Hey everyone i was looking for help with my new slr.....if anyone has suggestions for taking some natural night shots as far as settings go id really appreciate it....Canon slr T1i....
A couple of my night shots have just been using whatever there is there to prop the camera up. A stone wall, a square stand on the railing, anything. I tend to go ISO 100, 30 second exposure and f 22
And don't forget if there are street lights nearby to use the tungsten white balance setting on your SLR. Had some horrible yellow night shots till I figured that one out!
oooh, so i shouldnt be putting my ISO right up for a night shot? i thought that way youd get more light, but they always look rubbish. off to have a go..
Jess, if you have a tripod you shouldn't need to ram up your ISO. High ISO is useful when you have camera shake.
Remember - the longer the exposure the longer light is being let into the shutter. Same with aperture - the smaller the number the wider the aperture is. Wide aperture = more light. Narrow aperture = less focus. So depending on what you're shooting I would choose which aperture you want and select the shutter speed from there (the camera should choose this for you if using aperture priority). I usually choose a mid point - around f8-f10.
Play around with your apertures from 10 to 22 when shooting street lights, each aperture will produce a different/slight variation in the star pattern on strong lights (like street lights) and you will probably have a favorite, for my lens/camera combo I like f/16.
Hi Travis, thanks for your tip, I'll try that. I was already wondering what was creating that star around lights and was blaming a dirty lense for that :-)
Not that I mind the effect, but I just couldn't figure out how to re-produce the ones I did like most :-) I'll give that a try next time I do night shots.
thanks guys, i knew i was doing something wrong as they never came out quite clear even with the tripod. im going to play around with night shots again.. (hope the weather stay nice, the bitter cold mightve been another reason id given up!)
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Tripod.
Low ISO. (100-400)
2 second timer (or remote)
Mid range aperture. (f/13 or so)
what else do you want to know?
I can help out w/ how to get to these functions as i have the same camera
Remember - the longer the exposure the longer light is being let into the shutter. Same with aperture - the smaller the number the wider the aperture is. Wide aperture = more light. Narrow aperture = less focus. So depending on what you're shooting I would choose which aperture you want and select the shutter speed from there (the camera should choose this for you if using aperture priority). I usually choose a mid point - around f8-f10.
Not that I mind the effect, but I just couldn't figure out how to re-produce the ones I did like most :-) I'll give that a try next time I do night shots.