Posted by Danny Green on March 31, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Last time I went to Norway to photograph Golden Eagles the quality of the light was hard to work in and I got my exposure all wrong so going back a second time enabled me to learn from my mistakes. If there is anything like perfect snow then this day was the tops, big snowflakes and no wind was the key. Norway is a beautiful country I love the place.
Canon 1Ds MK11, 500mm lens, F4, 1/1000, ISO 200
Danny
Posted by Liam Pauling on March 31, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Fantastic shot Danny, the exposure is dead on! The oof snow makes it magical!
Nice atmosphere Danny - you've made the most of great opportunity.
Even with my limited experience of Norway I'd have to agree with you about the place - like it a lot.
Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Mark Davies on March 31, 2009 at 7:08 AM
I'll get me coat and I'm taking up knitting .You need an ASBO putting up pictures like this.
Posted by John Chapman on March 31, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Must have been exceptionally good light to get an exposure of 1000/4/200 in a snow shower, either that or you were underexposing it by a bit to recover later
Why use aperture priority in bad light situations? Why not use manual and adjust to suit as the light/mood changes?
Posted by Danny Green on April 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Hello Kenny
Thanks for everyone your comments and I’ll respond to your questions one by one if I may. With all that snow bouncing the light around I was able to use decent shutter speeds without compromising on the ISO. Also I didn’t need to underexpose at all, one of my first rules is to get the exposure right in camera as it avoids image degradation when processing the RAW files later. As you can see from the shutter speeds I had plenty of room to use lower shutter speeds and instead I would simply have started shooting at 1/800th or 1/640th etc etc. On the last point I tend to prefer shooting in aperture priority in these situations as the light levels were constantly fluctuating, often only marginally and under these conditions I would constantly have to be checking and re-checking my exposures. Instead I like to let the camera notice, and then adjust for, such barely perceptible light fluctuations which leaves me free to wait for the decisive moment.
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17 repliesCanon 1Ds MK11, 500mm lens, F4, 1/1000, ISO 200
Danny
It's on my long list of places to get too!!!!!
Kevin
Like it a lot.
Brett
Even with my limited experience of Norway I'd have to agree with you about the place - like it a lot.
Cheers,
Chris
Drew
Seriously, top drawer.
Pete
Fran
Major.
Must have been exceptionally good light to get an exposure of 1000/4/200 in a snow shower, either that or you were underexposing it by a bit to recover later
Why use aperture priority in bad light situations? Why not use manual and adjust to suit as the light/mood changes?
Thanks for everyone your comments and I’ll respond to your questions one by one if I may. With all that snow bouncing the light around I was able to use decent shutter speeds without compromising on the ISO. Also I didn’t need to underexpose at all, one of my first rules is to get the exposure right in camera as it avoids image degradation when processing the RAW files later. As you can see from the shutter speeds I had plenty of room to use lower shutter speeds and instead I would simply have started shooting at 1/800th or 1/640th etc etc. On the last point I tend to prefer shooting in aperture priority in these situations as the light levels were constantly fluctuating, often only marginally and under these conditions I would constantly have to be checking and re-checking my exposures. Instead I like to let the camera notice, and then adjust for, such barely perceptible light fluctuations which leaves me free to wait for the decisive moment.
Cheers Danny