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Nov 21, 2014 05:26:01 #

Help with Northern Light settings

My better half is dying to see the "lights" but they are a long way away from us. Had a quick look in Alaska but no luck. So maybe if you post more photos I won't need to fly to the top of the world just in case they are on show.
So far only makes her more determined to see them!

Nov 16, 2014 22:20:25 #

Thanks for all the answers, I have been away from the computer for a while, but I have only just started to shoot RAW / JPG and have not had any experience with processing either. So back to the camera with a new perspective and see if I can eliminate some of the photo shopping. Looks like an off camera flash might be on the next shopping list.
Col

Nov 14, 2014 14:37:25 #

Thanks Doug?, the horses were mowing a field of oats and they were only stopping occasionally. I had only one area where I could safely stand. I did miss the other changes you made,what program do you use? I have just change to PE13 and am shooting in RAW / jpg to try to get some better results but as you said maybe better composition before I click the shutter.
Col

Nov 14, 2014 01:42:39 #

pithydoug wrote:

While a GF would help in this case but it would be best if could avoid backlit scenes in general especially if you use auto setting. The range between bright and dark is very wide and the camera does a lot of averaging which is the best it can do

The good news and I hope you don't take offense but with a little massaging the picture was salvageable. Simply trying to show you that post processing and possibly learning how to shoot this in manual mode and lessen the range.

Thanks, no offence and I do appreciate you input. I had not thought about cropping to eliminate the sky but I will next time.

Nov 9, 2014 20:04:54 #

Blacksmith

Thanks ,Larry, I had not even given it a thought. That will give me some more practice at PP.

Nov 9, 2014 15:15:44 #

Blacksmith

Thanks for viewing, I was hoping his beard would catch on fire while I had the camera pointed at him! Only joking he is a great bloke and loves to share his skill with anyone, anytime.

Nov 9, 2014 15:12:33 #

Thanks everybody for you valuable input. Looks like a set of graduated filters could be on the shopping list. As I shot a lot of car shows and to limit the "ugly" backgrounds I try to get down low which means pointing the camera at the sky. I have found that a "blown out sky" is very hard to change (PSE13) so anything I can do to improve the initial photo .......
This site has helped me so much but so much more to learn.
Thanks again all.

Nov 8, 2014 23:18:43 #

Blacksmith

Quite hot here this weekend and this bloke was trying to make it hotter!

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Nov 8, 2014 23:14:04 #

All my photos that I took on a bright sunny day in AV mode seemed to be blown out, especially the sky. I went back today and shot in Auto mode and the sky was blue. What am I doing wrong?
Canon 650D with Canon 50mm 1.8

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Nov 4, 2014 22:40:13 #

Pelican on the wing

Thanks Don, I'll see what I can do.