life during the Ice Age
Dec 27, 2013 20:37:12 #
Still coated with ice up here in Maine coupled with new snow last night makes for interesting photo shooting.
Moose swamp
staghorn sumac under glass
view of Montville, where I live
easier skating than driving
Dec 27, 2013 21:03:05 #
Dec 27, 2013 21:20:41 #
Linda,
Thanks for the reply. Between clouds the sunlight turned the landscape into glowing shimmering glass. Beautiful but hard to capture with the camera. I am lucky to live in solar powered house, most folks around here are just getting electricity back, some not for a few more days!
Best regards,
Janko
Thanks for the reply. Between clouds the sunlight turned the landscape into glowing shimmering glass. Beautiful but hard to capture with the camera. I am lucky to live in solar powered house, most folks around here are just getting electricity back, some not for a few more days!
Best regards,
Janko
Dec 27, 2013 21:51:30 #
Dec 27, 2013 22:26:24 #
Awesome shots janko!!! How pretty to look at. But how sad for the plants and animals and the folks without power. How lucky you are to have gone solar. Does the ice bother your in take at all?
Erv
Erv
janko wrote:
Still coated with ice up here in Maine coupled with new snow last night makes for interesting photo shooting.
Dec 27, 2013 23:35:04 #
Did you shoot any of thse four image on Manual, or are they Auto ot Priority exposures?
Dec 28, 2013 09:47:20 #
Nikonian,
Only auto setting I use is focus on my aged D3000. Settings as follows: #! ISO 200 1/500 F14 22mm
#2 ISO 200 1/640 F16 32mm
#3 ISO 200 1/500 F14 55mm
#4 ISO 200 1/400 F14 32mm
Matrix focus w/ single spot, RAW, pp in iphoto.
Any and all suggestions will be gladly received.
Best regards,
Janko
Only auto setting I use is focus on my aged D3000. Settings as follows: #! ISO 200 1/500 F14 22mm
#2 ISO 200 1/640 F16 32mm
#3 ISO 200 1/500 F14 55mm
#4 ISO 200 1/400 F14 32mm
Matrix focus w/ single spot, RAW, pp in iphoto.
Any and all suggestions will be gladly received.
Best regards,
Janko
Dec 28, 2013 11:01:39 #
Dec 28, 2013 11:06:20 #
Erv,
Thanks for the reply. Yes lots of firewood for next year, sounded like a firefight with all the snapping limbs.
Had a little trouble with the ice cutting down on power but we have a standby generator and good old Sol came out and melted the black panel's coating nicely.
Best regards,
Janko
Thanks for the reply. Yes lots of firewood for next year, sounded like a firefight with all the snapping limbs.
Had a little trouble with the ice cutting down on power but we have a standby generator and good old Sol came out and melted the black panel's coating nicely.
Best regards,
Janko
Dec 29, 2013 00:13:34 #
janko wrote:
Still coated with ice up here in Maine coupled with new snow last night makes for interesting photo shooting.
Love the last one especially. :thumbup:
Dec 29, 2013 00:39:01 #
infocus,
Thank you for your reply, I did not really capture the true eyeball experience but it is kinda close. It was like a crystal world.
Best regards,
Janko
Thank you for your reply, I did not really capture the true eyeball experience but it is kinda close. It was like a crystal world.
Best regards,
Janko
Dec 29, 2013 13:09:39 #
janko wrote:
I asked about manual vs auto because ALL of your images are dark on my monitor, so I suspect under-exposrue.Only auto setting I use is focus on my aged D3000. Settings as follows: #! ISO 200 1/500 F14 22mm
#2 ISO 200 1/640 F16 32mm
#3 ISO 200 1/500 F14 55mm
#4 ISO 200 1/400 F14 32mm
#2 ISO 200 1/640 F16 32mm
#3 ISO 200 1/500 F14 55mm
#4 ISO 200 1/400 F14 32mm
Why would you select f/14 for three of your images instead of f/16, as you did in image #2? I ask because a normal mid-day exposure is 1/ISO at f/16 and you are 1-stop to 1.67-stops under-exposed across your photos. You cannot always believe your reflective (in-camera) light meter, because it wants to darken large areas of sky to 18% gray.
To gain some shadow detail in high-contrast lighting, I also suggest that you activate "D-Lighting" in your Nikon D3000 camera. Your manual will explain, id D-Lighting is an option with the D3000.
Dec 29, 2013 13:38:47 #
Maybe it is just my iPad! but they appear underexposed to me too. Can you play with them a bit? The sumac should be brilliant red! Hard to believe even using a light meter these came out this dark.
Dec 29, 2013 13:48:58 #
Nikonian,
Just recently turned off auto everything and shooting RAW. I am failing to pay attention to the information in my viewfinder. Basically I set my parameters, take a shot and see what appears on the LCD and adjust. Recently the weather up here has not been conducive to extended forays gloveless. I suffer from Reynauds syndrome and my fingers go numb and useless rather quickly.
I will point the camera out the living room window and try to train my eyes to scan the data and try make a more rational choice of settings.
Thank you for the time trouble to reply. Always happy to receive ways to improve my photos.
Best regards,
Janko
Just recently turned off auto everything and shooting RAW. I am failing to pay attention to the information in my viewfinder. Basically I set my parameters, take a shot and see what appears on the LCD and adjust. Recently the weather up here has not been conducive to extended forays gloveless. I suffer from Reynauds syndrome and my fingers go numb and useless rather quickly.
I will point the camera out the living room window and try to train my eyes to scan the data and try make a more rational choice of settings.
Thank you for the time trouble to reply. Always happy to receive ways to improve my photos.
Best regards,
Janko
Dec 29, 2013 13:55:58 #
Original,
As I explained to Nikonian, too long on auto everything settings coupled with an attraction for dark somber photos.
I will try to mend my ways, promise.
Thanks for the reply.
Best regards,
Janko
As I explained to Nikonian, too long on auto everything settings coupled with an attraction for dark somber photos.
I will try to mend my ways, promise.
Thanks for the reply.
Best regards,
Janko
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