lighting
Sep 27, 2018 18:00:15 #
I'm trying tp photograph lighting. I can't open the lens unless I focus on some small light in the foreground. is there a better way? I try to use different timing because I don' t know when the lighting will com. any suggestions?
Sep 27, 2018 18:04:52 #
Sep 27, 2018 18:05:20 #
Sep 27, 2018 18:30:48 #
frannybel wrote:
I meant lightning
Go to youtube.com and search for "photograph lightning." You'll get more info than you can ever use.
>Alan
Sep 27, 2018 20:17:22 #
frannybel wrote:
I'm trying tp photograph lighting. I can't open the lens unless I focus on some small light in the foreground. is there a better way? I try to use different timing because I don' t know when the lighting will com. any suggestions?
They do make triggers that sell for somewhere around $150 but if you don't have one and don't care to buy one then you can try to catch lightning at night by finding a dark place without any lights in the area then using a wide lens, you can manually focus the lens to near infinity and set a very small aperture then either do repeated 30 second exposures hoping to get a strike or use the bulb function on your camera for an even longer exposure.
Sep 28, 2018 12:35:46 #
frannybel wrote:
I'm trying tp photograph lighting. I can't open the lens unless I focus on some small light in the foreground. is there a better way? I try to use different timing because I don' t know when the lighting will com. any suggestions?
I have no idea what you mean by, I can't open the lens (?). Just set you camera to bulb and keep the shutter open long enough, or if you have still a lot of daylight, put on an ND and do the same! I would not "open" the lens too much, but go for a lot of DOF! Its always good to have some interesting foreground elements in the shot as well!
Sep 29, 2018 08:14:22 #
Some of those electronic lightning detector/trigger widgets work OK, but I've not decided myself on which to buy. I have heard. though, that the better ones are also the pricier ones. I like the suggestion of finding a pitch dark place and using the BULB setting. Try various openings, beginning at f/11 and upwards. That's just a SWAG. Have fun... 73... ~jessM
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