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GeekKopi · November 2015

Thanks gents. Here's a photo snapped up yesterday morning in Williamstown VIC at Ferguson pier.

GeekKopi · December 2015

Yeh yeh yeh it's been done to bits. Nothing to see here folks. It's only #Princes #Pier #Melbourne with a sunset that flared my 14 lens elements. But it looks so damn cool - bringing back the #flares. The blue sky and water vs. that orange sun. The colours remind me of covers and spreads in 80's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazines where they cool the white balance and use orange gels to flash the models. Anyways it's always fun to get out there.

FreshCoffee2 · December 2015

Well, still a great fodo regardless... ;D The rest of us are reduced to snapping photos of all kinds of other mundane stuff !

Koffee_Kosmo · December 2015

I tried my hand at night / long exposure ( first time in over 30 years ???) Although I snapped over a dozen images at varying time lengths to get my bearings This photo I chose to share from the test batch is more to do with light and shadow over image crispness or clear detail KK

GeekKopi · December 2015

A quick tip for photographing at night to calculate a good exposure. First set you cameras ISO to 6400. This is just for exposure calculation. You won't be take long a photo at this ISO. If your light meter reads a 1 second exposure at ISO6400, then that equals 60 seconds at ISO100. 2 seconds = 2 minutes And so on. This is just a guide. You might need to exposure a bit shorter or longer depending on how you envision the photo turning out. You would want to take a photo at ISO100 to avoid the severe grain at night that you will get with a higher ISO. Basically it's a 6 stop difference in light between ISO6400 and ISO100 (1 second and 60 seconds respectively).

Brett H · December 2015

Great advice GK! Do you not just use a light-meter like us lazy folk??

GeekKopi · December 2015

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Great advice GK! Do you not just use a light-meter like us lazy folk??

haha. In situations when 30seconds gives you an underexposed image you need to use BULB mode. So you need a way to calculate your exposure. Still use the light meter on the camera but with ISO6400 then do the calc to work out the time for ISO100. [emoji108]

GeekKopi · December 2015

Sorry. Failed to mention this is for those that don't have an expensive light meter that can provide you an exposure time over 60seconds. [emoji482]

Koffee_Kosmo · December 2015

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A quick tip for photographing at night to calculate a good exposure. First set you cameras ISO to 6400. This is just for exposure calculation. You won't be take long a photo at this ISO. If your light meter reads a 1 second exposure at ISO6400, then that equals 60 seconds at ISO100. 2 seconds = 2 minutes And so on. This is just a guide. You might need to exposure a bit shorter or longer depending on how you envision the photo turning out. You would want to take a photo at ISO100 to avoid the severe grain at night that you will get with a higher ISO. Basically it's a 6 stop difference in light between ISO6400 and ISO100 (1 second and 60 seconds respectively).

Thanks That photo was ISO 400 F 5.6 Bulb Mode ( I can use the touch screen to activate and I can see the counter time to stop ) Can't remember length but I liked that photo over the more normal ones because of the shadows KK

GeekKopi · December 2015

A little sunset from a few days ago. This was taken at Fort Gellibrand. For some info on the location visit http://www.mhhv.org.au/?p=2351

Brett H · December 2015

Lovely. Used my camera last night to do some photography of a concert. Absolutely sensational results. I shot in raw and jpg and the buffer just did not suffer. I'm loving the 750 because it's so powerful yet so compact.

GeekKopi · December 2015

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Lovely. Used my camera last night to do some photography of a concert. Absolutely sensational results. I shot in raw and jpg and the buffer just did not suffer. I'm loving the 750 because it's so powerful yet so compact.

Gotta love a compact FF body. I'm now holding out for the D5 which is anything but compact.

