Vancouver at night

[conch]

my first time trying cityscapes at night. what do you think?

 

[Rob A]

i like them!! im not an expert or anything but i think the exposure times are spot on!! :thumbsup:

 

[Picksure]

Nice photos, man I love that last shot.

If this is a first, I cant wait till ya do more!

 

[conch]

thanks, Picksure and Rob.

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

love the shots!!! I always try to keep the horizon in the top third, or bottom third of the pic., the last one is cool, just crop some sky out and its awesome!!

 

[Big Mike]

Nice shots, the exposure is great with each of them. I would crop some off of both the top & bottom to give it a panoramic feel...too much dead space IMO.

 

[Nikon Fan]

I like the third best! Great job for your first time!!!

 

[Nytmair]

Nice shots, the exposure is great with each of them. I would crop some off of both the top & bottom to give it a panoramic feel...too much dead space IMO.

just what i was thinking.... nice shots though!

 

[miseri]

Nice shots. I'd be interested in seeing the settings for these shots, particularly the last photo - I'm trying my hand at night photography, alas with not too much success

 

[Canoncan]

I think the exposure is bang on,especially the third one. I too would love to know the settings you used. Great photos.

 

[conch]

thanks guys for the suggestions (note to self, fill the frame more)

here are the exifs.
1:-
ISO 50
1/6sec
F4
-0.3EV
tripod
photoshop-warming filter, unsharp mask
after taking a test shot and checking the histogram, I adjusted the exposure compensation by -0.3

2:-
ISO 50
15sec
F8
tripod
photoshop-saturation, unsharp mask

3:-
ISO 50
15sec
F8
tripod
photoshop-level, saturation, unsharp mask
I brighten the sky a bit. in hindsight I should have used a higher ISO, maybe 100-200 but wasn't sure where the histogram should sit and the sky was darkening fast.