Early evening at Maewa - 8DEC11

The 5 shots presented here were filmed on the 8DEC11 between 5pm and 8 pm.

The first shot was a bit of a fizzer as I forgot to look at the extent the shadows were over the tracks - needless ro say I soon found out. By the time of the last shot, the sun was barely able to cast any light on the rails at all. All shots are experiments with light, using a CPL Filter. The fourth shot I locked in the aperture setting, something I'll be doing a lot with future shots. Getting there. The last shot sounds like wind noise, but it's my hand rubbing against the mic - something I have to work on. I'm getting there.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• train
• rail
• kiwirail
• new zealand
• Railway
• Rail Transport

[madleech]

Great shots Erin, wonderful rich lighting. What is the benefit of locking in the aperture?

[ejvideos07]

@madleech Wagons are different colours from white to brown, and each affects the light levels entering the camera and it tries to compensate by opening and closing the iris accordingly. The undesired effect of this is the sky changing from blue to white as it gets washed out.....

[ejvideos07]

@ejvideos07 ..... By locking the aperture, the sky stays the same as the train goes past. The fun part is deciding what setting to lock it to. What I did was power on the camera on auto with no train in the scene, flick it to manual control then open up the iris one notch to make the picture a tad brighter. This seems to be a good balance, But I'll keep experimenting. Giving away all my secrets here...EJ ;-)

[HerbieEb]

Awesome shots here Erin!

[madleech]

@ejvideos07 Ahh right locking in the exposure, yes well familiar with that, one of the things I always look for in a camera :-) I thought you meant just locking the aperture and letting the shutter adjust...