BigSteveG
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My new assignement is to shoot a city skyline at twilight.....any tip or suggestions on metering for such work?
Tips for Night Photos.....
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wolves3012
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Presumably you want a slihouette kind of thing with all the lights showing? Reciprocity failure is likely to be an issue so bracket heavily. A tripod or firm support is a rather obvious need! With ASA 100 or 200 I'd go for about 5 seconds at f/2.8 but probably bracket at 10 and 20 seconds too, depending if it's a 1-off chance or repeatable. If it's a must-have shot I'd bracket more. Metering would be a pain without a very sensitive meter.
jbf
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Definately use a tripod. I was shooting 400 ISO film for some night shots here in Savannah, GA and as already mentioned definately bracket.
With night photography even exposure changes of 10 seconds to 30 seconds can show little to no change in exposure.
You will also want to take a look at the data sheet for your film that you use and check out its reciprocity failure compensation times.
It'll give you a good indication as to how many extra seconds to add on to your film, etc.
With night photography even exposure changes of 10 seconds to 30 seconds can show little to no change in exposure.
You will also want to take a look at the data sheet for your film that you use and check out its reciprocity failure compensation times.
It'll give you a good indication as to how many extra seconds to add on to your film, etc.
ferider
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- don't use too sensitive of a film. 100 Reala or 400 Superia work.
- shoot just before sun rise; more colours, etc, than at night. You have about 15 minutes during which to shoot !
- pick a cloudy or rainy day
- city lights will look different depending on the aperture you pick (stars vs. circles).
- bracket. 4 - 30 seconds will be typical. Under vs. over-exposure is hard to define in these situations, it really depends on what you want as output.
- a good tripod.
- scout before you go for the actual shoot.
For example:
Best,
Roland.
- shoot just before sun rise; more colours, etc, than at night. You have about 15 minutes during which to shoot !
- pick a cloudy or rainy day
- city lights will look different depending on the aperture you pick (stars vs. circles).
- bracket. 4 - 30 seconds will be typical. Under vs. over-exposure is hard to define in these situations, it really depends on what you want as output.
- a good tripod.
- scout before you go for the actual shoot.
For example:
Best,
Roland.
