Photography settings help

[purpledove]

Help please ! I had been trying to get a good pic of the following shots and got frustrated last night as i can't seem to get the right settings. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I'll be going back tonight for another attempt. Thanks mucho

The first set ( 1-3) are the better night shots. The rest are my problem shots.

1)

2)


Problem shots are the following:

a)

b)

c)

d) The contrast of the lights are i think reinforced by this too bright skating rink lights affecting the rest of the previous shots....maybe(?)



4)This i think ended up okay although the bulbs on the Xmas tree, are not clear


e)


f) initial shot- too dark ( am not satisfied)


g) I tried increasing the ISO and it ended up with this

 

[skyblue]

you could try lowering your shutter speed a little

 

[purpledove]

i played with the shutter speed @ 10-30 secs. What would you recommended?

How about the building shots and Venice boat- there's way too much contrast of lights from the right side where the skating rink is? even with the bulb Xmas tree

 

[Francis]

i played with the shutter speed @ 10-30 secs. What would you recommended?

How about the building shots and Venice boat- there's way too much contrast of lights from the right side where the skating rink is? even with the bulb Xmas tree

I was just in with my camera and the photographer there told me to use the factory default reset to see if that would help clear up any setting I may have put by mistake and start over..

You may want to give that a try.. Just a suggestion..

 

[purpledove]

I was just in with my camera and the photographer there told me to use the factory default reset to see if that would help clear up any setting I may have put by mistake and start over..

You may want to give that a try.. Just a suggestion..

I've re- set mine a while back when I think i screwed up some of the settings with my playing around in an attempt to switch from automatic to manual mode. Am getting familiar with changing the ISO, aperture and shutter speeds now. Just not sure if my settings were right for light exposure and movement in the pictures.

But thanks.

 

[Francis]

I've re- set mine a while back when I think i screwed up some of the settings with my playing around in an attempt to switch from automatic to manual mode. Am getting familiar with changing the ISO, aperture and shutter speeds now. Just not sure if my settings were right for light exposure and movement in the pictures.

But thanks.

I noticed in mine the lock pattern is set to one configuration yet I have many to chose from in my settings.. If you change that to landscape the autofocus will not automatically lock on the brightest spot in the picture and let your camera do more for you..

As well the Photographer suggested I look at my Lens setting for those pictures I don't like.. My daughter has played with my camera ( not impressed ) and might have switched something without my knowledge on the lens making it not autofocus or work as I would expect.

Just things I was told to look at..

 

[Tuffdisc]

you could try lowering your shutter speed a little

At 1/6th of a second?

PD up the ISO rather lowering the shutter speed, since your camera can handle up to ISO6400

 

[Tuffdisc]

Though you may get noise easily got rid of in PP

You could try manual for night time shoot, though you would need a tripod

It could also help by saying what lens you are using..

 

[Tuffdisc]

Is it ok for me to edit the last one?

 

[Guyzerr]

It's pointless to try the night shots without a tripod... absolutely pointless.... imo. ( I can see movement in some of your shtos... fuzzy lights ) Also, regarding the ISO. Even though your camera can handle the big numbers I wouldn't shoot over 1000 and that includes having the camera on a tripod. You can get rid of a lot of noise PP but you'll end up with shots not as sharp as you would like... imo. As far as settings go I would use Tv ( let the camera figure out the f stop ) and start at 1/100sec @ 400iso and work from there. Start with the shutter speed first and leave the ISO till last.

A decent flash might also help some of those shots. ie: staircase. Try and stay away from using the on-camera flash because .. well... um... it's junk..... imo.

 

[Guyzerr]

Is it ok for me to edit the last one?

She won't mind if it's going to help her so just do it.

 

[purpledove]

I noticed in mine the lock pattern is set to one configuration yet I have many to chose from in my settings.. If you change that to landscape the autofocus will not automatically lock on the brightest spot in the picture and let your camera do more for you..

As well the Photographer suggested I look at my Lens setting for those pictures I don't like.. My daughter has played with my camera ( not impressed ) and might have switched something without my knowledge on the lens making it not autofocus or work as I would expect.

Just things I was told to look at..

My son uses my camera too @ times and altered my settings etc- hence i re-set to default and now he uses C1-2 settings for his own.

