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Ive been given the chance to shoot something a bit out of the ordinary (no fee, no publication etc, just as someone with a camera and an interest in heavy haulage) but its going to be surrounded by blue and yellow flashing lights, at night. Any advice on how I can keep the detail in the main body without the entire image being overwhelmed by the lights?
Im guessing spot metering will be useful, and upping the ISO so I can keep a decent shutter speed. Any other things I should be thinking of? I'll be using a 5Diii for the higher ISO stuff and a 7Dii if I can get away with it.
I had a quick look on flickr but couldn't find any exif data on the decent shots
 
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See if this helps…

I shot 12 pictures for the local voluntary fire station, a
fund raising calendar. I proposed, for more dramatic
takes, to shoot at twilight and later.

Final setup…
D3X + 24~70mm + two TTL B1 and B2 (rear curtain) +
matrix metering + ISO 400 + ƒ8.

Teams staff, trucks, rescue vehicles even an helicopter.
 
Kodiak Qc said:
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Thanks, It does a bit, but as its going to be moving under police escort I dont think they'll like me loosing off flash everywhere (sorry, should have said I couldnt use flash/its moving)
Do you have a link to the shots anywhere?
 
Madmoggy said:
Do you have a link to the shots anywhere?
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Sorry Graeme, I don't since this was one of the
6 annual social projects that year, I gave them all
the keepers.
 
Talk to the haulier and the escorting force and ask if it will be possible to take some flash shots. At some point it'll almost certainly be moving very slowly and that would seem to me to be the best place(s) to shoot it. Don't forget that speed cameras use flash and plod don't complain about them...
 
Nod said:
Talk to the haulier and the escorting force and ask if it will be possible to take some flash shots. At some point it'll almost certainly be moving very slowly and that would seem to me to be the best place(s) to shoot it. Don't forget that speed cameras use flash and plod don't complain about them...
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Good point about the speed cameras, I hadnt thought of that.
Im going to see if I can get some flash shots before it actually moves off, and I'll ask if I can grab a couple on the slow corners etc as we go.
Thanks
 
Madmoggy said:
Good point about the speed cameras, I hadnt thought of that.
Im going to see if I can get some flash shots before it actually moves off, and I'll ask if I can grab a couple on the slow corners etc as we go.
Thanks
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^good plan (y)
 
Nod said:
Talk to the haulier and the escorting force and ask if it will be possible to take some flash shots. At some point it'll almost certainly be moving very slowly and that would seem to me to be the best place(s) to shoot it. Don't forget that speed cameras use flash and plod don't complain about them...
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Don't forget through that the flash from a speed camera is setup to be behind the driver facing the back of the vehicle.
 
Plenty of them on single carriageways which will be firing at traffic heading the other way.
 
Mozthecat said:
Don't forget through that the flash from a speed camera is setup to be behind the driver facing the back of the vehicle.
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Says the man who hasn't had purple spots in his eyes for 10 mins from being bit by a forward facing truvelo camera
 
Madmoggy said:
Good point about the speed cameras, I hadnt thought of that.
Im going to see if I can get some flash shots before it actually moves off, and I'll ask if I can grab a couple on the slow corners etc as we go.
Thanks
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There's going to be at least a couple of minutes at each end where they're prepping to go, take advantage of these to at least try and do a static and some light painting so you've got that in the bag.
 
in the end it all came to nought, as my sciatica flared up and I could barely walk, then the move was postponed and took place when I couldnt go, so it will have to wait until next time
 
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