Brett H · December 2015

That's a serious camera! Sooooo, who's getting a 14-24f2.8 then?? Would you not be better if waiting for the 810 upgrade Te rumoured D900?? The landscape potential is medium-format worthy just with the 810 alone!! NikonRumours: New 20MP FX sensor 4k video 173 autofocus points (update: new focusing module with larger coverage) Native high ISO of 102,400 15 fps Body design similar to the D4s Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2015/06/22/the-nikon-d5-is-rumored-to-have-a-native-high-iso-of-102400-and-4k-video.aspx/#ixzz3tmOUrwYP

GeekKopi · December 2015

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That's a serious camera! Sooooo, who's getting a 14-24f2.8 then?? Would you not be better if waiting for the 810 upgrade Te rumoured D900?? The landscape potential is medium-format worthy just with the 810 alone!! NikonRumours: New 20MP FX sensor 4k video 173 autofocus points (update: new focusing module with larger coverage) Native high ISO of 102,400 15 fps Body design similar to the D4s Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2015/06/22/the-nikon-d5-is-rumored-to-have-a-native-high-iso-of-102400-and-4k-video.aspx/#ixzz3tmOUrwYP

ill check them both out when specs are released. Hopefully DR surpasses 16stops. I'm trying to avoid the need for expensive square grad filters and just use post if the DR is there. So far with the d7200 I can boost exposure by 2-3 stops on foregrounds without degrading quality and still produce printable photos. So based on that info you can tell I underexposed a tad to not blow out the sky.

GeekKopi · December 2015

Out on the town last night. First photo is Webb Bridge Docklands Melbourne. The second one is from under the Bolte bridge. Had to correct for lens flare due to bright lights in post as I shot fairly stopped down for depth field. If I shot fairly wide open it wouldn't be an issue but it wasn't the result I was going for.

Koffee_Kosmo · December 2015

If you are in Melbourne City at night again I wouldn't mind seeing this scene photographed at night with your keen experimental eye Photo taken with my Canon Ixus when I was recently there on stopover

GeekKopi · December 2015

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If you are in Melbourne City at night again I wouldn't mind seeing this scene photographed at night with your keen experimental eye Photo taken with my Canon Ixus when I was recently there on stopover

I'll give it a go one of these nights KK. The arts centre does come up well at night.

Brett H · December 2015

Great pics chaps... Love those stars GK!

GeekKopi · December 2015

In other news. I now am authorised seller of NISI square filters and systems for landscape artists. I'm not advertising just sharing the news.

Koffee_Kosmo · December 2015

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In other news. I now am authorised seller of NISI square filters and systems for landscape artists. I'm not advertising just sharing the news.

I will have to get you to post or email me a how to guide by July 2016 That's when I am going to Papua New Guinea I should have time to be up early and set up at the back of the ship or when I visit a volcano ect Probably need one of those filters that turn day into night KK

GeekKopi · December 2015

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I will have to get you to post or email me a how to guide by July 2016 That's when I am going to Papua New Guinea I should have time to be up early and set up at the back of the ship or when I visit a volcano ect Probably need one of those filters that turn day into night KK

happy to help with landscape shooting anytime KK.

Brett H · December 2015

Good work!! I'll keep hat in mind!

Koffee_Kosmo · December 2015

A couple on Canon EOS70D night traffic photos I was a passenger and I just snapped these through the windscreen while traveling on the highway KK

GeekKopi · December 2015

Hi KK. if I may, bump your ISO up a few stops. It will give you a brighter exposure and provide some more detail. When I do some night shots, especially if I want some nice bright stars im shooting at ISO3200 sometimes even at 6400 with my lens wide open. What was your ISO and aperature for those photos? I did a quick snap last night outside my garage to test noise performance of my camera at high ISO. note there was heaps of ambient light and light pollution. The result, ny camera captured stars I couldn't even see.

Koffee_Kosmo · December 2015

GK I just had it on Auto setting as I was in a moving car KK

Brett H · December 2015

I've never shot stars or lightening or fireworks but spiders....I've shot spiders.....

Brett H · December 2015

It's not sharp due to my fear.....

GeekKopi · December 2015

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I've never shot stars or lightening or fireworks but spiders....I've shot spiders.....

this cannot be unseen. Thanks B.

GeekKopi · December 2015

Killer sunrise the other morning. The sky was magic - all kinds of vivid colours.... well worth getting up early. Photo taken before the sun hit the horizon. ISO100, 11mm, f8, 408s | NiSi Filters ND1000, NiSi GND8

Brett H · December 2015

Lovely! How are you allowed to leave the nest at that hour with a young one at home and a permanently tired significant other?? I was given permission to mow today because the children couldn't be seen in the grass. Perhaps there's a new thread idea....

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