A perfect opportunity to take some snaps of the department atrium with full lighting (and without being disturbed)!
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I think I'm finally starting to master hand-holding "low-light" shots with longish exposures (the first one here is 1/3 second). Especially compared to this mess just a few months ago. Still, it's of course no match for a tripod shot. However, deep down I'd really just like fancier equipment that I could actually control in some way to use shorter exposures with decent results still, since trying to stand still like this in a busier location and in transit would be much harder to get these acceptable results. Also, it might not be quite as much fun learning to keep things really steady (hehe).
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Then again, maybe these were all just flukes ;)
I've always felt that shooting with a camera in low light was like shooting a rifle- inhale fully, exhale fully, pause, shoot.
ReplyDeleteTry making a brace - eg. camera in right hand, put left hand on right shoulder to make a triangle, put camera on top of left elbow. Even better if you can lean against something like a pole or column.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise just get a 2Kg camera, that helps ;)
A 2kg camera... I've had one since yesterday afternoon (more details soon) does indeed help.
ReplyDeleteThe first night-shot out the window I took with it was by and large great (especially considering that I was a bit surprised afterwards to realise it had chosen to do a 1 sec exposure). Had to pixel peep quite hard to see what looked like faint 2-px blur :)
Anyways, the brace idea is something that I've heard of, though haven't really tried yet. The ones here were mostly done through a combination of pulling the camera in quite closely, and various variations on the breathing idea which seem to get things most of the way there.