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I thought I would post this to get some tips on what could have been done better..
http://static.flickr.com/81/219439658_7e77f36f62.jpg
Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel
Shutter Speed: 2.5sec
Fstop: f/5.0
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Focal: 28mm
http://static.flickr.com/58/219439659_82f8031878.jpg
Shutter Speed: 15sec
Fstop: f/5.0
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Focal: 28mm
No post touch ups..
I love the kind of ghostly effect with the people, it's really nice.
The top one looks like you used one of those black things to rest your camera on. I recommend getting a cheap tripod ($20?), that'll mean you can get the camera higher and where you want it!
Higher ISO will help you get brighter shots. I HATE going higher because of noise but to get certain shots you really do need to bump it up. I shoot around 400(no higher...so far) at night and have not seen anymore noise really. Even dropping your f/stop down a few stops can kick in some more light and keep all the other settings the same. But to get a larger DOF I would say go even higher then the f.5 you were shooting at. The best bet is to bump up the ISO and play around with that. At longer exposures you aren't going to get a human(or animal) to be sharp...we just natural can't be perfectly still so if you ment a better picture of the people that will be more difficult. You can try on a long exposure to blast the subject with the flash in the beginning or end of the exposure to get the shot you want as well.
Hope that helps a little...I really need to get out at night more and get some more shots.
ps: f/stop and aperture are the samething ;)
That seond one looks like you used a flash on it, for the people. Is that the case?
It's dark out now...Quote:
I really need to get out at night more and get some more shots.
But me too, I haven't taken any night shots with this new camera yet.
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Yuk. Here's a series of 6 shots I just made at various ISO settings and times. The slowest ISO is 400. It was really dark out too. Clear but no moon. The last shot is of a Planet, Jupiter probably, and I didn't use the timer to trigger it, so it blurred.
http://freeassociationblog.com/pixel...se&category=16
Ask The Geezer, you've got the aperture at f16! Try knocking it up to f3.5 or the highest your lens can take, it'll make quite a difference - just make sure you keep it very still...
Yeah, those were the very first night shots for me, ever. I didn't have a clue where to start. I did use a tripod though. Next time, I'm going to start at ISO 100, mirror up, f3.5, and about 6 seconds, and use the remote to trigger the shot.
If you've got a remote trigger, then try going for 30 seconds or a minute. Works great for roads, train lines or airports etc.
I was worn out after a long day last night. Tonight, I'm going to try again, this time, I have a better idea of where to start. It was also as dark as a sock inside the toe of a black boot last night, couldn't really see a thing.
I didn't mean to hijack Dave's thread, but I guess I can post some here. :)
HEy gang,
Thanks for the critique.. I did use a tripod for my shots.. The first one was taken with the camera resting on the ground.. Was looking for that angle.. after posting this I realized I should have gone higher on the ISO.. Wasn't thinking when I was taking them. I got excited about what it was looking like in the screen.. I will make sure I do my homework and play with the settings more.. Me and my wife are getting more into the photography and we sometimes get excited and not play with settings.. we need 2 cameras.. lol..
thanks again.. I really appreciate the help and learning so much from you guys..
gkbdave, sorry but I had to remove your footer... 'twas too big.
Well, here's my second night of shots. Numbers 9 and 10 are basically the same shot, but I set a Custom Function for #10 that is supposed to be Noise Reduction in the camera for long shots. It seems to work, but the last several shots were out of focus. When using that Custom Function, it takes the same amount of time to write the image to memory as it did to take it. That might eat up the battery if you did a lot of that.
http://freeassociationblog.com/pixel...se&category=16
hey, geezer, i saw your tractor photos in your blog...you into that type of stuff? If so email me or PM me, cause i've got a huge event in my area that's in it's 40th year coming up next month that you might be interested in.
BTW...i didn't see a picture 10 in your blog...:confused:
sorry to double post...but here's a night shot i took a week or 2 ago while camping with family:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6...68nighthp1.jpg
just trying to get this forum picked back up :)
Yeah, this Pixelpost template isn't that great. If you go to that link, it goes to a category page. Mouse over the thumbnails and you'll see the alt text. I guess the top left one is #10. They aren't in the order I entered them for some reason. Here's a direct link to #10.
I'm interested in those old steam engines, but not enough to drive across the country to see one. When I was a kid, they were still used occasionally, here in Wisconsin as a power source, not for plowing or anything, more for running threshers and other old early 20th century junk farm equipment. They were too dangerous, IMO. Use to hear about them blowing up all the time. What would you expect, being run by a bunch of moon shine corn likker drinking farmers. ;)
But, those don't run. They are just there for show as far as I know. At least, I've never seen them run in the 5 or 6 years I been here.
If anyone knows of a better Photoblog that free and easy to install, let me know.
http://static.zooomr.com/images/6e93...e3baa2945f.jpg
Nowhere near the quality of you guys, but I located this one on an almost discarded memory card that I thought had stopped working. Click for the noisy 1600x1200 version. However, still using that same ol' Canon.
What is that? Looks like water drops along the bottom.
What old Canon?
Canon S230... my ol' companion. It needs replacement badly.
And that's a shot taken through my moonroof in the now-dead Jetta... which also needs replacement.
www.flickr.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Ask The Geezer
It isn't a photoblog, but it is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. There's a great community there. You can sign up for their free service and it's pretty good really, no time limits.
Gerbick,
No problem.. was going to take it off anyway.. was too big..thanks
Asheep, I know about flickr, but I wanted to host it myself. :(
I use pixelpost 1.5 and it is amazing. Just get/design a better template!
Well, I think that's what mine is. And I had to tinker with the template to make it work right. I added some EXIF to what was already there. But it seems to not handle the categories correctly, and that I'm afraid, is beyond my expertise. ;)
Once I finally get back to school(this sunday) and have some more free time I will be designing a new template...I am not to fond of mine now.
Well, I kind of like your "Out of focus" one. Is that PixelPost?
Yeah that is pixelpost with a modified(slightly) Sugar template. The new one I am going to do is going to be along the same lines but I want a darker background around my images...
Night shots are all about 1) Time - The longer you can keep the shutter open the more ambient light will be let into your camera, but you NEED a tripod and 2) Subject - Fire, lights, water, etc. add a dimension to night photography that only gets realized after the shot is complete.
The ambient glow that one gets during a 30+ second shot is one of my favorite techniques used in photography.
Well, it seems my second night shoot was more productive. The hard part was focus. I guess I should have trusted the infinity setting on the lens.
And if you are in a rush to take more photos in one night or want a nice glow to your images become obsessed with the phases of the moon. Full moons are the best time to get that almost day light feel to night photos but bad for star trails etc because it blows them out by over powering them. So if you want nice long star trails wait for no moon or definitely not a full moon. Or expose it right and take multiple shots and blend them in photoshop to make it appear to be longer star trails then one photo could of been.
Perfect example is Mute*
http://www.mute.rigent.com/pics/nightstartrail.jpg
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Originally Posted by Miles
What kind of light setting do you use? I noticed mine and Daves had that yellow cast, and just realized it's probably the sodium lights showing wrong with a daylight setting, rather than florescent or incandescent.
If you shoot in RAW you can always play with the white balance in PS or other RAW conversion tools before anything else. So far I have always shot with AWB(Auto White Balance) and it does a great job.
if you are doing star photographs and dont want star trails then its about getting the most light in the shortest amount of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by EVPohovich
low fstop higher iso and just enough time to get what you want visible.
i learned this the hard way
Absoposilutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrkvavle