Gerrit Gulden
EF4
Beautiful shot. I love the distant thunderstorm shots. The anvil on the right is awesome.
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Storm 100nm away caught on Camera
- Thread starter Aaron Wesson
- Start date
Rob Wadsworth
EF5
I don't have the lens power yet to do the 100 mile distance.
I did get a good exposure from 25 miles away.
You used a 100mm focal distance?
But did it have any crop factor in the final product?
Y'know - like 100mm x 1.6?
I'm not sure how much lens power I will need this coming season.
What ranges are most useful and effective?
In other words; how many lenses are enough?
Would 100mm be all that I will ever need?!?
A 50mm (x 1.6 crop factor) @ f/6.5 shot pulled it in close.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_asmcQuUCJwc/SKXsIPXWAAI/AAAAAAAAADM/0dZ-X-KbbWI/s1600-h/IMG_1066.jpg
And a 22mm (x 1.6 crop factor) f/11 got the bigger, later picture.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_asmcQuUCJwc/SKXsIY4S0HI/AAAAAAAAADU/sujcREoI-MY/s1600-h/IMG_1088.jpg
I did get a good exposure from 25 miles away.
You used a 100mm focal distance?
But did it have any crop factor in the final product?
Y'know - like 100mm x 1.6?
I'm not sure how much lens power I will need this coming season.
What ranges are most useful and effective?
In other words; how many lenses are enough?
Would 100mm be all that I will ever need?!?
A 50mm (x 1.6 crop factor) @ f/6.5 shot pulled it in close.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_asmcQuUCJwc/SKXsIPXWAAI/AAAAAAAAADM/0dZ-X-KbbWI/s1600-h/IMG_1066.jpg
And a 22mm (x 1.6 crop factor) f/11 got the bigger, later picture.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_asmcQuUCJwc/SKXsIY4S0HI/AAAAAAAAADU/sujcREoI-MY/s1600-h/IMG_1088.jpg
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mikedeason
EF5
The 4/3 lenses have a crop factor of 2X. He was shooting at 150mm, an equivalent of 300mm full frame.
Aaron Wesson
EF1
Derek I used the Auto layout as the Perspective didn't give me that open wide feel that I wanted.
You are correct Dann that is the system that produced that shot.
Rob...I will be honest with you. I just grabbed my Oly and the 150mm lens. I then ran up a hill, giving me an amazing vantage point, focused and shot the storm in several different places. Camera was set to Auto and I did a manual focus then let the camera tighten the focus a bit more. It was fun trying to get the focus points to activate on the storm but I figured it out.
As for cropping the final product I did have to crop after I merged the images but this was to mainly clean up the edges. I didn't remove any of the storm just some sky and ground.
I am no means a pro at this...I just get lucky from time to time. With my full time job as a met, part time jobs as web / graphics developer and father of 6 I don't have time to really learn the amazing art of photography. The good news is that in the right hands, Photoshop will make just about any photographer better than they really are.
You are correct Dann that is the system that produced that shot.
Rob...I will be honest with you. I just grabbed my Oly and the 150mm lens. I then ran up a hill, giving me an amazing vantage point, focused and shot the storm in several different places. Camera was set to Auto and I did a manual focus then let the camera tighten the focus a bit more. It was fun trying to get the focus points to activate on the storm but I figured it out.
As for cropping the final product I did have to crop after I merged the images but this was to mainly clean up the edges. I didn't remove any of the storm just some sky and ground.
I am no means a pro at this...I just get lucky from time to time. With my full time job as a met, part time jobs as web / graphics developer and father of 6 I don't have time to really learn the amazing art of photography. The good news is that in the right hands, Photoshop will make just about any photographer better than they really are.
Rodney Price
EF0
BUMP...
Aaron...nice photo! I stared at that pic forever and can't find any hints of merging. Really nice work!
Rodney
Aaron...nice photo! I stared at that pic forever and can't find any hints of merging. Really nice work!
Rodney
