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Post by mumbles on Jul 15, 2008 23:45:17 GMT 12
After seeing a friend off at Wells tonight I had a quick play with two new things: A tripod and night photography..... 737 departing. Tripod swivel obviously not locked quite tight enough....   737's on final, with the wake of another clearly visible on the surface of Evans Bay  Need to do a proper expedition and spend some time, as this has potential to produce some cool looking results |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 16, 2008 0:06:52 GMT 12
FANTASTIC!!
That second one especially looks amazing. Well done Sam.
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Post by bazzaboeing on Jul 16, 2008 9:19:23 GMT 12
Great couple of shots there,had a plane just landed to make those marks on the water in the second shot? Cheers Barry  |
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Post by Kereru on Jul 16, 2008 9:25:18 GMT 12
Two excellent shots there Sam, well done.
I look forward to more soon.
Cheers
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Post by stu on Jul 16, 2008 11:10:17 GMT 12
Need to do a proper expedition and spend some time, as this has potential to produce some cool looking results ;D ;D ;D What do you mean by potential, you're already producing some cool looking results ... they're outstanding. I look forward to more. Cheers, Stu.  |
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 16, 2008 11:18:27 GMT 12
Nice work, Sam.
More, more, more! ;D
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Post by nzompilot on Jul 16, 2008 12:14:40 GMT 12
I tried something similar when I was in Wellington the weekend of the Ohakea airshow in March - the results were less than spectacular comapred to these - simply stunning - keep up the good work
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Post by amitch on Jul 16, 2008 13:07:01 GMT 12
Hi Good first effort. I did a quick edit to one of the photos to show the effect of setting a black point using levels or curves. I also applied a bit of unsharpmask.  Some of the tricks to getting good night shots are, a stable tripod, the lowest iso setting you can, using manual shutter speed and aperture settings (this will mean having a play first) and lots of time. Here's one I did a while back on a very cold night when as luck would have it, this is the only aircraft that did anything for about 30 minutes. 20 seconds at F13, iso 100.  |
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Post by amitch on Jul 16, 2008 15:17:36 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jul 16, 2008 18:10:06 GMT 12
Beautiful photos guys. Good work, look forward to more.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 16, 2008 18:32:29 GMT 12
Great photos Alex. That one of the airport you took, was the plane going up on that steep angle or is it more coming towards you and an optical illusion of steepness? It looks very impressive. The river shots are nice too.
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Post by mumbles on Jul 16, 2008 23:03:40 GMT 12
Hey thanks for all the compliments guys, very cool ;D Bazza, yes the tram lines on the water are caused by the wake turbulence/vortices of a 737 that had just landed. The calm water shows them up well, I thought they were boat wakes at first, then realised what was going on Heres what they can look like during the day:  Amitch, thanks for the advice. The runway shot was F25 at ISO 400 for 30sec, while the bay shot was ISO 800 F4 for 2sec, as I was worried about the incoming landing lights streaking and messing up the reflection on the water. Mucho graininess though! In hindsight I would have set the ISO lower, but was mainly concerned with playing with the aperture and letting the other settings follow on automatic. Now that I've done that, my next attempts will be using manual settings like I would during the day. I will also invest in a remote shutter release, as I'm not sure the movement wasn't caused by me pressing the switch. I'll have another go soon, weather dependent  . |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 16, 2008 23:59:41 GMT 12
I wonder what it's like for the surfers in Lyall bay when the wakes pass over them.
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Post by mumbles on Jul 17, 2008 0:28:05 GMT 12
No-one surfs off the end of the runway Dave, the break is off to the west side.
I haven't noticed any particularly hazardous effects when standing under the approach path. The vortices can be heard coming, and produce a mild swirly breeze in my experience.
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Post by Kereru on Jul 17, 2008 9:59:30 GMT 12
Sam if you haven't got a remote release you can use the self timer if your camera has one?
Cheers
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Post by mumbles on Jul 18, 2008 1:06:38 GMT 12
Applying lessons learned during a quick foray tonight. Practice practice practice and all that Thanks for the tip about the timer Kereru, hadn't thought of that and it worked well . ATR arriving  Beech 1900 leaving. I'll frame it better next time ;D  Stopped by the ferry terminal on the way home  And the Petone Foreshore. Very misty, damp and still in Wellington tonight.  |
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