Experimenting with camera settings

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Bigcube

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Feb 27, 2008
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Upstate NY
Every time I try to get a good pic of the stove burning with a good secondary flame the flash "sees" through the flames. I was trying different settings to get the pic fast and no flash. See what you think :cheese:
GoodBurnPic1.jpg


GoodBurnPic2.jpg

I had to play with the brightness and contrast in photoshop to clean it up from the camera.
 
There's an icon on your camera that looks like a lightning bolt hit it until you get that ghost-buster logo(circle with forward slash) then you can take a nice pic without flash...comes in handy shooting threw a window too.
 
Turn off the flash
If you have manual settings:
Use the widest aperature setting and raise ISO to get a faster shutter to "freeze" the flames.
Manual focus on the flames
Using a slow shutter and tripod in low light can make some neat effects too.
 
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