ISO 800, F/4, 30 seconds. Put it on timer and run all night. That's a stackup of about 675 exposures, plus one of early dawn for a little blue color in the sky, plus a morning shot of the mountain foreground that I toned down a bunch to blend in. There is still a lot of work to do on the set to remove satellites, airplanes, one or two frames have lens flare from a car coming down a nearby street... I'm not looking forward to digging through all the frames to find these things.
If you don't need the power then by all means. I hope my math is right, but the strobe I just picked up on full is equivalent to 360,000 watts of continuous power, which isn't going to happen with continuous. http://www.google.com/search?q=overpower+the+sun&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=5GGVT7CFKIGC2AXDntzsBA&biw=1600&bih=799&sei=5mGVT97jKIPG2wWZqcCcBQ Amazing stuff, and you will absolutely need the power when doing it. I guess it just depends on what you want/need out of the lights.
Do you need an intervalometer? I still need to buy a tripod. How do you edit them all together? Sorry for the noob questions!
I used one, though you might be able to use a locking release and let the camera continually run. Also, I ran off an AC supply instead of battery. The battery would probably make it though, and if not it would make it far enough for some very long trails anyway. I downloaded some free star stacking program. "Startrails" I think.
Thanks, Dave! I believe there is a program you can download and have a 'built-in' intervalometer. I'll have to look it up. EDIT: Found it: Magic Lantern - http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Lantern_Firmware_Wiki
Of course it shows up 10 minutes before I have to walk out the door.... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hopefully, you were able to capture your anguish in a carefully crafted self portrait. Oh, you were smiling your ass off when you opened the box? Well, there's an opportunity lost.
After 3 weeks and two failed transactions and one camera with issues.......massive smile. I don't think I'm going to keep the grip, not a huge fan, anyone need one, I'll let it go cheap?
A quick snap from this afternoon. Weather was crappy today, it always seems to rain when new gear comes, hopefully tomorrow will be nicer. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've been on Fchat for a few years, mainly in the Hong Kong forum, but didn't know this thread existed until now. Thought I might share a few of my car snaps with you. All of these taken here in Hong Kong. Enjoy! Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale by R-W-P (Rupert in HK), on Flickr Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano by R-W-P (Rupert in HK), on Flickr Ferrari F355 Berlinetta by R-W-P (Rupert in HK), on Flickr Ferrari F355 GTS by R-W-P (Rupert in HK), on Flickr Nissan Fairlady Z by R-W-P (Rupert in HK), on Flickr Nissan GTR by R-W-P (Rupert in HK), on Flickr Lamborghini Gallardo by R-W-P (Rupert in HK), on Flickr I have hundreds of car photos that I've taken in HK, which you can find here...
Oh, I don't care about the moisture, just the horribly nasty dark grey skies. Luckily it looks like its going to be pretty clear today.
Can work to your advantage. Dark skies within camera DR are better than bright clouds that blow out, IMO, and can make for some nice diffuse light.
Absolutely loving this thing. I forgot how nice it was to shoot full frame and the amount you can crop is just unbelievable, those duck shots are almost 100%. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Today NYC all pics cropped heavily...I need 36 Mega pix..4 sure Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yeah..he circled the block... I wonder if the 747 has the anti missile system on it.. In case a terrorist decided to fire a shoulder mounted projectile???? Gotta wonder around here??
2 more.. what a sight...wish I could have seen a real liftoff! I could just imagine when it landed at Kennedy today...some guy yelled out DELIVERY ! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ugh, it's always something. I have my background mounted on my garage wall, I got my beauty dish today to go on my new strobe that came today, except the guy who sold it to me sent the wrong sync cord. Earliest I can actually use the thing will be monday.