Welder

Colorado CJ · April 26, 2013

I had a little welding project to do and since I never shot any welding before, I though it would be a good time to experiment. So, I set up my tripod and my D600 to a 20 second timer and here's what I came up with.

It would be MUCH easier shooting someone else while they are welding, but you gotta do what you gotta do

Shot with a D600 and Nikkor 105mm F2.5 lens.

welding by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

PhilD41 · April 26, 2013

Wow, that is GREAT. love the color and light trails. I checked your EXIF data and I was surprised at how long your exposure is. I don't know that I would have gone there, but it worked wonderfully! I am very impressed!

Hackbone · April 26, 2013

Absolutely fantastic....good stuff. What was the f stop.?

Dreadnote · April 26, 2013

I don't know the answer to this, but is there any risk to your sensor pointing it at such a bright light? Awesome shot BTW!

Don Kondra · April 27, 2013

Well done Andrew, an excellent image !

Cheers, Don

Sam · April 27, 2013

This image has it all!!

Sam

FlyNavy · April 27, 2013

Amazing! I love it.

JTB-DC · April 27, 2013

Fantastic shot! Love it!

Icebear · April 28, 2013

Hackbone wrote: »

Absolutely fantastic....good stuff. What was the f stop.?

f/22 according to iExif

Icebear · April 28, 2013

I think you're pretty brave. From the looks of those spark trails, I think I'd have wanted some more distance between the welding and the front element of my lens. A lot more

. Bring on the 300mm!

Hackbone · April 29, 2013

Good choice on the f stop. That small stop keeps the streaks nice and tight. Most folks would use a larger f stop and then you get alot of bleed.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

PhilD41 wrote: »

Wow, that is GREAT. love the color and light trails. I checked your EXIF data and I was surprised at how long your exposure is. I don't know that I would have gone there, but it worked wonderfully! I am very impressed!

Thanks, glad you liked it!

I used the slow shutter so I could get the longer spark trails, otherwise, the sparks would have much shorter trails.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

Hackbone wrote: »

Absolutely fantastic....good stuff. What was the f stop.?

Thanks. F22, I wanted to get a long shutter.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

Dreadnote wrote: »

I don't know the answer to this, but is there any risk to your sensor pointing it at such a bright light? Awesome shot BTW!

I am not sure, I won't be doing any more of it until I do a little more research though.

I've seen others shooting welding photos and haven't heard of any problems they've had.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

Don Kondra wrote: »

Well done Andrew, an excellent image !

Cheers, Don

Thanks Don, glad you liked it!

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

Sam wrote: »

This image has it all!!

Sam

Thank you Sam. It turned out better than I thought it would.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

FlyNavy wrote: »

Amazing! I love it.

Thank you.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

JTB-DC wrote: »

Fantastic shot! Love it!

Thanks Jared.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

Icebear wrote: »

I think you're pretty brave. From the looks of those spark trails, I think I'd have wanted some more distance between the welding and the front element of my lens. A lot more . Bring on the 300mm!

Yeah, I thought of that. I was using a 105mm lens, so the camera was a pretty good distance away, ~15 feet.

I had a 300mm F4, but I REALLY like this Nikkor 105mm F2.5 Ai lens.

Colorado CJ · April 29, 2013

Hackbone wrote: »

Good choice on the f stop. That small stop keeps the streaks nice and tight. Most folks would use a larger f stop and then you get alot of bleed.

Thanks. Yeah, I wanted to get the longest exposure possible, so F22 and 50 ISO. The star points are and added plus though!