The Everything Other Than Street X100 Image Thread.

[kyteflyer]

Martha's Vineyard, last weekend.

We just stayed at this amazing rental house / compound, built decades ago with steel railings covered in bamboo. Now this moss has grown up all over it.

At night, the milky way was pretty visible, and I shot this but I need quick advice:

First, the red streak was obviously a plane going overhead, which was near the center when the shutter opened and worked its way off screen. Second there's a shooting star near the center towards the bottom. The way I shot it was this: I set it up facing upwwards on something very stable, I put the 2 second delay on, set the camera to Bulb, which leaves the shutter open for 30 seconds. The problem is that during 30 seconds the earth rotates enough to make all the stars little oblong streaks. What would've gotten a clearer shot?

10 seconds is the recommended time if you don't want star trails. I shot mine at 13 secs because I didnt know any better at the time and the trailling is minimal, but 10 is the recommended max

[KillRamsey]

So I actually can't figure out how to set that time - default for bulb is 30 seconds and I can't find it in the menus... Anyone know roughly where it is?

[greyelm]

A dark room in Nymans, the childhood home of photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, now owned by the National Trust. ISO 3200 1/45 f2, RAW-> LR4 with 25 sharpening and 50 NR

[Penfan2010]

[lubov]

[Ghosthunter]

Here we go...


X100 Candles by andywest1, on Flickr


X100 Rye by andywest1, on Flickr


Harley by andywest1, on Flickr

[kyteflyer]

So I actually can't figure out how to set that time - default for bulb is 30 seconds and I can't find it in the menus... Anyone know roughly where it is?

erk. I was using a K-5 for my astro shots. I know the B is 30 secs and I havent found anything between that and 1/8, either. its strange. Must be there somewhere

[Crsnydertx]

My dim recollection from the film days was that B (Bulb) was a completely manual shutter mode. You pressed and held the shutter button (preferably using a cable release), counted to the desired time, then allowed the shutter to close. Does B not work that way on digital cameras that have that feature?

[Iansky]

We did a day trip recently to the seaside that is about 90 min away, typical summers day (2012) sunny / overcast / threatening rain......mixed bag but X100 handled it well!

[Crsnydertx]

Ian, nice set as always! I particularly like the fourth one.