Campus after dark

kts262 · 12-07-2007, 12:42 PM

It was F'ing freezing last night. So what did I do? I went out to take some long exposures of campus and freeze my ass off. I need saner hobbies. It did give me some practice with trying to manually focus and play with the 'bulb' mode on Manual, as well as trying to guess how long I should expose something for.

All that geeky camera info is included for those who care. All with my D50 + 18-200mm VR w/ VR on.

Oh and this is the University of Maryland, College Park.

Memorial Chapel

24mm f/18, 30 second exposure. 30 seconds is a bit too long... This was on Shutter Priority w/ a 30 second exposure setting so I could look at what the camera was thinking first.

Memorial Chapel

18mm f/19, 35.5 second exposure. way too long. my fingers were numbing up so it took a while to stop the exposure.

Memorial Chapel

18mm, f/9, 4.5 seconds. just about right...

Memorial Chapel

18mm, f/3.5, 5/8ths of a second.

Memorial Chapel clocktower

50mm, f/4.8 1.3 seconds.

McKeldin Library

90mm, f/9 15 seconds

Route 1

18mm, f/9, 9 seconds.

Steam plant

135mm, f/9, 15 seconds.

Tree

18mm, f/9, 60 seconds.

Admin building

18mm, f/9, 8 seconds.

The Big M

18mm, f/9, 15 seconds.

The Big M, take 2

18mm, f/9, 10 seconds.

USNSTI · 12-07-2007, 01:00 PM

Where's the STI's?

J/k nice pics man

WRXTek · 12-07-2007, 02:17 PM

nice shots.

Real Deal · 12-07-2007, 02:33 PM

the first pic is very nice
and so is the library shot
good work

RdRacer301 · 12-07-2007, 04:46 PM

Damn Kevin.. beat me to it. I was gonna take some pics on campus with the car after the finals and it quiets down on campus.... Looks good man.

Definitely feeling the shot of McKeldin.

***Datadatum*** · 12-07-2007, 05:14 PM

Love the tree!

ucsti · 12-07-2007, 05:18 PM

wow, very nice. I wish I could do that!

sticop · 12-07-2007, 05:21 PM

thats pretty cool

RFFG · 12-07-2007, 05:26 PM

Wow...nice shots!!

***Tomerville*** · 12-07-2007, 05:39 PM

Amazing shots! So jealous, It's been 40F here and raining, but very little snow

amg destroyer · 12-07-2007, 06:06 PM

Nice shots.

Ikon · 12-07-2007, 06:14 PM

very nice shots.

RUGBY · 12-08-2007, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USNSTI

Where's the STI's?

J/k nice pics man

Who cares about the STi, where's the naked college chicks

Sixgunz · 12-09-2007, 06:26 PM

Nice pics.

you shoud try some bracketing and some HDR stuff with those shots......

kts262 · 12-11-2007, 06:32 AM

Thanks everyone, glad you liked them!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixgunz

you shoud try some bracketing and some HDR stuff with those shots......

I thought about that, but I'm a little scared of HDR. I feel there is a very fine line between good HDR and bad HDR. I do want to play with it a bit at one of the next abandonments I shoot, I'd love to be able to capture the highlights in stained glass of a church or what's outside a window while also being able to clearly see the detail inside the room I'm taking the photo from. (see Urban Exploration Resource: Forum - Thread: Bracket and Blends: How To for an example of what's I'd like to do.) I guess that's more bracketing/blending.

I also would need to get a copy of Photoshop to properly do it I think I'm still using The Gimp.

I'm still pretty n00bish to post processing, I've been taking photos for about a year now and only in the last few months have I really even used The Gimp to tweak them and even then that's just simple sharpen, straighten, color tweeks, and adding the border.

