I take pictures for a volunteer fire department, and do pretty good during the day, but can't get the settings right when there are several emergency vehicles with their lights flashing. All I get are the lights and the firefighters are too dark. I know this is probably a very basic issue, but I can't figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Night shots of emergency vehicles
- Thread starter Gunnie
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Did you use a flash?
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Ohh.. and also if you are driving a car shine the headlights on the area if you can. It should help give you more light.
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Ohh.. and also if you are driving a car shine the headlights on the area if you can. It should help give you more light.
Bump the ISO to 400 or 800 and see how it goes. 1600 is probably going to be a bit to grainy, but you could try it out at night in a non-emergency situation and see how it looks.
Also, use the Anti-shake that is built in to that A2...and then post some examples!
Also, use the Anti-shake that is built in to that A2...and then post some examples!
The problem is that the camera is recording the bright lights, but can't pick up enough detail in the darker areas of the shot. You'll need to overexpose a little (burning out the highlights to get more detail in the shadows). Can you shoot in RAW format? If so you can use CS2 to compress the contrast range a bit, which should help. But don't expect too much, real-life shots can never match those in Hollywood productions where they have expensive lighting, rehearsals and the possibility of re-takes 
I'd also suggest that you practise in some non-emergency situations to find the most appropriate settings.
Alan
I'd also suggest that you practise in some non-emergency situations to find the most appropriate settings.
Alan
The problem is that the camera is recording the bright lights, but can't pick up enough detail in the darker areas of the shot. You'll need to overexpose a little (burning out the highlights to get more detail in the shadows). Can you shoot in RAW format? If so you can use CS2 to compress the contrast range a bit, which should help. But don't expect too much, real-life shots can never match those in Hollywood productions where they have expensive lighting, rehearsals and the possibility of re-takes
I'd also suggest that you practise in some non-emergency situations to find the most appropriate settings.
Alan
I'd also suggest that you practise in some non-emergency situations to find the most appropriate settings.
Alan
gunnie said:
"But you could try it out at night in a non-emergency situation and see how it looks..."
