Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<<Next time I'll stop down a bit and see if the sky will darken keeping the fire fly trails intact. >>>>> Richard, don't forget if you close down to darken the sky, you are also going to lessen the effect of the firefly light. Not sure what I'd do other than bracket the hell out of the scene with quite a number of exposures (maybe a few rolls) simply because it sounds like a "Hail Mary exposure situation." I can't think of any other way I'd approach a scene as you described other than burning a pile of film and picking the best exposure. Keep track of each exposure as you make them so you can make sensible aperture or time adjustments, then you wont be jumping all over in an uncontrolled manner. <<<opened up the 35mm Asph Summilux to f 1.4 and took a couple exposures of between 2-4 seconds.>>>>> I would stop down a couple and start the exposure at 1 second mark, then go 2, 3, 4. Also close down another stop and do them all over again. Close down again and increase the exposures to see if you could capture longer trails of light due to the shutter being open longer and flies recording longer.. As in: 4, 6, 8 10 secs. But like I said, this is winging it all Hail Mary exposure stuff like being on a wing and a prayer! :) It sounds like such a wonderful scene, I'd work it to death just because I'd be afraid of never seeing it again. :) Enjoyed your enthusiasm of using the new lens.:) ted Victoria, Canada http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant