Long exposures
Discussion
Somebody posted here a couple of weeks ago with a link to some incredible shots on Flickr, really long nightime shots, pretty inspiring stuff, so I thought I'd give it a this weekend. Here's my attempts. Lot to learn yet, like making sure you know what you're going to be taking shots of as its very dark, take a torch and knowing when the tides going be in etc. All the shots below were taken in complete darkness with exposures between 2 and 10 minutes.
First attempts, before my UV filter got caked in salt from Saturday
Sundays shots with clean filter and much earlier in the morning
Then off upto Orford
And finally to Aldeburgh
First attempts, before my UV filter got caked in salt from Saturday
Sundays shots with clean filter and much earlier in the morning
Then off upto Orford
And finally to Aldeburgh
Thanks for the replies guys 
. The exif should be with each of the pics. They were all taken with a D300, using a Sigma 10-20 lens, I think most were at 10-12mm. ISO was 200 for all, all on manual bulb setting and appeture at f8 (except the dark shell f4) shutter speed vary from 257 seconds to 532 seconds. All also on auto white balance
Reading various articles last night the suggestion was to stop down using exposure compensation so most at -1 to intensify the colour.
. The exif should be with each of the pics. They were all taken with a D300, using a Sigma 10-20 lens, I think most were at 10-12mm. ISO was 200 for all, all on manual bulb setting and appeture at f8 (except the dark shell f4) shutter speed vary from 257 seconds to 532 seconds. All also on auto white balance Reading various articles last night the suggestion was to stop down using exposure compensation so most at -1 to intensify the colour.
wendyg said:
Sorry to be a bit of a beginner. So do you have to stand holding the button down for 10 minutes!? Even standing around with a remote release thing for minutes on end seems a bit of a marathon - it there a trick to it?
Lol not really, plenty of warm layers 
. You can use the remotes like in above post, or if you want to cheat... take a laptop, and use software and a cable to activate the camera from the comfort of your car or something.
leightonjames said:
im glad you mentioned bulb mode, i have it on my camera but i can only use it by holding the shutter down, the camera obviously moves when doing this, laptop etc are unpractical and i don't have that available, any homemade methods?
If you have a sturdy tripod and are very gentle, I think you'll get away with it for most practical purposes, especially if using wide angle which reduces the visible signs of ageing. Sorry, I meant camera shake - went into adspeak mode there.Simpo Two said:
leightonjames said:
im glad you mentioned bulb mode, i have it on my camera but i can only use it by holding the shutter down, the camera obviously moves when doing this, laptop etc are unpractical and i don't have that available, any homemade methods?
If you have a sturdy tripod and are very gentle, I think you'll get away with it for most practical purposes, especially if using wide angle which reduces the visible signs of ageing. Sorry, I meant camera shake - went into adspeak mode there.bloody hell, 23k posts! that must be a record
leightonjames said:
im glad you mentioned bulb mode, i have it on my camera but i can only use it by holding the shutter down, the camera obviously moves when doing this, laptop etc are unpractical and i don't have that available, any homemade methods?
cheers
What camera do you have? I got my remote control for my 30D for something like £9 from Ebay (I can find link if you want it) and it's perfect. You can get even more specific and in the custom functions in canons there is one which moves the mirror first before opening the shutter; to reduce that tiny amount of movement which may be present as the mirror flicks. I've always thought the movement of the earth would cause more movement than that though in the shot.cheers
Anyhow, with the remote that I've got when you use the camera in bulb mode the remote has a lock on it so push/lock then leave for as long as possible, then unlock and shutter closes. Perfect
leightonjames said:
bloody hell, 23k posts! that must be a record
Not even close. PetrolTed has around 36k posts on here IIRCAnd there is a guy on the MLR (moses) that has around 50k posts over 3 different usernames ... and he posts on other forums too. I'm sure the guy posts in his sleep
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