Eye on Malaysia - Fix It

[klyap8]

Photo taken of EOM at nite - but the twin towers in the background is over-exposed, anyway of fixing this?? Any guidance is much appreciated. I'm not much of a PhotoShopper.. Thanks!! :)

[ShaolinTiger]

The whole pic is overexposed, see the lights at the bottom of the eye.

The problem with overexposure is that the detail there is lost completely, there's no way to recover it even if you shoot RAW because theres nothing recorded there.

It's called blowing the highlights and something you should avoid at all costs!

That's why most cameras have a mode to show any blown highlights during playback on the LCD screen.

[airbiscuit]

An ND Filter might help you during the shooting.

Or maybe just keep your SS short. But at times even we do keep the SS short t here's still a chance of blown highlights.

[orionmystery]

Next time just bracket your exposures. It's almost free anyway :)

[mki88]

Woah 30sec exposure. Of course the whole thing is blown out.

Maybe next time u can have an eye on EV. Make sure the value is a 0 to prevent blown out like this.

[klyap8]

TQ all for the guidance. The pic was one of my 1st shots when I got the DSLR. I looked for a dark location to base my shot from and as far a location as possible, thought that the long exposure will help to get the rotational action of the wheel. I;m more careful with the Shutter Speed now.

What would have been have been the ideal Shutter Speed to perfect shots like this?

[airbiscuit]

Regarding what SS should be used, well it depends on what you want. What I really mean you can experiment with different SS and see the different effects/outcomes. And as I stated earlier, and ND filter might help you here if you still want to opt to open you shutter longer.

But still filter or no filter its all a matter of trial and error and experimenting. Even me when I go out doing LE at night, I usually take 5 to 10 shots on 1 scene, with playing around the SS. If I'm satisfied then I'll move on to a different scene.

If you have a remote, playing in BULB mode is also good in this type of shooting.

Good luck :D

[hanuman]

My attempt in fixing the shot.
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[ckchowov]

Wah...100% white:0 tsk tsk tsk. Here is my try.
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[mki88]

TQ all for the guidance. The pic was one of my 1st shots when I got the DSLR. I looked for a dark location to base my shot from and as far a location as possible, thought that the long exposure will help to get the rotational action of the wheel. I;m more careful with the Shutter Speed now.

What would have been have been the ideal Shutter Speed to perfect shots like this?

Ideal SS is actually all depends on personal preferences. To me, I like your 30 sec expossure.

To use a 30sec SS without over-expossing, u can get the ND filter like everyone said, or u can just close-up the aperture to cut down lights. From the exif, the aperture is f9. U can try narrowing it down to f16 so that the amount of lights entering the sensor will be reduce, hence preserving the detail.

Happy trying.

[takader_lagi]

Wah...100% white:0 tsk tsk tsk. Here is my try.
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great edit but seems to many noise le bro..hehe

[klyap8]

Regarding what SS should be used, well it depends on what you want. What I really mean you can experiment with different SS and see the different effects/outcomes. And as I stated earlier, and ND filter might help you here if you still want to opt to open you shutter longer.

But still filter or no filter its all a matter of trial and error and experimenting. Even me when I go out doing LE at night, I usually take 5 to 10 shots on 1 scene, with playing around the SS. If I'm satisfied then I'll move on to a different scene.

If you have a remote, playing in BULB mode is also good in this type of shooting.

Good luck :D

I hv a remote now... last time was using 30 sec timer...wow long wait every time!

My attempt in fixing the shot.
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Great edit... but it's true the details are blown out already...

Wah...100% white:0 tsk tsk tsk. Here is my try.
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Great edit.... more tungsten now..

Ideal SS is actually all depends on personal preferences. To me, I like your 30 sec expossure.

To use a 30sec SS without over-expossing, u can get the ND filter like everyone said, or u can just close-up the aperture to cut down lights. From the exif, the aperture is f9. U can try narrowing it down to f16 so that the amount of lights entering the sensor will be reduce, hence preserving the detail.

Happy trying.

Good idea! I hv the ND4 now & will try the long exposures with the filter..


Thanks all for the tips...

[baddy]

colours galore!
couldn't help myself.. i just love colours! :D

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[klyap8]

ha...ha. this is an interesting perspective! it would make a good water color painting!