a manual to moonlight
The past few nights, the moon has been unreal. In the time I've had my DSLR, I've managed just about every setting except for FULLY MANUAL (focus, setting, etc). I have been quite frustrated in the education process, to be honest, and gave up for a bit...shooting instead about 80% manual. But the moonlight begged, completely pleaded, to be caught. Here's my process...sparing the technical jargon...mainly because I am still unsure what exactly I did.
Here are my subjects..mini calas and one lone dahlia.
The kitchen light is on here so I can actually see my subjects. In the complete dark, the screen from the camera blinds me (even though there is a sensor that darkens it when I am looking through the view finder)
Here the settings were picking up on the ambient light from the dining room, but still wasn't what I wanted.
Here I was happier with the exposure, but not the focus.
An improvement in both exposure and steady focusing.
This one was a bit too dark
But this...this one was what I was trying to capture...how the moonlight back-lit the glass in such a magical way.
A portrait version.
Here the settings were picking up on the ambient light from the dining room, but still wasn't what I wanted.
Here I was happier with the exposure, but not the focus.
An improvement in both exposure and steady focusing.
This one was a bit too dark
But this...this one was what I was trying to capture...how the moonlight back-lit the glass in such a magical way.
A portrait version.
I was so happy to have learned something so momentus, and that night in bed looked through my pictures with intruige. As soon as I turned off the light to go to bed, I noticed how stunning my curtians were also grabbing the moonlight. I had to get my camera again and start the whole process over. I have about 6 failed shots of the one above, but finally captured it in the end.
p.s. Did I mention that lots of wine helped these events come about? If I were too sober, I would have been impatient with the process and given up long since.
4 comments:
WE are constantly learning. I'm proud of you miss.
loving that moonlit glass!!! I keep taking my manual on trips but somehow never get to it(hello good book instead)...thank you for the inspiration dear Candace.
For some reason my DSLR i get lazy over, but my analogue SLR, i can't ever taint with automatic settings. With every photo taken, it's a lesson learned.
You romance me.
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