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What're the best settings to get silhouette shots like that?

 

there are really no best settings, it depends on the the amount of light in the background, so settings will vary depending on the environment.

generally speaking, you would want a narrow aperture, disable flash and high shutter speed for the freeze frame. than you'd adjust your iso sensitivity according to the amount of light you want in the image. the narrow aperture like f8-11 ish or even higher number with no flash will make sure the forground will be nice and dark while the background will still be in focus.

btw make sure you shoot shots like this in RAW, definitely the biggest benefit for a shot like this because you'd have a lot more flexibility with black levels.

 

Awesome! Thanks for the advice! You responded rather quickly, haha.

 

one more

 

I posted some of these already, but I finally got the chance to upload all the shots I took when I was in Mauritius.

 

Beautiful!!!!


I want to live somewhere like that!

 

I'm so disappointed at the last shot. Don't know why, but all my shots were coming out blurry when I was trying to shoot the wind surfers. I was using aperture priority, shooting at f/22, shutter speed of 1/80...was I shooting too slow? Even the 1/200 shots seem pretty blurry.

 

And a couple more...




Fav one.

 

for sports, i shoot at least 1/500th of a second...

 

that pic is full of epic win. i dont know why.. just when i saw the pic i was like"epic win"

 

I figured that's what it was. I know when I go to races, 1/200-1/250 is usually the sweet spot, but didn't think 1/80-1/200 would be too slow.

 

panning is one thing which is fine for motor sports, but not when you wanna freeze the frame

 

Well to freeze the frame, I usually just go for 1/1000 or faster. But I've noticed that 1/200-1/250 is fast enough to freeze the vehicle, but not fast enough to freeze the wheels.

 

not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but thanks anyway.

I like that pic too.

 

im sorry if it came off as sarcastic but i really meant it! i just dont know what makes me like it.. i think its the horizontal symmetry.. i dunno..

 

I see thanks,
you like the photo's composition :D

 

some more pics I took while traveling

 

Did another shoot with his new MAX Racing Hood.

 

^ yo same question as last page man.. was that car at wekfest with team hybrid? cause there was a similar car that i was staged next to at wekfest.