> -----Original Message----- > From: Naomi van der Lippe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Tom > > Long time no hear!!! > > Subjects I was thinking of doing were photo's of the moon > (I purchased a 500 > mm lens), > subjects in front of the moon (bare > tree branches, etc); > <snip>
I think Peter covered things pretty well, but here are some examples of night shots....these were done way back in the day. http://www.bigdayphoto.com/cityscapes/the-strip.htm I think I took this with a pz-1p and 20-35/4, probably shot on Delta 3200 at 1600 at f/4. I would guess from the light trails the shutter speed is about 1/30. I just rested the camera on a ledge, set the camera in AV mode and bracketed. Bright point source lights like this will often make the meter overexpose. http://www.bigdayphoto.com/cityscapes/power_authority_07300001.htm Spot metered right around the sign, and bracketed. 645N and 35mm. http://www.bigdayphoto.com/landscapes/co_silhouette.htm Wanted the mnountain to go black. Probably spot metered off the sky, added -1 compensation to make it go a little dark, then bracketed around that. In this sort of situation the light changes quickly, so you have to keep re-metering. http://www.bigdayphoto.com/landscapes/nm-bridge.htm Metered off the sky to make sure it was saturated. Probably spot metered off the cloud. For this sort of thing, you want a really long exposure, so I picked a small aperture, maybe f/16. IIRC, I was right on the edge of needing to compensate for reciprocity failure, so, again, I did lots of bracketing. In this situation you might not have enough time to do all the bracketing you might like. So you really want to try and nail it the first time. This last summer I was at the beach and tried to do a little night photography and totally screwed it up. Spot metered off the sand, added some time for reciprocity failure. Didn't realize I was metering at 400 and shooting 100 speed film. Got nothing back...the moral of the story is when it's dark you can't see anything! Bring a flashlight! tv
