night time (dialup killer)

photobug · May 1, 2004

While y'all were watching reruns on TV lst night I was out takin' pics.

First we have the hotel reflected in the river.

Then we have the bridge before the tourist lights got turned on.

And the bridge with the purty lights.

And finally, part of the port facilities reflected in the water.

All in all I'm pleased with the effort, though I'm still learning how the Pentax reacts to new situations. These could be better, but I'll take them as a first effort.

drlynn · May 1, 2004

Very nice shots, Bug! Taken with the ist*D I assume?

Surprisingly little noise for digital at night! Any special techniques?

craig · May 1, 2004

Nice work. I will second the motion of very little noise. Personally I think Bridge Alight is the strongest of the lot. The subject is well lit, and seems a little more original.

Nobody sits home on a Friday night!!!

photobug · May 1, 2004

Yes, these were taken with the *istD & Tamron 28-75.

re: noise: nothing special here. I was playing around with ISO settings while shooting these. Any one of these could be at 200, 400 or 800. I didn't really look when I was post processing them.

The *istD seems to do very well re: noise at higher ISO settings. There is some color blotching on most of these at full res, but I don't know what you do about that?

Thanks for looking & the comments.

Harpper · May 1, 2004

Your second one does it for me. I like the composition and the reflection off the water. Good work bug.

c0ntr0lz · May 1, 2004

nice shots
but the images seem a bit soft

photobug · May 1, 2004

Thanks Harpper & c0ntr0lz for the comments.

re: sharpness- I didn't sharpen these after I resized them, so they probably did lose a little sharpness. They look pretty good printed out though.

c0ntr0lz · May 2, 2004

i took some pix like that a few months back
http://ctrlzproduction.com/images/lights/xmas_lights6.jpg
it was a nice night

here are the other pix
http://ctrlzproduction.com/asp_pages/lights.asp

ahuguley · May 2, 2004

Great shots. I really enjoy the second one. I too would like to note the lack of noise.

c0ntr0lz: I really like this pic - http://ctrlzproduction.com/images/lights/xmas_lights8.jpg . I'm trying to figure out the green in the top and right in the image. Is it literally a green light or did you adjust the tint?

photobug · May 3, 2004

ahuguley- the second seems to be the fave around here too.

Just a guess on c0ntr0lz shot- probably just the fluorescent light and the WB setting he used. Notice the green in a couple of hte bridge shots I did. Those were shot with auto WB setting.