12-07-2007, 12:42 PM	#1
kts262 HowTo Contributor Car: 2008 DGM (BBS+Navi) Fav Mod: stock FTL? Location: College Park, MD Posts: 2,123 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (9)	Campus after dark It was F'ing freezing last night. So what did I do? I went out to take some long exposures of campus and freeze my ass off. I need saner hobbies. It did give me some practice with trying to manually focus and play with the 'bulb' mode on Manual, as well as trying to guess how long I should expose something for. All that geeky camera info is included for those who care. All with my D50 + 18-200mm VR w/ VR on. Oh and this is the University of Maryland, College Park. Memorial Chapel 24mm f/18, 30 second exposure. 30 seconds is a bit too long... This was on Shutter Priority w/ a 30 second exposure setting so I could look at what the camera was thinking first. Memorial Chapel 18mm f/19, 35.5 second exposure. way too long. my fingers were numbing up so it took a while to stop the exposure. Memorial Chapel 18mm, f/9, 4.5 seconds. just about right... Memorial Chapel 18mm, f/3.5, 5/8ths of a second. Memorial Chapel clocktower 50mm, f/4.8 1.3 seconds. McKeldin Library 90mm, f/9 15 seconds Route 1 18mm, f/9, 9 seconds. Steam plant 135mm, f/9, 15 seconds. Tree 18mm, f/9, 60 seconds. Admin building 18mm, f/9, 8 seconds. The Big M 18mm, f/9, 15 seconds. The Big M, take 2 18mm, f/9, 10 seconds. This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

12-07-2007, 01:00 PM	#2
USNSTI Silver Member Car: OBP 07 STI Fav Mod: Boost gauge Location: San Diego Posts: 1,430 Join Date: Dec 2006 Trader Rating: (6)	Re: Campus after dark Where's the STI's? J/k nice pics man

12-07-2007, 02:17 PM	#3
WRXTek Senior STI Driver Car: 04 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Ecutek'd GT30R Posts: 359 Join Date: Oct 2004 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: Campus after dark nice shots.

12-07-2007, 02:33 PM	#4
Real Deal STI Driver Car: 07 STI Limited Location: Seatown Posts: 299 Join Date: Oct 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: Campus after dark the first pic is very nice and so is the library shot good work

12-07-2007, 04:46 PM	#5
RdRacer301 S204 Racer Car: 05 OBP STi Fav Mod: My Right Foot Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 2,537 Join Date: Oct 2004 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: Campus after dark Damn Kevin.. beat me to it. I was gonna take some pics on campus with the car after the finals and it quiets down on campus.... Looks good man. Definitely feeling the shot of McKeldin.

12-07-2007, 05:14 PM	#6
*Datadatum* 100% More Wingless Car: 05 STi + 08 OBXT Fav Mod: baby seats Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 5,706 Join Date: May 2004 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: Campus after dark Love the tree!

12-07-2007, 05:18 PM	#7
ucsti Junior STI Driver Car: Blue w/ a crapload o Fav Mod: anything I can do myself Location: LA Posts: 192 Join Date: Aug 2007 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: Campus after dark wow, very nice. I wish I could do that!

12-07-2007, 05:21 PM	#8
sticop Grassroots STI Racer Car: 04 WRB STI Fav Mod: 255's ftmfw Location: central NH Posts: 595 Join Date: Apr 2007 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: Campus after dark thats pretty cool

12-07-2007, 05:26 PM	#9
RFFG Spec C Club Car: 1998 Impreza GF8 Location: Miami, Fl. Posts: 2,458 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (3)	Re: Campus after dark Wow...nice shots!!

12-07-2007, 05:39 PM	#10
*Tomerville* Likkle Jacob Car: '06 STI Fav Mod: AVIC D-3 Location: Too many places. Posts: 1,116 Join Date: May 2006 Trader Rating: (5)	Re: Campus after dark Amazing shots! So jealous, It's been 40F here and raining, but very little snow

12-07-2007, 06:06 PM	#11
amg destroyer Iron Fisted Car: '05 STi Fav Mod: Sparco seat Location: OC Posts: 4,184 Join Date: Sep 2006 Trader Rating: (4)	Re: Campus after dark Nice shots.

12-07-2007, 06:14 PM	#12
Ikon Welcome to The Board Car: 06 WRB STI Fav Mod: Advan RS Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,428 Join Date: Mar 2006 Trader Rating: (12)	Re: Campus after dark very nice shots.

12-09-2007, 06:26 PM	#14
Sixgunz Amateur STI Driver Car: 06 STi OBP Location: NY,NY Posts: 38 Join Date: Apr 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: Campus after dark Nice pics. you shoud try some bracketing and some HDR stuff with those shots......