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| Last week’s official PhotoChallenge.org (Week 35) was to take a long exposure outdoors and attempt to add a “ghost” to it. This was a fun challenge and forced me to try something new, but I had very mixed results with my outdoor shots. In order to do this technique one must have the shutter open for at least 10 seconds. In the daylight, even with my aperture as tiny as I could get it and an ISO of 100, I ended up with washed out white mess as a result–even on a very overcast day. To really do this outside I discovered that you should use an ND filter which will darken the whole shot and let you have longer shutter speeds–also useful for taking pics of waterfalls. I didn’t have a chance to buy one, but I’ll probably do so the next time I get to National Camera. Another method would be to take this at night or dusk, but just about every evening I was free this week it was raining or very windy–causing motion blur of my background greenery.
I gave up and tried it indoors at the l … |
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