Aug 4, 2011

Looks can be deceiving

Would you believe this below shot was taken at a five-second exposure? We don't get very much light in this apartment (the next one hopefully won't disappoint in the light category!), so this was taken with this silly set-up. Then I shot tethered for a bit to humor J who was really into tethered shooting. (Though I must admit, shooting tethered was fun and useful for fixing little things like the focus being slightly off.)

50mm | ISO 100 | f/8.0 | 5.0 sec

Please excuse the horrendous "styling." This was only for experimental kicks, and to show off some our Greenmarket goods. Gosh, those donut peaches were ridiculous. So... peachy. I don't know how else to describe 'em, but they taste like a couple of normal peaches concentrated together. Sadly, those dahlias are now a dried mass in the trash. It's so sad how these cut flowers from the Greenmarket never last.

Below is just a closer up look at the detail. Pretty frickin' sharp for a five-second exposure, eh?

8 comments :

  1. NICE! Just goes to show ya that sometimes a tripod is just what you need to get the job done. I'm starting to pull mine out of the closet more and more for around-the-house shooting, too. We get awesome evening light, but our apt faces West, so anytime before 4pm it's pretty dull in here.

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  2. Your "horrendous styling" looks awesome!

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  3. haha i agree with jackie.. "horrendous styling?!" pleeeease :)

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  4. Love the setup; nothing silly about it. As to the shutter speed, if it don't move, you're gold.

    Great post. Good luck on finding your "light."

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  5. you're rocking the tripod and high aperture. :)

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  6. So much good produce right now! We got donut peaches this week too, they really are so crazy right?

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  7. haha- i must say, the styling looked pretty nice to me!!

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