On Nov 20, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Larry Colen wrote: > >> Thanks all for your comments. >> >> Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for >> evidence of tripod shake. I think that one problem I'm having is accurately >> focusing the 20/1.8 in the dark. I suspect that infinity is not exactly >> infinity. >> > That's true - and I'd have difficulty focusing in the dark for sure!... I > used to set the focus a bit shy of infinity whenever I couldn't see what > I was doing...
I think that I may have tried that. >> >> >> And, for those that are interested some more shots from the set: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625430541230/ >> > > well even though it is soft - I think this one is a lot more interesting than > your night with stars shot > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5193161970/in/set-72157625430541230/ That's one of the first ones I took. > > I think it is really difficult to get an intersting shot at night with > stars... they so often only look like bits of dust one needs to spot out > on a print :-) The primary interest of having the stars is that the shot looks like daylight so the stars give an interesting cognitive dissonance. > > Not sure I'm much help here.. On the PDML has being of help ever been anything but secondary to puns and cormorants? > > ann > >> >> >> On Nov 20, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >>> I was driving home from dancing in SF, and seeing the mist and clouds lit >>> by the moon over some water I was compelled to stop and take a few >>> pictures. At one point when I was bracketing two cameras (K20 and Kx) two >>> lenses (16-50 & 20/1.8), several isos and exposures, my first thought was >>> that if I had a K-5 this would be so much easier because I'd at least know >>> which camera body to use. Then I realized that for this shot I didn't need >>> a K-5, I needed a 645D. Then I realized what I really needed was Ralf's >>> nightscape skills. >>> >>> Where my thoughts ended up, while waiting for the 30 second exposures, plus >>> the 30 second dark fields, is that what I'd really like to see is what Ralf >>> could do at night with a 645D, and that if Pentax were smart, they'd loan >>> Ralf a 645D for a few weeks, just to see what one could do for night time >>> landscapes. >>> >>> I need to go to bed rather than going through all of my n-dimensional >>> bracketing from three different shooting locations, but after a quick scan, >>> this seems to be one of the more promising shots: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5191532097/ >>> >>> K20, ISO 400, 16-50 at 16mm f/2.8 30 second exposure. Which matches my >>> previous experience that the sweet spot at night is a 30 second exposure >>> with the K20 at ISO 400. >>> >>> For the Bay Area Folks, this is shot from the frontage road, just north of >>> Black Road (Bear Creek exit off Hwy 17). >>> >>> If there's interest, I could post my full bracketing of one of the shots. >>> The last one I took ran into problems because the lens started fogging up. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
