Best Filter for Christmas Lights

This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.

Thanks,

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"New Guy" wrote:

This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.

Thanks,

You might want a cross star or a lenticular filter to make multiple
pointed stars or (with the lenticular) a prismatic star effect. Cross
star filters are available with different numbers of points so they go
from a simple cross at every light to several points depending on the
version you chose.

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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote:

This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.


There isn't a filter for shooting christmas lights, but you can get
some cool images with a star filter.

A tripod would be very, very useful if you don't already have one.


"New Guy" wrote in message
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This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would
through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.

Thanks,

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote:

This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.

Thanks,

No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops
apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of
light color and background.

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote:

This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.

Thanks,

No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops
apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of
light color and background.

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:39:35 GMT, KBob wrote:

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote:

This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.

Thanks,

No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops
apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of
light color and background.

Exc advice, also consider (if possible with camera) shoot a couple
stops underexposed as a starting point when lighting is in any way
sparse.

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:39:35 GMT, KBob wrote:

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:40 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote:

This group has been very helpful with questions so I thought I would through
out another. Is there a certain filter that would be best for shooting
Christmas Lights? I am going down to Disney at the end of the month and
would really like to get some shots of there Christmas displays.

Thanks,

No filter. Use a tripod, consider taking two exposures a couple stops
apart and combine them later in PS to provide a proper balance of
light color and background.

Exc advice, also consider (if possible with camera) shoot a couple
stops underexposed as a starting point when lighting is in any way
sparse.

In article Confused writes:

Maybe this year the cellphone-yappin' suv-drivin' folks will
all be using blow up plastic dolls from China and I'll simply stay
home and work in the digital darkroom (which I hate, btw... I love my
hobby when I don't have to do a thing with the photo except copy it to
the pc's, archive and then agonize over which ones to delete from the
active galleries... should I switch to film? ;^)


I agree. Perhaps it is a result of my time shooting slides. To me
digital photography is a lot like slides, and the "get it right in the
camera" feeling persists.

I also generally prefer the illuminated image on the screen to printed
versions -- perhaps it is sort of like a big transparency on a light box.
I like the speed of getting the image from camera to screen, something
film doesn't offer.


Alan

In article Confused writes:

Maybe this year the cellphone-yappin' suv-drivin' folks will
all be using blow up plastic dolls from China and I'll simply stay
home and work in the digital darkroom (which I hate, btw... I love my
hobby when I don't have to do a thing with the photo except copy it to
the pc's, archive and then agonize over which ones to delete from the
active galleries... should I switch to film? ;^)


I agree. Perhaps it is a result of my time shooting slides. To me
digital photography is a lot like slides, and the "get it right in the
camera" feeling persists.

I also generally prefer the illuminated image on the screen to printed
versions -- perhaps it is sort of like a big transparency on a light box.
I like the speed of getting the image from camera to screen, something
film doesn't offer.


Alan