Re: Holland Vacation Sept. 2019 Windmills
markyboy81 wrote:
TuVuVu wrote:
All taken with NX1 and 50-150mm S
Windy
Calm
Wow, love that first shot showing motion in the blades. Very nice!
markyboy81 wrote:
TuVuVu wrote:
All taken with NX1 and 50-150mm S
Windy
Calm
Wow, love that first shot showing motion in the blades. Very nice!
Thank you Markyboy
I so thoroughly enjoyed working this one-shot, spending ~40 minutes, taking many shots to get it 'just right for my liking', ahh, so much fun
1) Shot on Tripod was very key because it greatly helped me with 'constants' and 'variables' as discussed below.
2) Manual Everything: shutter speed purposely set constant 1/4 to control 2 variables, 1st being wind guts speed changes, 2nd being cloudy exposure lighting changes, Focus set to Manual however this is not related to variables.
2) Blades position with respect to the house: blades don't cover the house and are symmetrical with respect to the house.
3) Drive setting os 'Single'. Why? Blades not spinning fast (based on shutter setting) and the challenge knowing it would improve my skill-set. If unable to get the shot, I would have changed Drive to 8fps. Yes, I could have used bracketing, but wanted the challenge.
Picture 'Calm', was shot next, in the same location, same Camera setting technique as 'Windy'
I'm always so careful to keep the sensor clean but I totally blew it here as can be seen in the below SOOC.
Windy SOOC ugg, dirty sensor
Calm SOOC ugg, dirty sensor
I use DXO Phtotolab 3 for my Raw Post Workflow. I'm 65, married 33 years, made 3 kids (now all adults 26, 28, 31) with acquired wisdom, "Pain is a wonderful teacher". My dirty sensor....Post Processing OUCH!
FWIW I changed my signature below as a positive reminder that 'human nature' is a 'constant'.
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