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Rambo78
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Mar 06, 2007 05:50 |  #1

Hi All,

Any ideas how I might take some photos at Night with no Flash? I'm hoping to capture some silhouettes of trees / branches. With a cloudy sky in the background. Is this possible with long exposures?

I have a 350D with 17-85mm lens.

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Sat

oops, sorry, just realised I posted in 'photo-sharing section' will save that for after I take the pics.




  
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Mar 06, 2007 07:09 |  #2

HI Rambo...Use "M" mode and set for long shutter speeds like 1.0 second or longer, depending on lighting. Use a TRIPOD...it's usually a must or some other sort of support mechanisms. Depending on the actual light available the settings can really vary, so you have to really experiment.
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Mar 06, 2007 07:47 |  #3

Rambo78 wrote in post #2823916 (external link)
Hi All,

Any ideas how I might take some photos at Night with no Flash? I'm hoping to capture some silhouettes of trees / branches. With a cloudy sky in the background. Is this possible with long exposures?

I have a 350D with 17-85mm lens.

Thanks,

Sat

oops, sorry, just realised I posted in 'photo-sharing section' will save that for after I take the pics.

Very easy with this camera. Here's one of the milky way with some trees.

Dark night, on a tripod, cable release. 25 sec exposure @ f/3.5, 1600 iso.

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Mar 06, 2007 13:39 |  #4

this is in tv setting with a shutter speed of like 20 sec

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Mar 06, 2007 13:56 |  #5

Are there any precautions to speak of in terms of keeping the sensor from getting too hot with really long exposures?


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Mar 06, 2007 16:25 |  #6

Philco wrote in post #2826075 (external link)
Are there any precautions to speak of in terms of keeping the sensor from getting too hot with really long exposures?

Not that I've ever heard. The one thing you should do is set Custom Function 2 to "ON". This is the 'Long Exposure Noise Reduction' setting. Anything (at least on my Rebel XT) 30 sec. at iso 100-800, or over 1 sec. at iso 1600 will automatically creat a "dark frame" immediately after the exposure and subtract it from the previous one to eliminate noise.

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Mar 06, 2007 21:25 |  #7

gpig - great shot, been wanteing to do one the same but in the center divider of the road, just a little scared to get killed. LOL


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