Stage 2 Phase 5
I am actually getting a little ahead of myself here, and first have to attatch the Ceres gear and Ceres itself.
Ceres also designated 1 Ceres, is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on January 1, 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi, and is named after the Roman goddess Ceres — the goddess of growing plants, the harvest, and of motherly love.
as you can see the absense of the moon has indeed changed our perspective.
A cup of tea brewing the spoon.
Preoccupied with the stirring to realisze the whirling.
September 4th, 2008
View from a terrace, just after sunset.
An evening out. San Antonio Ibiza.
They say cameras never lie, but this picture is definitely pulling the wool.
View from balc, before room move.
Bay after sunset
Tree?
Vivid
Stage lights
Flower.. More vivid
Bay from up hill
Bay again, different time of day
Finale Boogie nights
June 30th, 2008
Nikon D40
Question ‘to myself’
How to get long exposure times in daylight without over exposing the image?
It’s funny how you have an idea of things, and often you approach these things with the wrong mind set you can be left with a mental block that will put up a wall against re-evaluating or even learning.
This has been the case for me at least with this new camera.
I have seen those time delayed exposures of water falls, the sea rendering a fluid creamy quality and always assumed the shutter would need to be open for several seconds to achieve this effect.
Below is a recent shot, and I will explain my problem.
I took this shot in priority mode shutter.
Exposure time: 0.250s 1/4
Aperture: f/36.0
Exposure compensation at -1.3
And as you can see the image is beginning to become over exposed. Shots I took at longer exposure just washed out white.
Even with Exposure comp to -5.
Now this is the longest exposure I could get in these light conditions, sunny day, mid afternoon, possibly not the best time, but
(as I am still very much a novice_working around the integrated shot selection options.) I figured I had missed something obvious.
Indeed I had, and it was only after starting to write this, in an attempt to get my progress recorded for reference that I came across posts on digital camera forums.
It seems I need a neutral density filter
So I guess I’m going to get one, but again, what type, strength etc.
As I stated earlier I just assumed the camera, being sophisticated would allow me to do these things. What I am now learning is that the camera is far more intelligent than me, and I should read and discover it’s many setting options and get out there.
If you digital experts have any advise for a novice regarding this post, or any related topics, please feel free to comment below.
May 17th, 2008
Just after the sunset
Beneath you birch with silver bark
And boughs so pendulous and fair,
The brook falls scattered down the rock:
and all is mossy there.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Still experimenting with the d40, should have used a tripod, as image is obviously blurred. Taken with aperture mode priority, to try and catch the sunlight reflection naturally.
Read more Trees for life
I wonder if I have any Forest Devils’ or ‘Genii of the Forest’ over from Russia to enjoy our more temperate climate. Check Mystical trees for more.
March 24th, 2008
So it is with great pride I bring you this post in the category of science, and the newly created category of Nikon D40.
I say pride, for the technology that allows me with no previous Digital SLR experience to snap happy, in the many auto modes, or dabble with the settings in various programmable modes blows me away.
Just take a look at the beast.
Nikon D40
I have had the camera since Christmas, taken loads of indoor, and garden snaps, trying out the auto settings to learn how the camera reacts to conditions when it chooses it’s own shutter speed, aperture size etc.
Still haven’t got my head around the interaction between aperture and shutter speed, but slowly I think an understanding is developing as I become more familiar with the controls menus and settings. Looking forward to better weather conditions and getting out and about to see what our combined efforts can achieve.
Nikon D40 | Side profile
I plan to do a series of posts charting my progress, a list of useful resources as I find them and feature pics if I take any goodies.
I have often been frustrated in the past when viewing a scene with my eyes and not having the hardware to capture that image. With luck and practice, constant flipping through the manual I hope to get there.
Mayhem in the woods
I like this one:
The Mols
January 23rd, 2008
