Camera photo setting

[moy]

I was curious about a setting on my camera. The other day I accidentally chose a setting where when a picture was taken, it would distort the lights in the pictures and make it look really cool and different. I can't remember how to create that setting again. I believe that it was in manual mode and had an infinity setting. I have a canon SD750. Once again, it gets the lights in the background and just distorts it and leaves streaks or other marks on the picture.

Here are links to axamples of my pictures (copy & paste link):

i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/moyman1234/Sidebar01-25-08058.jpg

i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/moyman1234/Sidebar01-25-08048.jpg

i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/moyman1234/Sidebar01-25-08045.jpg

[skeuos]

Could you upload the shot in question? That might help us to hopefully figure out what setting you used, or maybe how to find it.

[moy]

I just added the link. I guess I have to make 15 posts before I can upload images. Thanks again.

[skeuos]

Thanks, I took a look at your shot. Looks like you used a "night" setting. If you look at your camera, it's the one that has a person in front, and then a star in the background.

This setting uses what's called a slow-sync flash - http://digital-photography-school.co...ow-sync-flash/ . Basically, it's like shooting with a flash, except that the shutter is left open for a long time to also get exposure in the darker areas. This is why you have light trails in the shots, since it's impossible to hold a camera still by hand for 1 second.

You say you might have done this in manual mode, which is a possibility. To get this in manual mode, all you have to do is set for a long exposure (ex - you used a 1sec exposure for these shots) and also have the flash set to fire.

Hope this helps!