CalvinFold
Well-known member
So I find myself with less-than-ideal lighting conditions lately, which is challenging my Nikon Coolpix 4500. Okay, well challenges me probably more than the camera, since I'm no photography genius. |;|
I'm using the 4500 with a Celestron C90 scope, and aside from changing the AF mode to Center Weighted (which seems to work best on the scope), I'm using these settings:
http://www.digiscoped.com/DigiscopingTechnique.html
They work great...in middle-of-the-day, general sunlit conditions. However:
--In overcast, gloomy, flat/low light conditions the images have very little color. I guess contrast and saturation are what is lacking: everything has a "blah" quality about it. I'm not expecting anything spectacular, just seems like I might be missing a trick to improve these shots and give Photoshop more to work with.
--When the sunlight is too bright on white feathers, the highlights blow-out (or at least leave me little or no wiggle room to adjust photos without complex curve adjustments...and I'm inherently lazy about my photography |
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Maybe there is nothing I can do given my camera, which is fair enough. Figured I could ask on the off chance there are tips to be had.
THANKS!
I'm using the 4500 with a Celestron C90 scope, and aside from changing the AF mode to Center Weighted (which seems to work best on the scope), I'm using these settings:
http://www.digiscoped.com/DigiscopingTechnique.html
They work great...in middle-of-the-day, general sunlit conditions. However:
--In overcast, gloomy, flat/low light conditions the images have very little color. I guess contrast and saturation are what is lacking: everything has a "blah" quality about it. I'm not expecting anything spectacular, just seems like I might be missing a trick to improve these shots and give Photoshop more to work with.
--When the sunlight is too bright on white feathers, the highlights blow-out (or at least leave me little or no wiggle room to adjust photos without complex curve adjustments...and I'm inherently lazy about my photography |
Maybe there is nothing I can do given my camera, which is fair enough. Figured I could ask on the off chance there are tips to be had.
THANKS!