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kriso9tails
Oct 17, 2002, 10:30 AM
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This is my thing here. Night time slides are my porn... I need to get out more. I'm all about the street scenes, just because I love the feel of it: the contrast, mood, and total atmosphere of the whole thing.
I want to do a buildering series, but I don't want to use flash. Maybe I can get my hands on some higher speed film (at least higher than 125; 800 ISO at a low f/stop should be more than enough). I'd use black and white on a medium format though.
I once did this shot on my front lawn of bananas arranged all standing individually, and vertically under a street lamp (you'd have to see it). I shot it at f/22 on 100 ISO at around five minutes. It turned out really well, but people generally move faster than bananas, and if I was taking buildering shots, I don't think I'd need the effect colour; whereas the bananas were shot for that reason specifically.
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thomasribiere
Oct 17, 2002, 11:37 AM
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Kriso9tails
Do you mean that your porn is bananas by night!? Is it allowed to tell such a thing on this forum?
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krillen
Oct 17, 2002, 12:38 PM
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did byou use a cable release or just use your finger and hope it didn't move?
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kriso9tails
Oct 18, 2002, 12:59 PM
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Quote:Kriso9tails
Do you mean that your porn is bananas by night!? Is it allowed to tell such a thing on this forum?
Don't worry, they kept their peels on... nothing too dirty.
Cable release? I did, because it's easier to hold. At an exposure of five minutes I'm not sure that it's needed, as it's too slow to pick up short subtle movements, although I guess the constant pulse of your heart might show up.
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beyond_gravity
Oct 25, 2002, 1:37 AM
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you dont need a cable or remote (unless your camera is old school)
use the self-timer to open the shutter, when you want to stop the exposure put the lens cap on and then close the shutter
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petsfed
Oct 25, 2002, 1:53 AM
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I'm all about astrophotography. However, once I get it posted, my profile pic will be me rapping in the dark, taken by my old climbing partner. I'll have to get that off of him so I can post it.
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eric
Oct 25, 2002, 7:55 AM
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So the problem with all this is that you can't capture something in the dark without a long exposure or with light. So if someone is climbing on the rock and you need a 5 minute exposure to capture the rock, the person needs to stay in place for most if not all of that time in order to be distinguishable. In other words, if you leave the shutter open on a fairly dark night, say with just partial moonlight, you can walk in front of the camera and not show up on film 'cause you're not there long enough.
Even with full moonlight ISO 800 will not be nearly enough. You would need more like 3200, and then you'd still have longish exposures (not to mention some really nasty film grain).
The best way to do this is to use a flash or some other kind of lighting. You might try a softbox or a gel over the flash. By flash here I don't mean full-on consumer stuff. Best if it was off camera.
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mike
Oct 25, 2002, 1:27 PM
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I'm forced to shoot at night or dawn much of the time. The smallest aperature on my digital camera is an 8. If you want to "slow" water down, you have to wait until the sun is gone and there is just ambient light.
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toprope_media
Oct 25, 2002, 5:53 PM
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I love shooting at night.
I use diffused flashlights with colored gels on them to "paint" my supjects. It makes for some really cool pics. I am not talking about bright trails of light, I am talking about subtle lighting that causes reciprocity breakdown but not warm spots.
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