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| Thread ID: 45566 | 2004-05-26 05:58:00 | Very OT: How to capture city night photographs | nomad (3693) | Press F1 |
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| 239424 | 2004-05-26 05:58:00 | Hiya Does anyone know how to capture those photos when the camera is on a tripod so that the street lights are like laser strings?? They use long exposure. My Q is, is metering used or is it trial and error? Some pple have also said about zooming out to get the strings effect .. is this correct? Cheers. |
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| 239425 | 2004-05-26 06:20:00 | I don't know how you'd get the street lights to look like lasers, but most people just point the camera torwards a street and set a reasonable exposure - then you'll find the laser effect, but it's produced by head-lights and tail-lights on cars. | agent (30) | ||
| 239426 | 2004-05-26 06:23:00 | If you want the street lamps themselves to have a laser effect, you could try getting your exposure right first, then once you know the right exposure, try doing shots where you move the camera a bit for the last part of the exposure. That might create the right effect. | Biggles (121) | ||
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