Beanbag
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Got a new Canon 5D Mk2 21mp DSLR camera months back, and have been using it mainly for shooting HD video. However, it is a superb still camera as well (one of the reasons I bought it), so after being woken up after three hours of sleep and not being able to get back to sleep, I grabbed the camera and my new tripod and went looking for vistas of interest. I used to do this sort of thing back in my film days, doing long exposure shots of buildings and architecture at night on Kodachrome 64 slide film. The trick is being able to visualize ahead of time how the lighting will balance out and how the colors will shift. For Kodachrome 64, the typical exposure was between two and four minutes at f/11, allowing for reciprocal failure.
With digital, with an ISO of 1600, exposure averaged around eight seconds at f/11, plus you have the luxury of knowing immediately what the image looks like. Here's five scaled images from the shoot. Two are of a tollway overpass that has always fascinated me with its soaring structures, one is of an overpass pylon being cast, one is of a commuter rail station under construction, and one is of a brick street curb in a town square.
With digital, with an ISO of 1600, exposure averaged around eight seconds at f/11, plus you have the luxury of knowing immediately what the image looks like. Here's five scaled images from the shoot. Two are of a tollway overpass that has always fascinated me with its soaring structures, one is of an overpass pylon being cast, one is of a commuter rail station under construction, and one is of a brick street curb in a town square.
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