Monday evening I drove the 45 minutes from my house down toward Mt. Shasta hoping that I might get a once-in-a-year shot with the mountain, full moon and wild flowers all briefly coexisiting simultaneously. Clouds were coming later that night and by next month's full moon the flowers at this low elevation will be toast.
The featureless sky, so-so composition and flat front-lighting didn't make for a particularly great shot. Wind also made it impossible to keep enough DOF and a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the motion of the flowers. However, I thought the event itself was worth sharing.
For an interesting look at the difference 20 minutes and some artificial light makes check out the shot I posted in ESS. I took this one after the sun had set, and experimented with some hand-held fill flash to illuminate the FG and help stop the motion of the flowers during a 5 second exposure.
Hi Sean, you hard work almost paid off big time if the sky would have cooperated. You know, you can get around the DOF problem but it is a pain to do so. Just like one can blend different exposures in PS, you can do the same with focus. Image you lowered it down to f/8, ISO 800 or something for a fast enough speed, well as long as you never moved the camera from your 5 second exposure, you can paste the fast one right on top of the other in layers on PS and simply mask away the OOF areas. PS Cheats lol!
A joy to see. At the least, this image helps minorly summon the emotions that run through me while experiencing evening light in the mountainous areas. The moon is always a welcome addition. Nice work.
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5 repliesThe featureless sky, so-so composition and flat front-lighting didn't make for a particularly great shot. Wind also made it impossible to keep enough DOF and a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the motion of the flowers. However, I thought the event itself was worth sharing.
For an interesting look at the difference 20 minutes and some artificial light makes check out the shot I posted in ESS. I took this one after the sun had set, and experimented with some hand-held fill flash to illuminate the FG and help stop the motion of the flowers during a 5 second exposure.