Need advice on taking photos at a lantern festival
codex57 •
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Demand advice on taking photos at a lantern festival
Hullo, so I’ll be going to ane of those lantern festivals soon (hopefully). In that location wasn’t a lot of info out there on tips for shooting one of these.
If you have any tips, I’d capeesh it.
Bringing along a Nikon D750, 24-70 f2.8, and a 50mm f1.4. I’m assuming I should bring a tripod? Remote shutter release?
Which practice you recollect will be the main lens? 50mm because it tin get down to f1.4 or the 24-70mm because information technology can go wider?
Whatsoever suggest on settings?
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SoCalWill •
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Re: Need communication on taking photos at a lantern festival
Yeah to tripod, the remote is optional because you can just apply the two-second timer drive mode. The tripod effectively removes the need for a fast lens, unless you’re doing portraits/shooting something in the foreground and want bokeh groundwork, but a fast lens also opens the possibility of doing a few better-lit [high-ISO] shots by manus.
The quick and like shooting fish in a barrel fashion to get very nicely exposed night shots while using a tripod is to gear up A mode and Multi Meter, lock f-finish wherever the lens is sharpest, lock ISO at 100, then ignore/let the camera determine the shutter speed. Expect 1-3 2d exposure times, and then be mindful of anything jostling the tripod or your light sources moving in air current. Practice this at home before trying it in a decorated street situation where you lot’ll desire to quickly become print-perfect shots.
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codex57 •
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Re: Need advice on taking photos at a lantern festival
Thanks. I’m merely wondering if 1-3 seconds volition be besides long for lanterns floating up. There may be a slight breeze that day.
Should I mayhap cap the shutter speed to a max of ane/3 2d or something and allow the ISO to go beyond 100? I’m thinking a petty grain might exist better than a blurry lantern. TBH, the D750 probably can shoot at ISO 1600 without the grain really beingness noticeable.
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SoCalWill •
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Re: Need communication on taking photos at a lantern festival
Using the above settings, you tin can adjust where ISO is locked to “steer” the shutter speed, but if the only movement in the image is from the light sources, it’s going to be a quite high ISO, resulting in a quite dark background. Hopefully y’all shoot RAW and can recover the background in post.
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Re: Need communication on taking photos at a lantern festival
Yes, I shoot RAW to assist embrace for my less advanced skills.
Thank yous Lightroom.
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