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lampwortroy

24th February 2009 08:57 AM

2008 gdsf

lampwortroy

24th February 2009 09:02 AM

lampwortroy

24th February 2009 09:05 AM

And a few daylight ones
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ols2008065.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ols2008359.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ols2008386.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s2008437-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ols2008440.jpg

jamiepreston

24th February 2009 04:53 PM

Have got any of the Savage at nightime?

Phil Procter

24th February 2009 08:05 PM

Roy

The night shots are excellent, I always try and get night shots when possible myself.

Have you tried a really small aperture and an even longer exposure, I took some night shots in St Marks square Venice a couple of years ago with about a 20 second exposure, it was crowded with moving people at the time, but because of the long exposure they all disappeared and left the scene eerily empty.

It might not work as well with traction engines and fairground rides but may be worth a try.
Have a go at the fireworks display at Pickering with this method, that does work OK.

Here's one from 2006
http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...006-011-01.jpg

Phil

Spudman

24th February 2009 08:48 PM

Fireworks Pickering

A very nice photo, like the reflection in the water.

Andy myers

24th February 2009 09:17 PM

good pictures :)

lampwortroy

24th February 2009 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Procter (Post 53867)

Roy
The night shots are excellent, I always try and get night shots when possible myself.
Have you tried a really small aperture and an even longer exposure, I took some night shots in St Marks square Venice a couple of years ago with about a 20 second exposure, it was crowded with moving people at the time, but because of the long exposure they all disappeared and left the scene eerily empty.
It might not work as well with traction engines and fairground rides but may be worth a try.
Have a go at the fireworks display at Pickering with this method, that does work OK.
Phil

I have tried digital, using different exposures/shutter speeds with total failures. With these, I used a tripod and the camera set to automatic. The trouble comes when you have to decide which item you want to be stationary, and which item you want the camera to focus on because the camera uses an automatic time exposure usually between a quarter of a second and one second, hence the need for a good tripod. If you take the right choice, the camera can do a wonderful job, but get it wrong and then everything is blurred simply because my digital camera does not know what to focus on when it is dark.

Phil Procter

24th February 2009 10:28 PM

Roy

A lot depends on the camera, mine is an oldish but good quality Canon G5.
It has pretty much all the functions and modes that an SLR has, but in a semi-compact body.
I use the manual mode for these shots, and also turn off the auto focus, when you have a very small aperture setting to allow the long exposure, things stay in focus better because of the greater depth of field (I think I got that right !!)
Its a bit like the old pin-hole camera idea.

Phil

YYS4BOB

24th February 2009 10:35 PM

Yes. Small aperture = greater depth of field + longer exposure. I use the AV setting and make sure the flash is turned off.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...IMG_6558-1.jpg

BMW	25th February 2009 09:31 PM

great pictures thanks for sharing

Steaming North

25th February 2009 10:01 PM

I think your photos are very good. Keep posting all of them as you have been in various different threads.

Am I the only one that thinks the only thing that really spoils photos you're trying to take is people? Obviously we're all in other peoples way when they take photos, but it'd be brilliant if everyone would quickly just vanish.

I can only dream of having camers similar to yours but I'll just have to wait and save for many more years.

Joe

Lancashire Lad

25th February 2009 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steaming North (Post 54074)

People have a habit of that! Then when the people are out the way, its either too dark or the exhibits disappeared...

lampwortroy

25th February 2009 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steaming North (Post 54074)

When I take photos, I need people to be in them. They show the fashion in vogue at the time of the photograph and give a size comparison with the object I am taking since we all know the approx size of the average person. Also when taking photos of subjects like traction engine rallies, 40 years on, identification of well known people at the time is often as interesting to Forums such as T-T as the actual subject.

Point of interest, my camera can now be bought for.
Point of interest, for the 2008 GDSF photos, the camera - Fujipix S9600 can be bought for £190 and has been described as:"In terms of design and style the Fuji Finepix S9600 is as close as you will get to a digital SLR without buying one."

The other photos were nearly all taken with a cheap Ilford Sportsman 35mm or a Pracktica SLR 35mm camera

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