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dems4me

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desertrat said:
It's undoable I guess. I need a fast shutter speed to freeze the flakes as they fall. When I do that I have to, or the camera does for me, open up the aperature to let more light in. When that happens your depth of field is short. You can only focus up close or far away. Even with the ISO set to 1600...ah never mind.
Oh good . I just saw my neighbor pulling kids down the street on a sled behind his car. Time to get the camera out.
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:yikes:
 
hvp05

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ylexot said:
Crank up the ISO...
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Mine was at 400. I think desertrat and I are shooting with the same camera which does not do well at 800 and above. But in white snow that probably wouldn't matter anyway.
 
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hvp05 said:
Mine was at 400. I think desertrat and I are shooting with the same camera which does not do well at 800 and above. But in white snow that probably wouldn't matter anyway.
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It just adds extra snow :lmao:
 
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StrwberryKisses

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This crazy. I did not even know it was coming. Maybe we will get a Smow day tomorrow
 
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bcp said:
you need a fan to put down under the picture area that will blow up in a force that equals the downward force of the flake holding said flakes in a frozen state for the duration of the shutter movement.
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Actually I was thinking, if I was falling at the
same rate as the flakes... :lmao:
 
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hvp05 said:
You're asking for a lot of light, and gray skies are not the best source. To 'stop' flakes you should probably be at at least 1/200 sec., depending on how they're falling. (Mine were mostly at 1/125 s.) Shoot as wide an angle as acceptable. Moderate DoF, like f/8 or something.

And don't forget you need to overexpose by at least one stop to make the snow white.

Or accept 1/250 s @ f/8 and then correct in PS.
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Did not know that about the overexposing. I guess thats why they looked gray.
 
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Okay, I am still getting snow and the size is moderating.

Getting bigger at the moment... :lol:
 
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vraiblonde said:
Our Alex is in Baltimore because she had a choral event. Larry gets to make the drive this afternoon to go get her. :ohwell:
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My daughter spent the night at a friends about 20 miles away from here. I hope she packed her school clothes. :lol:
 
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desertrat said:
Did not know that about the overexposing. I guess thats why they looked gray.
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Quick tip: Your light meter reads middle gray. So if you meter on snow your snow will be gray in the photo. You need to overexpose - as odd as it sounds - to make snow white.

With digital this can be a problem because of the low highlight threshhold. Film is better in this way... but it would take a while for you to post your photos. :lol:
 
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StrwberryKisses said:
This crazy. I did not even know it was coming. Maybe we will get a Smow day tomorrow
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I have a very important doctor's appointment tomorrow (which is an hour away). I hope the precipitation ends very soon!!!
 
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