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How does one focus for landscape photos in very dark conditions?
Tonight I tried my best to take some night landscapes in the darkest of dark conditions. Hoping for an epic composition of the Milky Way and a landmark.
Of course, none of my glass could auto focus ...
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How to take pictures in a dark room?
I'm a total newbie to photography. I have a Nikon D90 and at the moment I'm trying to learn how to actually use it.
I've noticed that whenever I shoot in a dark room with the on-camera pop up flash, ...
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'Painting with light' photography: locations and techniques
Tunnels being naturally dark may not be the most intuitive choice for a place to take pictures. But I love the 'painting with light' work that artists such as 'Twin Cities Brightest' are putting out ...
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How do I avoid a dark subject when there's bright sunlight from windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you avoid a dim portrait with a bright background and no external flash?
I recently shot some photos at a friend's wedding. The location was lovely with lots of ...
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How to fill my time-lapse video with more frames?
I'm making a time-lapse video in a place with very low light conditions. Each photo has an exposure of 20 seconds and my camera take 10 seconds more to process the image. This means, 2 frames per ...
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How to avoid dark window when shooting from inside
I am shooting a window with heavy sun light on it. When I get far enough from the window, the yellow curtain does not become too dark and is somehow visible (the second image). But as I get closer to ...
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How can I use a histogram to expose correctly when the scene is very dark?
If I am photographing a scene with a lot of dark background, how can I use the histogram to tell if the exposure is correct? For instance, at an outdoor concert in which the performers are moderately ...
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How to Force my Nikon D5000 to take a photo in low light?
Every so often I try to take a picture in low light, usually indoors and find that my camera attempts to focus, grumbles a bit and then refuses to take the shot.
This is annoying, not least because I ...
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Lights for Illuminating Large areas?
I'm frequently underground in caves and recently while going on a trip to Thailand I experienced some of the most massive caverns I've ever had the opportunity to photograph. Unfortunately, I was ill ...
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Are there cameras that can take photos at night or in near complete darkness?
Just wondering if there are any cameras that are specifically used for taking photos at night or in near complete darkness?
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How to take a photo of a animal behind a glass and in a very dark room with a bit of orange light?
The situation is as follows:
There is a very dark room.
Inside the very dark room, there are some orange lights on the ceiling
Inside the very dark room, there are many glass windows.
Behind the ...
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How do I eliminate reflection on glass?
When I take a picture through a window, I often see a reflection on the glass. I have noticed that this occurs mostly when it is dark or overcast outside or it is especially bright on my side of the ...
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Why can't I take pictures in the dark in the automatic mode with a Canon Rebel?
I can't seem to take a picture with a Canon T3i Rebel in the dark. I want to take a picture at night with very little light around the subject, but the camera won't allow it in automatic mode. What ...
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SmugMug pixelation in dark parts of jpg from lightroom
I'm new to Lightroom and new to SmugMug, so I'm hoping someone can help me out.
I have this set of photos I took of a sunset, shot in jpg, edited in Lightroom to my liking and then published via the ...
