When shooting at night, it’s best to stay under a 30 second exposure in order to eliminate excessive noise and hot pixels (brightly colored dots). When shooting in Aperture Priority (A), you select the aperture and the camera selects the shutter speed.
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With the aperture, ISO and metering in place, the D3100 chose a Shutter Speed of 30 seconds. When combined, it retains detail in the sky while also properly exposing the foreground (lake). These three images are then combined together using HDR software. An HDR exposure consists of taking three images at varying levels of exposure (normal, underexposed and overexposed). The only way around it would’ve been to do an HDR exposure. Had I composed this exact same shot an hour earlier as the sun was setting, the sky would’ve been blown out (too bright). I then adjusted the Metering to Matrix, which meters the entire scene (sky, lake and tree limbs).īecause the light was fading, I didn’t have to contend with too much contrast between the lake and the sky. Next, I set the ISO to 100 which ensures I end up with less image noise (compared to higher ISO’s). Depending on how much light is available, I may increase it to f/11 or f/16 to make sure the features in the distance are in focus. Since I was shooting at twilight and the distant hills were a silhoutte, I wasn’t worried about capturing detail on that distant shore. When shooting a landscape, I always start with f/8. To set the aperture f-number, just rotate the command dial. I started by setting the Shooting Mode to Aperture Priority ( A on the mode dial) and set the Aperture f-number to f/8. With the landscape scene composed, I proceeded with setting up my camera. By using a wide-angle lens, I was able to get much of the foreground (tree limbs & lake) and a large portion of the twilight sky into the frame of the shot. Those of you with the kit lens, just zoom all the way back to 18mm to get the widest field of view. In case you’re wondering, I was using the Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 which captures a super wide field of view. After attaching the Nikon D3100 to a tripod, I composed the shot to my liking. What struck me was this juxtaposition of the mangled tree limbs and the soft stillness of the water and sky.Īfter taking in the scene for a few minutes, I settled on this composition.
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No, it wasn’t a water snake (lame attempt at a joke). Something really struck me as I peered over the lake. One night, I made my way down to the waters edge and took in this peaceful scene. Because of the mountainous terrain, the lake has this snake like shape, with lots of little coves. So, there’s this nearby lake called Table Rock. Ok, the geography lesson is over…just trying to set the stage. To put it simply, it’s a bunch of “low” mountains or rolling hills as I like to call them ( I’m from California where we have REAL mountains with jagged peaks). The Ozarks cover much of southern Missouri and also edge into Kansas, Arkansas, Okalhoma and Illinois. You might be wondering, what the heck is the “Ozarks”? Well, it’s formally called the Ozark Plateau.
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My wife and I recently moved to the Ozarks.
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