Camera and photo taking question....

[Podunkfla]

Heikki... Glenn has the best idea, I think. For that matter, If you put your camera on a tripod, with the flash turned off, to do that... You could also start taking pics when it is bright and just go out every ten minutes or so and snap a pic until it gets dark. I betcha one of those exposures will be just what your looking for? If not... I (or Glenn) could fix it for ya. Good luck buddy!

[Classic Finn]

Do you have the model number of your camera? I was gonna look it up on Stevesdigicams to see what the controls are like.

Asianflava here you go..

Cyber Shot 3.3 Digital Still Camera DSC - S75

Regards Heikki

[Classic Finn]

Here is my Camera...at the time this was supposed to be the High End of the Sony Cameras..And it won a lot of competition reviews.. but the problem is with the operator... not vey knowledgeable but Ive gotten a lot of nice macro and daylight shots with it.. the Mrs has taken a lot of photos of her work with it using the macro and tripod as well.

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/ ... index.html

Classic Finn

[asianflava]

It looks like your camera has a full manual mode. What I do, is the trial and error method, or an exposure matrix. Digital it makes it easy and cheaper.

In low light where you can still see, set it up on a tripod and set your apreture fairly wide Steve's digicams said that it is an F2.0 to F8.0 lens. The lower number means it is more open. Set it to 2.0 then set your shutter speed to something slow (it will depend on how much light there is) and take a picture. Step the shutter speed down and take another picture. Keep doing it till you get what you want.

Remember, turn the lights on and do not use the flash. There is probably an easier and faster way to do it but since digital pics don't cost anything, this is easy enough to explain since I don't know anything about your camera. There is also a possibility that you can take the pic (on a tripod) in auto with no flash and get the results you want.

The real pros would know but since I'm just a hack I tend to do things the hard way. The main thing is use a tripod, no flash, longer exposure.

[Classic Finn]

It looks like your camera has a full manual mode. What I do, is the trial and error method, or an exposure matrix. Digital it makes it easy and cheaper.

In low light where you can still see, set it up on a tripod and set your apreture fairly wide Steve's digicams said that it is an F2.0 to F8.0 lens. The lower number means it is more open. Set it to 2.0 then set your shutter speed to something slow (it will depend on how much light there is) and take a picture. Step the shutter speed down and take another picture. Keep doing it till you get what you want.

Remember, turn the lights on and do not use the flash. There is probably an easier and faster way to do it but since digital pics don't cost anything, this is easy enough to explain since I don't know anything about your camera. There is also a possibility that you can take the pic (on a tripod) in auto with no flash and get the results you want.

The real pros would know but since I'm just a hack I tend to do things the hard way. The main thing is use a tripod, no flash, longer exposure.

I shall do some testing since the pics dont cost anything and I,ll get back witht he results hopefully with some nice ones... Our neighbor said the tear looked awesomw with all lighting on... and it did look nice but now to show you folks that as well..

Thanks everyone for the advice and info...now to go play with it..

Regards Heikki

[caseydog]

Yes, if you have a full manual mode, Rocky's suggestion should work.

But, I would set one thing and leave that one thing alone, so you don't confuse yourself with too many variables. In my car shot, I set the aperture where I wanted it, and only changed the shutter speed, as needed, as my light got dimmer. The aperture become my one constant.

You can use shutter speed as your variable, by shooting several shots at progressively longer or shorter shutter speed until you like what you see.

You can also add a second varialble of time -- do the shutter speed process multiple times as the sun goes deeper below the horizon, lowering the brightness of the sky.

Like Rocky said, it is all about shooting a lot of pictures and finding that perfect shot. And with digital, you are not wasting any film, so you can shoot all you want.

G