Liiiiiiiiiightning

[GerryDavid]

http://www.pbase.com/image/27267080/original.jpg

I thought I would have some fun with my plasma globe the other day. I stretched this image so it would be square instead of rounded.

 

[Paradigm_Shift]

Trippy

 

[bean]

WEIRD. I have the exact same picture, same colors and everything, except I shot the picture in the Ripley's Museum on Clifton Hill in N.Falls here

 

[GerryDavid]

WEIRD. I have the exact same picture, same colors and everything, except I shot the picture in the Ripley's Museum on Clifton Hill in N.Falls here

Care to post it on here for comparison? :0).

 

[karissa]

I like the shot. It would be cool to see the other one also.

 

[Harpper]

Wicked picture Gerry. What's the greenish thing in the top area?

 

[GerryDavid]

Wicked picture Gerry. What's the greenish thing in the top area?

Reflection from the base. The base at the bottom of the globe is all green. I was thinking about cloning or heal brushing it out of the picture but thougth Id leave it. :0).

 

[bean]

Ah nuts I can't find it, I think I accidentally deleted the whole folder because the rest of the pictures were crap (you try holding a camera steady at 1/2s shutter speed)

 

[GerryDavid]

Ah nuts I can't find it, I think I accidentally deleted the whole folder because the rest of the pictures were crap (you try holding a camera steady at 1/2s shutter speed)

Hmm, the fractions of a second is a bit confusing to me, hehe. So 1/2s would be 500th's of a second? And you can handhold a camera for 250th of a second and be fine.

Then again thats 1/250th may not be 250th of a second, 250th of a second might be 1/4s. Hmm.

I got my shot with an extended exposure on a tripod. Something like 3 seconds.

 

[bean]

Hmm, the fractions of a second is a bit confusing to me, hehe. So 1/2s would be 500th's of a second? And you can handhold a camera for 250th of a second and be fine.

0.5 second then That's the slowest shutter my camera will do

I inherited a steady hand from my father and I can usually freehand shots down to 1/4 - 1/6 second (0.25 - 0.16s)
Next time I'm at Ripley's I'm bringing my tripod...I can get in there for free anyway

 

[GerryDavid]

Hmm, the fractions of a second is a bit confusing to me, hehe. So 1/2s would be 500th's of a second? And you can handhold a camera for 250th of a second and be fine.

0.5 second then That's the slowest shutter my camera will do

I inherited a steady hand from my father and I can usually freehand shots down to 1/4 - 1/6 second (0.25 - 0.16s)
Next time I'm at Ripley's I'm bringing my tripod...I can get in there for free anyway

I dont have the stediest of hands. :0) I even tried the crouching tripod technique using your body as a tripod. same shake as if I was standing. :0) Id like to get a mini tripod with a clamp on it so you can put it on anything. some even have tripod legs in them but im not sure how good that would work with a slr with a long lense. but should work fine with a digital.

Does your camera have mode functions? Like action, night scene, etc? My camera's manual says the longest exposure it can do is 3 seconds, but night scene seems to be 5 or 6 seconds and gathers much more light than a 3 second exposure. Just a thought. :0) I tried the night exposure on this picture but it was way to bright, didnt really give details.

 

[bean]

My camera is fully automatic, only options dealing with the exposure is EV compensation. Which is why I bought a manual 35mm SLR Eventually I'll have a nice digital camera.
I've never found a use for those mini tripods, I always have a toolbox or a few books handy to serve that purpose

 

[Big Mike]

A handy thing to use is a bean bag. You simply put your SLR on any surface and use the bean bag to support the lens. That reminds me, I need a new one.

 

[jack]

i carry a beanbag support with my eqipment , too. :0)