158/6334/dsc00124fy.jpg

d70
16mm fish
F4
25 seconds
tripod
custom white balance
iso 200
timer
http://img218.exs.cx/img218/3424/dsc00133us.jpg

d70
16mm fish
F4
25 seconds
tripod
custom white balance
iso 200
timer
http://img218.exs.cx/img218/1763/dsc00143eo.jpg

[SMS 1]

:stare Those are pretty kick ass J. The last 2 are really surrealistic. Prob make some wicked BW's ;)

man I wish I was there Saturday :crying

[Cryptic]

yeah... they're so sharp... it looks computer gen'd

[TransAm12sec]

How did you get the sky to look like that?


Right now I'm in a photo class, we just learned the rule of thirds, simplicity, balance, lines, etc.

[Cryptic]

How did you get the sky to look like that?

Right now I'm in a photo class, we just learned the rule of thirds, simplicity, balance, lines, etc.

very high F Stop (8 or above) too keep light sources down and about a long exposure, in this case 25 secs as he posted above

:durr :goof

[jbiscuit]

actually to get the sky to come out more, you need to shoot a more wide open aperture...in this instance it was shot at F4. The key is a real long exposure....in this case I was shooting all my shots at about 25 seconds. A couple other ones I took were shot at about 15 seconds and the sky is black. Long exposure is your friend. If you are shooting film though, make sure you shoot a film with a very low ISO rating, like Velvia slide film at ISO 50. Slow film + long exposure = great shots! The tendency is to want to shoot faster film which in turn at longer exposures produces a lot of grain. Experiment and have fun!

[Cryptic]

compare my F8 / 12 secs
http://www.crypticvault.com/albums/milw_nights/bridge_tower2_edit_levels.sized.jpghttp://img218.exs.cx/img218/3424/dsc00133us.jpg


note that F-Stops half the amount of light each step
1.4 2.0 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22

thus Jason let in 4 times more light in plus he had twice the exposure time

[Syclone0044]

yeah... they're so sharp... it looks computer gen'd
You absolutely nailed it; I was going to say the exact same thing. Those shots are so crisp I can't believe I'm seeing that on my monitor screen. :drool:

[jbiscuit]

thanks for the comments guys!