Joeywhat
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Here's a couple shots I took of my saxes the other day. It was night time, and the lighting in the room was not great. I don't own any flashes (short of what comes with the camera). I'm looking for input on improving shots like this, without buying any additional gear. Yes, I know that some flashes strategically placed would help a ton...but that's for another day. Taken with a Canon S3 IS.
I took a number of shots of this setup with various settings to try and get a feel for what works best. Anything over ISO 100 had way too much noise. I didn't notice a ton of difference switching between min and max apertures in terms of how everything turned out. I also had a hard time getting focused on the saxes, even with manual focus...for whatever reason it just seemed like I could only just the very front of the bari sax in focus, or the fireplace behind them - never the entirety of the saxes. The long exposure time for the first shot probably didn't help, though.
1. (ISO 80, 13s exp, f/8)
2. (ISO 100, 1/2s exp, f/2.9)
I took a number of shots of this setup with various settings to try and get a feel for what works best. Anything over ISO 100 had way too much noise. I didn't notice a ton of difference switching between min and max apertures in terms of how everything turned out. I also had a hard time getting focused on the saxes, even with manual focus...for whatever reason it just seemed like I could only just the very front of the bari sax in focus, or the fireplace behind them - never the entirety of the saxes. The long exposure time for the first shot probably didn't help, though.
1. (ISO 80, 13s exp, f/8)
2. (ISO 100, 1/2s exp, f/2.9)