138. Wind - January 31-February 6, 2016
Byron-
It was my theme and Friday night rolled around and I had no idea what to shoot. Luckily I have a Canadian friend that spews ideas like a machine gun. The idea of blowing out a candle on a decorated cupake was the winner. I lit it first with the flash bouncing off an umbrella. That gave me too much light all over the place. The Byro-Snoot to the rescue. I slipped that baby over the flash and Bam, I had a controlled light source.
135mm lens, ISO 100, f/11, 1/20 sec. flash set to TTL, Byro-snoot
It was my theme and Friday night rolled around and I had no idea what to shoot. Luckily I have a Canadian friend that spews ideas like a machine gun. The idea of blowing out a candle on a decorated cupake was the winner. I lit it first with the flash bouncing off an umbrella. That gave me too much light all over the place. The Byro-Snoot to the rescue. I slipped that baby over the flash and Bam, I had a controlled light source.
135mm lens, ISO 100, f/11, 1/20 sec. flash set to TTL, Byro-snoot
Deron-
Sometimes the wind you need is the wind you create.
Sometimes the wind you need is the wind you create.
Kevin-
So the question was, would my photograph represent wind or wind? Would I create an image of something, or someone, getting all wound up? Or an image of a strong blowing wind?
I finally decided on the latter. The was a pretty strong wind storm blowing through Palm Springs on Monday, and I stood in the breeze, with a weighted down tripod to capture images of a blowing American flag, and of course rotating wind turbines. Then I ultimately decided just before I sent this to go with the wind turbines.
Nikon D4s, tripod mounted (and sandbag weighted). 70-200mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens set to 116mm. A polarizing filter and a 3x neutral density filter were used. ISO 100, f/11 @ 1/20th of a second.
This is far from a superb image, but that’s a lot of spinning wind turbines!
So the question was, would my photograph represent wind or wind? Would I create an image of something, or someone, getting all wound up? Or an image of a strong blowing wind?
I finally decided on the latter. The was a pretty strong wind storm blowing through Palm Springs on Monday, and I stood in the breeze, with a weighted down tripod to capture images of a blowing American flag, and of course rotating wind turbines. Then I ultimately decided just before I sent this to go with the wind turbines.
Nikon D4s, tripod mounted (and sandbag weighted). 70-200mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens set to 116mm. A polarizing filter and a 3x neutral density filter were used. ISO 100, f/11 @ 1/20th of a second.
This is far from a superb image, but that’s a lot of spinning wind turbines!
Paul-
Wind (or, further adventures in homographs and heteronyms)
Much of Nebraska was under blizzard conditions at the start of the week. Compared to the last few years, Lincoln was hit fairly hard. Based on the theme I wanted to take a shot outside before the storm subsided too much. As such, I know it was important to: 1) have an idea what I wanted to shoot ahead of time; 2) dress for the bitter wind and cold; 3) have some camera settings in mind in advance; 4) not stay out too long; and 5) grab a tripod for a longish exposure time.
As it turns out, I did all but five of these things.
I didn’t quite get the shot I had hoped for, even after experimenting with some flash settings and trying to work through some problems in post. But I hope the impression of a hanging “twirling thingy” (great prose, huh?) near my front door being buffeted about by the storm is still evident. If you look carefully at the trunk of a tree in the right-background you can see the angle at which the snow is coming in.
Initially, I wanted to get some neat shots of the way the storm would have shaped and contoured snow drifts, but found driving out some place was problematic.
Our story so far: 18-55mm with the lens set at 45mm; aperture priority; pattern metering; ISO 1000; 1/6 sec.; f/13; .3 auto-bracketing. Camera is hand-held and set for Black & White exposure.
Wind (or, further adventures in homographs and heteronyms)
Much of Nebraska was under blizzard conditions at the start of the week. Compared to the last few years, Lincoln was hit fairly hard. Based on the theme I wanted to take a shot outside before the storm subsided too much. As such, I know it was important to: 1) have an idea what I wanted to shoot ahead of time; 2) dress for the bitter wind and cold; 3) have some camera settings in mind in advance; 4) not stay out too long; and 5) grab a tripod for a longish exposure time.
As it turns out, I did all but five of these things.
I didn’t quite get the shot I had hoped for, even after experimenting with some flash settings and trying to work through some problems in post. But I hope the impression of a hanging “twirling thingy” (great prose, huh?) near my front door being buffeted about by the storm is still evident. If you look carefully at the trunk of a tree in the right-background you can see the angle at which the snow is coming in.
Initially, I wanted to get some neat shots of the way the storm would have shaped and contoured snow drifts, but found driving out some place was problematic.
Our story so far: 18-55mm with the lens set at 45mm; aperture priority; pattern metering; ISO 1000; 1/6 sec.; f/13; .3 auto-bracketing. Camera is hand-held and set for Black & White exposure.
Jerry-
I took one of my favorite pocket watches (a gift from the Braton Foundation) and wound it up for a photo. In order to wind this old Swiss watch, you must use a little key to do the job. The key is also used to set the time. This watch is probably from the late 1880's, before stem wound watches became the latest thing. Unfortunately it doesn't work but it's fun for photos.
This was taken with the D750 on a tripod. I would hold the watch in front of the camera, put the shutter button with the self timer set, and wait a few seconds for the camera to fire. My lens was the 105mm Micro set to f32 @ 1/15, ISO 6400. Lighting came from my LED panel.
I took one of my favorite pocket watches (a gift from the Braton Foundation) and wound it up for a photo. In order to wind this old Swiss watch, you must use a little key to do the job. The key is also used to set the time. This watch is probably from the late 1880's, before stem wound watches became the latest thing. Unfortunately it doesn't work but it's fun for photos.
This was taken with the D750 on a tripod. I would hold the watch in front of the camera, put the shutter button with the self timer set, and wait a few seconds for the camera to fire. My lens was the 105mm Micro set to f32 @ 1/15, ISO 6400. Lighting came from my LED panel.
Don-
Wind as in moving air.
One of the things I think of when considering of air that
moves is flags. I was fortunate that we had a bit of wind
this week. I went around town to find flags blowing in the wind.
The Elks place provided the best example of flags being battered
and torn from their clips.
Shot at 1/3200 sec, f/3.5 and 130mm with a 70 -200mm lens.
Wind as in moving air.
One of the things I think of when considering of air that
moves is flags. I was fortunate that we had a bit of wind
this week. I went around town to find flags blowing in the wind.
The Elks place provided the best example of flags being battered
and torn from their clips.
Shot at 1/3200 sec, f/3.5 and 130mm with a 70 -200mm lens.