Capturing a moving subject allows a lot of room for creativity. It allows one to show a normal scene with a zest.
Well, it is not applicable with a tiny little busy body which is driven by a busy mind, who wont sit or stay still for a millisecond to take a picture. I absolutely donot like it when Sujaya wont pose for me or stay still even to take a candid picture.
Controlling the shutter speed is the key to this.
It is always so much fun to play with different exposure as much as to play with different f stops. A slightly different exposure from the normal ones give amazing effects to an otherwise normal scene.
Taking a picture with a high shutter speed freezes the movement of the subject and this is possible where there is ample light source - be it natural or from flash.
And with slower shutter speed, a blurry, heavenly image is delivered, actually showing the movement to some extent.
A few of the high shutter speed shots from me:
The droplet photograph is one of the most difficult thing I have ever done so far. I had not expected it to be so difficult. The set up was to allow water dripping into another bowl and capture the water dripping, or the crown formed in the bowl - which ever you are lucky to get. With super high shutter speed, not knowing where to focus, chasing crazily the water drops and to the top of all - with super low light condition, it was definitely took out all my patience. But I am glad I atleast got 2 or 3 decent ones of over 250 shots.
The Sun would not look crisp like this without a high shutter speed. With a regular exposure, it will be mostly a white white sky. No drama.
Again no drama with the moon, without this super high shutter speed. Moon should not be underestimated for its illumination. It sure brightens up the picture. So to capture the craters shoot it up to 200.
And some slow shutter speed shots. This definitely needs a very steady set of hands or better a tripod. I thik tripod works better in my case. (I am still learning to install the tripod - that is a different story)
That is a long exposure shot (30 secs) and one can also see a bit of light trails. The SF city from twin peeks.
Definitely not a great pic, but a good example. With exposure set at 10 secs, the July 4 fireworks from a very wrong spot. I cant stop cringing about this still.
With f at 22 or sometimes at 29 and exposure at about 1/4. Going below this makes no point since it makes the picture over exposed.
One thing that made me feel lucky when I wanted to take pictures of moving water with slow shutter speed is very low sun light or a perfectly over cast day. A normal sunny day means, there is no chance of getting a long exposure shot under direct light. (outdoors). Plain and simple - it blows out the shot thoroughly.
The list of "to try ideas" seems to be ever growing. And so is the camera bag wish list. The second one is literally spurting with the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays around.
But I dont dare to touch the camera, because - I cant resist uploading them right away and fixing them then and there. But with this laptop of mine, uploading and editing has become a problem. My laptop starts to suffocate and choke and ultimately hangs in a couple of minutes once I put in the SD card. So taking it slow. Very slow. :)
Well, it is not applicable with a tiny little busy body which is driven by a busy mind, who wont sit or stay still for a millisecond to take a picture. I absolutely donot like it when Sujaya wont pose for me or stay still even to take a candid picture.
Controlling the shutter speed is the key to this.
It is always so much fun to play with different exposure as much as to play with different f stops. A slightly different exposure from the normal ones give amazing effects to an otherwise normal scene.
Taking a picture with a high shutter speed freezes the movement of the subject and this is possible where there is ample light source - be it natural or from flash.
And with slower shutter speed, a blurry, heavenly image is delivered, actually showing the movement to some extent.
A few of the high shutter speed shots from me:
The droplet photograph is one of the most difficult thing I have ever done so far. I had not expected it to be so difficult. The set up was to allow water dripping into another bowl and capture the water dripping, or the crown formed in the bowl - which ever you are lucky to get. With super high shutter speed, not knowing where to focus, chasing crazily the water drops and to the top of all - with super low light condition, it was definitely took out all my patience. But I am glad I atleast got 2 or 3 decent ones of over 250 shots.
The Sun would not look crisp like this without a high shutter speed. With a regular exposure, it will be mostly a white white sky. No drama.
Again no drama with the moon, without this super high shutter speed. Moon should not be underestimated for its illumination. It sure brightens up the picture. So to capture the craters shoot it up to 200.
And some slow shutter speed shots. This definitely needs a very steady set of hands or better a tripod. I thik tripod works better in my case. (I am still learning to install the tripod - that is a different story)
That is a long exposure shot (30 secs) and one can also see a bit of light trails. The SF city from twin peeks.
Definitely not a great pic, but a good example. With exposure set at 10 secs, the July 4 fireworks from a very wrong spot. I cant stop cringing about this still.
With f at 22 or sometimes at 29 and exposure at about 1/4. Going below this makes no point since it makes the picture over exposed.
One thing that made me feel lucky when I wanted to take pictures of moving water with slow shutter speed is very low sun light or a perfectly over cast day. A normal sunny day means, there is no chance of getting a long exposure shot under direct light. (outdoors). Plain and simple - it blows out the shot thoroughly.
The list of "to try ideas" seems to be ever growing. And so is the camera bag wish list. The second one is literally spurting with the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays around.
But I dont dare to touch the camera, because - I cant resist uploading them right away and fixing them then and there. But with this laptop of mine, uploading and editing has become a problem. My laptop starts to suffocate and choke and ultimately hangs in a couple of minutes once I put in the SD card. So taking it slow. Very slow. :)
