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08/11/2007 01:40:20 AM · #1
I'm fairly new to night shots given that my old camera was no good at them. Still trying to figure this one out:

If you're shooting a night shot, and you've got one single building (or object) which is more brightly lit than the rest of the scene... what are some techniques for not over exposing the bright building but not underexposing the rest?

Or is the trick simply to try it at a time of day where the ambient light is still bright enough so you can use a faster shutter speed and not overexpose the bright object?
08/11/2007 01:43:50 AM · #2
If you're shooting in raw then you can convert two seperate images from your raw file: one for the building and one for the rest of the scene. Then you can combine the two in photoshop to get a properly exposed image. The other thing that you can do is take two seperate images and combine them. If you choose to do this you should try to use your camera's bracketing function so the camera will be sure not to move at all.
08/11/2007 01:57:25 AM · #3
Originally posted by JoshuaRaineyPhotography:

If you're shooting in raw then you can convert two seperate images from your raw file: one for the building and one for the rest of the scene. Then you can combine the two in photoshop to get a properly exposed image. The other thing that you can do is take two seperate images and combine them. If you choose to do this you should try to use your camera's bracketing function so the camera will be sure not to move at all.


Sounds pretty good. I would have to take two images of this specific scene, since the one building is so brightly lit compared to the rest, the details are lost even in Raw. These two methods also wouldn't be legal in a Basic Editing challenge, though I think combining two edits of one image might be legal in Advanced editing?

I wanted to enter that shot in the Urban Landscapes challenge, but with the one blown out building I would get chewed up and spit out pretty quickly. Though, I love the composition so much I might just go back and re-take the shot with your advice and add it to my portfolio, then print it and frame it.
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