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Best Filter for Christmas Lights
This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. Thanks, |
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"New Guy" wrote: This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. Thanks, You might want a cross star or a lenticular filter to make multiple pointed stars or (with the lenticular) a prismatic star effect. Cross star filters are available with different numbers of points so they go from a simple cross at every light to several points depending on the version you chose. -- To reply no_ HPMarketing Corp. |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote: This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. There isn't a filter for shooting christmas lights, but you can get some cool images with a star filter. |
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A tripod would be very, very useful if you don't already have one.
"New Guy" wrote in message ... This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. Thanks, |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote: This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. Thanks, No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of light color and background. |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote: This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. Thanks, No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of light color and background. |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:39:35 GMT, KBob wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy" wrote: This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. Thanks, No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of light color and background. Exc advice, also consider (if possible with camera) shoot a couple stops underexposed as a starting point when lighting is in any way sparse. |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:39:35 GMT, KBob wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy" wrote: This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays. Thanks, No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of light color and background. Exc advice, also consider (if possible with camera) shoot a couple stops underexposed as a starting point when lighting is in any way sparse. |
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In article Confused writes:
Maybe this year the cellphone-yappin' suv-drivin' folks will all be using blow up plastic dolls from China and I'll simply stay home and work in the digital darkroom (which I hate, btw... I love my hobby when I don't have to do a thing with the photo except copy it to the pc's, archive and then agonize over which ones to delete from the active galleries... should I switch to film? ;^) I agree. Perhaps it is a result of my time shooting slides. To me digital photography is a lot like slides, and the "get it right in the camera" feeling persists. I also generally prefer the illuminated image on the screen to printed versions -- perhaps it is sort of like a big transparency on a light box. I like the speed of getting the image from camera to screen, something film doesn't offer. Alan |
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In article Confused writes:
Maybe this year the cellphone-yappin' suv-drivin' folks will all be using blow up plastic dolls from China and I'll simply stay home and work in the digital darkroom (which I hate, btw... I love my hobby when I don't have to do a thing with the photo except copy it to the pc's, archive and then agonize over which ones to delete from the active galleries... should I switch to film? ;^) I agree. Perhaps it is a result of my time shooting slides. To me digital photography is a lot like slides, and the "get it right in the camera" feeling persists. I also generally prefer the illuminated image on the screen to printed versions -- perhaps it is sort of like a big transparency on a light box. I like the speed of getting the image from camera to screen, something film doesn't offer. Alan |
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