First attempt at Panoramic.

[photocist]

shoot in manual

get a dslr

 

[Stryker]

2.7
My camera makes no sense!

ISO 80
2.7
1/6
ND8

and it over exposes sooo badly I can't even take a shot.

The settings and the use of the ND8 on a nightscape are mind boggling...:banghead:

 

[KevinPutman]

2.7
My camera makes no sense!

ISO 80
2.7
1/6
ND8

and it over exposes sooo badly I can't even take a shot.

The settings and the use of the ND8 on a nightscape are mind boggling...:banghead:

lol those, (except for the aperture) were used on a daytime shot.

The panoramic shot was 2.7, 1/8, 200. the second was 2.7, 1/1, 100. Both shot with a ND2 ( I should have taken it off for the panoramic, but I was rushed.

 

[NayLoMo6C]

2.7 to shoot landscape? Thats unheard of, till now..

 

[KevinPutman]

shoot in manual

get a dslr

I'll definitely start shooting in Manual,

as for getting a dslr...
I'll start up a donation fund, raise money to help me get a dslr! ha.


@ Naylo, I'm a newbie! leave me alone! hahaha.
What's wrong with shooting landscape with 2.7? I thought that the second picture I posted was pretty decent. Also, I was shooting on Shutter speed priority, so the camera was picking that for me, correct?

 

[Stryker]

Oh now I know why your setting are like that.

 

[NayLoMo6C]

Normally when ppl take landscapes they have the aperture at around f/8-f/11 cause this is generally the "sweet" spot on most lenses for maximum sharpness and DOF

 

[Tinstafl]

You could get a used Nikon D40x with a kit lens for what that cannon cost and have some control and itwill take decent pictures in good light and fair ones in poorer light.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Because my camera was still trying to overexpose the entire sky using longer exposure times.

I will say it again, and really large...

An ND filter DOES NOT change the dynamic range of the scene.

Sky that will be over exposed without an ND filter, will be overexposed with one, given proper exposure.
Yes an ND filter will give you longer exposure times. No, it won't prevent blowing out skies, unless you are underexposing the scene, which you could do without the filter.

You are using your tools incorrectly.

 

[gina_d]

@ Naylo, I'm a newbie! leave me alone! hahaha.
What's wrong with shooting landscape with 2.7? I thought that the second picture I posted was pretty decent. Also, I was shooting on Shutter speed priority, so the camera was picking that for me, correct?

Yes, the camera was picking your aperture for you in Shutter Priority, but why would you choose Shutter Priority for a relatively still landscape shot (as opposed to a waterfall, stream, etc.)? Generally speaking, that's a mode one would choose for a moving subject. In this case, you could've shot in Aperture Priority to have more control over that variable and let the camera choose your shutter speed. The trade off is that the camera might choose a shutter speed that is too long for a hand-held shot. Not sure if you've addressed the tripod situation yet, but it'd definitely be a consideration for a shot like this. Of course, manual would give you control over both of these variables.

 

[Jarrod268]

Kevin, maybe this is old stuff but just want mention it.

Cameras have a hard time with very dark and very bright areas in the same image. Typically you have to pick which one to expose for. Ever wonder why so many sunset photos have the landscape in silhouette but the sky looks great? That chose the sky to properly expose.

Sometimes you can use tools such as graduated filters to darken the sky but leave the ground normal to "balance" the light and dark.

A solid nd filter like you have only restricts light evenly. its used to slow, smooth water. Its not used to balance dark and light because it is solid and effects the entire image.

I think you really need to understand the exposure triangle better instead of looking for solutions to problems you don't understand.

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[KevinPutman]

@ Bitter, I r dumb, thank you though. But one thing, I was talking about how my camera was overexposing the entire image earlier today, it was somewhat cloudy, but still a bit of sunlight. I tried shooting in Shutter Speed priority mode while riding in a car down the highway, (trying to practice panning on cars because I was bored.) I was shooting through TINTED WINDOW, (limo tint), and going on any speed over 1/8 it would over expose so badly my screen would go completely white. I'd made another forum topic, and someone told me a ND filter would fix that for me. So I put the ND8 on, then tried again. Yet the entire screen was still white, (I got to go up to about 1/4 though). So my main issue, is the fact that my camera overexposes so badly at longer shutter speed times, that I can't even use the feature with any type of bright light.

@ Gina, the water was a tad ripply, I wanted to try for the smoother look, so I went with a longer exposure time. As for the tripod, I used a rock/the ground on these pictures.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

It's because you don't understand the exposure triangle. Get that book back from your girlfriend and read it.

It's not your camera, it's you.
You don't understand how exposure works, and you don't understand how your camera works.

 

[KevinPutman]

Alrighty, I'll get it back from her today.

Anyone have some C&C on the ones I posted up, aside from what's already been discussed?

 

[itf]

If your camera overexposes, whatever you use (aperture priority, shutter priority) will still give you the same exposure. You can put on a ND filter and it'll still give you the same exposure.

Use MANUAL.