Brooklyn Bridge sunrise test

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Got up early, saw the day before the weather report was going to be clear this morning... ended up being crappy out.

Using a Canon 7d with a combination of a 50mm 1.4 and a 24mm 2.8, I wanted to get a nice sunrise and some nighttime building shots. Got over to the bridge early, and found that the bridge was just not conducive for shooting.

It was either the wind or the wooden slats of the bridge, with the cars underneath rushing by... I got so much bouncing, reverberations, and just swaying, that it basically ruined the majority of the shots I got.

But I learned a lot, and I'll get out and shoot another sunrise from a better vantage point.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Canon 7d
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Sunrise
• Test

[stilesjp]

@bluesatin Heya, thanks for commenting. Yes, the entire bridge does move, but the slats themselves are quite unstable for this type of photography. The entire rig, the aluminum legs, a 501HDV head, and the camera... I thought that would be heavy enough, but it wasn't.

I have not used an IS lens. I have a fig-rig, and think I'll give that a shot on the bridge. I truly only need a couple of seconds for the short I'm shooting, but doing hand-held for a sunrise may be a real strain, in the end.

[bluesatin]

Is it just the wooden slats shifting or the whole bridge bouncing about? Adding some weight to your tripod might be a little help, and having your tripod weighted more to one side (might help the wooden slats wobbling).

Have you got any shots with lenses that have IS? Dunno if it'd help though, I imagine the IS is designed for handheld shake which might be fundamentally different from the shake that you're getting on the bridge.