More Fun with Christmas Lights

How to make your Christmas lights twinkle like this:

 

Set your camera on a steady surface, preferably a tri-pod.

Put your camera on Manual Mode

Set your ISO to 200

Set your Shutter Speed to 10 seconds  (looks like 10")

Set your aperture to f22

Turn your camera's timer on

Focus on your tree and hit the shutter button to take the picture.

Don't move the camera or tri-pod.

This exposure takes 10 seconds.

To get more of a golden glow, turn up your ISO to 600 or 1000, etc.

How to make your Christmas Tree Look like THIS:

Using the same settings above (tri-pod, f 22, 10 second exposure, ISO 500ish)

Zoom In close to your tree.

Hit the shutter button to take the picture AND

Slowly and very gently zoom your lens out all the way during exposure.

And This!

Again, using the same settings as above, move your tri-pod closer to your tree so that you only see a small section of it through the viewfinder.

Hit the shutter button and slowly rotate the whole camera from horizontal to vertical.

(on my tri-pod I have to hold in a button to allow the camera rest to move from landscape to portrait)

And This...

Using the same settings above (tri-pod, f 22, 10 second exposure, ISO 500ish)

Move close to your tree.

Zoom In and get a small section.

Hit the shutter button to take the picture AND

Slowly and very gently zoom your lens out all the way during exposure.

Have Fun!!!

Let me know if you try it.

Jodie