What in the heck happened here??
Oct 14, 2012 13:35:52 #
Was out shooting a sunrise this morning and came across a photo that has a "shadow" of the driftwood in the foreground. I know this is a lousy photo, so I'm not looking for a critique, but rather an explanation on how the shadow occurred...
My Gear: Canon T3i, Canon 10-22mm lens, tripod and cable release. No filter of any kind.
Settings: Aperture Priority in Raw & JPeg. f/29, 4 sec, iso 100 at 21mm. Manual White Balance. Flash did not fire.
My first thought was that my tripod somehow moved, but the photo taken immediately after this one is in the same spot, except no ghosting/shadow. This image is right out of the camera with no post processing.
Has anyone experienced this?
My Gear: Canon T3i, Canon 10-22mm lens, tripod and cable release. No filter of any kind.
Settings: Aperture Priority in Raw & JPeg. f/29, 4 sec, iso 100 at 21mm. Manual White Balance. Flash did not fire.
My first thought was that my tripod somehow moved, but the photo taken immediately after this one is in the same spot, except no ghosting/shadow. This image is right out of the camera with no post processing.
Has anyone experienced this?
Oct 14, 2012 14:01:46 #
asylum1972 wrote:
Was out shooting a sunrise this morning and came a... (show quote)
It almost looks like a severely underexposed first exposure, with a properly exposed second exposure shifted slightly to the right. Its not a filter reflection of there would be distortion evident from your front lens element. I have never seen this done accidently before.
Its also possible that, given the long exposure, the tripod was kicked just after the shutter opened, or just before it closed giving a slight exposure time in the "ghosted" position, and the majority of the exposure in the exposed position.
Oct 14, 2012 17:24:17 #
Hmmm curiouser and curioser. Looks like it was shot through a window.
Oct 14, 2012 17:31:59 #
gordnanaimo wrote:
Hmmm curiouser and curioser. Looks like it was shot through a window.
If it were shot through a window the reflection would be a different size as the distance would change accordingly.
Oct 14, 2012 17:35:22 #
Oct 14, 2012 18:14:03 #
Here are the two shots back-to-back. The tripod didn't move
The two shots have the same settings. I wonder if it's a "shutter" issue?
The two shots have the same settings. I wonder if it's a "shutter" issue?
Same settings
Oct 14, 2012 18:18:04 #
The second shot is brighter and much more sharply focused which makes me thing the tripod (or the head) was moved almost immediately after the shutter first opened, that changed the exposure accordingly, and the second shot was properly recorded.
The stump on the left side of the shot has the same shadowy reflection as does the opeing in the clouds beside the upright driftwood. Only the light on the far shore does not repeat, but if you look at the distance of the reflections from their original images you can tell the lights reflection would be out of frame.
The stump on the left side of the shot has the same shadowy reflection as does the opeing in the clouds beside the upright driftwood. Only the light on the far shore does not repeat, but if you look at the distance of the reflections from their original images you can tell the lights reflection would be out of frame.
Oct 14, 2012 18:37:20 #
I believe MT is correct. You can also see a "transparent" view of the water in the stump that is located on the left side of the photo.
Oct 14, 2012 20:36:23 #
I agree with MT. The entire photo is double expose and under exposed compared to the second one. I am betting the pan head moved. But let us know if it happens again, then we can all go nuts together, haha
Oct 15, 2012 06:40:40 #
alf85
Loc: Northumberland, UK.
If the tripod or head had moved, or if it was a double exposure you would get a shadow of the other tree's as well.
Alf.
Alf.
Oct 15, 2012 07:13:08 #
Oct 15, 2012 07:34:31 #
For my two-penneth, when you released the shutter on the 1st photo the camera moved in the first 0.5 sec giving you the slightly blurred ghost then for the rest of the 4sec exposure the camera remained steady as it did for the second exposure.
That's the only way that I can explain it.
That's the only way that I can explain it.
Oct 15, 2012 07:59:04 #
Oct 15, 2012 08:51:18 #
I have 2 tripods that I use for different situations. One of them can be a little flimsey and if I have the elevation cranked up all the way it tends to shake a little after I touch the camera (like when I depress the shutter). When I use that tripod I frequently set the delay timer for 3-5 seconds so the vibration has time to settle down before the shutter releases. The picture you uploaded looks as if it could have shaken during a long exposure.
Ooops, sorry, just re-read and saw that you were also using a cable release. Sorry to confuse the topic.
Ooops, sorry, just re-read and saw that you were also using a cable release. Sorry to confuse the topic.
Oct 15, 2012 08:53:39 #
asylum1972 wrote:
Was out shooting a sunrise this morning and came a... (show quote)
Can no one see the ghostly head in centre of pic? 2 light eyes & left side of head, ear etc. I think there's a bit of spookery going on there??? FWIW.
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