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Bdm82 said:
Ok good... confirms my suspicion. Camera phones always adjust and ruin it. :) I mean, they show the beam angle and hotspot and shape, but they adjust in a way where the real world brightness is lost.
That rc40vn40 shot does demonstrate the WOL well. But man u bet it seems brighter in person than that pic came through.
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I can only imagine how bright it is in person..
 
hey newlumen, hope you dont mind, but i raised the f stop on your pic, and adjusted the levels, to where i thought it should of been to your naked eye
is this closer to what you were seeing ?
i see a tree behind your house i didnt see in the original:thumbsup:
hope this helps a bit;)


original pic

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f stop and exposure adjusted



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There's also a free android app called Open Camera. It allows exposure to be locked and is to be manually set. Might be worth trying out if using cell phone.
 
Out of curiosity, what shutter speed and f-stop would you recommend? Wouldn't it change depending on what you were photographing? For instance a beam shot into the air or a subject like a house?
 
hahoo said:
hey newlumen, hope you dont mind, but i raised the f stop on your pic, and adjusted the levels, to where i thought it should of been to your naked eye
is this closer to what you were seeing ?
i see a tree behind your house i didnt see in the original:thumbsup:
hope this helps a bit;)


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2nd photo that u edited is rc40vn40.. I am bad at taking photos. Lol.
 
Ok, since it's been so quite in here and I check every 10 minutes only To find no updates, I guess It's time to get out of the v54 hottub and into the big pool! Lol.

So there's more on CPF than the v54 lounge? Haha

i still say this is the where the cool kids hang out.
 
LarryB said:
Out of curiosity, what shutter speed and f-stop would you recommend? Wouldn't it change depending on what you were photographing? For instance a beam shot into the air or a subject like a house?
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larry, im actually new to taking night time beamshots, but have done night time photography for several years
the few beam shots i have done, what i try to do is set the exposure to where you can just faintly see the subject, or close to what the naked eyes sees
then lock it down in manual, lock the white balance, shutter speed, and f-stop
they all play a vital role in how the pics will turn out
so if i have my camera set at say 8 seconds, locked down on a cell tower for instance...take the pic....review the pic and have to really strain to see the tower in the preview blown all the way up, i call it good.
then when i take the pic of the light shining on the tower, i know " ANY EXTRA LIGHT THAT IS SHOWN ON THE TOWER" has to be coming from the flashlight itsself, because all of the settings in the camera have remained unchanged....
if you go the other way too far, and have a pitch black pic, underexposed for too many f stops, then you will be doing your lights a horrible injustice, and they wont put the light on the subject as good as in real life ....

hope all this made some sense ;)
 
MC408 said:
Ok, since it's been so quite in here and I check every 10 minutes only To find no updates, I guess It's time to get out of the v54 hottub and into the big pool! Lol.

So there's more on CPF than the v54 lounge? Haha

i still say this is the where the cool kids hang out.
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im with ya mc
im here alot doing the same .. lol
might go out tonight and find a new victim, to throw some beamshots on!
 
Well said hahoo.

Depending on camera and lens and all I don't think there's any universal set of settings that work across the board.

It's a little bit of trial and error until you figure out what produces the most lifelike image.
 
just for kicks, heres the dark control shot


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and here it is, with all the light i could squeeze out of it, without it getting ugly
looks like a pretty good light source hitting the left side of the house


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hahoo, really interesting stuff. Thanks for posting it! I'd also love to do some beam shots, but don't know where to start! I have a canon 450D that I'm sure is good enough. I might check eBay for a brain upgrade so I can use it. [emoji6]
 
SG Hall said:
hahoo, really interesting stuff. Thanks for posting it! I'd also love to do some beam shots, but don't know where to start! I have a canon 450D that I'm sure is good enough. I might check eBay for a brain upgrade so I can use it. [emoji6]
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once you get ahold of the basics of how light works, in relationship to pictures, and exposure times, it really is pretty simple
best way to learn it is to get out and take tons of pics
be sure and review them with a program you can see all of your settings in
f-stop, and exposure time are the 2 to keep an eye on
those are the 2 factors that adjust the amount of light let in:thumbsup:
that 450d should be a very capable night time camera
 
I only shoot pictures on automatic. I figure the guy who made my camera must be smarter than me so no way I'm engaging the stick-shift. Try that fancy stuff and you could end up with nothing... or a pic of Caitlin Jenner.
 
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