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Post by whistles on Sept 13, 2009 0:38:16 GMT -5
Belle and I attended a gospel concert tonight and the stage lighting wasn't too great. One of the problems was that the backdrop curtain was made of a material (either chenille or velour) that produced an almost nuclear sheen that was impossible to get away from...no matter what angle we tried it still glowed. We have to post process some pictures....more than we want to in fact. We feel like the answer is probably pretty simple...is this something that the proper filter would prevent? If so...what filter? Attachments:
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Post by Steve (FloppyDog) on Sept 13, 2009 6:04:58 GMT -5
This is a tough situation. It's possible that you could use a graduated filter, but you would have to shoot at an angle isolating the hot spot. For folks who might not know what a graduated filter is: A graduated filter is clear on one half, and dark on the other. Usually, the border between the two is subtle, thus "graduating" from clear to dark. These are typically used for scenes that have unusually light areas such as a bright sky. The filter is placed on the lens, and the dark area is placed over the ligher area which helps to balance/even the light in the scene. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduated_ND_filterIn your case, you would need to position yourself such that the "hot spot" on the curtain would be well above the singers. Then compose with the dark area of the filter over the hot spot. You might also try shooting on a higher aperture number (smaller aperture) to try to bring the light level down a bit. Of course, the remainder of the scene will come out dark. A couple of questions: Do you know per chance what your exposure parameters were? (I.E. shutter speed, f-number, ISO, lens used) Also, what post-process software are you using? |
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Post by NCPhotoTrekker on Sept 13, 2009 8:11:42 GMT -5
I really don't think that filters will help this situation out at all, nor will reducing the aperture. About the only way to really make this work with what they have given you is through post processing.
I would recommend that you shoot slightly underexposed to avoid clipping on the curtain. Then when you are processing you can reduce the highlights down to a more manageable level and bring the shadows up. Then adjust your levels, and change the midtone. It will give you a flatter image, but will reduce the ill effects of the light.
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Post by john101477 on Sept 13, 2009 20:37:37 GMT -5
You didn't happen to shoot this in raw did you?
if so then you could back out some of the burnt spots with the raw processing. I know it would stink for a large batch of images but would work to get most of that out. as far as fixing it during shooting... not sure of any way to do it.
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Post by jimhobson on Sept 14, 2009 10:14:10 GMT -5
Would you be allowed to use flash? If so, you could use a technique called "dragging the shutter".
Set your aperture and shutter for an ambient light exposure so that the background would be dark enough to kill the glare. Use your flash on E-TTL for your aperture setting. Your E-TTL exposure will be on your focused subjects and your background will fall off to your shutter/aperture setting.
Something to try, if you can.
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Post by starimagephoto on Sept 17, 2009 23:00:54 GMT -5
You know this maybe kind of funny but I have had something like this at a wedding (I knew it was going to be a problem before hand) so before (or after) people are up on the stage you can take a few good images of just the background (just get your angel about the same) that way if you have to you can edit it back in later. just a idea to think about.  |
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Post by NCPhotoTrekker on Sept 18, 2009 4:58:13 GMT -5
You know this maybe kind of funny but I have had something like this at a wedding (I knew it was going to be a problem before hand) so before (or after) people are up on the stage you can take a few good images of just the background (just get your angel about the same) that way if you have to you can edit it back in later. just a idea to think about. Not funny at all, actually that's pretty smart!! If I could do image editing like that, it would be my choice just in case I couldn't get it right at the time of the shoot. |
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Post by MJDigitalArt on Jun 14, 2011 9:15:32 GMT -5
I'm a firm believer in the addage.. "When life hands you lemons.. you make lemonaide" Sometimes situations present themselves that no matter what you do you cannot compensate for the lighting.. for example.. if you have to shoot at mid day in direct sunlight.. you're going to get harsh contrasting shadows.. other than add light.. there's not much you're going to be able to do about it... and if you add light than you're dealing with too much light in areas. This situation is much the same... it is what it is.. it's a high-key situation... you could always embrace the lighting situation and shoot it in high key.. and then apply some etherial effects to it in post.. I had the exact opposite situation for me a couple of nights ago.. I was shooting an entirely different kind of concert.. and in this one low lighting was the issue. The guitar player on one end was not really in great light.. to make it worse, he kept stepping up to the front corner of the stage where the light was just barely catching him... I snapped a few shots.. and then realized I had a really cool and creative rim lighting situation happening.. I waited for just the right moment and got this shot.... Attachments:
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Post by john101477 on Jun 21, 2011 20:46:28 GMT -5
very cool image
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Post by Neva on Jun 22, 2011 22:27:44 GMT -5
MJ that is an awesome shot! And I like what Jim said about using the flash. Next time I have a situation like this, I'm going to try this and see what happens!
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