WilliamCA
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My job affords me the great ability to drive around and see Christmas lights at night. This was my first real attempt at night photography. These photos actually cover about 3 days worth of photos. The pics titled FogNLights were the first pics I took on a very foggy night, the rest are taken on nights that are not foggy at all.
In FogNLights i tried to use the flash on only a few occasions and as you can see all i would get in some cases is the fog itself! I thought that was cool, but not what I wanted. I used my car's interior light to fool the light sensor on my camera at times so i didn't have to use a flash at all. It worked sometimes, and sometimes not. But I had a lot of fun that night.
The next two nights (X-Mas Lights) weren't foggy but i didn't use my flash the second night. Since I'm taking these pictures from inside my car, it's friggin cold, and i have limited time, I had to rush a little. So some of the pictures may be a little off. Last night I finally used flash. I don't think it looked very good, plus you can see the flash reflecting off the doors and windows of the houses. I used did the same house with flash and without so i could see a true difference with each.
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: 2. AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm, 1:3.5-5.6 G2 and 55-200mm, 1.4 - 5.6 G
Settings: No-flash, Flash, Night Photo, Aperture-Pro, and Shutter-Pro (FogNLights)
Link to the album on PhotoBucket: WilliamCA_photo/Christmas Lights - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
In FogNLights i tried to use the flash on only a few occasions and as you can see all i would get in some cases is the fog itself! I thought that was cool, but not what I wanted. I used my car's interior light to fool the light sensor on my camera at times so i didn't have to use a flash at all. It worked sometimes, and sometimes not. But I had a lot of fun that night.
The next two nights (X-Mas Lights) weren't foggy but i didn't use my flash the second night. Since I'm taking these pictures from inside my car, it's friggin cold, and i have limited time, I had to rush a little. So some of the pictures may be a little off. Last night I finally used flash. I don't think it looked very good, plus you can see the flash reflecting off the doors and windows of the houses. I used did the same house with flash and without so i could see a true difference with each.
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: 2. AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm, 1:3.5-5.6 G2 and 55-200mm, 1.4 - 5.6 G
Settings: No-flash, Flash, Night Photo, Aperture-Pro, and Shutter-Pro (FogNLights)
Link to the album on PhotoBucket: WilliamCA_photo/Christmas Lights - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting