Burst mode for landscapes?
Oct 14, 2023 10:12:26 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Is there any use for burst mode while shooting landscapes? Or is it done just because it can be done?
Oct 14, 2023 10:17:40 #
Oct 14, 2023 10:18:58 #
gvarner wrote:
Is there any use for burst mode while shooting landscapes? Or is it done just because it can be done?
I can imagine that "Burst Mode" could be helpful for handheld shots or for a breezy day.
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JimmyT Sends
Oct 14, 2023 10:34:32 #
To paraphrase Rockwell, when you shoot in a burst, you get three ish versions where one will tend to be better than the best in terms of focus. It does depend on a tripod vs hand-held, as well as how long is your burst. For landscape, static subjects, I'm more inclined to shoot multiple, subtle differences rather than exact the same in bursts. Do I focus in a different spot in the same frame? Vary the aperture? Reframe slightly? Hold the camera more steady or wait a second longer on the tripod? Keep the best, trash the rest, when I can see the 1:1 pixel-level details on my computer monitor at home.
Oct 14, 2023 10:39:38 #
If nothing is moving in the scenic, why shoot burst?
Just more shots to go through, that will basically look identical.
Might come in handy for breakers in ocean shots though.
Just more shots to go through, that will basically look identical.
Might come in handy for breakers in ocean shots though.
Oct 14, 2023 10:41:53 #
Imagine yourself as a successful photographer. Did you take too few or too many great images?
Oct 14, 2023 10:43:12 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Perhaps when you shoot the landscape from a moving train.
Or a winterscape, handheld with freezing trembling hands. At least one of those 25 frames will usually be steady. IOW, burst serves as a form of IS or can augment IS.
Oct 14, 2023 11:46:03 #
Oct 14, 2023 12:11:21 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I use burst with exposure bracketing for potential HDR use.
I think that’s the best application for the technique.
Oct 14, 2023 13:02:04 #
gvarner wrote:
Is there any use for burst mode while shooting landscapes? Or is it done just because it can be done?
One needs about 40 fps to ensure that the get enough unique shots of the mountain and trees.
Actually I also see no need, as one will take their time to check composition etc . first then take the perfect shot.
Many here like bursts but you will need to ask why as there is a reason they do it.
Oct 14, 2023 13:08:02 #
Architect1776 wrote:
One needs about 40 fps to ensure that the get enough unique shots of the mountain and trees.
Actually I also see no need, as one will take their time to check composition etc . first then take the perfect shot.
Many here like bursts but you will need to ask why as there is a reason they do it.
Actually I also see no need, as one will take their time to check composition etc . first then take the perfect shot.
Many here like bursts but you will need to ask why as there is a reason they do it.
(Because they can....)
Oct 14, 2023 13:25:16 #
Oct 14, 2023 13:26:32 #
Hal Masover
Loc: Iowa and Florida
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I use burst with exposure bracketing for potential HDR use.
Oct 14, 2023 13:29:30 #
I use burst shooting for everything! Often the second or third image is sharper or has better color than just a single shot taken in S mode. Everything includes portraits, landscapes, macro, nature, flight shots, etc.
Oct 14, 2023 13:38:56 #
gvarner wrote:
Is there any use for burst mode while shooting landscapes? Or is it done just because it can be done?
There's something to be said for exposure bracketing, even if the dynamic range of the scene doesn't make it a necessity. It gives you an impressive safety net exposure-wise, and in addition to that, the darker exposures will have been taken with a faster shutter speed, so if there was some unnoticed movement, you have that extra insurance against motion blur spoiling your shot.
Instead of getting multiple shots of the same composition you would be better getting bracketed shots of several different compositions. It's very often the case that subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) composition differences separate the OK shots from the money shots.
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