Backlite forest trail with fog at night

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Michael Cunningham - 07 Oct 2004 18:17 GMT

Hiya,

I am pretty much a total newbie when it comes to the
fine art of photography. I take a lot of snapshots
with my canon Elan IIE 35 mm but I have never done anything
truly serious with it. Now I would like to however...

I need to create a picture of a forest trail at night
that has a light in the distance obscuring the end of
the trail/woods. I would use a fog machine to give it
a scary feeling. (this is for a website I am building).

I would like the final photo to be BW. Can you suggest
the BW film type I should use (speed and brand) that I could
get developed easily, any lighting tips/problems I need
to be aware of, etc? Any info you could provide on shooting
totally backlite subjects (trees/path) at night would be
a big help.

Thanks,
Mike

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Rob Davison - 08 Oct 2004 10:10 GMT

> Hiya,
>
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> totally backlite subjects (trees/path) at night would be
> a big help.

Watch out for lens flare.

It'll show up even in long (night) exposures if your primary light
source is in (or even nearly in) the shot. You won't necessarily be
able to see flare in the viewfinder and adjust the composition to
avoid it as you would during the day.

Focus can be problematic.

I've these sites bookmarked on the subject of moonlight photography.
Hope they help?

http://home.earthlink.net/~kitathome/LunarLight/moonlight_gallery/technique/tech
nique.htm
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/moonlight.html
http://brokentripod.com/MOONLIGHT2/LOTMoon2.html

A digital with a reasonably fast lens would give useful and near
immediate feedback when you're trying things out even if you don't
use it for the final image...

Rob.

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