Timeline for How can I take a picture of a Christmas tree without lens flare around the Christmas lights?
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| Dec 30, 2017 at 0:01 | vote | accept | JonathanReez | ||
| Dec 25, 2017 at 15:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhotos/status/945310711361744897 | ||
| Dec 22, 2017 at 20:54 | comment | added | Michael C | @NikitaSokolsky Without resorting to some more sophisticated trickery it is. You could start by flagging the background by putting something like a sheet of black felt between the tree and the wall. | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 20:49 | comment | added | JonathanReez | @MichaelClark I do understand, but I'm trying to have everything illuminated and to make it look like only the Christmas lights are lighting the scene. Is this impossible? | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 20:47 | comment | added | Michael C | @NikitaSokolsky I think Tetsujin's point is that the end result should probably look a little less bright overall to get the effect you're after. | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 20:42 | comment | added | JonathanReez | @Tetsujin but then the Christmas tree won't be illuminated properly, as the Christmas lights are the only source of illumination. The photo in my post is an HDR shot, combining exposures up until the whole tree is fully visible. | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 20:41 | answer | added | Michael C | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 16:54 | comment | added | Tetsujin | It just looks like the entire exposure needs winding back a long way. | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 16:45 | comment | added | JonathanReez | @Tetsujin I'm trying to make the lights look like dots, not as mini flashes. And yes, that's just a small crop of the full picture :) | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 16:33 | comment | added | Tetsujin | I'm struggling to see what you're trying to achieve with this shot [I understand this is unlikely to be your intended framing] but it all looks overblown. The entire idea of xmas lights being the only illumination is that it generally all looks dark, not like the house lights are on too. | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 16:32 | answer | added | Alan Marcus | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 22, 2017 at 15:44 | history | asked | JonathanReez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |