Hi Francis, Good for you for the ingenuity displayed here and the results. I think number three is quite good. Nice framing, good composition. I agree with Rob that you can get much better results with a different setup, but you did make the most of what you have. that's a good thing. Keep shooting. Paul
> On 3 Feb 2005 at 0:13, Francis wrote: > > > Hi > > I dropped by a local waterfall today and was experimenting with the long > > exposure setting on my family's new digital p&s. It goes down to 4sec, > > which is 3sec longer than my SLR (one of my main gripes about the P3n), but > the > > aperture doesn't close very far so I was holding a lens from my dismembered > > sunglasses in front of it. By the time I had hiked in I only had fifteen > minutes > > to actually take pictures but here is what I got. > > > > http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/waterfalls.html > > > > Brutal critiques appreciated. > > Hi Francis, > > Your use of the dismembered sun-glasses was a good use of available resources > and seemed to produce the effect you desired however I'm not sure that they > would have been the optimum solution :-) > > Just a few comments on the slow shutter technique. For this to work at the > most > basic level you really have to be able to record the subtleties of tone in > the > flowing water that you have blurred. In the first and last images of the > sequence in particular there are areas of interest that are patently burnt > out > or lack detail. > > I suspect that your new digital p&s may be part of your problem here, they > generally have no where near the brightness capture latitude of a decent DSLR > or good film. If you are interested in pursuing this type of photography and > if > you can't open the P3n for longer than 1sec maybe you should hunt down a > cheap > mechanical body (and maybe a decent ND filter or two) that will allow cable > release controlled time exposures. My guess is that you'd end up producing > far > better shots technically with a little experimentation and little cash > outlay. > > FWIW #4 is my favourite of the set. #2 seems to be a broken link. > > Cheers, > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >
