October 30, 2004: Jenny Holzer Fast and Slow
Above are five pairs of shots I took tonight at Jenny Holzer's Cooper Union installation. The first in each pair was shot at ISO 1600, F3.5, and 1/20th of a second. The second was shot at ISO 100, F22, and 30 seconds. The smaller aperatures in the slow shots create the star distortions around bright light sources. I prefer the slower shots- but then I've never been a huge fan of truisms, aphorisms, or conceptual art.
Jake...
Are you using / have you considered neutral density filters to increase the maximum exposure times further? I finally have a tripod, so I'm getting ready to get out and do more night shooting as work allows (look for the idiot with a tripod and a suit and tie near Times Sq.)
Also -- I notice you're using TypeKey now... I assume it's due to the recent (further) increase in spamming. How much of a chilling effect are you seeing?
Tom
i do have some neutral density filters, but i'm already shooting at 30s, which is the maximum time for the camera without bulb. i've considered hooking up some ND filters, stopping down to f22, and going for bulb exposures around 4 or 5 minutes, but i'm not sure what the effect would look like.
and yep- typekey is great- total chilling effect on comment spam. probably cuts down on it by 95%. but they'll always find a way- today i got hit by about 100 trackback spams on bluejake- on a new URL i hadn't blocked before.
What are the horizontal blocks of light in the trees? Were they projected from the installation? They're dazzling in your pictures.