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WootFatigue cac/scrote 15d ago (image post) 716 thread views #317279

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ZchiggyDiggy9 ziggy/diggy MasterLawlz's Biggest Fan 15d ago #7332144

Nice, how did you get the neon glow to come out like that in the photo? Has that 90's advertising kinda sheen to it against the car.

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Dollar_Store_Caviar Who/What/Where It big. ZchiggyDiggy9 15d ago #7332427

I'm not this guy, but photographing neon against a dark background is very difficult. What I do is I typically make 2 exposures, one for the neon sign, and another for the environment, and then combine them. To get them both in the same image would be difficult, more so for digital, which is what this is. Longer exposures with film can do it as well, but that's a whole other neurodivergent lecture. Attached is using the technique described . You can still see that some of the white is yet still over exposed. It's a tricky condition to shoot in but when done well, looks quite nice. I mean, you're basically photographing a lightbulb.

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WootFatigue cac/scrote Dollar_Store_Caviar 15d ago #7332465

I used to shoot multiple exposures but the Canon R5 has such good dynamic range, and current Lightroom has such great processing, that I don't find it necessary.

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Dollar_Store_Caviar Who/What/Where It big. WootFatigue 15d ago #7332502

R5 is decent for that, yeah, but neon is a fringe case. I have to use this technique even with the fuji gfx for something like that. Especially because it's so easy to blow out color with neon/digital. I wish Leica sensors were as good as leica lenses lol

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ZchiggyDiggy9 ziggy/diggy MasterLawlz's Biggest Fan Dollar_Store_Caviar 15d ago #7332460

Neat! Yeah, I was curious because shooting one with a phone always comes out like this:

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Dollar_Store_Caviar Who/What/Where It big. ZchiggyDiggy9 15d ago #7332479

You're getting that as a combination of a dirty lens, and possible moisture between the lens element and the sensor. Your phone also has a much smaller sensor that is less able to sense light in darker conditions, which means it needs to push itself harder, which in turn, creates noise. The haze is definitely not the conditions you're shooting in though, tho, carry a chamois and wipe it before taking a shot, even if you think it's clean.

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ZchiggyDiggy9 ziggy/diggy MasterLawlz's Biggest Fan Dollar_Store_Caviar 15d ago #7332536

For sure, that was just a quick shot I was going to text to some buddies. I have a couple of others with longer processing that I don't want to dox my friends with, but the same effect happens of having everything in the foreground be SUPER dark and not have a good reflective glow off of.

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Dollar_Store_Caviar Who/What/Where It big. ZchiggyDiggy9 15d ago #7332570

regarding that, its because your camera is lowering its exposure to not blow out the neon light, thus losing all subtlety of light where the meat of the image is. The brightest point and darkest point of the image need to fit into whatever range your particular camera has. If you aim at the neon, which is brighter than you think, it has no room for anything else. The opposite would make everyone in the image look fine, but the sign would be a blown out mess.

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ZchiggyDiggy9 ziggy/diggy MasterLawlz's Biggest Fan Dollar_Store_Caviar 15d ago #7332642

Found 27 Coins!

So you're saying the way to beat that with a shittier camera is to take multiple exposures and combine them? :marseythinkorino:

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Dollar_Store_Caviar Who/What/Where It big. ZchiggyDiggy9 14d ago #7332827

You could, but if you're that involved, I'd recommend an slr, even if a cheap one.

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ZchiggyDiggy9 14d ago #7332784

Exposure bracketing should help but look at the lighting in the top photo.

Not only the main subject is a white car, it's also lit by a bright neon, there's a bright storefront next to it and judging by all the light reflections in the side panels, streetlights from other side of the street help a little too.

You, OTOH, are taking picture of a darker neon in a room that's only lit by that neon, with bunch of light from it getting blocked by the wall, only the "doorway" letting light in.