Having trouble shooting candlelight!

KrisHunt

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I tried to take a shot of my son blowing out his birthday candles, and no matter how I positioned the camera, I got glowing balls of light from the candles going right across his face. Also, each of the flames has a ghost next to it. I also had similar problems involving Christmas lights last year. Why is this happening, and how can I avoid it in the future? Here's the equipment I was using:

Canon XSi
Canon 50mm f/1.4
UV filter
Also tried adding a circular polarizing filter to no avail
Tripod

Camera settings:
f/3.2
1/15 second
Manual focus

091105-Cameron.jpg
 
Here's the equipment I was using:

Canon XSi
Canon 50mm f/1.4
UV filter
Also tried adding a circular polarizing filter to no avail
Tripod

Get rid of that filter and your problems will go away.


PS
You live pretty close to me... I'm in Greenville.
 
I was afraid of that. Now I'm kicking myself for not trying something as simple as that at the time.
 
Should be pretty easy to test out. Just set up a candle and shoot it with and without the UV filter. I can almost guarantee you that it's to blame...
 
I tried it out, and you are, of course, completely right. So glad my lens isn't broken! Thanks a bunch.
 
Just curious ... what ISO did you shoot this at?
Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Image Date: 2009:11:05 21:10:41
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 50.0mm
CCD Width: 3.13mm
Exposure Time: 0.067 s (1/15)
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO equiv: 1600
White Balance: Manual
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Photographer: Kris Hunt


If you use Firefox you can use the FxIF add-on to view EXIF data with a simple Right-Click->Properties.
 
Just curious ... what ISO did you shoot this at?
Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Image Date: 2009:11:05 21:10:41
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 50.0mm
CCD Width: 3.13mm
Exposure Time: 0.067 s (1/15)
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO equiv: 1600
White Balance: Manual
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Photographer: Kris Hunt


If you use Firefox you can use the FxIF add-on to view EXIF data with a simple Right-Click->Properties.

Oooooh. Good tip!
 
You can do that on Opera without having to download any extra stuff...

;)
 
Damn, look at that, I learned two things in this one thread; UV filters can be a cause of ghosts in photos, and that Firefox plug in (which I downloaded thank you for the tip)....
 

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