Posted by nate fucile on October 11, 2008 at 3:03 PM
hey im just looking for some advice before i head out to block island. I always have trouble with my camera when shooting sunsets/sunrises. even with lowest possible iso and manual focus on infinity the colors just become a blur. Is there anything else that can effect the graininess of color that im not aware of? any help will be greatly appreciated
Posted by Mark Stahlke on October 11, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Hi Nate,
I'm not sure what you mean by "the colors just become a blur". Can you elaborate? Or, better yet, post a sample image.
Cheers,
Posted by Steve Foss on October 11, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Nate, you'll get really clear, directed advice if you post not only the sample image and the gear used (camera body, lens, tripod, remote shutter release, etc), but all the exif data like shutter speed, iso and aperture.
If you give folks here enough to go on, you'll get good tips. Otherwise it's a bit like shooting in the dark.
Posted by nate fucile on October 12, 2008 at 12:29 PM
ok thanks guys here is a link to an exam-ple sorry its sideways . For tech info i just have a point and shoot panasonic dmcfz18k . I used a tripod and self timer ,ap 8,iso 100,shutter 1/1.6,and i manually focsed on infinity and aimed a little off to the right of the sun .
Posted by David Bostedo on October 12, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Hey Nate - I don't see the link. Right off that bat, though I can think of a possible problem; An Aperture of f/8 on that camera will cause you to lose some resolution due to diffraction. (You can read about diffraction on this Cambridge in Colour tutorial.) Essentially, the light is being spread out over multiple pixels, because the pixel size is very small.
I'm not sure if that's playing into your problem or not - it really would help to see a link to the image and have you describe what's wrong with it (maybe a 100% crop if necessary). But if it's a diffraction issue, I wouldn't go higher than about f/4 or f/5.6. This will necessitate a shorter exposure or perhaps the use of ND filters, depending on what you want.
Posted by Larry Fischer on October 13, 2008 at 10:48 AM
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5 repliesI'm not sure what you mean by "the colors just become a blur". Can you elaborate? Or, better yet, post a sample image.
Cheers,
If you give folks here enough to go on, you'll get good tips. Otherwise it's a bit like shooting in the dark.
I'm not sure if that's playing into your problem or not - it really would help to see a link to the image and have you describe what's wrong with it (maybe a 100% crop if necessary). But if it's a diffraction issue, I wouldn't go higher than about f/4 or f/5.6. This will necessitate a shorter exposure or perhaps the use of ND filters, depending on what you want.
Terrific referral site. Thanks a lot !!!
Larry