Valentine's Day, in light.

Any day is a good day to put an idea on paper, as it were. Today, the flashlight was my victim. Here is the result:



For those looking for an idea for Valentine's Day: it's more creative than a store bought card and your date/girlfriend/wife will love it because you created it. All you need is a little camera skill, a tripod and some patience. A dark room also helps (turn off the lights at night).

365/97 Capturing Motion/4

To take this photo, I set my camera to take a long exposure (f/22, 8 seconds), on a tripod and then dropped a balloon and manually set off my flash a few times. Here is the result!


Lens and camera settings:
50mm f/2.0 @ f/22, 8 seconds, ISO 100. OCF handheld flash @ 1/4th power.

365/84 Night TIme/5

It's candle light time! Today I decided it's time for a low light exposure with just the light of a candle as light source. I can tell you, last time I did this with my OM-10 film camera, and with 400 speed film, it didn't look anywhere near this good. Even at 100% crop, the tiny little bit of noise was forcefully shoved out the building by noise ninja and left a crisp sharp image behind.


Lens and camera settings:
50mm f/2.0 @ f/8.0 (for more DOF, small DOF didn't look good in this light), 2.5 seconds and ISO 400.

365/83 Night Time/4

Tonight was a good night for photography. Any CC is always welcome, don't be afraid to slap me with bad CC when needed ;-)

Lens and camera settings:

14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 II @ 14mm, f/22, 40 seconds and ISO 400 (I really like this ISO for night photos with that particular f/stop. Not much noise, even at 100% resolution).

Day 3, retake

I decided I can't get away with swaying from the theme, so I took one from the front window. It's not great, but it's a night photo and it even has some motion from traffic in it.

Lens and camera settings:

14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 II @ 14mm, f/11, 30 seconds and ISO 400.

365/81 Night Time/2

I think I need more practice with night shots, but it's not bad for my first try at long exposure. I really just need a better location, because it's kind of boring down my street, as you can see.

Lens and camera settings:

14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 II @ 14mm, f/22, 20 seconds and ISO 1000.

365/80 Night Time/1

I wanted a "natural light" dark photo, so no flash was used. Instead I used a desk lamp and turned off all other lights. I say it's a success! It's amazing what the camera can still capture with almost zero light! And since I shot at ISO 100, there is no noise at all!

Lens and camera settings:

14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 @ 40mm, f/8.0, 2.5 seconds and ISO 100.