Night shots.

domromer · Jan 21, 2008

After seeing so many evening shots here I thought I'd try some my self.

On some of the shots you can see were the light from the light posts get a little outta hand. Any ideas how to sharpen up that light to more of a point?

Amnesic · Jan 22, 2008

The 2nd and last one are really good! I do really like how on the third one the car lights are running through on the street, adds a really nice but subtle effect.

neptune000 · Jan 22, 2008

domromer said:
After seeing so many evening shots here I thought I'd try some my self.

On some of the shots you can see were the light from the light posts get a little outta hand. Any ideas how to sharpen up that light to more of a point?

not too much of an expert myself... but try playing around with ur shutter speed, till you get the light source right...
my 2 cents..

domromer · Jan 22, 2008

I imagine a much smaller fstop might be what I need. I'd need to switch to the bulb setting which creates a whole new set of problems.

xs400 · Jan 22, 2008

For a first attempt at night shots, they are pretty good. But a longer exposure and f-stop of f11 to f16 would help.

domromer · Jan 22, 2008

xs400 said:
For a first attempt at night shots, they are pretty good. But a longer exposure and f-stop of f11 to f16 would help.

I agree, I limited by a max 30 sec exposure, after that it's the bulb setting and I don't have a remote yet. I tried f16/f22 but didn't have enough light at 30sec. I was shooting at iso100.

THORHAMMER · Jan 22, 2008

Love the colors, also your avatar is cool

the last one has really nice framing with the bushes...

JDS · Jan 22, 2008

It might get grainy, but try bumping up your ISO to 200 or 400 and try the smaller f-stop to experiment and see if you can get the look you want. That is..unless & until you get a remote.

bapp · Jan 22, 2008

I've found a circular polarizing filter adds allot. Also if you have an E.V or white balance setting on your cam, you can get rid of the orange tint you get from street lamps. If you want to of course!!

domromer · Jan 22, 2008

bapp said:
I've found a circular polarizing filter adds allot. Also if you have an E.V or white balance setting on your cam, you can get rid of the orange tint you get from street lamps. If you want to of course!!

I'll try the polarizer next time and I'll shoot in raw. I had a heck of a time balancing the WB.

skiboarder72 · Jan 22, 2008

shooting raw makes things a lot easier with white balance issues, longer exposures might be cool too, see if you can bring out the sky

Trenton Romulox · Jan 22, 2008

I'm diggin' the last one a lot. I love that you used an interesting foreground element, a lot of people fail to do so. Nice series.

domromer · Jan 22, 2008

skiboarder72 said:
shooting raw makes things a lot easier with white balance issues, longer exposures might be cool too, see if you can bring out the sky

I'll have to wait until I get the remote. I maxed these out at 30 secs. I try earlier in the night next time. Try to get some atmospheric light.

skiboarder72 · Jan 22, 2008

domromer said:
I'll have to wait until I get the remote. I maxed these out at 30 secs. I try earlier in the night next time. Try to get some atmospheric light.

wow really, at what ISO and aperature... they look a lot darker than my 30 sec exposures at f5.6 iso 200...