A different kind of long exposure

[Mark Itol]

Last Saturday, I had the advantage of the less-polluted skies of Bacolod City, but thanks to the clouds, I went to bed without a visual of the supermoon.

To lessen the frustration, I went for the frogs on my uncle's pond.

It was fun shooting long exposures of these creatures at near-midnight. At times they would move a few seconds just after you start or just before you finish your 15-second-or-more exposure, leaving you having to restart the setup.

Here's one of the shots.

Some Frog (ID appreciated)
40D, 50/1.8 II + 2x TC, 100mm, ISO 1250, f/8, 25 secs, manual exposure, manual focus via live view, 190XB/484RC2, cable release, +1.5 EC during conversion, MLU

[Mark Itol]

Just finished processing another one.

40D, 50/1.8 II + 2x TC, 100mm, ISO 1600, f/7.1, 20 secs, manual exposure, manual focus via live view, Manfrotto 190XB/484RC2, cable release, MLU

[Romy Ocon]

Wow.... amazing that they remained motionless for such long shutter speeds. Great captures, Mark!

[mantarey]

Beautiful Mark, very impressive long exposure captures.

[Mark Itol]

Thank you, Ka Mastah and Rey.

Mar 27, 2011 23:59:29 GMT Romy Ocon said:

Wow.... amazing that they remained motionless for such long shutter speeds. Great captures, Mark!

I also found it interesting. The only moving part was their throat (don't know the anatomical term for it), vibrating rapidly to give out the sounds.

These are just the lucky shots; in some shots they move around during the exposure. Each setup probably took me around 3 minutes, involving adjustment of tripod and distance, metering, and manual focusing.