John Harper
New member
Hi there
I suppose this is directed at Nicloas, but also anyone who has experience of shooting boats from another boat. Its the round the Island race on Saturday 23rd and there are some 1750 boats entered, so i am off to try and get some shots. There is a pleasure cruise boat doing a 2 hour voyage from the needles so i am hoping to get shots from the sea rather than the cliffs above.
So any tips on methods to be used, main query i have is metering, when i shoot my birds and aircraft i am in manual mode having taken a meter reading of the grass as a midtone. What should i meter off in the boat.. The sea or will that be too dark, or should i get a grey card and meter off that.
Would you also set the white balance manually or use Auto. The lenses i have are IS so that should help, and should i put the camera inside a plastic bag to keep any spray off it or maybe just have a towel draped over it.
Any advice greatly appreciated
John
I suppose this is directed at Nicloas, but also anyone who has experience of shooting boats from another boat. Its the round the Island race on Saturday 23rd and there are some 1750 boats entered, so i am off to try and get some shots. There is a pleasure cruise boat doing a 2 hour voyage from the needles so i am hoping to get shots from the sea rather than the cliffs above.
So any tips on methods to be used, main query i have is metering, when i shoot my birds and aircraft i am in manual mode having taken a meter reading of the grass as a midtone. What should i meter off in the boat.. The sea or will that be too dark, or should i get a grey card and meter off that.
Would you also set the white balance manually or use Auto. The lenses i have are IS so that should help, and should i put the camera inside a plastic bag to keep any spray off it or maybe just have a towel draped over it.
Any advice greatly appreciated
John