 Perry S. Bell |
Double Exposure 1 Day & Night ? I have never expierimented with Double Exposure. I will soon be I north central Kansas and would like to attempt a double exposure of landscape just as the sun has gone down, and the expose the same frame with a late night photo of the stars. Can someone give me some advice on how to do this using a Canon EOS Rebel G? I am a rather new amature and will need a lot of guidance. Thank you.
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Jon Close |
The camera can be set for multiple exposure by simultaneously pressing the two thumb-buttons on the upper right of the back side. Turn the input dial (next to the shutter button) to select 1-9 exposures. I think multiple exposure is available only when shooting in P, Av, Tv, and M modes.
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Perry S. Bell |
Thank you Jon. That will be helpful. Does anyone have any suggestions on the camera settings? I am concerned about the different amount of light in evening time vs night time. I'm thinking that the 1st image will be taken just as the Sun drops over the horizon. Believe me I am open to any suggestions.
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Michael H. Cothran |
From a practical point of view, your plan has a flaw that may ruin your intentions: When you take your first exposure as the sun goes down, the sky will still be bright enough to expose your film/sensor, assuming you want enough exposure to show some detail in the landscape. And this, in turn, may yield a sky much brighter than what you need. When you make the second exposure of the stars, you will be laying this exposure on top of the brighter sky from the first exposure. The results are that you may not see the stars at all, or you may be able to see them just faintly. Your success lies in how bright or dark your first sky exposure is, which works contrary to your desire to have detail in the landscape. The only way I know of to pull this off successfully is to cover the top portion of the lens during the first exposure, in order to keep the sky from exposing your film/sensor too much. If the sun is down enough to where the sky is very dark above you, you run the risk of having no detail in your land area. Best case senario is if you luck out with a compromising exposure where you could see star trails in the darker part of the sky, which would blend into the still-colored area at the horizon, and yet hold enough detail in the land areas. Good luck, Michael H. Cothran
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