Iiiiiii'm saaaaailing awaaaaaaaaaaaay....
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kickahaTonight's birthday surprise from the ever-stupendous ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ginkgo was a sunset sailing cruise on the Hudson, from Pier 59 on Manhattan, down to the Statue of Liberty and back. 2 hours, and an open bar. Woot! Attempts were made at pictures, but... dusk + city lights + rocking boat = no chance in hell of anything but blur. I'll see what can be scavenged. Dinner was a picnic picked up at the Chelsea Market on the way, and afterwards there was a snack (okay, second dinner) at Pop, which served up two mini burgers, damned good onion rings, and a strawberry shake for the low, LOW price of $15+. Per person. Luckily, we split it, so it was really only $15+ for both of us. :)
And now, I am teh ded.
ginkgo was a sunset sailing cruise on the Hudson, from Pier 59 on Manhattan, down to the Statue of Liberty and back. 2 hours, and an open bar. Woot! Attempts were made at pictures, but... dusk + city lights + rocking boat = no chance in hell of anything but blur. I'll see what can be scavenged. Dinner was a picnic picked up at the Chelsea Market on the way, and afterwards there was a snack (okay, second dinner) at Pop, which served up two mini burgers, damned good onion rings, and a strawberry shake for the low, LOW price of $15+. Per person. Luckily, we split it, so it was really only $15+ for both of us. :)And now, I am teh ded.
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Date: 2007-09-13 03:27 pm (UTC)Photo trick--expose for the lights (spot meter them at +1.5 or +2 if they're big enough, or adjust your exposure until they approach but don't push off the top end of your histogram), see how the rest turns out. You'll end up with silhouettes, but it can still make for a graphically interesting shot, and shortens your shutter speed significantly.
'Course, too late now. :)
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Date: 2007-09-13 03:32 pm (UTC)I'm going to have to grab the camera manual, and see if I can cross-reference it with the above. :D
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Date: 2007-09-13 03:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-13 03:48 pm (UTC)ie, Push Here, Dummy.
It does have a fairly complete manual mode, I just haven't ever, like, played with it. The auto modes do a pretty fair job 99% of the time. (I guess I should learn the manual approach for those last 1%...)
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Date: 2007-09-13 04:13 pm (UTC)If you're really lucky, the camera will have a live histogram mode, where it shows the histogram while you're composing the image. M.'s little P&S does that, and when we remember to turn it on, it's an extremely helpful tool.
You may also be able to adjust the aperture wider to shorten the shutter speed, but my guess is that the auto mode is already opening as wide as it can.
(The histogram, by the way, shows you the distribution of pixels in the image over the range of exposure values from detail-less black to blown-out white. Too many pixels pushed up to one or the other end of the histogram means big blocks of blank space in the image. Though "too many" depends on the image, the circumstances, and the tastes of the photographer and/or viewer.)
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Date: 2007-09-13 04:55 pm (UTC)