Nightscapes

[LungFish]

My latest attempts at one of my favourite subjects. Thoughts?

1) Sigma 50/1.4, f/8, 22s, ISO 200


Perth from South Perth by clavain1, on Flickr

2) Nikon 16-85, 28mm, f/10, 19s, ISO 200


Perth and East Perth from South Perth by clavain1, on Flickr

 

[tirediron]

Nicely captured.

 

[DiskoJoe]

I like where you are going here but both photos are out of focus. That is something you will have to work on. Had this been me I would have used a slightly smaller aperture like f11 or f13. You could clean these up some by increasing the sharpening and detail.

 

[JoshuaJury67]

Very nice LungFish. Have you edited them in anyway?

Edit: and to follow on from Disco, I don't know if it's proper practice or not but when I was out shooting tonight I noticed that my images were sharper when not using my lenses image stabalisation (when using a tripod) for long exposures.

 

[LungFish]

f/13 versions.


DSC_0022_01_DxO by clavain1, on Flickr


DSC_0052_DxO by clavain1, on Flickr

 

[LungFish]

Very nice LungFish. Have you edited them in anyway?

Raw processing - exposure, w/balance etc, and obviously the second image was cropped.

Edit: and to follow on from Disco, I don't know if it's proper practice or not but when I was out shooting tonight I noticed that my images were sharper when not using my lenses image stabalisation (when using a tripod) for long exposures.

The Sigma doesn't have any but it's possible I f**cked up and left the VR on with the Nikon.

 

[DiskoJoe]

The second set was better. Better focus. Buildings look crisper.

 

[JoshuaJury67]

The second set was better. Better focus. Buildings look crisper.

I agree. I like them LungFish! Keep up the good work