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A Bridge Too Far
Stumblebum
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Panos require inordinate amount of effort and luck (at least for me I have to keep my fingers cross and wait for PS to tell me whether it could or could not stitch them). Longer the area you cover, light changes drastically so you have to adjust exposure for each shot and also align everything. You have to do it in a hurry if the light is changing and interesting light is invariably changing. Large files are so slow to process. For each shot you have to process 5-10 files.
You do all that and then then due to its size the screen reduces it to what looks like band-aid. :rofl
Below are my attempts from capturing dawn at Golden Gate from Marin Headlands vantage point. Unexpectedly fog started to clear just when sun came up.
All harsh criticism is heartily cherished!!
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You do all that and then then due to its size the screen reduces it to what looks like band-aid. :rofl
Below are my attempts from capturing dawn at Golden Gate from Marin Headlands vantage point. Unexpectedly fog started to clear just when sun came up.
All harsh criticism is heartily cherished!!
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"Some times you eat the bear... and some times the bear eats you."
grt,boco.
Thanks kindly Doug! Its worth the trip!
Thanks Boco! Means much!
I know this sounds familiar but these are just ....well
I especially love #1. Please frame that will you and tell me the settings and the lens that you used...as if I could do as well.
Any who...till next time!
Thanks kindly Wayne! Your support means much!
So for first one this is what I know.........still practicing to get better, but sharing what I have figured out.
Lens is canon-24-70mm 'L' lens (horribly expensive).
Used f-16, as confident that it would give me the star-burstand DOF I wanted.
Never use filter at night.....just makes it mushy and less crispy.
Come to think of it, I have stopped using UV for protection all together, even in daytime, just have to be careful obviously.
I use both mirror lock and remote trigger, to give it max chance at stability.
Then just wanted to have 30 second exposures (max in manual mode) so cranked up the ISO to whatever gave me 30 second exposure for whatever camera recommended as optimal exposure.
I mention that because during daytime, I over expose at least 2/3 f-stop if not more. Then pull that back in Post. Pick up more punch and details that way.
That "expose to the right" doesn't work at night.
As light changes (There were 9-10 vertical shots), you modify the ISO according to need.
Reason for not being longer is that to take that many exposures at low ISO, you would need really long time and any airplane and boat can take off and leave streaks of light in your shot.
Furthermore, the big bright lights, longer you go in exposure, they tend to get too hot and no recovery from that. If you don't have super bright lights in your shot and don't have to worry about air or boat traffic then lower ISO is always better, but here had to sacrifice it. Then again that is why we pay exorbitant prices for camera bodies, even at bit higher ISO it is more or less okay.
You want to take readings off of BRIGHT area or HIGHLIGHTS, which would normally cause your shot to be underexposed and darks to be darker, but since this is at NIGHT, dark area works in your favor.
Since there are so many shots, it may make sense to get focus each time as well so you get both near and far sharp, if it makes sense. (I forgot to do that here, DOH, but it is in my mental notes)
In post, I still had to deal with bit of banding and I found just by desperation that other than "noise" if I also use "moire" and "defringing" it helped hide the bands to reasonable extent. I only used that brush on sky.
Still need to pull back highlights and yellow and orange luminescence in post other than usual stuff, wanted to mention that as it is needed.
Good luck my friend!
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Thanks Don! Your endorsement is very valuable to me! Cheers!
That really would look good printed, framed and hanging from your (or my) wall!
Really sleek and professional looking!
Dirty Harry season on TV over here, would love to visit, Golden Gate, Alcatraz, and the sloping tram running streets. Instantly recognizable city. :-)
Thanks Carl! Much appreciate it! You can't go wrong in San Francisco Bay Area! City is cool and then there is much more around it!
Taz, As of last week I just purchased the Nikkor 24-70/2.8 glass for my D810! Thanks much for the feedback. I've got to try the 30 sec exposure option at f16 with setting the ISO to match next bridge night shot. The favorite subject in my neighborhood is the George P. Coleman across the York River. Not quite as famous as your subject but it'll do!
Regards,
Wayne
Best,
-Len
Thanks kindly Len!!
Yes, 4:00am!:D
Dream still remains to capture it wrapped in fog, but I caught a bright sunrise which is its own reward!
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Thanks bro! First the panos are tribute to your teachings!
The hot area is there but it wasn't flagged by LR and just very bright, but thought it wasn't blown......but I could should have underdexposed tad more. Gonna try again and see what happens!
Maybe with you! ;o)
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