RJD wrote:Good shot Ryda! Nothing wrong with the technique, looks a little noisy which will be mostly gear related I am guessing.

Thanks Rob, In some ways I'm hoping it gear but in others I wish it was technique cos that is cheaper to fix
There is some things in that picture that could be fix with editing,
My lappy which I have all my photo editing stuff on only has a 15" screen which doesn't help, I need to sort a place for and get a large external screen

Was it really ISO 400?

yes it probably was.... I do forget to change that when I remember I use 800 at night

Small screens are great. My photos look way better on the viewing screen than the 27inch monitor

Bigfoot wrote:Small screens are great. My photos look way better on the viewing screen than the 27inch monitor

yer I find that also

ryda wrote:yes it probably was.... I do forget to change that when I remember I use 800 at night

I just seen you (Rob) used 6400...maybe I need to go way higher so much to learn

Yeah only because I can.. the 6d handles high ISO so well. Its better to 'over expose' (or rather expose to the right) and mess with it less later than push an under exposed shot in post. A crop body I wouldnt push over 1600/3200

We hiked Hooker valley's 10kms return track for sunset loaded down with camera gear, the sky looking good, all hopes were high.

Hopes way too high, stunning spot, but not so stunning light

Hours later we're back at the tents camping in -8 conditions ( after a little star shooting). All excited for another attempt the next morning.

Dragging ourselves out of frost laden tents at 4:30am , glancing at the totally clear skies, we start the walk in again. A few test shots half way into the valley and theres just a touch of cloud forming, we race in further , setup on the small patch of Hooker Lake that was still clear liquid water ( the rest very frozen).

Not a breath of wind
Only the sound of ice and snow falling from the peaks
The sky fills with wispy cloud
and the sun strikes the atmosphere
What a light show
What a place


Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on Flickr

That's rather nice. I get where you;re coming from. Something about that silence broken by the creaking of a big ass pile of ice.

Superb.

Wow.

I remember hearing the ice and glaciers - but it was mostly punctuated by massive wind that bent my tent poles... good times.

Yeah, I was out shooting at Kea point half the night on Monday and all you can hear is crack BOOM, cool stuff

Thats very cool, Rob

heres another astro one from the same trip as the 360pano
at Waitetoko


Waitetoko Church

now that summer is coming (sunset later and all) I can get to better locations for sunset pic after work,
I have been trying to some time lapse also, but it would seem I can mess that up also


I should have been 50m further north, I set my camera and got it running then walked up the beach a bit and took this with my phone



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