My first crack at lowlight photography :¬)
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Hey all,
Heres my first forays into Lowlight photography! The mini was taken at night, under a streetlamp. Its owned by a friend of mine. The tap was an experiment as to how it would look really. Its at my girlfriends parents house, The only light source is 3 small tealight candles.
Obviously, these images are lower quality than the original as i had to compress to upload. Any thoughts?
Dave
Heres my first forays into Lowlight photography! The mini was taken at night, under a streetlamp. Its owned by a friend of mine. The tap was an experiment as to how it would look really. Its at my girlfriends parents house, The only light source is 3 small tealight candles.
Obviously, these images are lower quality than the original as i had to compress to upload. Any thoughts?
Dave
Nice to see some experimentation Dave! If you want to lose the orange hue, try a blue filter. Running water is very good for experimenting with different shutter speeds.
NB Or of course there's PhotoShop 'autolevels' which is actually very good at restoring some semblance of colour balance (well it usually works for me)
NB Or of course there's PhotoShop 'autolevels' which is actually very good at restoring some semblance of colour balance (well it usually works for me)
Thanks for the comments 
I used;
Minolta X700, 50mm lens. Only light source was 3 small candles (one of which was IN the sink, kept afloat on a nail brush
) I used a Fuji Superia 200ASA film (i didnt have anything lower and in colour) and i tried 2 apertures - f16 and f22. I shot exposures of 4, 8, 16 & 32 seconds. I took several shots of each. I basically just set the camera to 800asa film, took a meter reading of the tap (1sec@f/16) and then set the camera back to 200ASA and timed a shot at 4 seconds (4x200=800 etc) and then just kept doubling the exposure to ensure a wide range of results.
Next project i think will be a fast moving river/waterfall in twilight - on long exposures i think water starts to look molten :P
I used;
Minolta X700, 50mm lens. Only light source was 3 small candles (one of which was IN the sink, kept afloat on a nail brush
) I used a Fuji Superia 200ASA film (i didnt have anything lower and in colour) and i tried 2 apertures - f16 and f22. I shot exposures of 4, 8, 16 & 32 seconds. I took several shots of each. I basically just set the camera to 800asa film, took a meter reading of the tap (1sec@f/16) and then set the camera back to 200ASA and timed a shot at 4 seconds (4x200=800 etc) and then just kept doubling the exposure to ensure a wide range of results. Next project i think will be a fast moving river/waterfall in twilight - on long exposures i think water starts to look molten :P
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