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04/30/2005 09:43:41 PM · #1 |
| Can someone please tell me a way to shoot at night without my shots looking too bright or almost like they were shot at dusk or dawn? |
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04/30/2005 09:51:33 PM · #2 |
You will have to shoot in manual. Aperature maby 11 and shuterspeed from 1sec to 5sec. Depending on how much light there is where you is taking the picture. Try various settings on the shutterspeed and see what looks best.
Message edited by author 2005-04-30 21:51:56. |
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04/30/2005 09:55:08 PM · #3 |
It's not so bad that this happens; you can use your image editor to darken it back up, and this way you have full detail to work with. Underexposed night shots tend to have NOTHING in the empty darkness, and trying to coax detail out of them can be very frustrating. But, by all means, go tomanual mode and bracket your exposures to get a happy medium.
Robt.
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04/30/2005 10:11:12 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by arnit:
You will have to shoot in manual. Aperature maby 11 and shuterspeed from 1sec to 5sec. Depending on how much light there is where you is taking the picture. Try various settings on the shutterspeed and see what looks best. |
At what ISO would those likely work? |
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04/30/2005 10:54:27 PM · #5 |
I try to use a (untrained and maybe not accurate but it works) zone system when shooting at night. If there is a lot of contrast between the lightest and darkest parts, I meter off either the lightest spot (and use av +1 to av +2 depending) or off a darker spot (and av-1 to av -2 dpending...) I love to shoot at night and have pretty good luck. Just keep playing around with your settings... Oh and notes may help to if you don't have a good memory for which exposure you metered where and adjusted how...
Message edited by author 2005-04-30 22:58:03.
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04/30/2005 10:57:56 PM · #6 |
also ... if it's a hazy night, street lights and such kind of reflect off the haze, which lights up the sky a bit. below is a shot i took tonight (shamless plug) to explain what i mean.
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04/30/2005 11:07:29 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
At what ISO would those likely work? |
ISO 100. Unless there is some reason why you don't want to leave the shutter upen for several seconds (such as strong winds, shooting from a moving vehicle, etc.) I think it's always better to shoot night shots at the lowest ISO possible to reduce noise.
Also, if you want to shoot a long exposure in an area with bright lights, try an ND filter or even a polarizer to let you keep the shutter open for the desired amount of time. Happy shooting!
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04/30/2005 11:26:32 PM · #8 |
Okay, so a higher ISO will introduce noise into a phot...but so will longer exposures. Which is better? And where do you draw the line? Is a lower ISO better if you get keep your exposure time down to 30 seconds or less? Is a higher ISO better to keep your exposure below several minutes?
What's the deal? |
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04/30/2005 11:35:46 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by papa:
Okay, so a higher ISO will introduce noise into a phot...but so will longer exposures. Which is better? And where do you draw the line? Is a lower ISO better if you get keep your exposure time down to 30 seconds or less? Is a higher ISO better to keep your exposure below several minutes?
What's the deal? |
The way I understand it, the longer exposure will indeed add some noise to the shot but will also bring out richer tones which is usually needed in low light situations... Hope this makes sense (and is right :-P )
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04/30/2005 11:37:11 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by papa:
Okay, so a higher ISO will introduce noise into a phot...but so will longer exposures. Which is better? And where do you draw the line? Is a lower ISO better if you get keep your exposure time down to 30 seconds or less? Is a higher ISO better to keep your exposure below several minutes?
What's the deal? |
you will always have lower noise with lower ISO, given that the scene is exposed the same. Don't worry about the exposure time, unless there is reason to limit it, for instance you don't want stars to trail. I shot this:
at ISO 200 to keep the exposure time to 30s, because at 60s and ISO 100, stars would have grown noticeable tails.
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04/30/2005 11:38:07 PM · #11 |
it hasn't been my experience that long shutter speeds introduce noise ... and i do 30 second exposures all the time
higher iso on the other hand, introduces a lot of noise |
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