Advice please

[nursejudy]

took this piccy of floodlight Conway Castle on auto how do i get a better piccy not sure what the best setting is it small aperture to let more light in ...but what about shutter speed

 

 

 

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[Phone]

NJ,

 

The "big boys" will come along shortly so I'll get my two cents worth in first.

 

Don't be so hard on yourself. I think the pics are fine.

 

But - - - have you tried "framing" when shooting a stationary object? When I took pictures (in the olden days) I almost always took more than one of the subject. Just a guess, I'd say if I took 1,000 pics. there would be 10 I enjoyed or felt comfortable sharing - - - and that was in the days of film.

 

You ask for a "better" piccy. What does that mean? Every shot will not be suitable for the National Geographic.

 

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[ayjay]

how do i get a better piccy

Always wear both shoes.

[nursejudy]

it is a bit wonky did notice last night,but had had had large glass of wine and numerous coffees with tia maria in!!!!!!!!!!! by better picture i think i mean the floodlighting showing up better ...

[Dave H]

I must admit windsor castle looks quite impressive this time of year....

[ayjay]

by better picture i think i mean the floodlighting showing up better ...

You won't do it on auto, the camera just takes what it thinks is the best picture averaged over the whole frame (possibly centre weighted).

 

Wait until it's darker is likely to be the easiest route to making the floodlights stand out more - otherwise you just have to play with the exposure parameters (Av or Tv mode) until you get what you want - stop it down - larger f number - or shorter exposure to make the rest of the picture darker - review what you have on the preview screen - keep taking pics - the beauty of digital is just that, you take as many as you need to get the result - a bit of chimping never hurt anyone.

[Andy_1984]

Hi Judy, I'm still not clued up with all these f numbers and such, lazy on my part but I know if I fiddle enough ill get the shot I want.

 

I reckon it's a combination of both shutter speed and lens aperture.

 

Heres 2 shots i took a while ago of a lit building and their settings. Number 2 was the shot i was after. Tweaking the shutter speed and aperture gave me more or less what I was after (night scene with bright lights but not too much light overall)

 

1:

Shutter Speed: 1/3 Sec

Lens Aperture: F/3.4

Iso-100

 

2:

Shutter Speed: 2.83 Sec

Lens Aperture: F/7.1 (don't ask me what it does I read but forgot)

Iso-100

[Andy_1984]

Heres another 2 with a shutter speed of 4 Sec(too much light with this one) but with different apertures.

1.

Shutter Speed: 4 Sec

Lens Aperture: F/5.6

Iso-100

2.

Shutter Speed: 4 Sec

Lens Aperture: F/11

Iso-100

[nursejudy]

took these in TV mode and adjust the shutter speed

 

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[Andy_1984]

I like 3 & 4