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Requirement 5,4: Burst
For this photo, I wanted to capture a plate shattering. We picked up some porcelain plates from Goodwill and dropped them onto a stone over a tarp. I borrowed my friend's camera because it allowed for a higher ISO and lower shutter speed than my Rebel T2i.
I mounted the camera on a tripod so that I could stitch together the shots more easily. To focus the camera, I placed the plate in the center of the stone. I used a 100mm macro lens to get a tight shot while at the same time keeping the camera out of the splash zone. I used the lowest possible shutter speed, 1/8000s, to capture even the quick shards in good detail. I used f/6.3 so that the shards would mostly be in focus and the fence would be out of focus. It was pretty cloudy, so even with f/6.3 I had to use an ISO of 6400 to get enough light.
My friend dropped the plate starting just out of frame. I took the photo on a two second timer and took several continuous photos. In Photoshop, I combined the plate at several steps during its fall. I also took shards from a different plate drop and added them in as well go make it look more explosive. Finally, I adjusted the exposure in Lightroom to make it brighter.
Requirement 5,4: Burst
For this photo, I wanted to capture a plate shattering. We picked up some porcelain plates from Goodwill and dropped them onto a stone over a tarp. I borrowed my friend's camera because it allowed for a higher ISO and lower shutter speed than my Rebel T2i.
I mounted the camera on a tripod so that I could stitch together the shots more easily. To focus the camera, I placed the plate in the center of the stone. I used a 100mm macro lens to get a tight shot while at the same time keeping the camera out of the splash zone. I used the lowest possible shutter speed, 1/8000s, to capture even the quick shards in good detail. I used f/6.3 so that the shards would mostly be in focus and the fence would be out of focus. It was pretty cloudy, so even with f/6.3 I had to use an ISO of 6400 to get enough light.
My friend dropped the plate starting just out of frame. I took the photo on a two second timer and took several continuous photos. In Photoshop, I combined the plate at several steps during its fall. I also took shards from a different plate drop and added them in as well go make it look more explosive. Finally, I adjusted the exposure in Lightroom to make it brighter.