January 19, 2010
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Sunrise @ Esplanade
Great morning shoot with the "Relax shoot" guys at Esplanade. In fact, my second shoot with them. My first shoot was kinda messed up. Not sure why but I think my G1 with the 7-14mm wide angle lens were not focused properly (maybe). But this time, I came with an exact idea of what I was going to do.
I was going to park myself at one spot and just take pictures of multiple exposures of the same spot. By the time I got set up it was still okay - darkish at 6.37am... took a few test shots, then started shoot at 6.38am. Every minute after that, I will take a few more shots of different shutter speeds. First time doing this... now I know, every 2 mins, the shutter speed needs to be moved up. Also, as the sky got clearer, I need to not let the shutter increase too fast, as it is supposed to be brighter with sun going up. In the end I took 350 photos... till 7.52am. Quite enjoyed what I learnt, it's amazing. In fact, out the the 350, I think there's only three photos that are "there", each from a different scene.
1. Dark, with lights from the building
2. Sky turning from blue to red, half half
3. Sun is on the way up, or fully up - yellow.My fav is two. It only happens between 7.01am and 7.02am, with only the right shutter speed to bring out the full colours. Undoubtedly, a lot of shots, and different setting, all to get "the" picture.
Now I understand.
