Exercise 33 - Light Through the day

What: The main brief of this exercise was to take a sequence of photographs throughout the day using the same subject and composition to study what happens when the sun moves across the sky and the impact this has on shade and creating urgency to landscapes Where: In the house
When: Through the day
How: The camera was positioned on a tripod overlooking a local shared area, a pathway and out over some trees. A combined camera release and intervalometer was used to allow the camera to count down until the first shot and the take a subsequent number of photographs at identical timed intervals.

I started by looking at the sunrise and sunset times for a particular day as I had checked the long range weather forecasts and the weather was clear and bright. From the sunrise/sunset tables I noted that the sun would rise at about 04:28 and set at about 22:01, I then planned for the camera to start taking photographs at about 02:00 to capture the “false” sunrise and I knew that I could then use the cable release button to take extra photographs when I wanted without interfering or adjusting the timed interval.
I set the camera up on a tripod high out of the way so that it could not be knocked by a passing cat or have a cat in the middle of the composition. I set the camera to daylight white balance and the aperture to f/11, this way the camera could control the speed so that the photographs would not be over or under exposed.

As I sat through the day looking at the sky I was interested to see what would be captured as I was not always sure that I could see a difference in the light and colouration of the sky. However when looking through the final images I could see a difference in colours;



02:10
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 7.1 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens




03:10
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1.0 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



04:10
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/45 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



05:10
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



06:10
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



07:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



08:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



09:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



10:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



11:13
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



12:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



13:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



14:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



15:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



16:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



17:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/750 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



18:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/750 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



19:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



20:03
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/750 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



20:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/750 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



20:27
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/500 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



20:48
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/500 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



20:52
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/350 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



20:58
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/350 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



21:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/250 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



21:20
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/180 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



21:33
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/125 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



21:52
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/60 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



22:04
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/20 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



22:09
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/15 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens



22:39
D80,Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/3 sec, ISO 1000, 27mm (35mm equivalent 40mm), Pattern Metering Mode, Daylight White Balance, tripod mounted, 18-70 lens




I was surprised to see how much difference the changes in light made to shade and colours, as the sun moved around the sky I could see the greenery change colour and the shadows move as well as darken and the shadows elongate and then develop a light red hue when the sun started to set. I was expecting less of a difference through the day, but again I was surprised to see how much difference there actually was during the entire day, much more than I had expected.

This will have an effect on when I take photographs during the day, as obviously the light will change as per exercise 32, but the effect on shadows and colours towards the end of the day has impressed me and I think that when I come to do some landscape photography I will certainly keep this lesson in mind and remember the interaction of the light, the movement of the sun, the difference is white balance and the whole affect of sun and shadow.



Links to more information on Intervalometer and their use.

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervalometer#Photography
John Rappolds Blog - http://johnrappold.org/photoblog/?p=409 His type of device is almost the same as the one I obtained.