At Yosemite last weekend, I was without my tripod. And I wanted to shoot this waterfall. It was bright overhead (Sun was beating down), and I still wanted a blur. So, handheld I had to shoot. What were Naveen's choices?
1. Wide aperture? No. I wouldn't be able to capture the blur.
2. Narrow aperture? Yes. But that would also make the picture too bright. So, I set exposure compensation few stops down, and I shot this. f/22. What would the shutter speed be? 1/60 was the slowest for handhelds. I took a deep breath, supported my elbow on my knee, and shot at 1/10sec. Well, there is camera shake, but I think my sharp-shooting skills helped.
I hadn't used the exposure compensation feature in the camera in this manner. It worked. I hope.
...nice....this is without a tripod. 1/10 sec is pretty tough with just your hands/knees, etc....but, came out pretty nicely.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see a similar shot with the tripod just for comparison. Always wanted to see the basic difference. the exposure compensation probably makes a huge difference here since it would probably be too bright with a 1/10 sec shutter.
good one naveen.. this would be a good example of a picture that can be converted into black and white.. lot of bright spots and some dark spots.. try it and see.. you do have to do a bit of postprocessing and you will get a great BW..
ReplyDeleteone thing that all of us need to know.. f22.. wont do justice to all the shots.. lot of lenses are rated to do well at certain apertures.. there are plenty of them lenses which wont perform at their optimum best beyond that range.. f22 may not work for many lenses.. another good home work for everyone is to find out what their lenses can and can not do..