Wednesday, August 12, 2009

August 11th, 2009

In Detroit to shoo the Military Vehicles Expo and Conference. Here's what I love about photography . . . it brings out the inner-MacGyver in you! I had a great hotel room with a terrific view of downtown Detroit. I knew I wanted to capture the scene right after sunset, but didn't bring a tripod. The air conditioner was the perfect surface to shoot from, but a bit low, so I grabbed the ice bucket and a rolled up tee-shirt and used that as a makeshift tripod. I also didn't have a cable release, so I set my exposure, then used the camera's self-timer to trip the shutter. The results speak for themselves!

Captured at f/5.6 with a shutter speed of 7 full seconds (hence the makeshift tripod) with an ISO of 100.

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