Solar Filter? Now What...
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Do you have a solar filter in your kit now and have NO IDEA what to do with it? Well, here are some ideas for putting that solar filter to use.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:10 What to do with a 16-stop Filter
01:28 Photo Pills - Calculating Long Exposures
03:38 Examples of Long-Exposure Images
05:05 Practical Application
07:11 When is it best used?
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Another good use; cityscapes! People walking along sidewalks disappear during looooooooong exposures.
Ah yes! I did that at the Louvre!
@@f64Academy Isn't it easier to take several images and stack them using the stackmode "median"?
@@marcelofarah8657 it could be. But this gives you an actual photo not a simulation from multiple photos.
@@f64Academy if you are looking for people to disappear from the image (tourists) the result is the same. With the filter you got a "real" photo which is not so real, just a distorted version of the reality, the same case with the multiple shots. The image stacked is the result of different parts of different shots from the same place. The point is you don't always have a filter with you or you lack one.
In my case there were places I visited where you weren't allowed to use tripods but by using the fast shooter, multiple shots, I was able to capture the image with my camera handheld. Just another tool to use.
Thanks! I really enjoy your videos!
I remember one way to estimate the exposure (i used that for night shots actually without any ND or anything) is to take a shot with the highest ISO and try to make sure the exposure is "good" by checking the histogram - then roll back to ISO 100 and multiply the exposure time in highest ISO, with the high ISO/low ISO ratio (in my case that was 128, so if the shot in high ISO took 1 seconds, then it would be 128 seconds in the lower ISO).
Thanks for the video - I really miss doing long exposures - now I'll try to think of something to do! (and btw, you can use infrared filters on regular cameras, they kinda work like stoppers but it all depends on how strong the sun is outside, so the estimation of the exposure can be a bit tricky)
You lost me at doing math by myself in the field 🤣 I always have my phone and these calculators are foolproof 😬
@@f64Academy lol can't help it - physics was my major (and i keep a calculator in my camera bag lol)
@@nimmira yep, I got a finger painting degree... I keep PhotoPills in my pocket 🤣
I forgot what I did with the ND filter I had on my Canon T5i when I shot the 2017 eclipse. I think it was one of those cheap one time use, throw away kind. I keep several in my bag now, but none lower than a 10-stop ND 1000. I've thought about using it for a daytime cloud motion photo like you showed here, and I just might take your lead. 😎
Do it! 10 stop is great for that and moving water like oceans lakes, etc
@@f64Academy I’ve used the 10-stop to blur waterfalls and a lake or two but never for clouds. 😎
Thanks for sharing, and I am sure my question will get answered in your upcoming live event for the solar eclipse...but just in case, here it is. I have the Kase magnetic filter kit (which I love!) and so I can easily make 16 stops or more, so are these ND filters enough for an eclipse shoot or is there a specific type of filter needed? From this video, it seems that just the ND filters are enough but thought I should check since you also mention solar filters. I have never tried to shoot an eclipse (and not sure when the next one is in Australia), but nothing like being prepared lol :)
Technically they should be enough, its all about taming that bright ball of light. 16 stops is the minimum recommendation.
@f64Academy Thanks Blake 👍
I can’t find that pills app is it for Windows or Mac pls 😊
PhotoPills its an app for Android and Apple, it's a mobile app.
did adobe just raise their prices? It wont let me on lightrrom
You said adding a one stop filter halved the time. In fact, it doubled it.
It halves the number
That's how I remember it, but technically yes you are correct
It halves the denominator which doubles the value. If the time is 1 second, adding a 1 stop filter makes the time 2 seconds.
@@elainebelvin9763 yep, I do know. Sometimes when you are recording you say things and you don't think about them, it just comes out and it's recorded in history, thanks for the lesson 😉