Camera setting question

ro1798

trying to figure out how to take pictures of sun rays you know the ones coming in a window or through clouds how do you capture them

thanks

ronan

DadaKopf

You can't see light, maaan. You can only see its effects on material objects - like in dusty rooms or cloudy skies.

ro1798

yea i know you cant see the beams but.......
it is like on a cloudy day and an opening in the clouds beams of light come through looks great ut every time try to take it it does not come out porperly..

you know the famous one of greand central station in nyc the black and white one of the beam coming in the windows.. trying for that effect


ronan

BrookieD

a point and shoot camera will capture light rays without any messing about so there is no need to look at settings on the camera, I use the D70 and never had to alter settings to get light rays to show on a picture. what camera are you using?

Merrion

It works best if the sun itself is obscured so your camera doesn't set the shutter speed too fast .
this one(China) and this one (Ethiopia were taken using the camera standard setting.


This one was taken with a neutral balance filter which makes the scene darker without affecting the colours.

ro1798

that is exactly what i was looking for the second you you have there

thanks i am using a canon 3000n film camera and a canon a60 to setup the shot

saving for a 350d

ronan

Merrion

The other thing that is useful is a long lens as you can focus in on the interesting bit of the sky.

DotOrg

bracket!

this means taking the same picture using different exposure settings. so set the aperture on your chosen setting to get the right depth of field and then take a few shots, each with a different shutter speed