Hope things work out! Share some of your shots :P On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:32 PM, <eactiv...@aol.com> wrote: > Thanks to all for your replies. > > Especially to Charles, wow!, a really fulsome description. That helps a > LOT. Thanks also to Stan, Zos, Ken, and Tim. > > The teacher will eventually cover night photography, but I wanted to try > shooting some this coming week. So this gives me a direction to go in. > > Thanks again! Marnie aka Doe :-) > > In a message dated 4/19/2013 9:44:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > charl...@visi.com writes: > On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:11 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > >> Never really done that much night shooting. >> >> I am, again, think it's been 5 years, taking a photo class that ends in > a >> little show (mat & frame & hang pics & invite family & friends). You > pick a >> theme to shoot around. I am, again, choosing an environmental one. >> >> There is an oil refinery nearby that is lit up like a fairy castle at >> night. They don't like you taking pictures (if they see you on or near > their >> property), but there is a spot across the freeway where I think I could > get a >> good night shot. >> >> Only don't know how to begin. High ISO? Long exposure? Never done HDR, >> would that be better? (Definitely plan on using the old tripod, and I > do have >> a remote.) I can try different approaches and shoot it again on return >> trips. >> > > 1. Tripod > > 2. 2-second release (also ideally with a remote release) so that the > mirror is flipped up and everything has settled down a bit before the shutter > opens. > > 3. Shoot RAW - most of the speckles and noise (hot pixels) you get from > overheating the sensor are automatically removed by the Adobe Raw converter > when you import into (whatever you use) and it'll save you a ton of time > "cleaning up". > > 4. Shoot as low an ISO as you are patient enough to use. That will come > back to you in sharpness. If you like, you can start with a high ISO to > figure out approximately the exposure range you want to use, and then crank > down the ISO (and crank up the exposure time to match). > > 5. Along with low ISO, stop down to f5.6/8/11 to help with your > depth-of-field. Especially when it's pitch dark out (I don't know how > well-lit your > subject is) it can be tricky to get the focus spot-on. > > 6. Don't be afraid to start with an automatically-calculated exposure. > You can then dial the exposure-compensation up or down "to taste". > > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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