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Posted by mhardy6647 (A) on July 30, 2014 at 12:39:37

In Reply to: Tried To Catch The Morning Sun posted by amioutaline? on July 30, 2014 at 10:12:15:

I can hear my son's voice ringing in my ears...

"yeah, that's cause you're using Auto... man up and use a manual mode"

:-)

Sad but true.

Here's how I do it (with a Nikon DSLR). I take an auto photo and note on the readout the shutter speed and f-stop. Then, I switch to a manual mode (on the Nikon DSLR, either "M" or "A") and set it to roughly those parameters, then start stopping DOWN (typically) a stop or two at a time -- either shutter or f-stop, depending on circumstances.

I am not exactly skilled yet (my son also says, in so many words "light meters are for wimps") but I can usually manage to take an OK photo of sunrise or (more typically) sunset -- sunrise in the summer time in NH is pretty darned early (and not typically as pretty, at my house, as sunset).

evening sunset 70-ish mm at 1/250 sec, f4.5, ISO 220

night-time stars (and the glow from Claremont, NH to the south) on a clear summer night 10 mm at 30 sec, f4.0 ISO 3200

Digital ain't film ;-) but... the best thing about digital is... take a picture; look at it... if you like it, keep it. If not, just delete it -- costs you nothin' :-)

all the best,
mrh

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Topic - Tried To Catch The Morning Sun - amioutaline? 10:12:15 07/30/14 (15)

RE: Tried To Catch The Morning Sun - pictureguy 00:14:58 08/02/14 (0)

Sun shining @ half twelve, middle of winter .... - three_sox 20:05:41 07/30/14 (5)

Is that a gum tree? (nt) - Gary 14:14:02 07/31/14 (2)

It sure is ... - three_sox 18:16:46 07/31/14 (1)

RE: It sure is ... - Gary 14:33:01 08/01/14 (0)

Yohooo!...there's something amiss... - kootenay 09:47:00 07/31/14 (1)

Even more now several years leater ... - three_sox 18:44:52 07/31/14 (0)

RE: Tried To Catch The Morning Sun - mhardy6647 19:08:21 07/30/14 (0)

RE: Tried To Catch The Morning Sun - Rockethead26 13:17:43 07/30/14 (0)

oh, oh... I know the problem! :-) - mhardy6647 12:39:37 07/30/14 (1)

Night one is A+. ngt - tinear 20:26:35 07/30/14 (0)

...or... (if that camera takes interchangeable lenses)... - mhardy6647 11:51:47 07/30/14 (2)

RE: I Wish - amioutaline? 13:55:42 07/30/14 (1)

I'll bet... - mhardy6647 14:18:45 07/30/14 (0)

Monopod - LWR 10:21:36 07/30/14 (0)

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oh, oh... I know the problem! :-) - mhardy6647 12:39:37 07/30/14 (1)

Night one is A+. ngt - tinear 20:26:35 07/30/14 (0)

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