Eyelight's Technique 52 for 2015

[Eyelight]

EV -4

Apparently caught this little flower yawning as it seems to have moved slightly at some point during the exposure. Parts of the flower have a double image, like it moved a little.

f/8 @ 17 minutes and 6 seconds

Crop of the flower. Looks like some parts moved more than others.

 

[wev]

I would be very surprised if it didn't move in that time

 

[Eyelight]

I would be very surprised if it didn't move in that time

Yep. Appears a minimum of 8 minute shutter speed is required to freeze a flower.

 

[Eyelight]

Still playing with EV -4

Too much light in the darkness so had to adjust up a couple EV for the conditions.

f/5.6 @ 8 minutes 36 seconds = EV -4


f/8 @ 8 minutes 36 seconds = EV -3


f/11 @ 8 minutes 37 seconds = EV -2

 

[Eyelight]

EV -4

Couple more buds at EV -4 before we move on. Really not enough light. The difference between these two is what was playing on the TV about 15 feet (5 meters) away.

f/5.6 @ 8 minutes 34 seconds = EV -4



f/8 @ 17 minutes 6 seconds = EV -4

 

[Eyelight]

Ev -3

f/4 at 131 seconds It was late (some might say early) when I posted this. It's the processed shot. SOOC below.

SOOC

 

[Eyelight]

Ev -2

f/4 at 67 seconds Processed shot. SOOC below.

SOOC

 

[Eyelight]

I was nearly asleep at the wheel last night (this morning) when I posted the EV -3 and EV -2 shots. Totally forgot to include the SOOC shots so have added them this morning.

 

[Eyelight]

Ev -1

May be my favorite yet in this journey.


f/4 at 32 seconds SOOC

And the processed version which is mostly the WB change. This tree was bathed in tungsten light from a street lamp about 50 feet away.

 

[cbay]

The WB adjustment really made them come alive.

 

[Eyelight]

EV 0 Yeahhhhh. Those -EVs are a bit time consuming, but now climbing up into the relatively fast speeds of only a few seconds.

Here's the EV 0 f/stop & shutter combinations. These are calculated values and will vary slightly from the printed tables you see online and in books.

f/stop	1.0	1.4	2.0	2.8	4.0	5.7	8.0	11.3	16.0	22.6	32.0	45.3	64.0
Shutter Speed	1	2	4	8	16	32	64	128	256	512	1024	2048	4096

SOOC - Have a reflection of some sort on the left.

Processed. Added a vignette to diminish the impact of the reflection, but still a bit too distracting.

...so used the adjustment brush to drop highlights and shadows and increase clarity of the reflection. Seemed to help a little.

 

[Eyelight]

Another EV 0

Lighting was a single ceiling light roughly 15 feet across the room.

f/4 at 15 seconds SOOC


and a little lab work

 

[Eyelight]

EV 0

One more using the same light source as post #32 but not shaded as was the plant in #32.

f/4 and 15 seconds SOOC


and just a little cropping

 

[Eyelight]

EV 0

ETA: I goofed and did not set ISO back to 100. Decided I would leave these. They are still EV 0 so helps with the point that EV is independent of ISO.

Decided to take the EV 0 show on the road or, more exactly, in the creek. A series of three using different settings.

SOOC of the scene and same as the first below (f/4 and 8 seconds)

f/4 and 8 seconds

f/5.6 and 15 seconds

f/8 and 30 seconds.

and one more a few yards down stream. f/8 and 30 seconds