Night Shots

[draikonz]

Ok guys... I've been messing around with my camera for awhile...but never really had the time to play around enough to find out the right settings.

A few months ago, I snapped some shots of cars from the H-I (UH University Motorsports) meet #2.

Some pictures turned out good, but they are very yellow and I want to be able to take pictures with my camera that give it a more natural look. Less Yellowish. I Basically just set the camera to take pictures without flash. What kind of settings should I use to take night-time shots and make them look superb?

Any suggestions/Criticism would be appreciated

Camera Model: Canon EOS 350d (digital Rebel XT)

Heres some shots I snapped.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3120.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3116.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3113.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3112.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3109.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3105.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3100.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3085.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3084.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3083.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3077.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3076.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3069.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/alexb0i/UH%20Meet/IMG_3068.jpg

[Sepultura]

cool pics

[azinwood]

try adjusting the white balance next time. wont be as orange as they seem.

[Costas]

It's hard to make the color look right. The lighting in that parking lot, last time I went, has a really harsh yellow cast. Even if you were to shoot in raw and try to correct the white balance, it would throw off the color of the cars and the environment.

[_relapsd.]

dont stand between your subject and the light source. :hs:

[Cody_Rules]

slower shutter speed, less aperture

[SHANGHAi]

fix the white balance. set it to tungsten.

[gandhibrokemyskates]

the white balance bothers me :eh:

[gandhibrokemyskates]

fix the white balance. set it to tungsten.
:naughty:

[SHANGHAi]

also work on your composition. sometimes you cut off cars (such as the first pic) in an awkward spot. are you trying to emphasize a certain point? if so, make it stand out.

[Johnny Thunders]

Everyone here is right. Try adjusting your white balance.

Since you're leaving your shutter open for a longer period of time and the natural lighting of the parking lot is yellow, the camera is going to pick up yellow hues because it's allowing more of the yellow light inside the lens.

If you adjust your white balance to tungsten, your camera will adjust it's color balance to ween out yellow tones. Tungsten is your everyday house light which holds a slight yellow hue.

[draikonz]

i see...whats an expodisc though?

I'll play around with it some more tonight and try to come up with some more samples for ya'll to critique :thumb:

[_relapsd.]

i see...whats an expodisc though?


something that isnt really necessary. dont worry about it.

[Todd Spoth]

something that isnt really necessary. dont worry about it.


no fucking shit.

expodiscs are probably THE worst product ever.

i mean i use a grey card when im doing some serious portraiture but for parking lot car meet photos? rofl.

[Todd Spoth]

every where i've read has really good reviews on them, and if you're still trying to learn how to setup proper white balance i don't see how they could be a bad thing. even if it's just measely parking lot car meet photos, practice is practice right?

ive used them, sold them, heard the reviews from the people who bought them.

they are crap.

you have to remember not everyone in here wants to make photography their career. so if its just a hobby there is no need for any physical white balancing tool. simply correct it in photoshop or your camera.

[_relapsd.]

ok, if they're crap then they're crap.

they arent crap, but they definately arent necessary--especially for one who is into photography as a hobby. they do what they are supposed to do but there are other ways of going about adjusting your WB. i think there are preconceived notions when it comes to photography that the more equipment you have the better your photos are going to be. that isnt really true.

[Todd Spoth]

they arent crap, but they definately arent necessary--especially for one who is into photography as a hobby. they do what they are supposed to do but there are other ways of going about adjusting your WB. i think there are preconceived notions when it comes to photography that the more equipment you have the better your photos are going to be. that isnt really true.


the actual expodiscs are stupid. grey card ftw.

[JayDiem]

ok, if they're crap then they're crap.
there not crap if you really need them, but do you need to spend 100 dollars on something to take car pics in a parking lot, or just fix it in ps?




and if you are using a nikon, just find a white car thats clean and just take a pic that fills the whole image with the white, and set that to your custom white balance.

[Riceracer]

those pics look pretty sharp