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Taking photos in almost pitch darkness
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<blockquote data-quote="Somersetscott" data-source="post: 110332" data-attributes="member: 10691"><p>Hi guys, </p><p></p><p>I have to start with a warning - this thread may be a rediculous subject. </p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p>So, I've had my D7000 a few weeks now and decided to take some night time shots with it.</p><p></p><p>What I wanted/trying to capture was a hill with an old part of a church with starts and the moon behind it. HAHA! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> Annoyingly when I finally made it to the location it was foggy! yet completely clear sky at my house. </p><p></p><p>Some things went wrong - clouds/fog, numb brain from a seriously long day at work and lack of time to play with settings. </p><p></p><p>Heres the best result:</p><p>Original</p><p>[ATTACH]26085[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Edited (lightend, contrast, hue etc etc, slight sharpen)</p><p>[ATTACH]26086[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So, my main issue is that manual focussing was very poor/difficult in the pitch dark, its me not the camera I know that. </p><p></p><p>My settings were shockingly off, was shooting manual (didn't have much time to play around to get better results). I'm sure ISO was set to something rubbish</p><p></p><p>So, used D7000, 35mm 1.8 DX, Manual focus, Manual mode, taken on a tripod on bulb setting, used manual shutter release (Mistake as I have wireless shutter release). Had the shutter open for about 20secs</p><p></p><p>- What techniques do you guys adere to when shooting in the dark? - in particular how do you guys manual focus?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Would be lovely to have increments on the AF ring so I could go during the day, reference the tripod location and AF increment then be somewhere right when taking the photos when returning in the pitch black. but this is not a perfect world.</p><p></p><p>All opinions welcome, also banter.. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Somersetscott, post: 110332, member: 10691"] Hi guys, I have to start with a warning - this thread may be a rediculous subject. :rolleyes: So, I've had my D7000 a few weeks now and decided to take some night time shots with it. What I wanted/trying to capture was a hill with an old part of a church with starts and the moon behind it. HAHA! :o Annoyingly when I finally made it to the location it was foggy! yet completely clear sky at my house. Some things went wrong - clouds/fog, numb brain from a seriously long day at work and lack of time to play with settings. Heres the best result: Original [ATTACH=CONFIG]26085._xfImport[/ATTACH] Edited (lightend, contrast, hue etc etc, slight sharpen) [ATTACH=CONFIG]26086._xfImport[/ATTACH] So, my main issue is that manual focussing was very poor/difficult in the pitch dark, its me not the camera I know that. My settings were shockingly off, was shooting manual (didn't have much time to play around to get better results). I'm sure ISO was set to something rubbish So, used D7000, 35mm 1.8 DX, Manual focus, Manual mode, taken on a tripod on bulb setting, used manual shutter release (Mistake as I have wireless shutter release). Had the shutter open for about 20secs - What techniques do you guys adere to when shooting in the dark? - in particular how do you guys manual focus? Would be lovely to have increments on the AF ring so I could go during the day, reference the tripod location and AF increment then be somewhere right when taking the photos when returning in the pitch black. but this is not a perfect world. All opinions welcome, also banter.. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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