night pictures

[steven80]

Originally Posted by smash125

Why not try to meter to the brightest part of the scene in manual mode? I would try shooting in raw if you don't already because you can really fix a large part of your blown out highlights. Still very nice pictures.

Sorry Syrio for hijacking your thread but I do face similar problems as well.
If I were to meter to the brightest part of the scene, won't my SLR underexpose the rest of the dimmer parts?
I am going to loose details on the dimmer parts right?
In this kind of situation, should a ND filter be used?
Thanks

[syrio]

steven 80, this is exactly my issue. underexposing the black sky is fine but we may lose some dimer light details if the brightest spots are too intense. Let me know if any of these tricks are working for you.

Thanks

[rickp1]

I was going to say the same thing, try to lower your exposure a bit. When I shoot at night I like to shoot a few shot of the same thing at different exposures. You'd be surprised what difference a little exposure change will give you at night.

As far as PPing it, you can try to clone the surrounding areas with non glow areas. It's a bit of work but it might work.

R.

[syrio]

Thanks rickp1. I thought about manually editing the glowing area but it's just too much work. Will try more shots at different exposure.

Thanks again

[Zachariahbroune]

I think you face this problem so you adjust manual things in your camera,because now a days best camera available and this photos are really nice,so avoid it and try to catch more photos.

[mrteacherdude]

I really have no idea if this will work for you or not; just a thought because I haven't tried it in your situation. Others have mentioned humidity and particulates in the air which suggests to me that it lends a "hazy" appearance to your photographs. If you shoot in RAW and use Canon's DPP software that came with your camera, you can download and use some of their picture styles that can be applied during RAW post-processing. There is one that is called "clear" (see link below) that you might try to see if it does anything good to your photos. I've tried it on some of my hazy photos and have had mixed results; sometimes good, sometimes ugly. But it doesn't cost you anything except a few kb of disc space and some time playing with the software.

Canon Picture Style: Clear