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01/19/2006 04:45:12 PM · #1 |
I have so many problems getting a good exposure on any shots i take of fire / candles. I was just wondering what settings people find work best for them. Also what people do in post if they find the candlelight to be too over exposed
Message edited by author 2006-01-19 16:45:51.
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01/19/2006 05:03:28 PM · #2 |
Basically play with the settings to getthe effect you desire. Which btw what are you trying to do? IF your just wanting to catch the flame you will need a sorta fast shutter around 1/25ish and say iso 200, this will be close to having the flame look good but only objects nearby the flame or other lit subjects will show up well. Problem is if you use a flash or another outside light source that covers the fire you will risk washing out the flame. Also play with your aptature settings a bit usually wide open will work good while stopping it down will enhance the effect of only the flame. Avoid the real high isos like 1600 and long exposures as they will make the flame way overexposed
one other quick suggestion I forgot to mention. Look in the past challanges for the candellight challange, find shots you liked and look at the details. will even show you the lense ISO ap ect then try to replicate it for your shot ;)
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01/19/2006 05:12:57 PM · #3 |
If you want the scene, and not just the flame, some ambient light is the ticket. This will light your scene, and keep the candle light as 'mood' lighting. Otherwise you will end up with the flame and nothing else, or everything else and a very blown out flame (too much dynamic range for the camera's sensor).
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01/19/2006 06:06:45 PM · #4 |
well this is a portion of the shot that i am refering to
The rest of the shot is good but this portion where the flame is is too over exposed... i dont know if there is anything i can do about it or not. or if i should reshoot with different settings.
this was 800 iso
f 7.1
1/20s
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01/19/2006 06:11:50 PM · #5 |
| Well that part is OOF to start, the iso800 is making it look grainy and is part of why it is overexposed. Are you trying for just the candel light or other subjects around it. If other subjects arounf it then increase your ambient light or bounce the flash off the celing and shoot at a lower iso. trick will be getting the right ammount of light to not washout the flame while still getting the rest of the image |
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01/19/2006 06:44:20 PM · #6 |
the subject in this shot is perfectly exposed, so i guess it is just trying to find a better balance then
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