HI ,
I'll be doing some night photography and would like to know which is the best settings when taking photos at night?
also, I am so much interested in buying a wide angle lenses but is still clueless which is best. can you please advise.
thanks.
HI ,
I'll be doing some night photography and would like to know which is the best settings when taking photos at night?
also, I am so much interested in buying a wide angle lenses but is still clueless which is best. can you please advise.
thanks.
What sort of night photography ?
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wanted to take photos of the harbour bridge, the rocks and opera house..
OK, well, you could possibly use any lens, but a UWA is probably mostly appropriate (10-24mm type range) - there are plenty, and mostly they are all good
You will need a good tripod
You will need an apperture of maybe F/12
You wil need a shutter speed anywhere between 1/10s and 1/30s
ISO put on your minium native setting, ISO100 Canon or 200 Nikon usually
It's best to get some ambient light in the sky rather than pure black, so, that "blue hour" is the thing to aim for
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I am going to agree with Kiwi on this one.
ISO400?
f5?
You need f8 or lower (i.e f8 - f22), a good steady tripod.
Expose for the highlights and use a longer shutter speed.
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Yes, Very, very true.
Re: who takes night photos like that?
Answer: I do.
If one spends a few hours photographing I like to have a plan so:
For the current city photo shoot I made a trip to plan the nights photos and locations so all pics were taken by hand to gauge framing whether or not to use a flash, exposure settings and the type of lenses to carry around.
For night photos I like to use f22 (could be less) and a shutter speed to expose the image appropriately. As for ISO about 100-400.
Also a tripod and remote shutter release is mandatory.
:edit: Here is an article by Brian Peterson about exposure. > http://photo.net/learn/basic-photo-t...rect-exposure/
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Nice one Rick
I agree with James T f22 is massive overkill
Night landscape type shots should be within the f8-11 range.
Let's face it, if you are mounted on a tripod with a remote cable release, who cares if your exposure is 5 secs or 5 minutes to get the desired effect.
This thread may be dead, but it is still good general knowledge.
If your not using a remote, use the inbuilt timer in your camera (2secs). This means you wont have anycamera shake from pressing down the shutter button
Thanks, your imput has helped me if not the original poster