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UER Forum > Archived UE Photo Critiques > Night Machines (Viewed 359 times)
Dr. Sneeze 


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Night Machines
< on 11/3/2008 5:25 AM >
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So Chumpster and I set out Saturday night to climb a water tower. Upon arriving at the abandoned tower, not everyone was on board. We decided not to give up, and saw a giant net in the distance and started hiking towards it. Soon enough we found ourselves smack dab at the end of a driving range.

1. A rusted attachment to collect golfballs. I attempted some light painting- sort of.


As we poked around the range a bit more, we found what seems to be a giant storage yard for construction equipment.

2.


Ok so I was just wondering what you guys think?

Also I shot these on a Rebel XT (P setting) with auto WB on and all my pics looked like;


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They all were really orange! I was wondering if I could hear some suggestions for shooting at night (maybe from some XT shooters also). I should probably shoot M next time.

Do any of you get really orange pictures when you shoot at night? Also when it's dark out how do you focus well?

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Re: Night Machines
<Reply # 1 on 11/3/2008 5:51 AM >
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never use auto white balance, on these ones i would have used the tungsten setting to cut down the orange glow

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Re: Night Machines
<Reply # 2 on 11/3/2008 6:03 AM >
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When it's dark I use manual focus and shine my flashlight where i want it and then focus on that point and turn it off.

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Re: Night Machines
<Reply # 3 on 11/4/2008 12:48 AM >
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Posted by dynastar666
When it's dark I use manual focus and shine my flashlight where i want it and then focus on that point and turn it off.


you can do that with auto focus too just shine the light on one of the focus points and turn it off before you take the picture

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Re: Night Machines
<Reply # 4 on 11/4/2008 1:35 AM >
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Good tips on the white balance. Also, if you shoot in RAW format you can just change the white balance when you load the pictures on the computer, using Photoshop or any program like that.

Also, avoid the P setting. In this case, use AV mode, if that fails you may have to go manual. Set AV to F 8.0 or around there, and the exposure will set automatically.

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Re: Night Machines
<Reply # 5 on 11/4/2008 1:42 AM >
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Light painting is sweet, what kind of lights are used to do it?

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Re: Night Machines
<Reply # 6 on 11/4/2008 1:55 AM >
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Posted by FMeissner
Light painting is sweet, what kind of lights are used to do it?


thank you. it's a little multi color flashlight I picked up at radioshack for 15 bucks.




thanks for the tips. The flashlight ideas smart-only problem was that is my flashlight in the shot- haha. I should bring 2 next time.

Next time I go I'll play with the modes, and maybe shoot some RAW's. Look for more stuff soon!

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