This time our subject is an illumnated fountain inside the Bonaventure Hotel, as shot from above.
We start with a 1/13 second exposure (F/4.5) , which gives little detail on the water burbling up (but does show some detail on the palm next to it):
Then we move to 1/40 second (and open the shutter a bit to F/3.5 to compensate) , and we start to make out the bubbles (the palm gets darker):
And finally to 1/160 second (still F/3.5) , where we can see the apex of the water shooting up and the distinct bubbles in the foam circling out (but the palm is almost completely lost):
Here's a close-crop on that last shot, which is really what speeding it up was going for:
It's true: Timing is everything.
(Apologies to real photographers, who wouldn't bother with this nonsense. I suppose it's only because I'm still learning that I find this remotely interesting.)
But you are a "real photographer." A snapshooter wouldn't take the time to vary exposure, trying to nail the image he envisions.
ReplyDeleteI like the last two shots. Reminds me of deep space shots, nebulas and whatnot.
Ray
Clarification regarding the parenthetical self-deprecating remark at the end:
ReplyDeleteIt's not that taking all the different exposures is unlike a "real" photographer; it's the blathering on about the process that strikes me as something a "real" photographer wouldn't do, because a "real" photographer wouldn't be so fascinated with how different exposures turn out.
But I could be wrong. Ultimately, I'm not sure what "real" photographers do. If they do this, then apparently, yes, I am.
(Seemed like there would be more to it.)
Thanks, Ray.