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Night Photo Settings ?
Hi folks,
Just a quick question on camera settings for a newbie I've got a Fuji s5000 and an s7000 and I'm into night photos. Dusk and total dark shots are no problem with long exposures and large apps but I can't nail a good moon shot. I live in Broome,Australia where we have an amazing thing called "Staircase to the Moon" where on a big tide the moon,as it rises shines a beam of light right across the wet mudflats which creates the illusion of a stairway leading up into the sky. Here's an example: http://www.broomewa.com/cam/StaircasetotheMoon.htm Now what's the secret here ? Because the moon is so bright do I use long exposure and small apps or short exposure and large apps ? Nothing seems to be working for me.My goal is a good,clean well defined shot with no "big overexposed blob" in the mddle.Is that too technical for ya? :-) ISO settings range from 200 -400 White balance is fully adjustable I'm shooting in RAW. and YES I'm using a tripod. Thanks for any advise.. Regards, Geoff |
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On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:40:23 +0800, "Geoff Udy"
wrote: Hi folks, Just a quick question on camera settings for a newbie I've got a Fuji s5000 and an s7000 and I'm into night photos. Dusk and total dark shots are no problem with long exposures and large apps but I can't nail a good moon shot. I live in Broome,Australia where we have an amazing thing called "Staircase to the Moon" where on a big tide the moon,as it rises shines a beam of light right across the wet mudflats which creates the illusion of a stairway leading up into the sky. Here's an example: http://www.broomewa.com/cam/StaircasetotheMoon.htm Now what's the secret here ? Because the moon is so bright do I use long exposure and small apps or short exposure and large apps ? Nothing seems to be working for me.My goal is a good,clean well defined shot with no "big overexposed blob" in the mddle.Is that too technical for ya? :-) ISO settings range from 200 -400 White balance is fully adjustable I'm shooting in RAW. and YES I'm using a tripod. Because of the huge dynamic range difference between the light from the full moon and the reflections off the mud flats, the photos were made either by: 1- using a graduated or step neutral density filter 2--combining two images, one exposed for the moon and one for the mud flats. My guess would be the second method jpc |
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, "Geoff Udy" wrote: Hi folks, Just a quick question on camera settings for a newbie I've got a Fuji s5000 and an s7000 and I'm into night photos. Dusk and total dark shots are no problem with long exposures and large apps but I can't nail a good moon shot. I live in Broome,Australia where we have an amazing thing called "Staircase to the Moon" where on a big tide the moon,as it rises shines a beam of light right across the wet mudflats which creates the illusion of a stairway leading up into the sky. Here's an example: http://www.broomewa.com/cam/StaircasetotheMoon.htm Now what's the secret here ? Because the moon is so bright do I use long exposure and small apps or short exposure and large apps ? Nothing seems to be working for me.My goal is a good,clean well defined shot with no "big overexposed blob" in the mddle.Is that too technical for ya? :-) ISO settings range from 200 -400 White balance is fully adjustable I'm shooting in RAW. and YES I'm using a tripod. Thanks for any advise.. Regards, Geoff Take the photo when the moon is in the right position at sunset, if that's possible. You'll have less of a contrast problem. Open the aperture all the way and experiment with the shutter time. Whether it's 2s or 1/1000s depends on how clear the sky is. |
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, "Geoff Udy" wrote: Hi folks, Just a quick question on camera settings for a newbie I've got a Fuji s5000 and an s7000 and I'm into night photos. Dusk and total dark shots are no problem with long exposures and large apps but I can't nail a good moon shot. I live in Broome,Australia where we have an amazing thing called "Staircase to the Moon" where on a big tide the moon,as it rises shines a beam of light right across the wet mudflats which creates the illusion of a stairway leading up into the sky. Here's an example: http://www.broomewa.com/cam/StaircasetotheMoon.htm Now what's the secret here ? Because the moon is so bright do I use long exposure and small apps or short exposure and large apps ? Nothing seems to be working for me.My goal is a good,clean well defined shot with no "big overexposed blob" in the mddle.Is that too technical for ya? :-) ISO settings range from 200 -400 White balance is fully adjustable I'm shooting in RAW. and YES I'm using a tripod. Thanks for any advise.. Regards, Geoff Take the photo when the moon is in the right position at sunset, if that's possible. You'll have less of a contrast problem. Open the aperture all the way and experiment with the shutter time. Whether it's 2s or 1/1000s depends on how clear the sky is. |
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, "Geoff Udy" wrote: Hi folks, Just a quick question on camera settings for a newbie I've got a Fuji s5000 and an s7000 and I'm into night photos. Dusk and total dark shots are no problem with long exposures and large apps but I can't nail a good moon shot. I live in Broome,Australia where we have an amazing thing called "Staircase to the Moon" where on a big tide the moon,as it rises shines a beam of light right across the wet mudflats which creates the illusion of a stairway leading up into the sky. Here's an example: http://www.broomewa.com/cam/StaircasetotheMoon.htm Now what's the secret here ? Because the moon is so bright do I use long exposure and small apps or short exposure and large apps ? Nothing seems to be working for me.My goal is a good,clean well defined shot with no "big overexposed blob" in the mddle.Is that too technical for ya? :-) ISO settings range from 200 -400 White balance is fully adjustable I'm shooting in RAW. and YES I'm using a tripod. Thanks for any advise.. Regards, Geoff Take the photo when the moon is in the right position at sunset, if that's possible. You'll have less of a contrast problem. Open the aperture all the way and experiment with the shutter time. Whether it's 2s or 1/1000s depends on how clear the sky is. |
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Thanks for the replies folks,
I'll try your ideas and won't stop till I get it right ! Thanks again, Geoff |
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Thanks for the replies folks,
I'll try your ideas and won't stop till I get it right ! Thanks again, Geoff |
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