I started this thread after seeing TH3 H4NGMAN post in another thread that he had trouble taking photos of his fans moving and that the LEDs would cause blur which meant that the shutter speed he was using made the fans look stationary.
I am going to post 3 photos all taken within 30 secs to highlight TH3 H4NGMAN issues and also explain what caused them and how the third image helps provide the result and also rid the blur.
I am not a pro photographer but have took some nice photos at night and thought the technique would work the same (thankfully it did ).
All photos were taken without the use of a tripod and not in the best of lighting conditions i.e. a fairly dark room at around 1945 hrs tonight.
1. This photo was taken with the setting on the camera set to sport but due to the close range of the case the camera has trouble focussing, a bit of camera shake causes blurring but you can see the fans moving.
2. This next photo was taken with macro setting applied, the flash popped up and the camera set its own shutter speed. Now the fan looks still depite the pc still running (check blue LED visible next to my dusty fan outlet - goes to get air spray!)
3. This photo was taken with the camera set to AV and the aperture adjusted to a high setting for a sharper picture I used F4.5 in this photo.
The aperture is adjusted by changing the "F number" usually by a dial on the camera, I am not sure what the camera will default to as this varies depending on the lens fitted. I turned mine from F16 down to F4.5 which reduced the shutter speed slow enough to catch the motion blur of the fan but quick enough for "me" not to be effected by camera shake.
With a tripod you could get some stunning results even with the aperture set to F8 (which lenghtens the time of the exposure allowing more light in) this photo was taken about 2 in the moring almost pitch black, the lens stayed open for about 2 minutes or so, luckily there was enough starlight and the moon was almost full (its the bright thing behind the prop)
Hope you find this useful and it may even follow with more tips if it is successful. good Luck
I am going to post 3 photos all taken within 30 secs to highlight TH3 H4NGMAN issues and also explain what caused them and how the third image helps provide the result and also rid the blur.
I am not a pro photographer but have took some nice photos at night and thought the technique would work the same (thankfully it did ).
1. This photo was taken with the setting on the camera set to sport but due to the close range of the case the camera has trouble focussing, a bit of camera shake causes blurring but you can see the fans moving.
2. This next photo was taken with macro setting applied, the flash popped up and the camera set its own shutter speed. Now the fan looks still depite the pc still running (check blue LED visible next to my dusty fan outlet - goes to get air spray!)
3. This photo was taken with the camera set to AV and the aperture adjusted to a high setting for a sharper picture I used F4.5 in this photo.
The aperture is adjusted by changing the "F number" usually by a dial on the camera, I am not sure what the camera will default to as this varies depending on the lens fitted. I turned mine from F16 down to F4.5 which reduced the shutter speed slow enough to catch the motion blur of the fan but quick enough for "me" not to be effected by camera shake.
With a tripod you could get some stunning results even with the aperture set to F8 (which lenghtens the time of the exposure allowing more light in) this photo was taken about 2 in the moring almost pitch black, the lens stayed open for about 2 minutes or so, luckily there was enough starlight and the moon was almost full (its the bright thing behind the prop)
Hope you find this useful and it may even follow with more tips if it is successful. good Luck
