first time taking night shots w/tripod...suggestions plz

[Repost Squintz]

any suggestions? help appreciated; repped if given :cool:
this one was edited, tried to lighten it up.....
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/DSC00127.jpg
not edited at all 'cept for resize
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/DSC00116.jpg
only edits were resize, and lightening up
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/DSC00126.jpg
and that's it. The camera is a 6mp, sony cybershot dsch2. NO flash. I prolly shouldn't have lightened the pix, oh well.

[YokotaS13]

the iso on the last one is too high, its all grainey.

They are all 3 really dark.....but yah

[Repost Squintz]

hmmm.... yeah i realized that when i put it on the computer.... the auto adjustments are kinda weak i guess...and the camera was set on low lighting....so that's prolly why the pix are really dark.....preciate it though

[CodyW]

turn your ISO down as much as you can (most sony's will be 100, some maybe 64), expose a bit longer, and set white balance

[Repost Squintz]

nice! preciate it

[Repost Squintz]

welp; so far i've set my iso down to the lowest setting which is 80. i set the exposure for a little longer. now, i'm jus trying to figure out the white balance?¿ edit nm i figured that one out..... :doh:

[Repost Squintz]

stay tuned for updated pix...

[Hulud]

you should set the exposure longer

[Repost Squintz]

gawd damn it i tried taking the pics with the iso all the way down and it was too dark without the flash and couldnt see the damn image, and then when i used the flash: i'd see the reflection of it..

[dean]

The first shot seems a little blurry considering it was on a tripod. You might want to use a remote if they sell one for that model or use the shutter timer on the camera. You pushing down on the shutter button is causing some of the blur.

[Repost Squintz]

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/Picture009.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/Picture008.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/Picture005.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/Picture004.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/Picture003.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i164/ConfusedKorean/Picture001.jpg
am i getting better? i had to use the flash, other wise; i couldn't see shit. lol
anyways to get the flash reflection out of the car?

[A.P. Photography]

You have to have some natural light otherwise you will never be able to get it. Get some place that has some decent lighting and then practice there, set the shutter for longer if you can.

[Nemesis]

On board flashes suck man, no matter what camera you have. When using it on a car or anything for that matter the light is really harsh on the subject. Flash's with diffusers are the way to go, or even a light sphere.

My recommendation: Shoot where there is a decent amount of ambient light :D

When shooting indoors and using a flash: as a cheap diffusor, placing your hand in front of the flash at an angle is enough to bounce the light around and not make the subject look harsh.

Also, if your camera has flash compensation (should look like +/- ) mess with it. Turn it down, and set your white balance to Cloudy (even if you have a flash white balance).

[Repost Squintz]

well at least they aren't blurry lol; so if i turn down the flash, if that's possible on this camera, would it look a lil bit better? maybe less reflection of the flash? :confused:
oh yeah i tried reppin who i could; george and ap photography it said i had to spread more rep...

[Nemesis]

well at least they aren't blurry lol; so if i turn down the flash, if that's possible on this camera, would it look a lil bit better?


If you turn the flash compensation setting down ( -1.0 or lower) it will tone down how harsh the flash looks. You arent turning down the intensity of the flash firing, but the image processor on the camera will turn the brightness of the image down.

[Repost Squintz]

damn it can't find the flash settings...heh back to owner's manual...

[Nemesis]

what model camera?

[Repost Squintz]

The camera is a 6mp, sony cybershot dsch2.
if you read the thread :D. yeah i found the flash setting, and set it to -1.0ev.
ill update w/more pix soon

[Jaimecbr900]

You have a camera that has both Manual mode and image stabilization. You will have to use the manual mode in order to slow down the shutter slow enough to catch extreme low light situations.

As you know you will obviously need a tripod, choose something with atleast some ambient light, slow down your ISO to avoid noise, but lower your shutter speed as necessary. For you your driveway shots, I'd guess that would be atleast a sec or more.

You can also raise your ISO to 400 as your upper threshold to keep noise to a min. Any higher and you'll need some post processing to avoid what you got in the 3rd shot of the first set.

Play with the same shots using your shutter priority mode or manual mode. When you play with E/V, it only over/under exposes the shot. That's not what you're after. What George was talking about was your flash comp settings where you can +/- to try and mimick using an external flash with bounce or diffuser.

Good luck and just practice, practice, practice.

[Repost Squintz]

^preciate the help man; now i jus' need to find a good spot, that has some light.