> I"ve had a lot of fun taking sunset photos, but if I am going for a silouette,
> I start with a meter reading on the sky, and bracket from there. Don't bother
>with half stops -- kick it up and
> down a couple of stops.
>
> Low light photography is an art form. Point and shoot doesn't work. What does
>work is lots of patience, lots of
> film, and lots of trying (with the automated features on your camera turned off).
1) What kind of film did you use?
2) Were the scans made from the prints or negs? (slides?)
For this type of work I much prefer slide film, I find that the
processing usually trashes whatever effect you were going for.
Fuji Velvia works well, as well as the newer Provia 100F.
Anything under artificial light, however, is subject to some
pretty wierd color shifts (i.e. green streetlights) so some kind
of minusgreen filter is necessary.
I usually load up a fresh roll, and then bracket in 1/2 stops
from about +/- 2.5 stops. Set the camera to manual-manual-
manual mode. Use a sturdy tripod.
the 1st pic looks good though, a bit of cropping and a bit
of unsharp mask would improve it....
The silouette on the home page of my site
(http://www.bc-photo.com) is similar, this one (if i remember
correctly) was on Provia 100f, bracketed 1/2 stop down (the
"properly exposed" image showed too much detail in the
model).
good luck!
Brian
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