Blue Night

Blue Night, another long exposure image shot in night...

Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 20  sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/11, ISO : 200, White Balance : Auto

How to shoot long exposure or capture the motion in daylight

I love long exposure photography, couple of my friends asked me, how to shoot long exposure in daylight. So i am sharing the tips & tricks to capture long exposure in daylight.

Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 20 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/22, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto

  Gears you need:

• (D)SLR/Camera with shutter speed controller.(all DSLRs have this functionality) 
• Your three-legged friend tripod.
• ND(neutral density) filters.
• Polarised filters (it is optional) 
• Shutter release cable, if you want more than 30 second exposure.(most of the DSLRs have 30 sec then bulb mode)

Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 30  sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/22, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto

Mount your camera to tripod. Dial your camera to manual mode, set the value of your aperture and ISO as lowest as possible. Set you shutter speed or TV(for cannon users) to 10 seconds or 20 seconds. If you want more than 30 seconds exposure, then use shutter release cable and set you shutter speed to bulb mode.

Focus the subject and move the lens's focusing switch to Manual mode to lock the focus. Now attach the ND filter  and the Polarising filter(if you feel it is required) to your lens and then click the shutter release button and wait for you result.

Some scientific explanation:

ND filter is a filter that reduces or modifies the intensity of all wavelengths or colors of light equally, giving no changes in hue of color rendition. 

The purpose of a standard photographic neutral-density filter is to reduce the amount of light entering the lens. Doing so allows the photographer to capture the motion in daylight .

Focal Length : 20 mm, Shutter Speed : 10 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/25, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto

Motorway lights

Motorway lights from BTM to Electronic city Bangalore....

Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 49 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/22, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto

Long Exposure Photography

Checkout my new long exposure work, this time i'm in this frame :). 30 sec long exposure, 20 mins after sunset.

Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 30 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/13, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto

Night Light - A view through my car's windshield

Checkout my another long exposure photo..

Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 54 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/22, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto

Deepavali Festival of Lights....

In this post i'm sharing few pictures taken during Deepavali. Capturing firework is fun when you have right set of gears, i was not having tripod and shutter release cable at that pint in time, so i manage to take image 3 and 6 without the required gears. 

Result is not that bad :) what do you think?????

Focal Length : 45 mm Shutter Speed : 1/4th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.3 ISO : 200 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 40 mm Shutter Speed : 1/6th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 1.6 sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 45 mm Shutter Speed : 1/4th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.3 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 40 mm Shutter Speed : 1/40th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.3 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 4.7 sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Paint with the lights

Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources. (from:wikipedia)

Normally light painting will be done during night or in dark room,  All you need a study tripod or bean bag and set exposure time 30 sec. or more. Now with the help of hand-held light source(flash light..) start drawing your imagination in the air.

Focal Length : 18mm   Shutter Speed : 30 sec  f stop(Aperture)  : f/3.5 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18mm   Shutter Speed : 30 sec  f stop(Aperture)  : f/3.5 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 55mm   Shutter Speed : 20 sec  f stop(Aperture)  : f/5.6 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18mm   Shutter Speed : 30 sec  f stop(Aperture)  : f/3.5 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

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