Old Rusted Truck.

DRT-Maverick

Yesterday (as it is 3:20am at the moment), Kasey and I went shooting in a few different areas. We ended up wondering around in Verdi, a place on the boarder of Nevada and California, hunting for traintracks and bridges, where we managed to have a little fun (And a little bit of pain on my part as well, falling down a hill hurts).
Later we ended up driving back to Reno, where we went to a small ranch. This is where the photo takes place. At this ranch there are a lot of old tractors that are no longer in use. They're broken down, and sunken into the ground. She and I quickly set up our cameras on tripods, (it was around 8 or 9pm) and began our hour of long exposure shots. I messed around with white balance, and she did her positioning changes. But we managed to get some nice shots out of the night.
I'm hoping that she'll post some of her photos that she deems worthy in this same thread. But here's the one shot I find worth keeping.



Feel free to give me your tips and Opinions, as they are greatly appreciated and very helpful for my photography.

EXIF info is as follows:
Date/time : 9/25/2005 12:46:46 AM
Exposure : time 20 s
F-number : 5.6
Exposure : program Manual
ISO speed : 200
Metering mode : Spot
Flash : Flash did not fire [on]
Focal length : 18 mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
White balance : Manual white balance

gus

I like the shot a lot...what is that light source from ?

Looks like something from an old Night Stalker episode. That was a good show.

I dont know about me giving advice but when ever im doing long exposure shots i always use ISO100...its just a matter of maybe a second or 2 in the exposure but you have max clarity. Maybe someone else can advise on that.

DRT-Maverick

Lightsource was a streetlight maybe 50 yards away. Very little light.

My ISO only goes down to 200, unfortunately. Maybe pentax will release a firmware update that will allow for a wider range of ISOs? I need to get a new camera that allows that...

prity goldfish

wow you were up late! ok so here are my truck pictures, i chose two... the second one took sooooo much attention to make it what it is there. the original was really red and had my dumb shadow in it. haha well tell me what you think.

DRT-Maverick

I like the coloration of your shots a lot. Especially the different tones warm and cool. Detail's nice too. Exposure was hard to do at that site wasn't it?

prity goldfish

DRT-Maverick wrote:

I like the coloration of your shots a lot. Especially the different tones warm and cool. Detail's nice too. Exposure was hard to do at that site wasn't it?

esposure not necessarily hard but the white balance was hard, for me anyway. i guess i still need to master my wb on my camera. and it was so dark that i couldn't tell what i was lookin at through the viewfinder. oh well it wasn't too bad though. i think we should go back during the day to get something a little better.

DRT-Maverick

prity goldfish wrote:

esposure not necessarily hard but the white balance was hard, for me anyway. i guess i still need to master my wb on my camera. and it was so dark that i couldn't tell what i was lookin at through the viewfinder. oh well it wasn't too bad though. i think we should go back during the day to get something a little better.

Yeah definitely, I'm sure during the day, or during 'sweet' light we'll be able to get higher quality photographs. With my new Job, I get off work at 6pm everyday. So I guess we can either do it on a friday or sunday. (Well not this sunday obviously).