Choochoooo

Swartzy

Was messing around a few weeks ago. Used pocket wizards, 430 EX, on the floor, slow shutter speed and 2nd curtain sync. Then a bit of processing afterwards. My grandson calls it "Thomas"...LOL

manganos

Hey that is a nice shot! I might break out the ol' Lionel train set and give it a shot.

Sam

Cool shot!

Sam

Panther

Neat Shot, very nicely done, I'll bet your Grandson just loves it!!!

Shootin1st

Very Cool!

dlplumer

Beautiful. Love the resolution on this. Would you mind sharing the EXIF?

Thanks,

Dan

Jack'll do

What a shot! Love the sense of motion imparted to certain areas while leaving the cab sharp. thumb

Arvan

Very cool indeed! 49 is a good number, got it inked on my arm

Swartzy

dlplumer wrote:

Beautiful. Love the resolution on this. Would you mind sharing the EXIF?

Thanks,

Dan

Thanks Dan.....ISO 800, 1/13th sec. f/3.5 using the 40D, 2nd curtain sync......then........bwahhahaahahahahaah.......the old PS layers and masks routine....

Swartzy

Thanks for the kind words everyone. My wife thought I was crazy...well, she still does actually..hehe....was laying on the floor with a flash CR..waiting for the train to come around again and again as I'm snapping away, slowing the shutter speed....did this for like 10 minutes till I got what I wanted. By now I think she realizes I'll do most anything to get a shot :D:D

Skippy

Swartzy wrote:

Was messing around a few weeks ago. Used pocket wizards, 430 EX, on the floor, slow shutter speed and 2nd curtain sync. Then a bit of processing afterwards. My grandson calls it "Thomas"...

Swartzy that's a really nice shot.

First words that come to mind is "POLAR EXPRESS"

The colour tones in the image work well with the scene.

Beautifully captured .... Skippy
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Scott_Quier

Beautiful photo as usual.

But, I'm confused about something. Isn't the intent of 2nd shutter sync to put the trails from hot spots (lights, smoke stacks, etc) behind the light rather than in front of it? If so, then the train must have been running backwards or you had 1st shutter sync going there.

Swartzy

Scott_Quier wrote:

Beautiful photo as usual.

But, I'm confused about something. Isn't the intent of 2nd shutter sync to put the trails from hot spots (lights, smoke stacks, etc) behind the light rather than in front of it? If so, then the train must have been running backwards or you had 1st shutter sync going there.

Heheh..you know Scott...It's my mission in life to confuse you with these strange lighting set ups. Now, honestly...and maybe you can answer this....cause the train was going forward....I had a PW on camera, the 430 on it's own little stand CR...set to 2nd curtain. Now.....since PW's are stupid...as they don't know ETTL or any other types of settings other that radio signal trigger, it is possible, even though the flash was set to 2nd curtain, it fired 1st curtain anyway. That would explain the light trail....not trailing.... It also may be the fact at 1/13th, the flash firing 1st curtain would still stop motion as demonstrated in the "cab" as there wasn't much ambient.....in other words, the flash exposure is how it stopped the movement....on the cab...on the front of the train..you can see the motion blur.

I assumed setting the flash in 2nd curtain using the PW it would fire the way it was supposed to....like that when it's atop my camera...but it is quite possible the flash went 1st curtain as a default because the PW cannot transfer such information from body to flash.

Thinking out loud....in any case, thanks for the nice comment.....1st or 2nd.....I'm glad it worked...

Scott_Quier

Swartzy wrote:

Heheh..you know Scott...It's my mission in life to confuse you with these strange lighting set ups. Now, honestly...and maybe you can answer this....cause the train was going forward....I had a PW on camera, the 430 on it's own little stand CR...set to 2nd curtain. Now.....since PW's are stupid...as they don't know ETTL or any other types of settings other that radio signal trigger, it is possible, even though the flash was set to 2nd curtain, it fired 1st curtain anyway. That would explain the light trail....not trailing.... It also may be the fact at 1/13th, the flash firing 1st curtain would still stop motion as demonstrated in the "cab" as there wasn't much ambient.....in other words, the flash exposure is how it stopped the movement....on the cab...on the front of the train..you can see the motion blur.

I assumed setting the flash in 2nd curtain using the PW it would fire the way it was supposed to....like that when it's atop my camera...but it is quite possible the flash went 1st curtain as a default because the PW cannot transfer such information from body to flash.

Thinking out loud....in any case, thanks for the nice comment.....1st or 2nd.....I'm glad it worked...

I'm pretty sure that PWs fire when they get the signal from the hotshoe and that signal only gets there when the camera is good and ready to send it, and that happens according to program. I've got some reception dance shots done that way and they turned out. Whatever - one more mystery to unravel.