Snapshot/Photo of the day thread... - Page 29

**EB_05_NISMO** · #**281** (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 03:19 PM

Wow that is a great shot phil.

timbo13 · #**282** (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 03:26 PM

BlackTiger - nice scenery

Phil - great moon shot, I like the color of the sky!

Phil'sFrontier · #**283** (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 03:46 PM

Yeah, that mountain, is the one that my sig picture is from. You can just make out the stuff on the top(because of the reduced resolution). There is 2 windmills, one larger than the other. A cell phone tower, and a forest fire look-out station.
Also this shot was heavily cropped as well, there was a bunch of empty sky that I got rid of.

The mechanics of the shot were this...
For best results with most lenses, you should be stopped down a few stops from wide open. This was shot at f11, to give the large depth of field. Shot in Aperture priority, when I set the aperture to f11, the camera selects a shutter speed to get what it thinks is a correct exposure. The camera picked around 1/20 of a second...this requires a tripod, especially since I was zoomed in to 105mm, which will amplify any shaking.
I also used my remote, and a feature on my camera that delays the exposure a few milliseconds, to try to help eliminate vibration cause by the camera's mirror lifting. One more thing I did was use my camera's bracketing feature. This takes on picture at the settings you choose, then takes one a little darker, one a little brighter. That way you have a much better chance at getting the shot you are looking for.

BlackTigerSE · #**284** (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 03:54 PM

I took a couple more shots. Theres like a 100 geesers walking around out in the field. (goose) Sh*t load of them! More and more everyday. I'll upload them later.

Phil'sFrontier · #**285** (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackTigerSE

I took a couple more shots. Theres like a 100 geesers walking around out in the field. (goose) Sh*t load of them! More and more everyday. I'll upload them later.

I wondre if those geese came through my way, up here we on on a major migratory bird route, we get lots of geese/swans in the spring

HKYStormFront · #**286** (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 11:49 PM

awesome shot phil, do you have any filters on the lens you were using?

Phil'sFrontier · #**287** (**permalink**) 12-25-2007, 01:25 AM

I do have a polarizing filter, but did not have it on for this shot. Just my bare naked 18-200mm VR Nikkor. After mentioning that, I think it might help cut down on the glare off the moon itself, might give it a try next time.
I adjusted the White Balance to warm it up a touch, and because I shot in Raw instead of jpeg, I was able to recover some detail out of the moon. When I took the shot, the moon was mostly washed out with very little detail. When shooting Raw, you are able to recover some of this detail.