Posted by David Clapp on September 22, 2008 at 4:56 AM
There is nothing quite like photographing in moonlight, but there is something better, photographing moolight in mist.
After shooting the Tall Ships Race in Falmouth last weekend I headed into Lands End, god knows why any more as I have far too many shots of the area. Zero luck on the coast, but some lovely hues none the less, so I headed inland a little.
This is Lanyon Quiot, a fall out of the car and press the shutter location. As the warmth of the day was cooling, this wonderful tide of mist began rolling down the hills. By 11pm it was utterly beautiful, the camera picking up all manner of hues in the sky I was unable to see, as well as stars and soft tones...what a night. I managed another three really interesting variations which I will post later on.
With the moon lighting one side I used an el-cheapo wind up pocket torch to light the side you are looking at. With a rather fast sweep of the beam it gives just enough lighting to the side you are looking at.
Posted by David Kjaer on September 22, 2008 at 5:31 AM
Hi David
Great technique, I wouldn't know where to start taking this sort of image and a stunning result!
Posted by Arron Fox on September 22, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Absolutely Corker – Well Done
Posted by Dawn Monrose on September 22, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Simply stunning! Incredible colours, and so much detail!
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on September 22, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Perfect David, the light is wonderful,
Bertl
Posted by Fran French on September 22, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Gorgeous light and texture in the stones, a real beauty.
Fran
Posted by David Clapp on September 22, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Techs were Contax 28mm f2 prime @ f4 for ISO640 for 30secs on a 1DsIII, as my 5D is corroding in silence... what an increase in signal to noise ratio. Cheers for all the comments.
Posted by David Clapp on September 22, 2008 at 7:11 PM
That certainly was interesting. I just had a look at the shots metadata and it was actually ISO 800 although I did a range of images to cover myself including a ISO640, I'll compare the two in a bit. Looking at the results form the Northlight test I should be slightly better off shooting at this ISO all the time. I think the noise control is exemplary on this camera.
Posted by John Robinson on September 22, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Cracking picture, but all this tech stuff does my head in
Great image.
JR
Discussion
21 repliesAfter shooting the Tall Ships Race in Falmouth last weekend I headed into Lands End, god knows why any more as I have far too many shots of the area. Zero luck on the coast, but some lovely hues none the less, so I headed inland a little.
This is Lanyon Quiot, a fall out of the car and press the shutter location. As the warmth of the day was cooling, this wonderful tide of mist began rolling down the hills. By 11pm it was utterly beautiful, the camera picking up all manner of hues in the sky I was unable to see, as well as stars and soft tones...what a night. I managed another three really interesting variations which I will post later on.
With the moon lighting one side I used an el-cheapo wind up pocket torch to light the side you are looking at. With a rather fast sweep of the beam it gives just enough lighting to the side you are looking at.
Great technique, I wouldn't know where to start taking this sort of image and a stunning result!
David
Danny
What a stunning result. Could you post some techs so I can get some idea of shutter speeds etc, please.
Regards
Rob
As a matter of interest what format is this image on?
Rene de Heer
Dave
Mark
T
Bertl
Fran
about 1ds3 noise may be worth a read...
T
Great image.
JR