Ok. How do you do it? Any tips would be appreciated.
John
Ok. How do you do it? Any tips would be appreciated.
John
I carry a small LED light with me - a trick I learned on this forum. It can be placed somewhere in your desired focus plane to aid focus and composition, and then removed after everything is ready to go.
Those fancy high powered green lasers attached to a flexible arm will work well too. Or get some monkeys to hold flashlights.
You can glue fireflys to various things in the scene. The problem with monkeys is that they fling their poo.
1 million candlepower spotlight.
Focus in the day time and wait.
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Those nice lazer sites that they make for firearms work well...sit one on something solid, turn it on, project a nice bright red dot on an appropriate spot in your scene. At night I can see the one on my S&W Centenial .38 Special a full block down the street (wonder if anybody in that house on the corner got upset about that??? No worry, I was gone long before that Cruiser went by. ) After you get your focus, turn off the dot and shoot with your camera instead of your gun!
I've wondered about those green lasers! I see I'm not the only one who thought it might be a good idea! Have you tried it? Does it work fairly well? I may have to pick one up now
I usually carry a flashlight with me, that's been doing ok so far, especially for closer objects.
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I'm with Ben Chase on this one. Although lasers are very much lighter and smaller, they are much less versatile than the remarkably inxpensive rechargable spotlights. I got mine from Harbor Freight but I've often seen them elsewhere.
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