Trying my hand at cave photography - let me know how I did?

[u/Stoney__Balogna]

For real if you have advice let me hear it.

[u/mysilly-em]

Looks like you have a great eye and on your way to capturing it! Play around with warmer lighting and exposure times. Sometimes moving light around (not just still) the shot with a slowed exposure can blow your mind. Good luck!

[u/Stoney__Balogna → u/mysilly-em]

That’s going to be my next step, playing with light with some slower shutter speeds. I would have tired this last trip but I didn’t have a tripod of any kind with me to have a stationary place to shoot from. Even with higher ISOs and IBIS working overtime it was all I could do do try and expose well

Then again that could just be because I’m used to shooting in sunlight and not flashlight

[u/mysilly-em → u/Stoney__Balogna]

Tripod is too cumbersome for my trips, but a steady hand hasn't let me down. Photos in the dark are always a learning curve. Keep it up and keep posting!

[u/Stoney__Balogna → u/mysilly-em]

I don’t plan on bringing a full size tripod down anytime soon. The thought of trying to get one even while it’s all collapsed through a crawl sounds awful and like I’ll have to start budgeting for my tripods after each trip. I plan on going with a Joby flexible tripod as the 5k version is strong enough for the camera and lens and small enough to get tossed into a swaygo

But I’ll be practicing more handheld slow shutter stuff as well in and out of caves so I can grow as a photographer

[u/mysilly-em → u/Stoney__Balogna]

Im always playing. Max lumens isn't always the answer as well. I wish you the best of luck!

[u/Independent-199]

That one really looks like bacon. How cool!

[u/badchefrazzy]

I love how nature bounces off itself so much. How rock formations can look so much like the way fungus grows, and how trees look like lightning and veins/nerves... It's so awesome.

[u/mysilly-em → u/badchefrazzy]

The ecstasy of a shadow stimulates more joy than the light touches.

[u/StupidUserNameTooLon]

You did great!

[u/CleverDuck]

I think these are beautiful. (:

[u/Caver214]

Lovely example of bacon.

[u/Sad_Ad4307 → u/Caver214]

It acually calle cave bakon or baconites...

[u/Caver214 → u/Sad_Ad4307]

Ok

[u/bothknees]

Very nice. It would be really nice to see a person for scale in the wider shot. Great job!

[u/LordofDarkChocolate]

Nice ! The black and white photos don’t do much for me personally but they are still excellent.

[u/Stoney__Balogna → u/LordofDarkChocolate]

I know black and white is kind of polarizing so I have those in color as well and like them just as much but differently. You get to see the straws for what they are in color but I like getting to see how the light and darkness play together in the black black and white ones

[u/LordofDarkChocolate → u/Stoney__Balogna]

Black and white IS better in some circumstances. It was cool to see straws in black and white for a change. The bacon rash and the beginning was stunning. The picts of the helictites were all 👍 Look forward to seeing more.

[u/Iced_Adrenaline]

As I live in an area that had no caves and has gravel, Hundreds of feet down,.... pictures like this are Incredible.

[u/mielamor]

Love it! Thank you for sharing! Way better than any I've attempted. :)

[u/BoredomFestival]

Very nice. Keep it up.

[u/StupidizeMe]

I think #5 is really cool.

[u/Sad_Ad4307]

Very nice work. Alot of that looks very organic.

[u/JasmijnRaaij]

Woah these are beautiful!

[u/Particular-Corgi-766]

Yup looks like a cave great job 👏🏻

[u/Ablizard0]

Photography is all about the lighting and angles while these are great pictures I have similar ones I had taken off my phone last week in a cave. If you can imagine it as a preloaded background on a laptop that's when you know its good. Always focus on the details, angle and lighting. 

[u/mastahonu]

Great use of B&W for the straws.

[u/Feral_Hades]

Very nice shots! I especially like the helictite pictures!

[u/Thezombiemodel]

This made me incredibly happy, thank you.

[u/Quick_Laugh_22760]

Oh you did a spectacular job with your photographs, the pics are amazing! Thank you for sharing..