Reflection in window...

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I walked into our bedroom a while ago and only the hall light was on.

The curtains were open and there was a great reflection of me (if you know what I mean!) in the glass. Because of the lack of light the reflection of me was B&W.

It was around 22.10 so there was a bit of light outside.

We have trees round the back of our house and there was a ting of green.

I'd like to take some photographs of me in the glass and rather than start from scratch, I thought I'd ask for some advice to save time.

Thanks.
 
I am guessing you are asking what camera settings you should use to capture the reflection? If you're doing this on your own it's going to be rather difficult without a bit of trial and error.

You first need to find a way to focus on your reflection so the easiest way is to stand something in the place where you will be and focus on that - then turn the AF off (assuming of course you are using a tripod)

You'll need to take a meter reading from your 'dummy' as a guide and set the shutter speed (you'll need to have the camera on Manual) but once you start photographing yourself you will just have to preview the results and adjust the shutter speed accordingly. If it was me I'd probably try f8 for your aperture to begin with to make sure you get your focus.

Once you have the picture you might need to do a bit of Photoshop work (or whatever prog you use) to get the best from it.

Good luck

Good luck.
 
If the reflection is very clear, it shouldn't be any different to shooting a normal picture but with slightly more accurate focusing required.

EDIT: D'oh. What he said!
 
AndyB said:
I am guessing you are asking what camera settings you should use to capture the reflection? If you're doing this on your own it's going to be rather difficult without a bit of trial and error.

You first need to find a way to focus on your reflection so the easiest way is to stand something in the place where you will be and focus on that - then turn the AF off (assuming of course you are using a tripod)

You'll need to take a meter reading from your 'dummy' as a guide and set the shutter speed (you'll need to have the camera on Manual) but once you start photographing yourself you will just have to preview the results and adjust the shutter speed accordingly. If it was me I'd probably try f8 for your aperture to begin with to make sure you get your focus.

Once you have the picture you might need to do a bit of Photoshop work (or whatever prog you use) to get the best from it.

Good luck

Good luck.
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Thanks Andy, I'll give that a go..
 
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