Park photos at night - CC plz

[Xbethx]

Just got into photography and bought my first dslr last week. These are from my very first "photo shoot."
All taken at 1/5sec, f5.6, 3200 ISO
Tell me what u think

 

[WesternGuy]

First, welcome to the forum. You probably picked a very difficult subject area to start with - night time photography. From a technical perspective, these are not bad, but compositionally they do nothing for me for the most part, except the last one does have some interest, in that the curve of the pathway/road does carry the viewer's eye into and through the image, so the subject is effectivley established as the lit pathway. For the other two, there is not enough detail in them to determine what the subject is supposed to be. HTH.

WesternGuy

 

[Snakeguy101]

What was it you were trying to show in each photo? something must have caught your eye in that area for you to take the pictures. Think about what that is and then think of how you can bring that out clearly in the photo.

 

[jowensphoto]

What was it you were trying to show in each photo? something must have caught your eye in that area for you to take the pictures. Think about what that is and then think of how you can bring that out clearly in the photo.

+1. There's no clear subject in any of these, so your eyes just kind of wander around.

 

[Xbethx]

Thanks for the feedback. I knew they weren't great but as for the subject the first one is actually of a deer but i realize it may be too dark to pick out without knowing that its there i just thought it looked neat. As for the other 2 i was just trying to get the path lit up through the park

 

[rambler]

You do not have to use such a high ISO. You can even shoot at night using ISO 100. This is a way to avoid noise, or the very grainy look. Learn to use Manual Mode and play around with the exposure. When you actually underexpose a night sky, the dark blue or black will really stand out. Be sure to use a tripod. I like the star effect you got with the street light. At the lower ISOs set the aperture to f/16 to create that look. To help with focus at night you can use a flash light to light up foreground so that you can see when you have it in focus.

 

[BobSaget]

Get tripod and remote release, lower ISO, shoot longer exposure with mirror locked up. turn off shake reduction. Shooting at night can be very rewarding and is a great stress reliever.

 

[Xbethx]

Thanks for the tips. I was using manual mode but i think i had the iso on auto so i will play around with that more.