Nikon DSLR "Picture Of The Day"

[Classic96]

I love that long exposure water shot. Have you thought about trying a neutral density filter for that or was it too dark?

Here is one from tonight out at the park. It was pretty dark so I had to do a lot of manual exposure adjustment in PSE 5.0.

Nikon D50 w/ 55-200mm ED VR
Focal Length 86mm
Exposure 1/20
Aperture f/4.5
ISO 200
No flash - Handheld

[toriaj]

Thanks, Classic. I don't have a neutral density filter (yet) but I've heard they help a lot to not overexpose the water.

I did a quick edit on your shot ... do you like it?

[DP Knewby]

Camera: NikonD50
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 19mm
Shutter: 1/60 Sec
Aperture: f4.0
Lens: 18-55 Nikkor Kit Lens



Comment's welcome, I'm new to Photography!

[LR Max]

Thanks! Bulb mode allows for extremely long shutter speeds. You can use a shutter release, but if you don't have one (like me,) you can use a rubber band to hold the shutter button down. Remove the rubber band to end the exposure. It was fun, you should try it! I've heard of people taking extremely long exposures, such as several hours doing star trails.

Tip for the future: If you have the wireless remote, you can depress it once to activate the shutter, then once more to de-activate. This is for bulb mode.

Of course the rubber band method is very inexpensive but if you've already got the wireless remote, then it'll do the work for you.

[Rooz]

great shot classic...nice edit toriaj.
that lens performs much better than i thought it would.

my manual focus is off again but the colours are great and i think the DOF and exposure are right.

[tcadwall]

toriaj,

Good shot... Have you thought about a B&W conversion on it? I think the leaf-less branches would really make that shot "POP" in B&W.

[Kellie]

toriaj, beautiful shot!! I can't wait to visit some waterfalls.

I was thinking the same thing as tcad and played a little. I hope that's ok. I'm addicted to b&w conversions even though I'm not great at it yet.

[toriaj]

Thanks for the edit, Kellie. Which version do you all think is more appealing?

[Shawn]

Hello. This is my first post here.


Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV

[Bob_Benner]

D50
Tamron 18-200mm
Aperture priority
f/9.0
200mm