Night Photos - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

sperry · 2004-03-22, 09:38 AM

Inspired by Dean's long exposure w/ flash pics from the last meet and my new mono-pod, I went to the top of th Silver Legacy parking garage and took some pics. It looks like I'll need a tripod, not a mono-pod for picture with exposures this long, since I got very few pics that weren't blurry as hell. Here are a few of the decent ones.

All these pics have color and contrast corrections to make them more vibrant, and to put some blue back into the car's paint... you'd be amazed how green *everything* looks up on the roof of the Legacy.

ArthurS · 2004-03-22, 09:46 AM

That last picture is friggin awsome! :shock:

Dean · 2004-03-22, 10:35 AM

I like #2.

A little fill flash to light the car a little better, and it would have been really awsome.

When using a monopod, you really have to become the other two legs. Tilt it a little towards you, and put a minute amount of weight on it. Elbows in, both palms firmly on the carmera, exhale, pause & shoot.

I have a couple tripods if you want to borrow one.

AtomicLabMonkey · 2004-03-22, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean

Tilt it a little towards you, and put a minute amount of weight on it. Elbows in, both palms firmly on the carmera, exhale, pause & shoot.

Like shooting a rifle.

sperry · 2004-03-22, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean

I like #2.

A little fill flash to light the car a little better, and it would have been really awsome.

When using a monopod, you really have to become the other two legs. Tilt it a little towards you, and put a minute amount of weight on it. Elbows in, both palms firmly on the carmera, exhale, pause & shoot.

I have a couple tripods if you want to borrow one.

That's basically what I was doing... that or bracing the camera/monopod against something solid. It's still not easy when you're doing 3 second exposures. Take a look in the gallery, it's got all the photos I took... most are terrible.

A tripod w/ an adjustable gimbal, and using the 2 second delay on the shutter so I can be totally hands-off when the picture is taken will really help out. I'm thinking of hitting up Gordon's today and getting a tripod... with the discount card I've got, it's not too expensive.

Dean · 2004-03-22, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sperry

I'm thinking of hitting up Gordon's today and getting a tripod... with the discount card I've got, it's not too expensive.

Pick me up a Gimble for my camera mount would you? I'm good for it.

sperry · 2004-03-22, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean

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Originally Posted by sperry

I'm thinking of hitting up Gordon's today and getting a tripod... with the discount card I've got, it's not too expensive.

Pick me up a Gimble for my camera mount would you? I'm good for it.

Will do. Hopfully they have some left... I think I may have purchased the last one for Matt's mount on Sunday.

JC · 2004-03-22, 02:47 PM

Not bad Scott. I need to get a tripod too at some point.

sperry · 2004-03-22, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

Not bad Scott. I need to get a tripod too at some point.

I just picked up one at Gordon's at lunch. Aluminum, 52" max height, 7.1 lbs.. not bad for $25! Cost less than my mono-pod!

Dean · 2004-03-22, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sperry

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Originally Posted by JC

Not bad Scott. I need to get a tripod too at some point.

I just picked up one at Gordon's at lunch. Aluminum, 52" max height, 7.1 lbs.. not bad for $25! Cost less than my mono-pod!

Nice. All my mono and tripods are older and heavier, but cery sturdy.

My biggest problem is that all of them are only 3 segment, so they are fairly long to start with making them less easy to carry. Are yours 3 or 4 sections? Maybe I'll bring them tonight to compare...

sperry · 2004-03-22, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean

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Originally Posted by sperry

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Originally Posted by JC

Not bad Scott. I need to get a tripod too at some point.

I just picked up one at Gordon's at lunch. Aluminum, 52" max height, 7.1 lbs.. not bad for $25! Cost less than my mono-pod!

Nice. All my mono and tripods are older and heavier, but cery sturdy.

My biggest problem is that all of them are only 3 segment, so they are fairly long to start with making them less easy to carry. Are yours 3 or 4 sections? Maybe I'll bring them tonight to compare...

3 segment with an adjustable height center post, so the leg sements don't have to be that long.

zrallyman · 2004-03-23, 07:57 AM

those look awesome.

Dean · 2004-03-23, 10:05 AM

Scott and I really went crazy last night taking pictures from the time we bailed from C&C until we got politley asked to leave at 11:30.

Tons more going to the Gallery when we get a chance to dig through them, but here are 2...

I had just setup the last one when I saw the security guards walking our way, so I had to shoot quick...

sperry · 2004-03-23, 10:07 AM

Ahhah!!! I look like I'm scared!!

