mcveed
Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)
Scoutman wrote:
mcveed wrote:
Wabbit wrote:
Scoutman wrote:
Beercan31 wrote:
just curious why, when I do long exposures at night some of the light show up as if I were using a star filter? the first photo has a few dew drops on the lens but not where the lights are.
I do have a star filter but I know I was not using it for the first two shots.
Thanks
Your topic heading is useless. Many posting here are curious for various reasons. Many are asking "why?"
I'm talking about information retrieval.
"Why" not go with a useful:
Long exposures and star artifact effects
Just trying to encourage accuracy. Trying to help people focus.
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Hey Doc ..... the op explained it pretty well in his post and even posted pictures which I didn't even have to ask for ..... I think the OP did well .....
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Beercan31 is trying to get folks to put meaningful titles on their questions so they can be found when using the search feature. The title of the OPs post doesn't really describe the topic.
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Beercan31 was the poster, the OP, the one with the meaningless, if you will, topic heading. I'm a self-appointed wannabe enforcer of good subject heading practice. :roll:
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Sorry Scoutman. I get confused with all the quotes of quotes of quotes.
mcveed wrote:
Scoutman wrote:
mcveed wrote:
Wabbit wrote:
Scoutman wrote:
Beercan31 wrote:
just curious why, when I do long exposures at night some of the light show up as if I were using a star filter? the first photo has a few dew drops on the lens but not where the lights are.
I do have a star filter but I know I was not using it for the first two shots.
Thanks
Your topic heading is useless. Many posting here are curious for various reasons. Many are asking "why?"
I'm talking about information retrieval.
"Why" not go with a useful:
Long exposures and star artifact effects
Just trying to encourage accuracy. Trying to help people focus.
quote=Beercan31 just curious why, when I do long ... (
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Hey Doc ..... the op explained it pretty well in his post and even posted pictures which I didn't even have to ask for ..... I think the OP did well .....
quote=Scoutman quote=Beercan31 just curious why,... (
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Beercan31 is trying to get folks to put meaningful titles on their questions so they can be found when using the search feature. The title of the OPs post doesn't really describe the topic.
quote=Wabbit quote=Scoutman quote=Beercan31 jus... (
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Beercan31 was the poster, the OP, the one with the meaningless, if you will, topic heading. I'm a self-appointed wannabe enforcer of good subject heading practice. :roll:
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Sorry Scoutman. I get confused with all the quotes of quotes of quotes.
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I know. Easy to get lost in the melee.
And "Keep your stick on the ice."
DING
ok gentleman back in your corners.
@ Scoutman, mcveed
I really never thought about the future referencing of information here and the effects of the topic heading. I will take note and correct for the future postings.
Ty
@ Wabbit Thank You.
I knew of limits to the kit lens I have but did not know where and how, Now I do and I'm quite sure I will find the other limitations to.
As for photo I#. I did 5-6 shots gradually increasing the shutter time. I was looking straight at mercury vapor lights and they looked real good but the rest of the photo was dark. All the shots showed the star effect. I believe with the shots I do have I can get a program and layer them, I believe its called HDR
at a later date. it was really a shot in the dark. This is the 3rd attempt of shooting at night.
The 3rd photo I used a Cokin P056 Prof Star 8, this is the first time I used the filter, at this point Im not impressed and feel this filter will have limited use.
ab7rn
Loc: Portland, Oregon
In the dim, dark past we used to shoot through a piece of door screen to get a four point star effect.
[quote=Beercan31]I downloaded your first night shot and checked the meta data. It shows about 31 sec and 1600 ISO I don't know what caused the star burst.
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Beercan31 wrote:
I downloaded your first night shot and checked the meta data. It shows about 31 sec and 1600 ISO I don't know what caused the star burst.
I need to learn how to do that.
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Meives wrote:
Beercan31 wrote:
I downloaded your first night shot and checked the meta data. It shows about 31 sec and 1600 ISO I don't know what caused the star burst.
I need to learn how to do that.
If you have Windows 7 you can right click on the picture, click on "properties" then click on "detail". Time, date, ISO, f-stop, and shutter speed are shown.
I don't know how to do Apple but I know it can be done. Also Photo Shop and Elements will show this data. David
Lights will show up as stars particularly if you are using a prime lens and have an f-stop of 16 or 22. Zoom lenses tend not to define lights as stars as well. The smaller the f-stop, the finer the points you'll get.
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