I use Tv & Av settings as was advised for a beginner on my camera- and once in a while- i do manual but not much. The Crane interactive app on the Iphone actually helped me do lots of troubleshooting and understand my camera settings/features too. Just have to learn how the trio (ISO,shutter speed, aperture) works well together for correct exposure- which am very bad at :tooth

At 1/6th of a second?

PD up the ISO rather lowering the shutter speed, since your camera can handle up to ISO6400

Is 1/6 sec good enough speed for night shots? altho you're right that i was quite adamant to increase my ISO. The darker stairs shot was ISO 320 and the too bright stairs pic ISO: 1250. I guess i went to the extremes with my ISO?

And sure, i dont mind you editing the last pic or any of the pics.

Though you may get noise easily got rid of in PP

You could try manual for night time shoot, though you would need a tripod

It could also help by saying what lens you are using..

what's PP? I use a not very good/fast lens= 28-135 mm lens

Tripod: am lazy carrying it. But will start using it soon...

thanks

 

[purpledove]

It's pointless to try the night shots without a tripod... absolutely pointless.... imo. ( I can see movement in some of your shtos... fuzzy lights ) Also, regarding the ISO. Even though your camera can handle the big numbers I wouldn't shoot over 1000 and that includes having the camera on a tripod. You can get rid of a lot of noise PP but you'll end up with shots not as sharp as you would like... imo. As far as settings go I would use Tv ( let the camera figure out the f stop ) and start at 1/100sec @ 400iso and work from there. Start with the shutter speed first and leave the ISO till last.

A decent flash might also help some of those shots. ie: staircase. Try and stay away from using the on-camera flash because .. well... um... it's junk..... imo.

Yup about the tripod, will start not being lazy carrying it with me soon...:nod:

The darker stairs i had an ISO of 320 and i also used ISO of 500 on the sidewalk shot. I was quite concerned with the contrast of the dimmer light on the sidewalk and the bulb Xmas trees were really very bright maybe affecting the pic quality/exposure (?)....:dunno

I had been using the Tv and Av alternately tho am not sure which one i used for these problem shots.

...will try all these suggestions tonight.

Thanks

 

[Tuffdisc]

PP=Post process


Here's what I have done to your photo, not to sure whether you can see the difference

 

[purpledove]

:unsure: motion blur i have seen on night shots on flickr/ professional photographer's pics- When is motion blur allowable on night and action shots?

 

[Tuffdisc]

:unsure: motion blur i have seen on night shots on flickr/ professional photographer's pics- When is motion blur allowable on night and action shots?

Only when people and vehicles move, not the camera

 

[purpledove]

PP=Post process


Here's what I have done to your photo, not to sure whether you can see the difference

It's okay just that the stairs in real setting is not yellow....that's a night shot too ( with increased ISO to 1250) where I was attempting to get the bulb Xmas tree too but got frustrated hence didn't attempt to composed the pic any further.....:tooth

but thanks

Only when people and vehicles move, not the camera

I understand speed of light, motion of people, cars etc and increasing shutter speed to freeze water flow for waterfalls shots....but how can one see the difference in the pics if it's the motion blur from a camera or not ? Sorry, am dumb

 

[Tuffdisc]

It's okay just that the stairs in real setting is not yellow....that's a night shot too ( with increased ISO to 1250) where I was attempting to get the bulb Xmas tree too but got frustrated hence didn't attempt to composed the pic any further.....:tooth

but thanks



I understand speed of light, motion of people, cars etc and increasing shutter speed to freeze water flow for waterfalls shots....but how can one see the difference in the pics if it's the motion blur from a camera or not ? Sorry, am dumb

There is no sharpness to the buildings a) and b) was a better example of sharpness, but need to increase ISO to get the right amount of exposure

 

[purpledove]

There is no sharpness to the buildings a) and b) was a better example of sharpness, but need to increase ISO to get the right amount of exposure

Yup, I could see the sharpness of the building.. the lower part of the stairs on the left (railing) remains not sharp. I have increased the ISO on that pic to 1250 as I have mentioned earlier and it didn't end up as a night shot that i was expecting

 

[Tuffdisc]

Yup, I could see the sharpness of the building.. the lower part of the stairs on the left (railing) remains not sharp. I have increased the ISO on that pic to 1250 as I have mentioned earlier and it didn't end up as a night shot that i was expecting

What night shot are you expecting?