Dean · 2004-03-23, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by sperry

Ahhah!!! I look like I'm scared!!

Do you like this one better? You look kind of snooty with your nose in the air I think...

sperry · 2004-03-23, 10:17 AM

That one sucks too!

The Hypno-Toad demands you take them all down!

sperry · 2004-03-23, 11:09 AM

Here's one of my pics from last night:

ArthurS · 2004-03-23, 11:18 AM

That picture actually makes the Silver Legacy look cool! :shock:

Dean · 2004-03-23, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sperry

That one sucks too!

The Hypno-Toad demands you take them all down!

Oops, I appear to have run over the Hypno Toad...

sybir · 2004-03-23, 05:11 PM

Scott, that first e-thug picture makes you look like you're about to cry.

Kevin M · 2004-03-23, 05:14 PM

Or crap.

Nick Koan · 2004-03-23, 05:14 PM

Or both

sperry · 2004-03-23, 05:18 PM

Yeah, that picture is killing me.

It's ruining the little game I've got left after the dental hygientist thread!

I'm hoping it's just the hat pushing down on my forehead and the lighting from the long exposure or something... I don't look like that in person, do I?!

tysonK · 2004-03-23, 05:19 PM

that pic of your car front on is excellent Dean.

Dean · 2004-03-23, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by sybir

Scott, that first e-thug picture makes you look like you're about to cry.

I thought in the first one he looks like he belongs in a Boy Band... Hat turned around with kind of the sheepish grin... Show it to your dental hyginist and see what she thinks...

2004-03-22, 09:38 AM	#1
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Night Photos Inspired by Dean's long exposure w/ flash pics from the last meet and my new mono-pod, I went to the top of th Silver Legacy parking garage and took some pics. It looks like I'll need a tripod, not a mono-pod for picture with exposures this long, since I got very few pics that weren't blurry as hell. Here are a few of the decent ones. All these pics have color and contrast corrections to make them more vibrant, and to put some blue back into the car's paint... you'd be amazed how green everything looks up on the roof of the Legacy. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2004-03-22, 10:35 AM	#3
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I like #2. A little fill flash to light the car a little better, and it would have been really awsome. When using a monopod, you really have to become the other two legs. Tilt it a little towards you, and put a minute amount of weight on it. Elbows in, both palms firmly on the carmera, exhale, pause & shoot. I have a couple tripods if you want to borrow one. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2004-03-22, 02:47 PM	#8
JC Ask me about dubs! Real Name: JC Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 2,895 Car: 2013 Triumph Speed Triple R	Not bad Scott. I need to get a tripod too at some point. __________________ Actually, I am a rocket scientist.

2004-03-23, 10:05 AM	#13
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Scott and I really went crazy last night taking pictures from the time we bailed from C&C until we got politley asked to leave at 11:30. Tons more going to the Gallery when we get a chance to dig through them, but here are 2... I had just setup the last one when I saw the security guards walking our way, so I had to shoot quick... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2004-03-23, 10:07 AM	#14
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Ahhah!!! I look like I'm scared!! __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2004-03-22, 09:46 AM	#2
ArthurS EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,707 Car: 2011 Chevy Battle Wagon	That last picture is friggin awsome! :shock: __________________ Captain Murphy: I dub thee Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, beater of ass. Be a hitter, babe.

2004-03-23, 07:57 AM	#12
zrallyman n00b Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 21	those look awesome.

2004-03-23, 10:17 AM	#16
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	That one sucks too! The Hypno-Toad demands you take them all down! __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2004-03-23, 11:09 AM	#17
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Here's one of my pics from last night: __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2004-03-23, 11:18 AM	#18
ArthurS EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,707 Car: 2011 Chevy Battle Wagon	That picture actually makes the Silver Legacy look cool! :shock: __________________ Captain Murphy: I dub thee Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, beater of ass. Be a hitter, babe.

2004-03-23, 05:11 PM	#20
sybir The Don Real Name: Aaron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,097 Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT Class: low	Scott, that first e-thug picture makes you look like you're about to cry. __________________ Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.

2004-03-23, 05:14 PM	#21
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Or crap. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2004-03-23, 05:14 PM	#22
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	Or both __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2004-03-23, 05:18 PM	#23
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Yeah, that picture is killing me. It's ruining the little game I've got left after the dental hygientist thread! I'm hoping it's just the hat pushing down on my forehead and the lighting from the long exposure or something... I don't look like that in person, do I?! __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2004-03-23, 05:19 PM	#24
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	that pic of your car front on is excellent Dean. __________________ Anjali? Anjali?

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