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ManuMorning

NIKON D7000

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/10

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Jan, 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken on the 27th floor in our Yaletown apartment Vancouver while working on the film Maleficent.

Time

Our north facing apartment had the most amazing views and on a clear day we could see way past Mt Baker in the States. This particular chilly fall evening the 6pm sunset had a little something special in it that demanded my attention.

Lighting

The "Golden Hour" can provide some spectacular images but can tend to throw silhouettes when not exposed correctly so to compensate for this I needed a longer exposure in conjunction with a graduated ND filter.

Equipment

I used a Nikon D7000 on manual mode, 18-200 lens at 80mm, cheap plastic ND grad filter (was doing a gear test),exposure comp of -2, a tripod and remote shutter release.

Inspiration

Getting a birds eye view is one of those angles that can often elude a budding photographer and being 27 floors up with spectacular sunsets most evenings is enough to make the shutter release finger ache in most human beings.

Editing

I tend to shy away from over processing my images in Photoshop as I like to pay respect to the original SOOC image, with that being said I do shoot exclusively in RAW so that I do not lose any of the information. For this image I pushed a little fill light into the shadows and tweaked the exposure slightly. The image is not perfect and even the horizon is slightly off kilter but i tend to like a slight quirkiness in my captures.

In my camera bag

My Lowepro bag has my YongNuo YN-560 III and YN-568EX II TTL Speedlight Flash Guns with extension cord, Monopod, Nikon D7000 with grip, wireless remote, extension tubes, nikkor 18-200 and 80-400GED lenses. I also have a set of ND filters and lens cloths as I never use a cap on my lenses other than for storing them. The last thing in my bag is a full rain sleeve that accommodates a flash for those wet days after wildlife. I have heaps of other gear that will get swapped out accordingly dependent on my subject choice of the day.

Feedback

My advice would be to not get caught up too much in the technical side of longer exposure or low light shooting. Get your basics sorted in respects to tripod, timer or remote to eliminate camera shake, ND filter if you need it or stop down with exp comp if you have to. Do not be afraid to make mistakes and with today's digital age you really can afford to shoot hundreds of images and not effect your back pocket.

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