 Pete38 Jones |
Night Photos Beginner photographer her...taking cityscapes at night what settings should I start with. I did some last week with Kodak Gold 400 Pentaz M70, F4.5 with exposure of 1-3secs. The shots were too busy (light wise). I'm not sure that I got the settings right though?
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Patricia Arrance |
I have been playing with night shots. I am no expert. But there are a combination of ways to shoot low light shots. The higher the iso the more light sensitive.Your apeture affects how much light is getting in, your shutter speed stays open too long the result is too much light.You could try a 100 iso film and fool around with the around the same or lower apeture settings and keep your exposure around what you are doing. I have played with 100 up to 800 iso. With higher iso the results were poor and full of noise.
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Pete38 Jones |
Thanks Patricia..I have decided to try 100iso or slide film next time. Thanks for your interest.
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Doug Vann |
Pete - Several weeks ago I took a photo at midnight at our cottage in northern Ontario. I used a tripod and no flash and set the exposure for 30 seconds. I was using a 50 mm lens. The picture was shot looking toward a street light that was lighting a heavy snowfall that was occuring. The picture turned out great and I have been asked several times how I did it.
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Doug Vann |
Oops ...... forgot to add that I was using 100 speed film.....
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photosbysharon.com - Sharon E. Lowe Contact Sharon E. Lowe Sharon E. Lowe's Gallery |
Pete - first, try this web site for some great information and a forum for discussing night photography: http://www.thenocturnes.com As for shooting at night, my favorite films are Tungsten 64 (Fuji slide film) and Ektrachrome 100 VS (slide film too). I prefer slides because when it is processed, you get what is there. If you use print film and someone else processes it, they will likely try to make it look like you took the shot during the day. Unless I need a different aperture for depth of field, I tend to stick with f/8 and base my exposure length on that aperture. The length of your exposure will vary depending on the darkness of your shot. Cityscapes usually are fairly light and can typically be metered - either using your in camera meter or a separate light meter. If you want something other than dark sky, the best time to shoot is around twilight and 15 minutes after it ends (or pre sunrise) - the web site I pointed you to has a link to the lunar calendar and you can follow it to another link which will give you moon and sun data for any day and any location. I do a lot of night shooting and have quite a collection on my web site (http://www.photosbysharon.com) so feel free to look and then email me if you have more questions.
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