Sunday, October 24, 2004

Luminous Tree



105mm equiv, 1 sec at f/5, ISO 200
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There are a couple of strongly coloured lights shining on the tree, I though it looked cool as it's so sharp against the blur of the bus behind.

posted by Daaave at 10:27 pm

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i love that picture. so pretty. so full of colour and movement. (can i do that with the camera i have - a 'canonet ql19'. it's really old, but i can manually set the f stop and shutter speeds. and other than the film being iso 200, is it a special type, to capture all that colour? - or can i use regular old fugi film that i get at walmart?)

7:13 am  
Blogger Daaave said...

Hi Ardean,

I'm sure you can capture pictures just like this, and to be honest you should
be able to get pictures better than this with a 'proper' camera!

You'll need to use a tripod obviously (or a wall, or stable thing that you can rest the camera on). With ISO100 or 200 film and a city centre scene just as this I'm no expert by a long shot but I'd start with a small aperture (above f/8) and try shutter speeds of between 1-5 seconds. You really need a light meter if you haven't got the gut feel for the right exposure settings. I rely almost totally on my camera metering the light for me and suggesting a suitable exposure. I have a LOT to learn. I can only suggest get out and give it a go and don't worry about it too much. You might get some surprisingly interesting results!

Try and choose a subject with plenty of interest, but not too many items fighting for attention.

I hope this helps!

5:46 pm  

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