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Yes, certainly. Put the camera on the tripod and see what you get!
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Yes, certainly. Put the camera on the tripod and see what you get!
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photo in dark room, how?
"kyjim" wrote in message
news:%g9qd.107538$5K2.86906@attbi_s03... i have a canon digital rebel, i would like to take a picture of our Christmas Tree with or by the light of the Christmas Tree the only light in the room. is this possible and if so how would i do it? i have a tripod and a remote switch. any help and advice will be appreciated..... Set the camera to P mode, Keep the flash down. You probably noticed it pops up on it's own in Auto and some of the other auto modes when you try to shoot the picture. Set the white balance to Tungsten. (little bulb symbol). Experiment with exposure compensation to get the effect you desire. John |
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"kyjim" wrote in message
news:%g9qd.107538$5K2.86906@attbi_s03... i have a canon digital rebel, i would like to take a picture of our Christmas Tree with or by the light of the Christmas Tree the only light in the room. is this possible and if so how would i do it? i have a tripod and a remote switch. any help and advice will be appreciated..... Set the camera to P mode, Keep the flash down. You probably noticed it pops up on it's own in Auto and some of the other auto modes when you try to shoot the picture. Set the white balance to Tungsten. (little bulb symbol). Experiment with exposure compensation to get the effect you desire. John |
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kyjim wrote:
i have a canon digital rebel, i would like to take a picture of our Christmas Tree with or by the light of the Christmas Tree the only light in the room. is this possible and if so how would i do it? i have a tripod and a remote switch. any help and advice will be appreciated..... Sure. You have the basics and you have a digital so just experiment and if you don't get what you want, delete it. Don't know your camera, but if you can set the shutter speed then try various settings starting at about 1/4 sec and then go longer. The lights are bright but the amount of light they put out to reflect off other things is small so the results tend toward a dark picture and burned out highlights. You need to experiment with the time exposure so that the lights don't get burned out and probably add a small amount of flash for the most pleasing aspect. Have fun. |
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In addition to the above, you could also "paint" the tree with a flashlight
while the shutter is open. You'll need about 10 to 15 seconds to paint the whole tree top to bottom. Give it a try - you just may like the effect. Bob S. "kyjim" wrote in message news:%g9qd.107538$5K2.86906@attbi_s03... i have a canon digital rebel, i would like to take a picture of our Christmas Tree with or by the light of the Christmas Tree the only light in the room. is this possible and if so how would i do it? i have a tripod and a remote switch. any help and advice will be appreciated..... |
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In addition to the above, you could also "paint" the tree with a flashlight
while the shutter is open. You'll need about 10 to 15 seconds to paint the whole tree top to bottom. Give it a try - you just may like the effect. Bob S. "kyjim" wrote in message news:%g9qd.107538$5K2.86906@attbi_s03... i have a canon digital rebel, i would like to take a picture of our Christmas Tree with or by the light of the Christmas Tree the only light in the room. is this possible and if so how would i do it? i have a tripod and a remote switch. any help and advice will be appreciated..... |
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You've got your tree up already ? ;-) Frank /~ http://newmex.com/f10 @/ On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 00:50:07 GMT, "kyjim" wrote: i have a canon digital rebel, i would like to take a picture of our Christmas Tree with or by the light of the Christmas Tree the only light in the room. is this possible and if so how would i do it? i have a tripod and a remote switch. any help and advice will be appreciated..... |
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"kyjim" writes:
i have a canon digital rebel, i would like to take a picture of our Christmas Tree with or by the light of the Christmas Tree the only light in the room. is this possible and if so how would i do it? i have a tripod and a remote switch. any help and advice will be appreciated..... I don't own a digital rebel, but the way I typically do it with my Olympus is to disable the flash, and meter the tree with just the christmas tree lights at a given f/stop. Lets say it indicates 1/2 second exposure. Then I set the camera for 1/2 or maybe 1/4 second exposure. I reenable the flash (and typically I use an external flash with a ceiling bounce) and set it to slow-sync2 (or rear curtain sync as it is more commonly known). Rear curtain sync is where the flash is delayed until the end of the shutter cycle, instead of firing at the beginning. You put the camera on a tripod, use an image stabalized lens, or brace it so it doesn't move, and take the picture. You don't want only the the christmas lights because then you won't see the tree itself, and you don't want to take the picture with the flash at normal speed, or the christmas lights won't show up. I usually take a few shots and different shutter speeds to see which picture I like best. I was taking some candle and rose pictures tonight with that technique (this is with no post editing, other than resize for the web, f/5.0, ISO 100, 1/2 sec): http://www.the-meissners.org/2004-sm...47-candle.html This one I took before the flash had completely recharged so the rose came out fairly dim, so I played around with gimp to improve it (there are a few hot pixels, f/5.0, ISO 100, 1/8 sec): http://www.the-meissners.org/2004-sm...45-candle.html -- Michael Meissner email: http://www.the-meissners.org |
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