Long Exposure

[ivan balais]

Question po mga master.. di ba po pag long exposure mas madami light na papasok? natry ko lang sa gabi ok pero pag maliwanag white image nalang nag aappear, kelangan po ba may filter? o may adjustment lang po na dapat para kahit maliwanag kita parin yung image kahit long exposure?

[dan torres]

hi ivan, pasensya na po, nasa malayong lugar ang mga masters of the MDPC.

since birthday mo, i will try to answer your question kahit hindi ako master.

white image means you are totally over expose. black means you are totally under exposed.

there are 3 elements in an exposure actually, 5 kasama yun ambient/natural light and the artificial/flash/strobe light.di ko na sinama yun dalawa kasi nasa camera tayo.

1st element is ISO dati sa film it is called ASA. ito yun sensitivity ng sensor mo. 100, 200, 400 and so on. the lower the the number say, 100, the less sensitive the light. lower numbers are usually used in well lit scenes. higher numbers are used in darker scences. using high ISO adds noise to your image. noise yung tuldok tuldok sa image mo when you open it in your computer or in bigger screens. in long exposure, sabi ni master tam and master elbert, we commonly use ISO 100 for less noise. maybe you can check on that.

2nd element is the aperture. aperture is the fnumber. f1.2, f1.4, f1.8 and so on... the lower the fnumber the wider the opening of the hole and the shallower the depth of field(search mo na lang sa wikipedia yun depth of field and bokeh for you to better understand.) the higher the fnumber the smaller the opening of the shutter and the wider the depth of field. in higher fnumber, mas konti yun pumapasok na light dahil mas maliit ang opening ng hole. in lower number, mas marami yun pumapasok na light dahil mas malaki ang butas. aperture settings will depend on how deep or shallow your depth of field will be. but remember that ratio na mas maliit ang fnumber, mas malaki ang butas, mas malaki ang fnumber, mas maliit ang butas.

3rd element is the shutter speed. sa long exposure, it's is in seconds. 1", 2" and so on. shutter speed is the length of time you leave your shutter open. so maybe try to lower your shutter speed. experiment so you will know what adjusting the shutter speed will do to your exposure.

these 3 elements are very relative, pag may adjustment ka sa isa, may effect sa exposure mo. at this point, para mas maintindihan mo, experiment mo adjusting these 3 elements for you to better understand what i am saying. baka akala mo, kaya ka namin sinasagot, gusto lang namin magpalibre sa iyo kasi birthday mo. hindi pare, hindi kami tatanggi pag nag-invite ka...

regarding the filter, ginagamit sya if you want to have long exposure in a well lit scenes. Neutral Density glass. Pero, yun affordable made of plastic lang sya. ginagamit sya sa long exposure pagkuha sa falls, sa masyadong maliliwanag na scenes na di mo macocontrol yun light. hahayaan ko na ang mga masters ang ang magpaliwanag sa iyo nyan.

i hope i enlightened you someway somehow. for further explanation, ask mo na ang masters...

pre belated happy birthday. sana dumami pa birthday mo para dumami pa ang pagkakataon mong ilibre kami...

[Elbert "MACROAQUAMAN" Malonzo]

Question po mga master.. di ba po pag long exposure mas madami light na papasok? natry ko lang sa gabi ok pero pag maliwanag white image nalang nag aappear, kelangan po ba may filter? o may adjustment lang po na dapat para kahit maliwanag kita parin yung image kahit long exposure?

one question ivan, baket kelangan mo mag-long exposure pag maliwanag?

[ivan balais]

baka akala mo, kaya ka namin sinasagot, gusto lang namin magpalibre sa iyo kasi birthday mo. hindi pare, hindi kami tatanggi pag nag-invite ka...

i hope i enlightened you someway somehow. for further explanation, ask mo na ang masters...

pre belated happy birthday. sana dumami pa birthday mo para dumami pa ang pagkakataon mong ilibre kami...

Salamat po ng marami Sir Dan hehe thanks sa pag greet bawi nalang po next time hehe

Sir Elbert... gusto ko lng sana i-try kung pwede long exposure kahit maliwanag kaya lng white image nga lumalabas kahit taas na ng aperture gamit ko hehehe.. pwede lang ata un pag naka ir filter no?

[Elbert "MACROAQUAMAN" Malonzo]

Sir Dan thanks hehehe..

Sir Elbert... gusto ko lng sana i-try kung pwede long exposure kahit maliwanag kaya lng white image nga lumalabas kahit taas na ng aperture gamit ko hehehe.. pwede lang ata un pag naka ir filter no?

kahit naka-IR filter ka, minsan eh overexposed pa rin. ikaw na rin nagsabi na pag long exposure eh mas maraming light ang papasok. since maraming light na yung pumapasok sa normal exposure mo pag maliwanag, then mag-lo-long exposure ka. superwhite talaga image na makukuha mo.

[ivan balais]

ah ok parang ganun din pala mangyayari hehe..

[john aguila]

ivan, abang ka mga long exposure shots dun sa bolinao thread. maglalabasan yan hehe. malas lang kami sa clouds nun.

[Sherwin Garbo]

pwede ka mag long exposure sa kaliwanagan ng araw gamit ka lng ng filter like nd400 or stackan mo pa ng ibang filter

[ivan balais]

ichecheck ko yan Sir Sherwin thanks uhmm san po ma mura filter and magkano sa nd400 nakakita ako sa net mahal eh..

[Aaron John Chan Pelayre]

Ivan, just an advice the best way to learn long exposure shots is to join the group when doing it. 

[ivan balais]

oo nga po Sir AJ di lang nakasama nun kasi b-day ko ng friday and umuwi kami ng Lucban kasi may reunion tatay ko dun next time po paturo salamat

[dan torres]

a shoot is cooking up this long weekend. make sure makasama ka. you'll enjoy it and you will learn a lot.

lots of fun ang shoot...

[ivan balais]

wa may Mt. Makulot kami pero check ko if pwede resched