Shooting Night time.

[Uday Bhaskar Karra]

Hi Everyone,

This might be a very basic question to you, but am just getting started... Your Help is highly appreciated.

How to shoot in the night time?
Lets say at Camp fire/Candle light dinner.

I shot couple of shots with the candle lights...

1. The way i exposed is, i made candle as a subject fro exposure and in the Goal posts , i made sure that i am not clipping the highlights. If i make other objects near by as main subject for Exposure then the Candle light highlights are getting clipped.

2. But by doing the above, the details of the other objects near by Candle are getting clipped- Lets say, a Match box near by candle (i.e. On the lower side of Goal post, i see the details are getting clipped, or in the false color indication).

3. So when i open the clip in RedCineX, the candle looks good, i mean properly exposed. But the other objects near by candle becomes grainy/gets noise.

4. The only way i could get rid of the Noice is by (With my knowledge) making darker objects more darker or decreasing the ISO.

5. Is this the only way to get rid of the Noise? I guess nope...

Could you please recommend a better way of handling the Noise.

Note: My Preference is to get a Noise less Image, i don't mind if the Match box nearby looks darker.

Thanks

 

[Brandon Veen]

Hey Uday,

I'd say investing in a Noise Reduction plugin might save you some heartache for your low light shots.

But there are other things that might help:
- If you're using the STH OLPF, swap it for the Standard or LLO OLPF.
- If the shoot has time, warm up the camera and then Black Shade Calibrate it.
- Having your shot set up so there are clear black points you can clip into to contrast your light points.
- Light the shot with an additional faint, diffused, second light source.
- With the introduction of IPP2, messing around with the Highlight Roll-Off and Contrast settings might help you as well.

In particular, I'm gonna point direction to Phil's Match and Candle Low Light Tests on DRAGON from 4 years ago.

From the Candle test, you can sort of gain an idea of what works from an exposure perspective.

And the Match Test shows what's to be gained with another faint light source or two. I will point out, however, towards the end you can see a shot with Noise Reduction added and it shows how much it can help recover a high ISO shot. I believe he used Neat Video and I'm not sure what Phil's second light source was, but I'm gonna guess it could just be natural light coming through a window. He could answer that better, but I hope those things help.

 

[Sabovic Adis]

Hi Everyone,

This might be a very basic question to you, but am just getting started... Your Help is highly appreciated.

How to shoot in the night time?
Lets say at Camp fire/Candle light dinner.

I shot couple of shots with the candle lights...

1. The way i exposed is, i made candle as a subject fro exposure and in the Goal posts , i made sure that i am not clipping the highlights. If i make other objects near by as main subject for Exposure then the Candle light highlights are getting clipped.

2. But by doing the above, the details of the other objects near by Candle are getting clipped- Lets say, a Match box near by candle (i.e. On the lower side of Goal post, i see the details are getting clipped, or in the false color indication).

3. So when i open the clip in RedCineX, the candle looks good, i mean properly exposed. But the other objects near by candle becomes grainy/gets noise.

4. The only way i could get rid of the Noice is by (With my knowledge) making darker objects more darker or decreasing the ISO.

5. Is this the only way to get rid of the Noise? I guess nope...

Could you please recommend a better way of handling the Noise.

Note: My Preference is to get a Noise less Image, i don't mind if the Match box nearby looks darker.

Thanks

If you expose for the candle you'll have to fill the rest with (enough) light.