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My aviation mentor and best bud Richard said let’s head over to the seaplane base for sunset. There was no sunset but there was some great photography to be had. I spend lots of time in float planes so this was like going home for me.
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Yeah, it was dark and that was the cool part. It was also a challenge as things are still moving and you’ve got no shutter speed to stop them. You already want a shutter speed of 1/125 or slower to blur the prop but at ISO 100 in the low light, I was down to 1/10 – 1/30 in these exposures. To get the mood of the low light, -2 exp comp was dialed in and even with that, my shutter speeds were this low.
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Had no tripod, everything had to be done handheld. My keeper rate fell to only 67% in these conditions but I was still very happy with the end results. They almost have that Pirates of the Caribbean ride feel to them with the trees, lights and subdued colors. The running lights bring things to life and grab the eye. They would turn the landing lights off not to long after coming into the cove so it was a challenge to get the elements arranged in the frame fast enough to captured the lights. But when you did, it was a schweet shot!
Photos captured by D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital flim