limited light: I am sitting here in the dark, reading the forum and I look over and my cats face is illuminated by the computer and its quite a beautiful sight. How would I capture...

sandheinrichc Loc: Illinois

I am sitting here in the dark, reading the forum and I look over and my cats face is illuminated by the computer and its quite a beautiful sight. How would I capture this image with my camera with such low light? thanks in advance for the advice. I would really like to give this a try.

Marc-Wi Loc: Oshkosh Wi

Up the ISO,way up.

raysass Loc: Brooklin, On, Canada.

sandheinrichc wrote:

I am sitting here in the dark, reading the forum and I look over and my cats face is illuminated by the computer and its quite a beautiful sight. How would I capture this image with my camera with such low light? thanks in advance for the advice. I would really like to give this a try.

Tripod,bulb setting, trial and error.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

when it is daytime cover a window with a diffusion material, a white sheet should work. set your cat near the window, turn off all interior lights. expose for the window light.

If you like the color of the light coming from your monitor try to find out the color temperature of the monitor, set your camera's color temperature for that, and take a picture.
Or you could adjust the color temperature slider in your editing program.

good luck

FredB Loc: A little below the Mason-Dixon line.

sandheinrichc wrote:

I am sitting here in the dark, reading the forum and I look over and my cats face is illuminated by the computer and its quite a beautiful sight. How would I capture this image with my camera with such low light? thanks in advance for the advice. I would really like to give this a try.

Buy a Canon 6D.

sandheinrichc Loc: Illinois

Thanks all , I tried it last night as soon as I pulled my camera out my catgot up.

wfeijen Loc: The Netherlands

Yes,

It is very important to glue the cat to the desk. Some people use nails but the blood will ruin your pictures.

:wink:

sandheinrichc Loc: Illinois

wfeijen wrote:

Yes,

It is very important to glue the cat to the desk. Some people use nails but the blood will ruin your pictures.

:wink:

lol she is even to quick for me to get the glue out.

:lol:

NeilL Loc: British-born Canadian

sandheinrichc wrote:

Thanks all , I tried it last night as soon as I pulled my camera out my catgot up.

:lol: :lol: :lol: I, too, have lots of shots of the cats' rear-ends.

346pak Loc: Texas

sandheinrichc wrote:

I am sitting here in the dark, reading the forum and I look over and my cats face is illuminated by the computer and its quite a beautiful sight. How would I capture this image with my camera with such low light? thanks in advance for the advice. I would really like to give this a try.

You will be amazed at what your camera sensor actually picks up in low light that then can be post processed into a good photo. I would challenge you to take the shot and play with it in you favorite PP software. I tried this a couple of months ago just as an experiment and I was amazed at the detail and clarity I was able to pull out of the file. I attached what the end result looks like. The original file was completely black with the exception of the two spots of light. I had no idea the ducks were in the water swimming around until after I PP this.

Pond at night after post processing in LR

alissaspieces Loc: New York

What a beautiful shot! In the site viewbug they are running a contest right now called purple. This would be a great submission to that contest!

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DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

Great shot. Early on one of my best shots looked totally black until I lightened it up in PP. It is amazing what the sensors pick up that we can't see.

346pak wrote:

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cony25

Lol, glueing the cat workd

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

sandheinrichc wrote:

I am sitting here in the dark, reading the forum and I look over and my cats face is illuminated by the computer and its quite a beautiful sight. How would I capture this image with my camera with such low light? thanks in advance for the advice. I would really like to give this a try.

You need a really fast lens, unless you can get the cat to stand perfectly still, and a tripod. My last resort is ISO, as the shots are usually too noisy to use. And by the time you de-noise, the cat will look like rubber. ;-)
SS

346pak Loc: Texas

alissaspieces wrote:

What a beautiful shot! In the site viewbug they are running a contest right now called purple. This would be a great submission to that contest!

Thanks Alissaspieces. I'll check out the vie bug site.