Keeping the camera near me sometimes means, even in traffic, grabbing a photo when something catches my eye. Often this hurried exposure leads nowhere, but other times it can be interesting.
By the way, this was a 1/2 second exposure handheld while waiting for the light... a testimony to how good image stabilization can be (notice the car light streaks). Not saying this is a technically great photo, but still surprising to me.
A half second hand held is amazing. Use to be in the old film days that the slowest shutter speed with any chance of a sharp picture was one 1/60th of a second. Might get away with 1/30th if the camera was resting on something solid. Interesting image.
ReplyDeleteThanks... I should have mentioned that 1/2 second exposure was not intentional. When I squeezed off the two quick shots I did not realize until later that the lens was set for f8! This was an example of shoot first, think later.
DeleteI think it looks great for the conditions you mention, handheld, 1/2 second etc.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty amazing!!! My handhold limit is 1/30 sec. with the D600. I was also thinking that it's great not to have to worry about reciprocity any more. Did you steady the camera on the steering wheel?
ReplyDeleteKen, I would never recommend 1/2 second exposures handheld... it was really just luck; both bad and good. Bad that the camera was set for f8, but good that it turned out at all.
DeleteAnd no I did not brace the camera. I rolled down the car window and popped the camera out the window, hoping I would not drop it to the street.
By the way, I really prefer a different crop that you can see here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnlinn/8407445694/sizes/l/
but as you know, I keep to 1 to 1 ratio here for no good reason other than it is what I do.