Figure I'll start it off this month...
January 2 by Steven Szabo, on Flickr
Figure I'll start it off this month...
January 2 by Steven Szabo, on Flickr
Originally posted by HeavyD
you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.
Was out on Vancouver Island for Christmas. Had some fun with my new Lee Big Stopper:
Neck Point Park (2 of 3) by ryankarr, on Flickr
Self Portrait by ryankarr, on Flickr
Neck Point Park (1 of 3) by ryankarr, on Flickr
I really want them to make a big stopper for the 14-24 filter holder, but apparently flare is a big issue. I really like the first one.
Originally posted by HeavyD
you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.
Cool effect in that second photo. For us uneducated, what is a 'big stopper' and how did you make that effect? I'm assuming it was a single exposure in camera and not photoshopped...
a big stopper is a 10 Stop ND filter made by lee filters...so just makes for some really long shutter speeds.
Originally posted by HeavyD
you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.
Cool. I've been using my polarizing filter for longer exposures but that look much better!
Yup, the Lee is the nicest because it's a square filter system so it just clips on and off the lens. You can get B+W 10 stop circular ND's but it's a hassle screwing it on and off.
With a 10 stop filter on, you literally cannot see through the viewfinder. Sometimes Liveview works with the brightness cranked up, but it's still difficult.
B+W has a 6 stop filter which is a good compromise. Liveview can see through it and it still lets you get 5-10 second exposures in daylight.
That second picture was a 68 second exposure. Start exposure, run over and sit on bench, wait for stopwatch to beep, run back and stop exposure. So I turned out a little transparent.
What aperture were you using? 68 seconds almost seems fast but I guess the sky was probably brighter than it looks in the photos since they're B&W.
They were both at F8. Depending on what browser you use, you should get either Opanda iExif or a similar plug in and as long as the information is there, it will display the settings the picture was taken at. The one I have for Chrome, I simply roll my mouse over the picture and it displays the exif information.Originally posted by davidI
What aperture were you using? 68 seconds almost seems fast but I guess the sky was probably brighter than it looks in the photos since they're B&W.
was the water even remotely calm on the first shot or no? just wondering just how effective it is at smoothing it out...I could stack two three stop filters on the 14-24 and get an "ok" result...
Originally posted by HeavyD
you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.
Thanks for the tip on the EXIF data.Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
They were both at F8. Depending on what browser you use, you should get either Opanda iExif or a similar plug in and as long as the information is there, it will display the settings the picture was taken at. The one I have for Chrome, I simply roll my mouse over the picture and it displays the exif information.
So what would be the difference between taking this photo at F8 with the ND filter vs. at F30 without? DOF?
DOF and the fact that diffraction kicks in after about F11 on most cameras, so the image would be pretty soft at the really tiny apertures.Originally posted by davidI
Thanks for the tip on the EXIF data.
So what would be the difference between taking this photo at F8 with the ND filter vs. at F30 without? DOF?
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^ nice exposure! Were you spot metering or just crank up a stop?
My Singh-Ray filter goes from 2-8 stops, its quite handy if you don't want to pack around a bunch of different filters.Originally posted by blitz
Yup, the Lee is the nicest because it's a square filter system so it just clips on and off the lens. You can get B+W 10 stop circular ND's but it's a hassle screwing it on and off.
With a 10 stop filter on, you literally cannot see through the viewfinder. Sometimes Liveview works with the brightness cranked up, but it's still difficult.
B+W has a 6 stop filter which is a good compromise. Liveview can see through it and it still lets you get 5-10 second exposures in daylight.
That second picture was a 68 second exposure. Start exposure, run over and sit on bench, wait for stopwatch to beep, run back and stop exposure. So I turned out a little transparent.
Last edited by 89coupe; 01-03-2011 at 02:40 AM.
And that filter cost just as much as my entire Lee kit including holder, 77mm wide angle adapter, 4mm 2 Stop glass GND and the Big stopper. Nice, but not a great value IMO.
Go4Long, on the 1st shot the water wasn't calm, but not exactly rough. Here's an example just around the corner from the 1st one. 50 second exposure.
Rough by ryankarr, on Flickr
Smooth by ryankarr, on Flickr
Aren't those 14-24mm filters insanely expensive? I hate to think of the cost of stacking a few. That's the reason I went with the 16-35mm, I use filters a lot so as sexy as the 14-24mm is it just didn't work for me.
I guess it depends on how you classify insanely expensive...lol
I happen to have an amazing wife that bought me the holder for Christmas, which was crazy since I had only mentioned that I was getting it once, and really I'm just impressed that she managed to figure out what lens I was shooting with and find it for a good deal (although she enlisted the help of one of my friends).
The filter holder is $375 US from B&H, and the filters are $120 each also from B&H...locally the holder is $650 at TCS and the filters are $200 each. The real problem is that the filters are facing big supply issues so everyone is saying between 6 and 12 weeks, which is shitty.
Originally posted by HeavyD
you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.
I paid a little under $300 for it at the Camerstore.Originally posted by blitz
And that filter cost just as much as my entire Lee kit including holder, 77mm wide angle adapter, 4mm 2 Stop glass GND and the Big stopper. Nice, but not a great value IMO.
Yeah...she's an 11 in every way...the last few days while I've been at work she's been at home working on renovating our upstairs bathroom...and she's three months pregnant...lol. She's awesome...I'm a lucky man.Originally posted by blitz
That is a nice wife!
Originally posted by HeavyD
you know you are making the right decision if Toma opposes it.