2nd curtain qustion

[rcpilot_971]

I want to shoot cars crusing at night

what camera settings do you use and what shutter speeds do you use I tryed to mess around with it little bit on my steet but I could not get the light trail

I want to shoot cars crusing at night



Thanks Tim

[shutterfiend]

Meter ambient light (meter in Av or Tv if you don't have a light meter, I don't). Then set your camera manually under-exposing by 2-3 stops. Aperture 5.6 or 8 works for me. Make sure flash is turned on. Fire away.

Oh yes, 1/15 sec or slower.

[PacAce]

Use a longer shutter speed. The longer you want the light trails, the longer the shutter should be open. Make sure you use a tripod or the the trails are going to be wavy.

[Livinthalife]

I don't usually use a flash, but here is some examples of what I got using 30sec shutter and aperture stopped down to max...or so.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/atgrzymala/Portfolio/IMG_9226.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/atgrzymala/Portfolio/IMG_9223.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/atgrzymala/Portfolio/IMG_9221.jpg

Hope this helps.

[canoflan]

Nice pics.

Pat

[rcpilot_971]

Ok thanks alot guys I will give it a try