Post your low light long exposures

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wornish

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J-see said:
Thanks. I took pretty expensive shots tonight. I carry the pod on my back and the belt snapped. A good thing it landed in such a way it broke that click system to attach the cam. I need something more solid than what manfrotto delivers.
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Have a look at Giottos, they are not mega expensive but very well made.
I have a MH1300 head with a MH621 plate which is bigger than the "normal" plate you get with most pods. It fits across 2/3rds of the camera base and really holds the camera firmly.
 
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J-see

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wornish said:
Have a look at Giottos, they are not mega expensive but very well made.
I have a MH1300 head with a MH621 plate which is bigger than the "normal" plate you get with most pods. It fits across 2/3rds of the camera base and really holds the camera firmly.
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I need to change something when it comes to podding. The reality is simple; I can not shoot at night without. But I have a serious love-hate relation with my pod. It's great to take shots but the most annoying thing one can carry around. Especially when you got some more gear and two dogs.

I either need to find a new method to carry that is easy and doesn't make the pod bump into everything when dark or I need something different. I've been pondering about the problem for a while now since what happened last night would have happened sooner or later. Or I'll end up in the water one day because the pod grabs hold of something while I'm walking.
 
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J-see

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It was a lovely day but sadly a bad night for shooting. A monotone gray sky only differing in color where light pollution turns it yuck-orange.

In the middle of a shot I did hear a boat in the distance but by the time my shot was finished and I moved and readied the cam, it had already passed me. Too bad.

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J-see

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I adjusted this one. I had the impression the previous was too dark obscuring some detail. I assume this is an improvement.

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J-see

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I forgot to change ISO and seriously overexposed but when salvaging, all kinds of colors showed. I have to experiment with that some more.

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I wish I knew what exactly happened. It's definitely worth repeating.
 
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Heka

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I posted this already to "birds in flight"-discussion (since this is about birds "flying"), but this still might be more about long exposures:

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No major post-processing, this is just a 25sec exposure with some manual lens adjustment (from 200mm to 70mm and some repositioning). I think this was the 18th try...
 
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J-see

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It has been raining from the moment I woke up until now. At least that provides time to go through my unfinished folder.

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thegaffney

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Here is 2 I did the other week, the first one is one of the pictures used to make the second one, the second one is 150 30sec pictures layered together

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J-see

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Stars + landscape in one shot will require some more experimenting to find the right settings. This one is going into the right direction but not yet there. ISO blending adds too much noise.

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J-see

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Here's the same shot at ISO 3200 which is five stops overexposed compared to the other. I've always been shooting high ISO when doing stars convinced it was required to get enough light in and thus detail but apparently it makes little difference. Yes there are more stars but maybe at 200 or 400 ISO I grab those too.

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And both blended together using multiple versions of both.

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