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09/25/2005 08:53:28 PM · #1 |
| well i was trying to shoot a streetlight tonight at a local wawa, but the shot kept coming out too dark. i tried adjusting exposure, exposure compensation, shutter speeds, white balances, but nothing was really working. i know its a dumb question, but if anyone has any input (which im sure you all do,) can i have some? i have a sb-24 speedlight but im not sure if it will work with my d70s |
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09/25/2005 10:47:16 PM · #2 |
What mode were you shooting in ?
M A S P ? |
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09/25/2005 11:26:44 PM · #3 |
Good question above. If you are shooting in automatic mode and aiming at the light, your camera will expose for the light and try to make a balanced photo out of what it sees--which means the sky and area around the light will be very dark.
If you are in manual mode, you can adjust your exposure to be longer and get a lighter shot. The tradeoff, of course, is that the street light will be much lighter also.
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09/25/2005 11:47:32 PM · #4 |
Set your camera on auto and meter some area of the scene where you want to preserve detail in a darkish area. Make a mental note of the indicated aperture and shutter speed. Set the camera in manual mode and dial in 2 stops less exposure than that indicated exposure, then frame the scene with the light in it. Be sure your in-camera contrast setting is as low-contrast as you can make it. Bracket significantly in both directions around this exposure.
Example: Assume there's a street light, a dimly lit street, and an even more dimly lit wall on which you wish to preserve detail. Assume that zooming in on the wall gives an indicated exposure (for the wall) of f/5.6 at 4 seconds. That would give you a medium-gray rendering of the wall.
Set the camera on manual, frame the shot to include the light, and set base exposure at f/5.6 at 1 second (2 stops less than 4 seconds). Do a shot at 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, and 8 seconds. See how they compare for detail and blown-out light.
Robt.
Message edited by author 2005-09-25 23:48:35.
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09/28/2005 08:47:28 PM · #5 |
| thanks a lot for the posts guys. i'm gonna have to borrow a tripod and try this shot again ASAP. i was shooting in P, S, A, and M modes, just experimenting. when i used to shoot film i would just shoot what i knew because i really didnt have the money to spend on developing film i wasnt "sure" of. one thing though, bear. I've never really used bracketing, any suggestions on technique? |
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09/28/2005 08:59:32 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by mluckxxx:
thanks a lot for the posts guys. i'm gonna have to borrow a tripod and try this shot again ASAP. i was shooting in P, S, A, and M modes, just experimenting. when i used to shoot film i would just shoot what i knew because i really didnt have the money to spend on developing film i wasnt "sure" of. one thing though, bear. I've never really used bracketing, any suggestions on technique? |
In full manual, just keep doubling and halving the shutter speed basically. You have an auto-bracket feature on your camera also, but I think that may only go one stop over and udner, 3 exposures. I donno, I haven't used D-70. I'm an old film guy so I just do this stuff by hand. Usually I choose an aperture that's appropriate tot he DOF I need and bracket by racking up and down on the shitter speed dial.
R.
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09/28/2005 09:03:03 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by mluckxxx:
thanks a lot for the posts guys. i'm gonna have to borrow a tripod and try this shot again ASAP. i was shooting in P, S, A, and M modes, just experimenting. when i used to shoot film i would just shoot what i knew because i really didnt have the money to spend on developing film i wasnt "sure" of. one thing though, bear. I've never really used bracketing, any suggestions on technique? |
In full manual, just keep doubling and halving the shutter speed basically. You have an auto-bracket feature on your camera also, but I think that may only go one stop over and udner, 3 exposures. I donno, I haven't used D-70. I'm an old film guy so I just do this stuff by hand. Usually I choose an aperture that's appropriate tot he DOF I need and bracket by racking up and down on the shitter speed dial.
R. |
alright, thank you very much :) |
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