Shooting from the darkness to the light and vice versa
Apr 20, 2017 20:14:30 #
How does one shoot and set up their camera from say within a building and or cave to the outside light at lighted area. And vice versa. I realize there is a number of factors depth of field clarity etc. curious about all?
Apr 20, 2017 21:42:09 #
When you're shooting from within the building or cave are you trying to include some of the inside of the building or cave? Bracketing shots for HDR may be your answer. Usually bracketing three shots each one f-stop apart in enough. In your situation you might have to bracket five shots.
Apr 20, 2017 21:56:33 #
#1 when shooting into the light flare (unwanted light degrading the image)
No unneeded filters, spotlessly clean lenses. lens hoods and/or repositiong the camera may help.
#2 DOF "probems" are as normal
#3 The single biggest probrem will be extreme light contrast. If just using a single exposure you may need to decide what is important and expose for that or add additional light. The other alternative is explsure blending or HDR techniques as per the post above.
No unneeded filters, spotlessly clean lenses. lens hoods and/or repositiong the camera may help.
#2 DOF "probems" are as normal
#3 The single biggest probrem will be extreme light contrast. If just using a single exposure you may need to decide what is important and expose for that or add additional light. The other alternative is explsure blending or HDR techniques as per the post above.
Apr 21, 2017 00:22:05 #
Thank you, should I try like F3 .5 or start at say F 22 or somewhere in the middle and adjust the shutter speed, or perhaps go aperture priority only or shutter priority only
Apr 21, 2017 01:17:08 #
It all depends on what you are tryng to achieve,where you are shooting and light levels.
Do you understand the "exposure triangle", your in-camera mtering system and how to read a histogram?
Do you understand the "exposure triangle", your in-camera mtering system and how to read a histogram?
Apr 21, 2017 05:34:13 #
dyximan wrote:
How does one shoot and set up their camera from say within a building and or cave to the outside light at lighted area. And vice versa. I realize there is a number of factors depth of field clarity etc. curious about all?
It depends on your composition (what you intend to include in the frame and what's most important in it - you just expose for that, and if that includes too much contrast for your sensor to handle, then you'll have to shoot HDR or use ND filters!
Apr 21, 2017 06:33:23 #
dyximan wrote:
How does one shoot and set up their camera from say within a building and or cave to the outside light at lighted area. And vice versa. I realize there is a number of factors depth of field clarity etc. curious about all?
Minimum of two exposures. You'll likely need a tripod. One exposure needs to be correct for the entering light, and the other to properly represent the interior. Use an HDR merge tool, like Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom, PHotomatix (Fusion mode), or any software that permits exposure fusion without tonemapping, or with fully adjustable tonemapping so the results will look natural.
Apr 21, 2017 07:22:07 #
It's really quite simple. First off, manual settings. Spot meter the brightest part of the scene, increase your exposure by a couple of stops. Take the photo. The rest is done in post. I'm assuming that your shooting RAW.
The couple of stops is a WAG. To be precise, you'd need to know your camera's exposure capabilities. This is done with a good deal of precise testing. You'll, more than likely, get the usual HDR answer. If you like that look, go for it. If you want something more natural, expose for it.
http://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2014/6/6/1402033254602-_rsm_2011031901_001.jpg
--Bob
The couple of stops is a WAG. To be precise, you'd need to know your camera's exposure capabilities. This is done with a good deal of precise testing. You'll, more than likely, get the usual HDR answer. If you like that look, go for it. If you want something more natural, expose for it.
http://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2014/6/6/1402033254602-_rsm_2011031901_001.jpg
--Bob
dyximan wrote:
How does one shoot and set up their camera from say within a building and or cave to the outside light at lighted area. And vice versa. I realize there is a number of factors depth of field clarity etc. curious about all?
Apr 21, 2017 07:28:06 #
Really do not know what you want to do. Did you ever take some classes in photography and learn the basics.
Apr 21, 2017 08:02:53 #
dyximan wrote:
How does one shoot and set up their camera from say within a building and or cave to the outside light at lighted area. And vice versa. I realize there is a number of factors depth of field clarity etc. curious about all?
If you mean you have very bright and very dark in the same scene, that can be difficult. HDR is the best way to deal with it. Or, you can expose for either the light or the dark, and lose the other one. Even the human eye can't resolve those two extremes.
Apr 21, 2017 09:47:03 #
Apr 21, 2017 09:49:25 #
dyximan wrote:
No to all
In that case, I don't see a problem. You're in the dark, but your subject is in the light (or dark). No problem.
Apr 21, 2017 09:50:18 #
There are a lot of great responses some I've heard of others I have not will definitely have to look through my camera manual and take some classes and read more thanks again
Apr 21, 2017 10:37:39 #
Simply add light to the darker areas. Flash, hot lights, led fixtures, or whatever else you could come up with. Balancing the light when you shoot means less work in post processing.
Apr 21, 2017 10:47:30 #
dyximan wrote:
How does one shoot and set up their camera from say within a building and or cave to the outside light at lighted area. And vice versa. I realize there is a number of factors depth of field clarity etc. curious about all?
Your question tells me you have little knowledge of how a camera/lens works. There is no such thing as one setting for a camera in different lighting. You need to study how a camera works and what exposure and ambient light is. Go to YouTube and look up exposure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc
What you need to learn takes more than just a few lines from us photographers.
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